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Rate Limit

IP Limit​

HTTP IP limit​

You are allowed to send 600 requests within a 5-second window per IP by default. This limit applies to all traffic directed to api.bybit.com, api.bybick.com, and local site hostnames such as api.bybit.kz. If you encounter the error "403, access too frequent", it indicates that your IP has exceeded the allowed request frequency. In this case, you should terminate all HTTP sessions and wait for at least 10 minutes. The ban will be lifted automatically.

We do not recommend running your application at the very edge of these limits in case abnormal network activity results in an unexpected violation.

Websocket IP limit​

  • Do not establish more than 500 connections within a 5-minute window. This limit applies to all connections directed to stream.bybit.com as well as local site hostnames such as stream.bybit.kz.
  • Do not frequently connect and disconnect the connection
  • Do not establish more than 1,000 connections per IP for market data. The connection limits are counted separately for Spot, Linear, Inverse, and Options markets

API Rate Limit​

caution

If you receive "retCode": 10006, "retMsg": "Too many visits!" in the JSON response, you have hit the API rate limit.

The API rate limit is based on the rolling time window per second and UID. In other words, it is per second per UID. Every request to the API returns response header shown in the code panel:

  • X-Bapi-Limit-Status - your remaining requests for current endpoint
  • X-Bapi-Limit - your current limit for current endpoint
  • X-Bapi-Limit-Reset-Timestamp - the timestamp indicating when your request limit resets if you have exceeded your rate_limit. Otherwise, this is just the current timestamp (it may not exactly match timeNow).

Http Response Header Example

▶Response Headers
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 141
X-Bapi-Limit: 100
X-Bapi-Limit-Status: 99
X-Bapi-Limit-Reset-Timestamp: 1672738134824

API Rate Limit Table​

Trade​

MethodPathClassic accountupgradable
inverselinearspot
POST/v5/order/create10/s20/sY
/v5/order/amend10/s10/sY
/v5/order/cancel10/s20/sY
/v5/order/cancel-all10/s20/sY
GET/v5/order/realtime10/s20/sN
/v5/order/history10/s20/sN
/v5/execution/list10/s20/sN

Position​

MethodPathClassic accountupgradable
inverselinearspot
GET/v5/position/list10/s-N
/v5/position/closed-pnl10/s-N
POST/v5/position/set-leverage10/s-N

Account​

MethodPathLimitupgradable
GET/v5/account/contract-transaction-log10/sN
/v5/account/wallet-balanceaccountType=SPOT20/sN
accountType=CONTRACT10/sN
/v5/account/fee-ratecategory=linear10/sN
category=spot5/sN
category=option5/sN

Asset​

MethodPathLimitupgradable
GET/v5/asset/transfer/query-asset-info60 req/minN
/v5/asset/transfer/query-transfer-coin-list60 req/minN
/v5/asset/transfer/query-inter-transfer-list60 req/minN
/v5/asset/transfer/query-sub-member-list60 req/minN
/v5/asset/transfer/query-universal-transfer-list5 req/sN
/v5/asset/transfer/query-account-coins-balance5 req/sN
/v5/asset/deposit/query-record100 req/minN
/v5/asset/deposit/query-sub-member-record300 req/minN
/v5/asset/deposit/query-address300 req/minN
/v5/asset/deposit/query-sub-member-address300 req/minN
/v5/asset/withdraw/query-record300 req/minN
/v5/asset/coin/query-info5 req/sN
/v5/asset/exchange/order-record600 req/minN
POST/v5/asset/transfer/inter-transfer60 req/minN
/v5/asset/transfer/save-transfer-sub-member20 req/sN
/v5/asset/transfer/universal-transfer5 req/sN
/v5/asset/withdraw/create5 req/sN
/v5/asset/withdraw/cancel60 req/minN

User​

MethodPathLimitupgradable
POSTv5/user/create-sub-member1 req/sN
/v5/user/create-sub-api1 req/sN
/v5/user/frozen-sub-member5 req/sN
/v5/user/update-api5 req/sN
/v5/user/update-sub-api5 req/sN
/v5/user/delete-api5 req/sN
/v5/user/delete-sub-api5 req/sN
GET/v5/user/query-sub-members10 req/sN
/v5/user/query-api10 req/sN
/v5/user/aff-customer-info10 req/sN

Spot Leverage Token​

MethodPathLimitUpgradable
GET/v5/spot-lever-token/order-record50 req/sN
POST/v5/spot-lever-token/purchase20 req/sN
POST/v5/spot-lever-token/redeem20 req/sN

Spot Margin Trade (UTA)​

For now, there is no limit for endpoints under this category

Spread Trading​

MethodPathLimitUpgradable
POSTCreate Spread Order20 req/sN
POSTAmend Spread Order20 req/sN
POSTCancel Spread Order20 req/sN
POSTCancel All Spread Orders5 req/sN
GETGet Spread Open Orders50 req/sN
GETGet Spread Order History50 req/sN
GETGet Spread Trade History50 req/sN

API Rate Limit Rules For VIPs​

instructions for batch endpoints

The batch order endpoint, which includes operations for creating, amending, and canceling, has its own rate limit and does not share it with single requests, e.g., let's say the rate limit of single create order endpoint is 100/s, and batch create order endpoint is 100/s, so in this case, I can place 200 linear orders in one second if I use both endpoints to place orders

When category = linear spot or inverse​

  • API for batch create/amend/cancel order, the frequency of the API will be consistent with the current configuration, but the counting consumption will be consumed according to the actual number of orders. (Number of consumption = number of requests * number of orders included in a single request), and the configuration of business lines is independent of each other.

