name: Phemex Spot Trading API Rate Limits
description: Rate limits specific to Phemex spot trading endpoints. The SpotOrder group is capped at 500 requests/minute for all users. Public market data endpoints fall under the Others group at 100 requests/minute.
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
source: https://github.com/phemex/phemex-api-docs/blob/master/Public-Spot-API-en.md

groups:
  - name: SpotOrder
    limit: 500
    window: 1 minute
    endpoints:
      - path: /spot/orders
        method: POST
        weight: 1
        description: Place spot order via JSON body
      - path: /spot/orders/create
        method: PUT
        weight: 1
        description: Place spot order via query parameters
      - path: /spot/orders
        method: PUT
        weight: 1
        description: Amend spot order
      - path: /spot/orders
        method: DELETE
        weight: 1
        description: Cancel spot order
      - path: /spot/orders/active
        method: GET
        weight: 1
        description: Query open spot orders
      - path: /spot/wallets
        method: GET
        weight: 1
        description: Query spot wallets

  - name: Others
    limit: 100
    window: 1 minute
    endpoints:
      - path: /md/orderbook
        method: GET
        weight: 1
        description: Order book snapshot
      - path: /md/trade
        method: GET
        weight: 1
        description: Recent trades
      - path: /md/spot/ticker/24hr
        method: GET
        weight: 1
        description: 24-hour ticker data
      - path: /exchange/public/md/v2/kline
        method: GET
        weight: 10
        description: Kline/candlestick data (high weight endpoint)

webSocket:
  url: wss://phemex.com/ws
  vipUrl: wss://vapi.phemex.com/ws
  maxConnections: 5
  maxSubscriptions: 20
  throttle: 20 requests/second
  subscriptions:
    - orderbook.subscribe
    - trade.subscribe
    - kline.subscribe
    - wo.subscribe
    - spot_market24h.subscribe