OKX CEX Market Data CLI Public market data for OKX exchange: prices, order books, candles, funding rates, open interest, and instrument info. All commands are read-only and do not require API credentials . Prerequisites Install okx CLI: npm install -g @okx_ai/okx-trade-cli No credentials needed for market data — all commands are public. Verify install: okx market ticker BTC-USDT Demo vs Live Mode Market data commands are public and read-only — demo mode has no effect . The same data is returned with or without --demo . No confirmation needed before running any market command. Skill Routing For market data (prices, charts, depth, funding rates) → use okx-cex-market (this skill) For account balance, P&L, positions, fees, transfers → use okx-cex-portfolio For regular spot/swap/futures/algo orders → use okx-cex-trade For grid and DCA trading bots → use okx-cex-bot Quickstart
Current BTC spot price
okx market ticker BTC-USDT
All SWAP (perp) tickers
okx market tickers SWAP
BTC perp order book (top 5 levels each side)
okx market orderbook BTC-USDT-SWAP
BTC hourly candles (last 20)
okx market candles BTC-USDT --bar 1H --limit 20
BTC perp current funding rate
okx market funding-rate BTC-USDT-SWAP
BTC perp funding rate history
okx market funding-rate BTC-USDT-SWAP --history
Open interest for all SWAP instruments
okx market open-interest --instType SWAP
List all active SPOT instruments
okx market instruments --instType SPOT Command Index
- Command
- Type
- Description
- 1
- okx market ticker
- READ
- Single instrument: last price, 24h high/low/vol
- 2
- okx market tickers
- READ
- All tickers for an instrument type
- 3
- okx market instruments --instType
- READ
- List tradeable instruments
- 4
- okx market orderbook
[--sz ] - READ
- Order book top asks/bids
- 5
- okx market candles
[--bar] [--limit] - READ
- OHLCV candlestick data
- 6
- okx market index-candles
[--bar] [--limit] - READ
- Index OHLCV candles
- 7
- okx market funding-rate
[--history] - READ
- Current or historical funding rate
- 8
- okx market trades
[--limit ] - READ
- Recent public trades
- 9
- okx market mark-price --instType
[--instId ] - READ
- Mark price for contracts
- 10
- okx market index-ticker [--instId
] [--quoteCcy ] - READ
- Index price (e.g., BTC-USD)
- 11
- okx market price-limit
- READ
- Upper/lower price limits for contracts
- 12
- okx market open-interest --instType
[--instId ] - READ
- Open interest in contracts and coins
- Cross-Skill Workflows
- Check price before placing an order
- User: "What's the current BTC price? I want to place a limit buy."
- 1. okx-cex-market okx market ticker BTC-USDT → check last price and 24h range
- ↓ user decides price
- 2. okx-cex-portfolio okx account balance USDT → confirm available funds
- ↓ user approves
- 3. okx-cex-trade okx spot place --instId BTC-USDT --side buy --ordType limit --px
--sz - Check funding rate before holding a perp position
- User: "Is the BTC perp funding rate high right now?"
- 1. okx-cex-market okx market funding-rate BTC-USDT-SWAP → current rate + next funding time
- 2. okx-cex-market okx market funding-rate BTC-USDT-SWAP --history → trend over recent periods
- ↓ decide whether to hold position
- 3. okx-cex-portfolio okx account positions → check existing exposure
- Research market before creating a grid bot
- User: "I want to set up a BTC grid bot — what's the recent range?"
- 1. okx-cex-market okx market candles BTC-USDT --bar 4H --limit 50 → recent OHLCV for range
- 2. okx-cex-market okx market ticker BTC-USDT → current price
- 3. okx-cex-market okx market orderbook BTC-USDT --sz 20 → liquidity check
- ↓ decide minPx / maxPx
- 4. okx-cex-bot okx bot grid create --instId BTC-USDT ...
- Compare perp vs spot premium
- User: "Is there a premium between BTC spot and BTC perp?"
- 1. okx-cex-market okx market ticker BTC-USDT → spot last price
- 2. okx-cex-market okx market ticker BTC-USDT-SWAP → perp last price
- 3. okx-cex-market okx market mark-price --instType SWAP --instId BTC-USDT-SWAP → mark price
- Discover and price an option
- User: "What's the price of a BTC call option expiring this week?"
