dYdX

🛠 Connector Info

• Exchange Type: Decentralized Exchange (DEX)
• Market Type: Central Limit Order Book (CLOB)

Component	Status	Notes
🔀 Spot Connector	Not available
🔀 Perp Connector	✅	Supports testnet
🕯 Spot Candles Feed	Not available
🕯 Perp Candles Feed	Not available

ℹ️ Exchange Info

• Website: https://dydx.exchange
• CoinMarketCap: https://coinmarketcap.com/exchanges/dydx/
• CoinGecko: https://www.coingecko.com/en/exchanges/dydx_perpetual
• API Docs: https://dydxprotocol.github.io/v3-teacher/
• Fees: https://help.dydx.exchange/en/articles/4800191-are-there-fees-to-using-dydx
• Supported Countries: https://help.dydx.exchange/en/articles/4798063-location-restrictions

🔑 How to Connect

Generate API Keys

Create API credentials and a STARK private key using the dYdX documentation:

• Recover Default API Credentials
• Derive StarkKey

Alternatively, you can follow these steps to get the required credentials:

1. From the dYdX exchange, right-click anywhere on your web browser, and select Inspect to open Developer Tools
2. Go to Application > Local Storage > https://trade.dydx.exchange
3. Select STARK_KEY_PAIRS and click the drop-down next to your wallet address to get the stark private key
4. Select API_KEY_PAIRS and click the drop-down next to your wallet address to get the API key, secret key, and passphrase

Add Keys to Hummingbot

You will need the following to connect Hummingbot to dydx_perpetual:

• API key
• API secret key
• Passphrase
• Account number: set this value to 0
• Stark private key

From inside the Hummingbot client, run connect dydx_perpetual in Hummingbot in order to connect your wallet:

Enter your dydx_perpetual API key >>>
Enter your dydx_perpetual secret key >>>
Enter your dydx_perpetual passphrase >>>

🔀 Perp Connector

Integration to perpetual futures markets API endpoints

• ID: dydx_perpetual
• Connection Type: WebSocket
• Folder: https://github.com/hummingbot/hummingbot/tree/master/hummingbot/connector/derivative/dydx_perpetual

Order Types

This connector supports the following OrderType constants:

• LIMIT
• LIMIT_MAKER
• MARKET

Position Modes

This connector supports the following position modes:

• One-way

Paper Trading

This exchange offers a staging (testnet) mode: https://trade.stage.dydx.exchange/portfolio/overview

While users can trade on testnet using the link above, it is not currently supported in Hummingbot.