Deriv API rate limits

What is recorded about how fast you may call the Deriv API: 1 limit record, the wording from the record and 1 related error code.

Independent and unofficialNewest check 12 Oct 2026

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Recorded limits

One record per limit. The scope is part of the limit: a figure is only useful once you know whether it applies to a key, an account, a session or an address.

Limit	Value	Scope	Source
Headline limit	80/min per logged in user (REST)Sources conflict developers.deriv.com states 60, checked 12 Oct 2026. Deriv's API overview in the text form it publishes for AI tools gives REST 60 requests a minute per token, where its Limits page gives 80 a minute per logged in user. The same overview also gives 100 WebSocket requests a second per connection, 100 active subscriptions per connection and 5 concurrent WebSocket connections per user, none of which the Limits page mentions. Deriv's own pages disagree; the conflict is labelled, not resolved. Pace against 60.	user, REST	developers.deriv.comchecked 12 Oct 2026

Rate limits, as the record words them

Rate limits, as worded

Websocket, per minute and per hour: proposal, buy and sell 360 and 14,400; balance and statement 100 and 2,000; portfolio and profit_table 30 and 1,500; everything else 220 and 14,400. REST: 300 a minute and 1,000 per 10 minutes per IP, and 80 a minute per logged in user, which is the binding constraint for most retail scripts. Deriv's API overview in the text form it publishes for AI tools gives different figures: REST 60 a minute per token, and on the WebSocket 100 requests a second and 100 active subscriptions per connection, with 5 concurrent connections per user. Deriv's own pages disagree.

Sources conflict Deriv Limits page: REST 80 a minute per logged in user, 300 a minute and 1,000 per 10 minutes per IP, WebSocket budgets per group of calls. Deriv API overview (llms/api-overview.md): REST 60 a minute per token, WebSocket 100 requests a second and 100 subscriptions per connection, 5 connections per user.

Deriv API: limitschecked 12 Oct 2026Deriv API overview, text form for AI toolschecked 12 Oct 2026

Error codes that concern limits

These are the decoded Deriv errors whose code or meaning names a rate limit, an allowance or throttling. Each row links to the full meaning and the fix.

Code	HTTP status	Meaning, first sentence	Source
RateLimit	Not recorded	Too many requests were sent.	developers.deriv.comchecked 9 Oct 2026

Pacing and backoff, in general

This part is general advice and says nothing about Deriv in particular. The figures that apply are the recorded ones above, and the provider's own documentation is the authority.

Pace before you are refused. Work out the gap between requests that keeps you under the limit, then leave a margin, because a limit counted by a provider's clock will not line up exactly with yours. Spread calls evenly: a burst at the start of each window is the usual way to hit a limit while staying under it on average. The rate limit calculator checks a polling plan against a limit and gives the shortest interval that fits.

When a request is refused for rate, stop sending and wait. Double the wait after each refusal in a row, add a small random amount so that several programs do not retry together, and cap the number of attempts. If the reply names how long to wait, use that figure in place of your own.

Take extra care with dealing requests. A refused or unanswered order may or may not have gone through, so check the state of the order before you send it again. Cache what does not change, such as instrument details and history you have already downloaded, and prefer a stream to polling where one is offered.

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