- 1. okx-cex-market okx market open-interest --instType OPTION --instId BTC-USD → list active option instIds
- ↓ pick target instId from the list (e.g., BTC-USD-250328-95000-C)
- 2. okx-cex-market okx market ticker BTC-USD-250328-95000-C → option last price and stats
- 3. okx-cex-market okx market orderbook BTC-USD-250328-95000-C → bid/ask spread
- Note
- :
- okx market instruments --instType OPTION
- requires
- --uly
- (e.g.,
- --uly BTC-USD
- ). If the underlying is unknown, use
- open-interest
- first to discover active option instIds.
- Operation Flow
- Step 1: Identify the data needed
- Current price →
- okx market ticker
- All prices for a category →
- okx market tickers
- Order book depth →
- okx market orderbook
- Price history/chart →
- okx market candles
- Funding cost →
- okx market funding-rate
- Contract valuation →
- okx market mark-price
- or
- okx market price-limit
- Market volume/OI →
- okx market open-interest
- What instruments exist →
- okx market instruments
- Step 2: Run commands immediately
- All market data commands are read-only — no confirmation needed.
- --instType
- values:
- SPOT
- ,
- SWAP
- ,
- FUTURES
- ,
- OPTION
- --bar
- values:
- 1m
- ,
- 3m
- ,
- 5m
- ,
- 15m
- ,
- 30m
- ,
- 1H
- ,
- 2H
- ,
- 4H
- ,
- 6H
- ,
- 12H
- ,
- 1D
- ,
- 1W
- ,
- 1M
- --limit
-
- number of results (default varies per endpoint, typically 100)
- --history
- for
funding-rate
, returns historical records instead of current rate
Step 3: No writes — no verification needed
All commands in this skill are read-only. No post-execution verification required.
CLI Command Reference
Ticker — Single Instrument
okx market ticker
<
instId
[ --json ] Returns: last , 24h high/low , 24h volume , sodUtc8 (24h change %). Tickers — All Instruments of a Type okx market tickers < instType
[ --json ] Param Required Values Description instType Yes SPOT , SWAP , FUTURES , OPTION Instrument type Returns table: instId , last , high24h , low24h , vol24h . Instruments — List Tradeable Instruments okx market instruments --instType < type
[ --instId < id
] [ --json ] Param Required Default Description --instType Yes - SPOT , SWAP , FUTURES , OPTION --instId No - Filter to a single instrument Returns: instId , ctVal , lotSz , minSz , tickSz , state . Displays up to 50 rows. Order Book okx market orderbook < instId
[ --sz < n
] [ --json ] Param Required Default Description instId Yes - Instrument ID (e.g., BTC-USDT-SWAP ) --sz No 5 Depth levels per side (1–400) Displays top 5 asks (ascending) and bids (descending) with price and size. Candles — OHLCV okx market candles < instId
[ --bar < bar
] [ --limit < n
] [ --json ] Param Required Default Description instId Yes - Instrument ID --bar No 1m Time granularity ( 1m , 1H , 4H , 1D , etc.) --limit No 100 Number of candles to return Returns columns: time , open , high , low , close , vol . Index Candles okx market index-candles < instId
[ --bar < bar
] [ --limit < n
] [ --history ] [ --json ] Same params as candles . Use index instrument IDs like BTC-USD (not BTC-USDT ). Funding Rate okx market funding-rate < instId
[ --history ] [ --limit < n
] [ --json ] Param Required Default Description instId Yes - SWAP instrument (e.g., BTC-USDT-SWAP ) --history No false Return historical funding rates --limit No - Number of historical records Current (no --history ): returns fundingRate , nextFundingRate , fundingTime , nextFundingTime . Historical ( --history ): table with fundingRate , realizedRate , fundingTime . Recent Trades okx market trades < instId
[ --limit < n
] [ --json ] Returns: tradeId , px , sz , side , ts . Mark Price okx market mark-price --instType < type
[ --instId < id
] [ --json ] Returns: instId , instType , markPx , ts . Used for liquidation price calculation and contract valuation. Index Ticker okx market index-ticker [ --instId < id
