# eToro API error: Rate limit exceeded

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The error, as text you can copy:

```
Rate limit exceeded
```

- Kind: API error code
- HTTP status: 429
- API: [eToro](https://openbrokerapi.com/brokers/etoro)
- Status: verified. Source: [api-portal.etoro.com](https://api-portal.etoro.com/getting-started/rate-limits), checked 2026-09-18.

## What does Rate limit exceeded mean on the eToro API?

The rate limits page lists 60 requests a minute for reads and 20 for writes, per user key on a rolling minute. Endpoint reference pages add shared quotas per group, for example 120 requests per 60 seconds across 11 market data endpoints and 20 per 60 seconds for order execution, and list HTTP 429 with a Retry-After header.

## How do I fix Rate limit exceeded?

Pace each endpoint group to the quota on its reference page. Read the RateLimit-Remaining and RateLimit-Reset headers, wait for the seconds in Retry-After on 429, then back off exponentially.

The checked date on this page was carried forward from an earlier reading. The source has not been reopened since.

## eToro limits behind this error

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

- Headline limit: 60/min reads per key
  - Scope: user
  - Status: verified. Source: [api-portal.etoro.com](https://api-portal.etoro.com/core/getting-started/rate-limits.md), checked 2026-09-20.
  - Note: Most GET calls. Trading and writes: 20 a minute. Tracked per user key over a one minute rolling window, 429 on excess. The page states no response headers, and the 120 per 60 seconds market data quota carried from earlier readings is now unverified.

## More on the eToro API

- [All eToro API error codes](https://openbrokerapi.com/errors/etoro)
- [eToro API quickstart](https://openbrokerapi.com/brokers/etoro/quickstart): From credentials to a first call on a demo account, step by step.
- [eToro API error codes](https://openbrokerapi.com/errors/etoro): 16 decoded, each with what it means, and the fix where the source gives one.
- [eToro API endpoints](https://openbrokerapi.com/brokers/etoro/endpoints): 51 documented, each with its method, path, parameters and source.
- [eToro messages](https://openbrokerapi.com/brokers/etoro/messages): 6 documented, each with its fields and source.
- [eToro API page](https://openbrokerapi.com/brokers/etoro): The full record: access, authentication, limits and the source for each.
- [Get your eToro trade history into a spreadsheet](https://openbrokerapi.com/guides/etoro-trade-history): Guide

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Cite as: eToro API error: Rate limit exceeded. Broker API Hub, https://openbrokerapi.com/errors/etoro/rate-limit-exceeded, newest check 2026-09-18.

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