Phemex Trading

Trade on Phemex via the phemex-cli tool. Supports USDT-M futures, Coin-M futures, and Spot markets.

What's New in v1.2.0

1. list_symbols tool — Discover all available trading pairs, filtered by contract type. No more guessing symbol names.
2. Config file (~/.phemexrc) — Store API credentials persistently. No need to export env vars every session.
3. --help for every tool — Run phemex-cli <tool> --help to see parameters, defaults, and usage examples inline.
4. Friendly field names — API field suffixes (closeRp, fundingRateRr) are mapped to readable names (closePrice, fundingRate). Use --raw to get the original names.
5. Enhanced error messages — Errors now include suggestion and tip fields with actionable guidance instead of raw API codes.

Before you start

Ensure you have the latest version installed:

npm install -g phemex-trade-mcp@latest

How to call tools

phemex-cli <tool_name> --param1 value1 --param2 value2

Or with JSON args:

phemex-cli <tool_name> '{"param1":"value1","param2":"value2"}'

Output is always JSON. Credentials are loaded from environment variables or ~/.phemexrc (see Setup).

Tool help

Every tool supports --help with full parameter docs and examples:

phemex-cli place_order --help

Output:

Usage: phemex-cli place_order [options]

Place an order (Market, Limit, Stop, StopLimit)

Required Parameters:
  --symbol <string>          Trading pair (e.g. BTCUSDT)
  --side <string>            Buy or Sell
  --orderQty <number>        Quantity. linear: base amount (0.01 = 0.01 BTC). ...
  --ordType <string>         Order type: Market, Limit, Stop, StopLimit

Optional Parameters:
  --price <number>           Limit price (required for Limit/StopLimit)
  --timeInForce <string>     GoodTillCancel, PostOnly, ... [default: GoodTillCancel]
  --reduceOnly <boolean>     Only reduce position [default: false]
  ...

Examples:
  phemex-cli place_order --symbol BTCUSDT --side Buy --orderQty 0.01 --ordType Market
  phemex-cli place_order --symbol BTCUSDT --side Sell --orderQty 0.01 --ordType Limit --price 90000 --timeInForce PostOnly

More help examples:

phemex-cli get_ticker --help        # see params for price ticker
phemex-cli get_klines --help        # see resolution values for candlesticks
phemex-cli set_leverage --help      # see leverage param format
phemex-cli transfer_funds --help    # see direction values
phemex-cli list_symbols --help      # see contractType filter

Friendly field names

By default, output uses readable field names:

phemex-cli get_ticker --symbol BTCUSDT

{
  "closePrice": "70549.9",
  "openPrice": "70192.7",
  "highPrice": "70750",
  "lowPrice": "69160",
  "markPrice": "70549.9",
  "fundingRate": "-0.00003417",
  "volume": "5303.525",
  "turnover": "371204351.5978"
}