# queryBalance

Query fiat or crypto account balances.\n\nQuery Parameters:\n- accountCategory: Account type (fiat/crypto), defaults to fiat\n- currency: Currency code, omit to return all balances\n\nBalance Information:\n- totalBalance: Total balance\n- balance: Available balance\n- frozenBalance: Frozen (locked) balance\n\nUse Cases:\n- Display available balance before trading\n- Validate sufficient funds before quote application\n- Show detailed balance breakdown to users

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `queryBalance`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/querybalance

## Facts

- Tool: `queryBalance`
- Server: Bybit MCP Server (`bybit-exchange/trading-mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/bybit-exchange/trading-mcp
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "queryBalance",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why queryBalance is rated Low

This tool only queries and returns balance information without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing operations. It has no side effects on account state. The low severity reflects minimal blast radius: an AI agent misusing this tool can at worst retrieve balance data, which does not expose financial risk or enable unauthorized transactions.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool name is 'queryBalance' and description states it 'Query[s] fiat or crypto account balances' with use cases limited to 'Display available balance', 'Validate sufficient funds', and 'Show detailed balance breakdown' — all read-only operations that retrieve…"

## Use case

AI agents call queryBalance to retrieve information from Bybit MCP Server without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Bybit MCP Server:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "queryBalance": {}
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Bybit MCP Server (379)

- `batchCancelOrders` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/batchcancelorders.md
- `cancelAllOrders` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/cancelallorders.md
- `cancelAllQuotes` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/cancelallquotes.md
- `cancelAllRfqs` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/cancelallrfqs.md
- `cancelAllSpreadOrders` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/cancelallspreadorders.md
- `cancelOrder` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/cancelorder.md
- `cancelRfq` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/cancelrfq.md
- `cancelSpreadOrder` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/cancelspreadorder.md
- `closeComboBot` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/closecombobot.md
- `closeFGridBot` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/closefgridbot.md
- `closeFMartBot` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/closefmartbot.md
- `removeAd` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/removead.md
- `upgradeToUta` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/upgradetouta.md
- `wsBatchCancelOrders` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/wsbatchcancelorders.md
- `wsCancelOrder` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/wscancelorder.md
- `acceptNonLpQuote` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/acceptnonlpquote.md
- `closeGridBot` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/closegridbot.md
- `confirmNewRiskLimit` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/confirmnewrisklimit.md
- `createComboBot` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/createcombobot.md
- `createTwapStrategy` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/createtwapstrategy.md
- `movePosition` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/moveposition.md
- `resetMmp` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/resetmmp.md
- `setTradingStop` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/settradingstop.md
- `stopStrategy` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/stopstrategy.md
- `stopSubscription` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/stopsubscription.md
- `wsAmendOrder` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/wsamendorder.md
- `wsBatchAmendOrders` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/wsbatchamendorders.md
- `accountBorrow` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/accountborrow.md
- `accountFixedBorrow` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/accountfixedborrow.md
- `accountNoConvertRepay` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/accountnoconvertrepay.md
- …and 349 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=bybit-exchange-trading-mcp · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp