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Create a MEXC API key

Used for: Signals and positions view (MEXC restricts futures order APIs, so Auto-Trade is not available). Menu names can differ slightly between the website and app versions.

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mexc.com

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API Management
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Illustration · menu names can differ slightly on the website and app

Tick only these

  • View account details
  • View futures positions

Never tick

  • Any trade permission
  • Withdraw
  • Transfer

Our server IP (whitelist this on the key)

187.127.177.38

Before you start

Step by step

  1. 1

    Open API management

    Log in at mexc.com, open the avatar menu → API Management.

  2. 2

    Choose read-only permissions

    Tick only the view / read permissions for account and futures positions.

    Leave every trade, withdraw and transfer permission unticked: Kestrel only reads your MEXC balance and positions.

  3. 3

    Link our server IP

    Enter 187.127.177.38 in the IP field (MEXC keys without an IP link expire after 90 days).

  4. 4

    Create and copy

    Click Create, pass the verification, and copy the Access Key and Secret Key.

  5. 5

    Paste into Kestrel

    Open Exchanges & keys → MEXC, paste both and click Save.

Fund your futures wallet

Nothing to move: MEXC keys are used to display your balance and positions only.

If saving the key fails

"Api key info invalid"
The key was copied incompletely or has expired. Create a new one.
Create a Kestrel account

Kestrel stores keys encrypted (AES-256-GCM) and checks them live with MEXC before saving.