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title: "⏱️ Rate Limits"
description: >-
  Learn Forkast's API rate limits, including global and endpoint-specific caps,
  HTTP 429 errors, and best practices for handling requests.
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> **For AI agents:** the complete documentation index is at [llms.txt](/llms.txt). Append `.md` to any page URL for its markdown version.

To ensure platform stability and fair usage, the Forkast enforces the following rate limits.

### 🌍 Global Rate Limits

All API functions are subject to a global rate limit of:

- **1,000 requests per minute per IP**

If this limit is exceeded, additional requests may be throttled or rejected until the rate window resets.

### 🎛️ Function-Specific Rate Limits

The following endpoints have additional per-second limits:

- **Place Single Order** – 30 requests per second
- **Cancel Single Order** – 30 requests per second
- **Place Bulk Order** – 8 requests per second
- **Cancel by Market ID** – 5 requests per second

These limits apply independently of the global per-minute limit.

### ⚠️ Rate Limit Errors

If a rate limit is exceeded, the API will return an **HTTP 429 (Too Many Requests)** response.

We recommend implementing the following best practices:

- Respect Retry-After headers when provided 
- Implement exponential backoff for retries 
- Avoid aggressive retry loops 
- Monitor response codes to proactively manage request pacing 

Proper rate limit handling will ensure uninterrupted access and optimal trading performance.

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