Create OKX API credentials for TradingView webhook automation

Configure OKX API access so TradeAdapter can route TradingView to OKX EU signals with structured execution and no-code trading automation.

Step 1

Open API and connections in your OKX Europe account

Sign in to OKX Europe (my.okx.com), open your Profile and choose API and connections to start your tradingview webhook automation setup.

  • OKX requires a minimum balance of 100 USD on the account before it will let you create an API key
OKX account navigation with the API and connections tab
Step 2

Create an API key

Click Create API key. OKX first shows the OKX API Agreement — accept it with Continue to reach the creation form.

  • Each main account and sub-account can hold up to 50 active API keys
OKX API and connections page with the Create API key button
Step 3

Fill in the API key form

Give the key a name you will recognise later, then set the options below. Read permission is always on and cannot be switched off.

  • Used for — API trading
  • Permissions — tick Trade; leave Withdraw, Earn, Loan and Transfer off
  • Markets — tick Spot & Margin, plus Perpetual if you trade futures
  • Crypto — add at least one coin; OKX will not let you submit the form with an empty list
  • Turn on Trusted IP addresses and add 35.75.198.16 — a key with trade permission and no IP linked expires after 14 days of inactivity, a linked key does not expire
  • Passphrase — 8–32 characters, with at least one lowercase, one uppercase, one number and one special character
OKX Create API keys form with Trade permission, Spot and Margin market and the Crypto list filled in
Step 4

Create the key on the entity you actually trade on

This guide is for accounts registered on my.okx.com, the European (MiCAR) entity, whose API lives at https://eea.okx.com. Accounts on www.okx.com use the plain OKX connection instead. The two entities keep separate key stores: a key from one does not exist on the other, and the venue answers 50119 - API key doesn't exist when a key reaches the wrong host.

Step 5

Save API credentials securely

Submit the form, then copy the API key, secret and passphrase before leaving the page — the secret and passphrase are shown only once and cannot be recovered. Continue to page 2 for real-time trade execution webhook setup.