# Deriv API error: RateLimit

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This is the markdown version of https://openbrokerapi.com/errors/deriv/rate-limit, written from the same records as that page.

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The error, as text you can copy:

```
RateLimit
```

- Kind: API error code
- HTTP status: None recorded for this error
- API: [Deriv](https://openbrokerapi.com/brokers/deriv)
- Status: verified. Source: [developers.deriv.com](https://developers.deriv.com/llms/errors.md), checked 2026-10-09.

## What does RateLimit mean on the Deriv API?

Too many requests were sent. Deriv lists this among its common error codes.

## How do I fix RateLimit?

Slow down and retry after a pause. Deriv's API overview gives the concrete figures.

## Deriv limits behind this error

This is a rate or allowance error, so these are the limits recorded for Deriv, each with its scope and source. Pace your requests against them.

- Headline limit: 80/min per logged in user (REST)
  - Scope: user, REST
  - Sources conflict: [developers.deriv.com](https://developers.deriv.com/llms/api-overview.md) states 60 REST requests per minute per token, checked 2026-10-12. 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.
  - Status: conflicting. Source: [developers.deriv.com](https://developers.deriv.com/docs/limits/), checked 2026-10-12.
  - Note: From the Limits page: REST is also capped at 300 a minute and 1,000 per ten minutes per IP address. WebSocket budgets, each shared by the calls in its row, a minute and an hour: proposal, proposal_open_contract, buy and sell 360 and 14,400; balance and statement 100 and 2,000; portfolio and profit table 30 and 1,500; all other calls 220 and 14,400. ping sits outside these budgets at 10 a second per connection.

## More on the Deriv API

- [All Deriv API error codes](https://openbrokerapi.com/errors/deriv)
- [Deriv API quickstart](https://openbrokerapi.com/brokers/deriv/quickstart): From credentials to a first call on a demo account, step by step.
- [Deriv API error codes](https://openbrokerapi.com/errors/deriv): 10 decoded, each with what it means, and the fix where the source gives one.
- [Deriv API endpoints](https://openbrokerapi.com/brokers/deriv/endpoints): 5 documented, each with its method, path, parameters and source.
- [Deriv messages](https://openbrokerapi.com/brokers/deriv/messages): 19 documented, each with its fields and source.
- [Deriv API page](https://openbrokerapi.com/brokers/deriv): The full record: access, authentication, limits and the source for each.

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Cite as: Deriv API error: RateLimit. Broker API Hub, https://openbrokerapi.com/errors/deriv/rate-limit, newest check 2026-10-09.

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