  • The batch APIs allows 1-10 orders/request. For example, if a batch order request is made once and contains 5 orders, then the request limit will consume 5.

  • If part of the last batch of orders requested within 1s exceeds the limit, the part that exceeds the limit will fail, and the part that does not exceed the limit will succeed. For example, in the 1 second, the remaining limit is 5, but a batch request containing 8 orders is placed at this time, then the first 5 orders will be successfully placed, and the 6-8th orders will report an error exceeding the limit, and these orders will fail.

Unified Account
Level\ProductFuturesOptionSpot
Default10/s10/s20/s
VIP 120/s20/s25/s
VIP 240/s40/s30/s
VIP 360/s60/s40/s
VIP 460/s60/s40/s
VIP 560/s60/s40/s
VIP Supreme60/s60/s40/s

API Rate Limit Rules For PROs​

UPCOMING CHANGES FOR PRO ACCOUNT

Starting August 13, 2025, Bybit will roll out a new institutional API rate limit framework designed to enhance performance for high-frequency trading clients. The new system introduces a centralized institution-level rate cap with flexible per-UID configurations, enabling greater efficiency and scalability. Refer to announcement

UID level:​

Unified Account
Level\ProductFuturesOptionSpot
PRO1200/s200/s200/s
PRO2400/s400/s400/s
PRO3600/s600/s600/s
PRO4800/s800/s800/s
PRO51000/s1000/s1000/s
PRO61200/s1200/s1200/s

Master and subaccounts level:​

Unified Account
Level\ProductFuturesOptionSpot
PRO110000/s10000/s10000/s
PRO220000/s20000/s20000/s
PRO330000/s30000/s30000/s
PRO440000/s40000/s40000/s
PRO550000/s50000/s50000/s
PRO660000/s60000/s60000/s

Set api rate limit​

API rate limit: 50 req per second

info
  • If UID requesting this endpoint is a master account, uids in the input parameter must be subaccounts of the master account.
  • If UID requesting this endpoint is not a master account, uids in the input parameter must be the UID requesting this endpoint
  • UID requesting this endpoint must be an institutional user.
  • up to 10 uids can be submitted in each request

HTTP Request​

POST /v5/apilimit/set

Request Parameters​

ParameterRequiredTypeComments
listtruearrayObject
> uidstruestringMultiple UIDs, separated by commas
> bizTypetruestringBusiness type
> limittrueintegerapi rate limit per second

Response Parameters​

ParameterTypeComments
listarrayObject
> uidsstringMultiple UIDs, separated by commas
> bizTypestringBusiness type
> limitintegerapi rate limit per second
> successbooleansuccess or not
> msgstringresult message

Request Example​

POST /v5/apilimit/set HTTP/1.1
Host: api.bybit.com
X-BAPI-SIGN: XXXXXXX
X-BAPI-API-KEY: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
X-BAPI-TIMESTAMP: 1711420489915
X-BAPI-RECV-WINDOW: 5000
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "retCode": 0,
    "retMsg": "success",
    "result": {
        "result": [
            {
                "uids": "290118",
                "bizType": "SPOT",
                "limit": 600,
                "success": true,
                "msg": "API limit updated successfully"
            }
        ]
    },
    "retExtInfo": {},
    "time": 1754894296913
}

Query api rate limit​

API rate limit: 50 req per second

info
  • A master account can query api rate limit of its own and subaccounts.
  • A subaccount can only query its own api rate limit.

HTTP Request​

GET /v5/apilimit/query

Request Parameters​

ParameterRequiredTypeComments
uidstruestringMultiple UIDs, separated by commas

Response Parameters​

ParameterTypeComments
listarrayObject
> uidsstringMultiple UIDs, separated by commas
> bizTypestringBusiness type
> limitintegerapi rate limit per second

Request Example​

GET /v5/apilimit/query?uids=290118 HTTP/1.1
Host: api.bybit.com
X-BAPI-SIGN: XXXXXXX
X-BAPI-API-KEY: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
X-BAPI-TIMESTAMP: 1728460942776
X-BAPI-RECV-WINDOW: 5000
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 2

{
    "retCode": 0,
    "retMsg": "success",
    "result": {
        "list": [
            {
                "uids": "290118",
                "bizType": "SPOT",
                "limit": 600
            },
            {
                "uids": "290118",
                "bizType": "DERIVATIVES",
                "limit": 400
            }
        ]
    },
    "retExtInfo": {},
    "time": 1754894341984
}