# okx-cex-trade

A skill that lets your coding agent place, cancel and amend orders on OKX CEX: spot, swaps, futures, options and event contracts.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 10300 installs · ★ 195
- Author: okx
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/okx/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/okx-cex-trade/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-19
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/okx-cex-trade

## What it does

The skill wires trading commands for OKX CEX into your agent through the `okx` CLI. It places limit and market orders, opens and closes positions, sets take-profit, stop-loss and trailing stops, and manages leverage. Options get their own coverage — chain, implied volatility, Greeks — along with event contracts that resolve Yes/No or Up/Down.

Setup starts with the CLI itself: `npm install -g @okx_ai/okx-trade-cli`, then `okx config init` to walk through browser OAuth. Credentials never go into chat; that command is the only path. To try things without risking funds, run `okx --demo spot orders`. The skill asks whether you want live or demo before it runs anything, because live money is irreversible.

Derivatives carry a trap: contract face value differs per instrument, so the skill insists on fetching `ctVal` via `market_get_instruments` before any swap, futures or options order. Skip that and your contract count comes out wrong. Market data, balances and trading bots live in separate skills — `okx-cex-market`, `okx-cex-portfolio` and `okx-cex-bot`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add okx/agent-skills --skill okx-cex-trade -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/okx-cex-trade/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/okx-cex-trade/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add okx/agent-skills --skill okx-cex-trade -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/okx-cex-trade/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add okx/agent-skills --skill okx-cex-trade -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/okx-cex-trade/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install okx/agent-skills okx-cex-trade
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/okx-cex-trade/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add okx/agent-skills --skill okx-cex-trade -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/okx/agent-skills --path skills/okx-cex-trade
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/okx-cex-trade/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add okx/agent-skills --skill okx-cex-trade -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/okx/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/okx-cex-trade/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- place a limit spot order and track the fill
- open or close a perpetual swap position
- attach take-profit and stop-loss to a trade
- read an option chain with Greeks per strike
- buy a Yes or No event contract

## Example prompts
- buy 0.01 BTC at market on OKX
- place a limit sell on ETH and add a stop-loss
- show the BTC option chain and compute delta

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: okx-cex-trade
description: "Use when the user asks to 'buy BTC', 'sell ETH', 'place a limit order', 'place a market order', 'cancel my order', 'amend my order', 'long BTC perp', 'short ETH swap', 'open a position', 'close a position', 'set take profit', 'limit take profit', 'immediate TP', 'set stop loss', 'self-trade prevention', 'stpMode', 'auto-cancel on close', 'trailing stop', 'pending order', 'chase order', 'iceberg', 'TWAP', 'split order', 'large order', 'set leverage', 'check my orders', 'fill history', 'buy a call', 'sell a put', 'option chain', 'implied volatility', 'IV', 'Greeks', 'delta', 'gamma', 'event contract', 'buy Yes', 'buy No', 'buy Up', 'buy Down', 'prediction market', or any request to place, cancel, or amend spot, swap, futures, options, or event contract orders on OKX CEX. Covers conditional (TP/SL/trailing) algo orders. Requires API credentials. Do NOT use for market data (okx-cex-market), account balance (okx-cex-portfolio), or bots (okx-cex-bot)."
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: okx
  version: "1.4.9"
  homepage: "https://www.okx.com"
  agent:
    requires:
      bins: ["okx"]
    install:
      - id: npm
        kind: node
        package: "@okx_ai/okx-trade-cli@1.4.9"
        bins: ["okx"]
        label: "Install okx CLI (npm)"
---

# OKX CEX Trading CLI

Spot, perpetual swap, delivery futures, **options**, and **event contract** order management on OKX exchange. Place, cancel, amend, and monitor orders; query option chains and Greeks; trade binary outcome event contracts (Yes/No, Up/Down); set take-profit/stop-loss and trailing stops; manage leverage and positions. **Requires API credentials.**

> **CLI vs MCP tool names** — Subcommands use spaces (`okx swap algo place`, `okx bot grid create`), not hyphens. Do NOT convert an MCP tool identifier (`swap_place_algo_order`) into a hyphen-joined CLI command (`okx swap place-algo`) — that will be rejected with "Unknown command". Per-module mapping tables live in `references/<module>-commands.md`.

## Preflight

Before running any command, follow [`../_shared/preflight.md`](../_shared/preflight.md).
Use `metadata.version` from this file's frontmatter as the reference for Step 2.

## Prerequisites

1. Install `okx` CLI:
   ```bash
   npm install -g @okx_ai/okx-trade-cli
   ```
2. Configure credentials:
   ```bash
   okx config init   # select site -> follow browser OAuth flow
   ```
3. Test with demo mode (simulated trading, no real funds):
   ```bash
   okx --demo spot orders
   ```

> **Security**: NEVER accept credentials in chat. Guide users to `okx config init` for setup.

## Credential & Profile Check

**Run this check before any authenticated command.** The auth method is detected during [preflight](../_shared/preflight.md) Step 2 and remembered for the session.

### Step A — Verify credentials
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