] [ --quoteCcy < ccy
] [ --json ] Param Required Default Description --instId Cond. - Index ID (e.g., BTC-USD ) --quoteCcy Cond. - Filter by quote currency (e.g., USD , USDT ) Returns: idxPx , high24h , low24h . Price Limit okx market price-limit < instId
[ --json ] Returns: buyLmt (max buy price), sellLmt (min sell price). Applies to SWAP and FUTURES only. Open Interest okx market open-interest --instType < type
[ --instId < id
] [ --json ] Returns: oi (contracts), oiCcy (base currency amount), ts . MCP Tool Reference Tool Description market_get_ticker Single instrument ticker market_get_tickers All tickers for instType market_get_instruments List instruments market_get_orderbook Order book depth market_get_candles OHLCV candles market_get_index_candles Index OHLCV candles market_get_funding_rate Funding rate (current or history) market_get_trades Recent public trades market_get_mark_price Mark price for contracts market_get_index_ticker Index price ticker market_get_price_limit Price limits for contracts market_get_open_interest Open interest Input / Output Examples "What's the price of BTC?" okx market ticker BTC-USDT
→ instId: BTC-USDT | last: 95000.5 | 24h change %: +1.2% | 24h high: 96000 | 24h low: 93000
"Show me all SWAP tickers" okx market tickers SWAP
→ table of all perpetual contracts with last price, 24h high/low/vol
"What's the BTC/USDT order book look like?" okx market orderbook BTC-USDT
Asks (price / size):
95100.0 2.5
95050.0 1.2
Bids (price / size):
95000.0 3.1
94950.0 0.8
"Show me BTC 4H candles for the last 30 periods" okx market candles BTC-USDT --bar 4H --limit 30
→ table: time, open, high, low, close, vol
"What's the current funding rate for BTC perp?" okx market funding-rate BTC-USDT-SWAP
→ fundingRate: 0.0001 | nextFundingRate: 0.00012 | fundingTime: ... | nextFundingTime: ...
"Show historical funding rates for ETH perp" okx market funding-rate ETH-USDT-SWAP --history --limit 20
→ table: fundingRate, realizedRate, fundingTime
"What's the open interest on BTC perp?" okx market open-interest --instType SWAP --instId BTC-USDT-SWAP
→ oi: 125000 | oiCcy: 125000 | ts: ...
"List all available SPOT instruments" okx market instruments --instType SPOT
→ table: instId, ctVal, lotSz, minSz, tickSz, state (up to 50 rows)
- Edge Cases
- instId format
-
- SPOT uses
- BTC-USDT
- ; SWAP uses
- BTC-USDT-SWAP
- ; FUTURES uses
- BTC-USDT-250328
- ; OPTION uses
- BTC-USD-250328-95000-C
- ; Index uses
- BTC-USD
- OPTION instruments — cannot list directly
- :
- okx market instruments --instType OPTION
- requires
- --uly BTC-USD
- (underlying). If the underlying is unknown, run
- okx market open-interest --instType OPTION
- first to discover active option instIds from the results, then use those instIds with
- okx market ticker
- No data returned
-
- instrument may be delisted or instId is wrong — verify with
- okx market instruments
- funding-rate
-
- only applies to SWAP instruments; returns error for SPOT/FUTURES
- price-limit
-
- only applies to SWAP and FUTURES instruments
- mark-price
-
- available for SWAP, FUTURES, OPTION; not applicable to SPOT
- candles --bar
-
- use uppercase
- H
- ,
- D
- ,
- W
- ,
- M
- for hour/day/week/month (e.g.,
- 1H
- not
- 1h
- )
- index-ticker
-
- use
- BTC-USD
- format (not
- BTC-USDT
- ) for index IDs
- orderbook --sz
- max depth is 400; default display shows top 5 per side regardless of
--sz
Global Notes
All market data commands are public — no API key required
--json
returns raw OKX API v5 response for programmatic use
--profile
has no effect on market commands (no auth needed) Rate limit: 20 requests per 2 seconds per IP for market data endpoints Candle data is sorted newest-first by default vol24h in tickers is in base currency (e.g., BTC for BTC-USDT)