> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.nexus.xyz/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.nexus.xyz/api-reference/trades/fetch-trades.md).

# GET /markets/{market\_id}/trades

Get recent trades

Get recent trades.

`operationId`: `fetchTrades` · CCXT method: `fetchTrades`

**Authentication:** none — this operation is public.

## Parameters

| Name        | In    | Type      | Required | Default | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| ----------- | ----- | --------- | -------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `market_id` | path  | `string`  | Yes      | —       | Market identifier (e.g. BTC-USDX-PERP, ETH-USDX-PERP). Uppercase ASCII alphanumeric segments joined by single hyphens, at most 64 characters. A value outside that set is rejected with `400` (`INVALID_MARKET_ID`) before any store is read — it cannot name a market, so an empty result would assert that nothing traded rather than that the question was malformed. A well-formed identifier that names no listed market is a `404`, not a `400`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| `limit`     | query | `integer` | No       | `100`   | Trades per page (default 100, capped at the 10,000-trade retained window). Bounds one page, not a cursor walk — see “Cursor pagination”.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| `cursor`    | query | `string`  | No       | —       | Opaque pagination cursor returned in the previous response's `X-Next-Cursor` header. Omit to fetch the first page. Treat the token as opaque: its format is not part of the contract and may change. Cursors do not expire. A malformed (unparseable) cursor is not an error — the server serves the first page. A well-formed cursor whose exact position has since been evicted from the retained window is not reset to the first page: pagination resumes at the nearest surviving boundary, so a resumed response is a continuation, not a fresh first page. A cursor is not bound to an operation or an account, so use it only with the operation that issued it. See “Cursor pagination” in the API description for how a walk terminates and what it does and does not guarantee. |

## Responses

| Status | Body                                                       | Meaning                       |
| ------ | ---------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------- |
| `200`  | array of [`Trade`](/api-reference/guides/schemas.md#trade) | Recent trades for the market. |
| `400`  | — *(no schema declared)*                                   | —                             |
| `429`  | — *(no schema declared)*                                   | —                             |

## Example

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="cURL" %}

```bash
curl -X GET 'https://exchange.nexus.xyz/api/exchange/markets/BTC-USDX-PERP/trades'
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python" %}

```python
import requests


response = requests.get("https://exchange.nexus.xyz/api/exchange/markets/BTC-USDX-PERP/trades")
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.json())
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="TypeScript" %}

```typescript
const response = await fetch("https://exchange.nexus.xyz/api/exchange/markets/BTC-USDX-PERP/trades", {
  method: "GET",
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`${response.status} ${await response.text()}`);
console.log(await response.json());
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

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