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One account, your rules
Sign up in a minute. Your Kraken keys are encrypted. Useful permission: query funds + create/modify orders. Never Withdraw — the bot must not be able to withdraw.
Kraken bot · simulation first · live only if you arm it
The bot runs.
You live.
ludiTRADE watches cryptos quoted in US dollars on Kraken. It does not fire 630 orders: it scans, picks a liquid pair, then sends at most one sell and one buy — and only if your rules and the emergency stop allow it.
You start in simulation. The Kraken account is only touched the day you arm a LIVE task.
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Simulation, then live
Simulation plays with a virtual $10,000. That is not your Kraken deposit. Live is a switch per task: until you arm it, no real AddOrder is sent.
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Few orders, not a spray
Rotation reads liquid markets (real volume, pairs you can enter and exit with ~$15–25). A “hop” = sell what you hold, then buy the leader. Not a hundred orders at once.
What the engine actually does
- It reads the USD market — Kraken tickers, not your hunches.
- It ranks liquid pairs — volume and a tradable asset list, not illiquid pumps.
- It proposes 1–2 hops — sell the holding if it is no longer the leader, buy the new one. Live: the sell waits for USD to credit before the buy.
- It often refuses — emergency stop, Kraken min size, not enough cash, too much exposure. A refusal in Health / Audit is not a bug.
- You watch — Orders, Health, Audit tabs. Cron runs on its own; you do not need to click every 15 minutes.
Simulator
Simulation mode
- Play money to start: $10,000.
- Simulation “gains” are not real money.
- Best for seeing signals, sizes, refusals — without Kraken.
- An API key is not required.
Kraken account
Live mode
- Real balances, real fees, real risk of losing everything.
- You arm one task, not the whole account.
- Emergency stop = immediate halt of your orders.
- Quote: USD (not CAD / USDT), to match Kraken books.
To get started
- Create an account and log in. You land on the dashboard (simulation).
- If you want live later: Kraken → Security → API. Tick Query Funds and Create & Modify Orders. Untick Withdraw. Paste Key + Secret in Settings, then “Save and verify”.
- Create a rotation task (simulation by default) on the asset you want to follow.
- Let cron work. When you are ready — and only then — switch that task to LIVE. “Run the bot now” forces a run; live, that can send a real order.
Risks, unvarnished
- Spot can lose everything, including a small deposit ($15, $200, whatever).
- Kraken fees eat tiny round-trips. A hop is not a profit.
- ludiTRADE is not financial advice, nor a return promise.
- Emergency stop = stop. If you have a doubt, arm it.
- Keys without Withdraw, always. You cannot “secure” a key that can empty the account.