Bitmex
đ Connector Info¶
- Exchange Type: Centralized Exchange (CEX)
- Market Type: Central Limit Order Book (CLOB)
- Maintenance Tier:
- Maintainer:
HBOT holders voted BitMEX into the Bronze tier for the current Epoch. This means Hummingbot Foundation does not maintain the components below, but community members may submit Proposals to fund development bounties and approve pull requests to fix bugs and add enhancements to them.
Component | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|
đ Spot Connector | â | Supports MARKET order type |
đ Perp Connector | â | Supports testnet |
đ¯ Spot Candles Feed | Not built | |
đ¯ Perp Candles Feed | Not built |
âšī¸ Exchange Info¶
- Website: https://www.bitmex.com/
- CoinMarketCap: https://coinmarketcap.com/exchanges/bitmex/
- CoinGecko: https://www.coingecko.com/en/exchanges/bitmex
- API Docs: https://www.bitmex.com/api/explorer/
- Fees: https://www.bitmex.com/wallet/fees/spot
- Supported Countries:
đ How to Connect¶
Generate API Keys¶
Add Keys to Hummingbot¶
From inside the Hummingbot client, run connect bitmex
:
If connection is successful:
đ Spot Connector¶
Integration to spot markets API endpoints
- ID:
bitmex
- Connection Type: WebSocket
- Folder: https://github.com/hummingbot/hummingbot/tree/master/hummingbot/connector/exchange/bitmex
Order Types¶
This connector supports the following OrderType
constants:
LIMIT
MARKET
Paper Trading¶
Access the Paper Trade version of this connector by running connect bitmex_paper_trade
instead of connect bitmex
.
If this is not available by default, you can configure Hummingbot to add this paper trade exchange. See Adding Exchanges for more information.
đ Perp Connector¶
Integration to perpetual futures markets API endpoints
- ID:
bitmex_perpetual
- Connection Type: WebSocket
- Folder: https://github.com/hummingbot/hummingbot/tree/master/hummingbot/connector/derivative/bitmex_perpetual
Usage¶
From inside the Hummingbot client, run connect bitmex_perpetual
:
If connection is successful:
Order Types¶
This connector supports the following OrderType
constants:
LIMIT
MARKET
Position Modes¶
This connector supports the following position modes:
- One-way
Paper Trading¶
This perp exchange offers a paper trading mode: https://testnet.bitmex.com/app/trade/XBTUSD
Afer you create an account and create the API keys, you can enter them by using the connect bitmex_perpetual_testnet
command within the Hummingbot client. Once connected, you should be able to use the testnet with the available perpetual strategies / scripts.