Phemex · Example Payload

Place Contract Order

Example request and response for placing a BUY limit order on the BTCUSD perpetual contract.

CryptocurrencyDerivativesSpot TradingPerpetual ContractsFuturesWebSocketMarket Data

Place Contract Order is an example object payload from Phemex, with 5 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

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Example Payload

{
  "title": "Place a Limit Order on BTCUSD Perpetual Contract",
  "description": "Example request and response for placing a BUY limit order on the BTCUSD perpetual contract.",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "url": "https://api.phemex.com/orders",
    "headers": {
      "Content-Type": "application/json",
      "x-phemex-access-token": "<your-api-key>",
      "x-phemex-request-expiry": "1704067200",
      "x-phemex-request-signature": "<hmac-sha256-signature>"
    },
    "body": {
      "clOrdID": "my-order-001",
      "symbol": "BTCUSD",
      "side": "Buy",
      "ordType": "Limit",
      "priceEp": 2999000000000,
      "orderQty": 100,
      "timeInForce": "GoodTillCancel"
    }
  },
  "response": {
    "status": 200,
    "body": {
      "code": 0,
      "msg": "",
      "data": {
        "orderID": "7d1fb7eb-ec5b-4f9e-9e56-bc5f6ccb9eb6",
        "clOrdID": "my-order-001",
        "symbol": "BTCUSD",
        "side": "Buy",
        "ordType": "Limit",
        "ordStatus": "New",
        "priceEp": 2999000000000,
        "orderQty": 100,
        "cumQty": 0,
        "leavesQty": 100,
        "transactTimeNs": 1704067200000000000
      }
    }
  },
  "notes": "priceEp=2999000000000 represents $29,990.00 with priceScale=8. orderQty=100 means 100 USD contracts."
}