Get market tickers
market_tickersRetrieve real-time cryptocurrency market data including prices, bid/ask spreads, and 24-hour trading volumes. Sort and rank coins by price changes or trading activity to identify market trends.
Instructions
Retrieve the latest price snapshot, best bid/ask price, and trading volume in the last 24 hours.Get the ranking of coins with the highest increase or the largest trading volume.
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| instType | No | Instrument type: [SPOT/SWAP/FUTURES/OPTION] | SPOT |
| instFamily | No | Instrument family。 Applicable to FUTURES/SWAP/OPTION | |
| sortBy | No | Sorting method: [change24h/changeMax/last/vol24h/...] | change24h |
| limit | No | Number of results. Default: 30 |
Implementation Reference
- mcp_okx/market.py:23-64 (handler)The core handler function for the 'market_tickers' tool. It calls the OKX MarketAPI.get_tickers, processes the data by calculating change24h and changeMax, sorts by the specified field, limits the results, and includes a response schema.
def market_tickers( instType: str = Field("SPOT", description="Instrument type: [SPOT/SWAP/FUTURES/OPTION]"), instFamily: str = Field("", description="Instrument family。 Applicable to FUTURES/SWAP/OPTION"), sortBy: str = Field("change24h", description="Sorting method: [change24h/changeMax/last/vol24h/...]"), limit: int | str = Field(30, description="Number of results. Default: 30"), ): resp = ACCOUNT.get_tickers(instType=instType, instFamily=instFamily) or {} if int(resp.get("code", 0)): return resp data = resp.get("data", []) for item in data: try: item["change24h"] = round((float(item["last"]) - float(item["open24h"])) / float(item["open24h"]) * 100, 2) item["changeMax"] = round((float(item["high24h"]) - float(item["low24h"])) / float(item["low24h"]) * 100, 2) except Exception: continue data.sort(key=lambda x: float(x.get(sortBy) or 0), reverse=True) resp["data"] = data[:int(limit)] resp["_response_schema"] = """ instType String Instrument type instId String Instrument ID last String Last traded price lastSz String Last traded size. 0 represents there is no trading volume askPx String Best ask price askSz String Best ask size bidPx String Best bid price bidSz String Best bid size open24h String Open price in the past 24 hours high24h String Highest price in the past 24 hours low24h String Lowest price in the past 24 hours volCcy24h String 24h trading volume, with a unit of currency. If it is a derivatives contract, the value is the number of base currency. e.g. the unit is BTC for BTC-USD-SWAP and BTC-USDT-SWAP If it is SPOT/MARGIN, the value is the quantity in quote currency. vol24h String 24h trading volume, with a unit of contract. If it is a derivatives contract, the value is the number of contracts. If it is SPOT/MARGIN, the value is the quantity in base currency. sodUtc0 String Open price in the UTC 0 sodUtc8 String Open price in the UTC 8 change24h float Percentage change over 24 hours changeMax float 24-hour high and low percentage range """ return resp - mcp_okx/market.py:18-28 (schema)Tool schema definition including title, description, and input parameters with Pydantic Field validations for the market_tickers tool.
@mcp.tool( title="Get market tickers", description="Retrieve the latest price snapshot, best bid/ask price, and trading volume in the last 24 hours." "Get the ranking of coins with the highest increase or the largest trading volume.", ) def market_tickers( instType: str = Field("SPOT", description="Instrument type: [SPOT/SWAP/FUTURES/OPTION]"), instFamily: str = Field("", description="Instrument family。 Applicable to FUTURES/SWAP/OPTION"), sortBy: str = Field("change24h", description="Sorting method: [change24h/changeMax/last/vol24h/...]"), limit: int | str = Field(30, description="Number of results. Default: 30"), ): - mcp_okx/__init__.py:27-27 (registration)Registration of the market tools (including market_tickers) by calling add_tools on the FastMCP instance.
market.add_tools(mcp)