cdcx-market-intel

Market Intelligence

When to Use

• User asks for current price, price history, or market conditions for a crypto instrument
• Need to assess liquidity (orderbook depth) before placing an order
• Building a market summary or watchlist
• Comparing prices across multiple instruments

Tools Used

Tool	Purpose
cdcx_market_ticker	Current price for one or all instruments
cdcx_market_book	Orderbook depth
cdcx_market_candlestick	Historical OHLCV bars
cdcx_market_trades	Recent public trades
cdcx_market_instruments	All tradable instruments and metadata
cdcx_market_valuations	Mark / index / funding values
cdcx_market_settlement_prices	Settlement prices for expired contracts
cdcx_market_insurance	Insurance Fund balance by currency
cdcx_market_risk_params	Smart Cross Margin risk parameters

All tools are read-only (no auth required, no acknowledgement needed).

Workflow

Single Instrument Price

cdcx market ticker BTC_USDT -o json

Returns: last, b (best bid), k (best ask), h/l (24h high/low), v (volume), c (24h change ratio — multiply by 100 for percent).

All Tickers (Market Scan)

cdcx market ticker -o json

Omit the instrument argument to get every tradable instrument in one call. Ideal for market scans, watchlists, or computing leaders/laggards.

Orderbook Depth

cdcx market book BTC_USDT --depth 10 -o json

--depth caps at 50. Use for liquidity assessment before sizing a trade: sum top-N asks for a worst-case buy-through price.

Candlestick History

cdcx market candlestick BTC_USDT --timeframe 1h --count 24 -o json

Supported timeframes: 1m, 5m, 15m, 30m, 1h, 4h, 6h, 12h, 1D, 7D, 14D, 1M. Use --start-ts / --end-ts (Unix seconds) for explicit windows. Default window is 1 day.

Recent Trades

cdcx market trades BTC_USDT -o json

Last prints, up to 7 days back. Useful for spotting large prints or sudden activity.

Instrument Metadata

cdcx market instruments -o json

Returns every instrument with: instrument_name, base_ccy, quote_ccy, quantity_tick_size, price_tick_size, min_quantity, max_quantity, tradable. Essential before placing any order — the price/quantity you submit must conform to these tick sizes.

Composite Market Snapshot

cdcx market ticker BTC_USDT          # current price
cdcx market book BTC_USDT --depth 5  # liquidity snapshot
cdcx market candlestick BTC_USDT --timeframe 1D --count 7  # weekly trend
cdcx market trades BTC_USDT          # recent activity

Combine into a one-shot briefing for the user.

Derivatives-Only

cdcx market valuations BTC-PERP --valuation-type mark_price -o json
cdcx market settlement-prices BTC-PERP -o json
cdcx market insurance USDT -o json
cdcx market risk-params -o json

Only relevant for perpetual/futures instruments.

Streaming

For continuous updates prefer cdcx stream over polling:

cdcx stream ticker BTC_USDT ETH_USDT  # NDJSON to stdout
cdcx stream book BTC_USDT
cdcx stream trades BTC_USDT

Stream commands print one JSON object per line. Ctrl+C to stop.

Notes

• Prices in the API are strings — cast to float/decimal before arithmetic
• c in ticker is a ratio, not a percentage: 0.0257 means +2.57%
• Instrument names: spot uses _USDT (e.g. BTC_USDT), perps use -PERP (e.g. BTC-PERP)
• All market data endpoints are public — no credentials needed