Rate Limits - Polymarket Documentation

All API rate limits are enforced using Cloudflare’s throttling system. When you exceed the limit for any endpoint, requests are throttled (delayed/queued) rather than immediately rejected. Limits reset on sliding time windows.

General

Endpoint	Limit
General rate limiting	15,000 req / 10s
Health check (`/ok`)	100 req / 10s

Gamma API

Base URL: https://gamma-api.polymarket.com

Endpoint	Limit
General	4,000 req / 10s
`/events`	500 req / 10s
`/markets`	300 req / 10s
`/markets` + `/events` listing	900 req / 10s
`/comments`	200 req / 10s
`/tags`	200 req / 10s
`/public-search`	350 req / 10s

Data API

Base URL: https://data-api.polymarket.com

Endpoint	Limit
General	1,000 req / 10s
`/trades`	200 req / 10s
`/positions`	150 req / 10s
`/closed-positions`	150 req / 10s
Health check (`/ok`)	100 req / 10s

CLOB API

Base URL: https://clob.polymarket.com

General

Endpoint	Limit
General	9,000 req / 10s
`GET` balance allowance	200 req / 10s
`UPDATE` balance allowance	50 req / 10s

Market Data

Endpoint	Limit
`/book`	1,500 req / 10s
`/books`	500 req / 10s
`/price`	1,500 req / 10s
`/prices`	500 req / 10s
`/midpoint`	1,500 req / 10s
`/midpoints`	500 req / 10s
`/prices-history`	1,000 req / 10s
Market tick size	200 req / 10s

Ledger

Endpoint	Limit
`/trades`, `/orders`, `/notifications`, `/order`	900 req / 10s
`/data/orders`	500 req / 10s
`/data/trades`	500 req / 10s
`/notifications`	125 req / 10s

Authentication

Endpoint	Limit
API key endpoints	100 req / 10s

Trading

Trading endpoints have both burst limits (short spikes allowed) and sustained limits (longer-term average).

Endpoint	Burst Limit	Sustained Limit
`POST /order`	5,000 req / 10s	120,000 req / 10 min
`DELETE /order`	5,000 req / 10s	120,000 req / 10 min
`POST /orders`	2,000 req / 10s	21,000 req / 10 min
`DELETE /orders`	2,000 req / 10s	15,000 req / 10 min
`DELETE /cancel-all`	250 req / 10s	6,000 req / 10 min
`DELETE /cancel-market-orders`	1,500 req / 10s	21,000 req / 10 min

Bridge API

Base URL: https://bridge.polymarket.com

Endpoint	Limit
General	50 req / 10s

Other

Endpoint	Limit
Relayer `/submit`	25 req / 1 min
User PNL API	200 req / 10s

Next Steps

Authentication

Learn how to authenticate trading requests.

Clients & SDKs

Official TypeScript, Python, and Rust libraries.

Authentication

Clients & SDKs

​General

​Gamma API

​Data API

​CLOB API

​General

​Market Data

​Ledger

​Authentication

​Trading

​Bridge API

​Other

​Next Steps

Authentication

Clients & SDKs

General

Gamma API

Data API

CLOB API

General

Market Data

Ledger

Authentication

Trading

Bridge API

Other

Next Steps