24/7 perpetual futures and spot trading across crypto, US equities, and commodities.
LMEX is a centralized exchange offering perpetual futures on three asset classes alongside spot trading on 17 fiat and stablecoin pairs, with a full-featured public testnet for development and strategy testing.
Trade perpetuals 24/7 on assets across three classes:
- 🪙 Crypto — BTC, ETH, and more
- 📈 US Equities — major US stocks as perpetual contracts
- 🛢️ Commodities — energy, metals, and more
No expiry. Funding settled every 8 hours.
17 fiat and stablecoin trading pairs — direct buy/sell at market or limit.
Full production replica at test-api.lmex.io — connect real bots, test strategies, no funds at risk.
| Environment | Spot | Futures |
|---|---|---|
| Live | https://api.lmex.io/spot |
https://api.lmex.io/futures |
| Testnet | https://test-api.lmex.io/spot |
https://test-api.lmex.io/futures |
| Feed | URL |
|---|---|
| Spot | wss://ws.lmex.io/ws/spot |
| Futures | wss://ws.lmex.io/ws/futures |
Subscribe to a trade stream:
{ "op": "subscribe", "args": ["tradeHistoryApi:BTC-USD"] }Spot — /spot/api/v3.2/
GET market_summary |
All markets and ticker data |
|---|---|
GET orderbook/L2 |
Level-2 order book |
GET trades |
Recent trades |
POST order |
Place order (auth) |
DELETE order |
Cancel order (auth) |
GET user/wallet |
Balances (auth) |
Futures — /futures/api/v2.3/
GET market_summary |
All markets, funding rate, mark price |
|---|---|
GET orderbook/L2 |
Level-2 order book |
GET funding_history |
Historical funding rates |
GET user/positions |
Open positions (auth) |
POST leverage |
Set leverage (auth) |
POST order/close_position |
Close position (auth) |
| Bucket | Limit |
|---|---|
| Public / query | 15 req/s |
| Order management | 75 req/s |
| Side | Rate |
|---|---|
| Maker | 0.10% |
| Taker | 0.10% |
| Framework | Connector | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| cryptofeed | LMEX, LMEX_FUTURES |
Trades via WebSocket; order book via REST polling |
| Hummingbot | lmex, lmex_perpetual |
Full order lifecycle, spot and perpetual |
| CCXT | lmex, lmex_perpetual |
Full ccxt-pro for spot and perpetual |