claude-trader

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Experimental crypto trading framework for testing multi-indicator strategies, AI trade analysis, and execution safety mechanisms.

Last updated Jul 7, 2026

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README

Claude Bitcoin Trader

Get Rich or Vibe Tryin'

An automated Bitcoin trading bot supporting Coinbase and Kraken exchanges with multi-indicator confluence strategy, AI-powered trade review, comprehensive safety systems, and paper trading mode.

Works with any trading pair (BTC-USD, BTC-EUR, ETH-USD, etc.).

Features

Multi-Exchange: Supports Coinbase and Kraken with unified interface
Multi-Indicator Strategy: Combines RSI, MACD, Bollinger Bands, EMA crossover, and ATR
Multi-Agent AI Review: 3 reviewers (Pro/Neutral/Opposing) + judge for trade decisions
Hourly Market Analysis: AI-powered analysis during volatile conditions
Multi-Timeframe Confirmation: Daily + 4-hour trend alignment before trading
Market Regime Adaptation: Fear & Greed Index, volatility, and trend-aware adjustments
Whale Detection: Boosts signal confidence on high-volume institutional activity
Trade Cooldown: Prevents rapid consecutive trades (falling knife protection)
Live Dashboard: Real-time web dashboard with charts, signals, and trade history
Safety Systems: Kill switch, circuit breaker, loss limits, order validation
Paper Trading: Test strategies with virtual money using real market data
Cramer Mode: Run inverse strategy alongside normal trading for performance comparison
Telegram Notifications: Real-time alerts for trades, errors, and daily summaries
State Persistence: SQLite database for trade history and recovery

Quick Start

1. Install Dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

2. Configure Environment

cp .env.example .env
Edit .env with your credentials

3. Get Exchange API Keys

Coinbase

Go to https://portal.cdp.coinbase.com/
Create an API key with View and Trade permissions
Download the JSON key file or copy the key and secret to your .env file

Kraken

Go to https://www.kraken.com/u/security/api
Create an API key with Query Funds and Create & Modify Orders permissions
Copy the key and secret (base64-encoded) to your .env file

4. Set Up Telegram (Optional)

Message @BotFather on Telegram
Create a new bot and copy the token
Message @userinfobot to get your chat_id
Add both to your .env file

5. Run in Paper Mode

python -m src.main

The bot starts in paper trading mode by default. Monitor the logs to see how it performs.

Configuration

Edit .env to customize. See .env.example for all options with documentation.

Core Settings

| Variable | Default | Description | |----------|---------|-------------| | EXCHANGE | coinbase | coinbase or kraken | | TRADING_PAIR | BTC-USD | Trading pair (e.g., BTC-EUR, ETH-USD) | | TRADING_MODE | paper | paper or live | | POSITIONSIZEPERCENT | 40 | Max position as % of portfolio | | SIGNAL_THRESHOLD | 60 | Minimum score to trade (0-100) | | CHECKINTERVALSECONDS | 60 | Seconds between checks |

Risk Management

| Variable | Default | Description | |----------|---------|-------------| | MAXDAILYLOSS_PERCENT | 10 | Stop trading after this daily loss | | MAXHOURLYLOSS_PERCENT | 3 | Pause for 1 hour after this loss | | MAXPOSITIONPERCENT | 80 | Maximum position size allowed | | STOPLOSSATR_MULTIPLIER | 1.5 | Stop loss distance (ATR multiples) | | TAKEPROFITATR_MULTIPLIER | 2.0 | Take profit distance (ATR multiples) |

Multi-Agent AI Trade Review (Optional)

Uses 3 reviewer agents with different stances (Pro, Neutral, Opposing) plus a judge for final decision.

| Variable | Default | Description | |----------|---------|-------------| | AIREVIEWENABLED | false | Enable multi-agent AI review via OpenRouter | | OPENROUTERAPIKEY | - | API key from openrouter.ai | | REVIEWERMODEL1 | x-ai/grok-4-fast | First reviewer model | | REVIEWERMODEL2 | qwen/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct | Second reviewer model | | REVIEWERMODEL3 | google/gemini-2.5-flash | Third reviewer model | | JUDGE_MODEL | deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3.1 | Judge model for final decision | | VETO_ACTION | info | skip, reduce, delay, or info | | AIREVIEWALL | false | Review ALL decisions (debug mode) | | AIFAILUREMODE_BUY | safe | AI failure behavior for buys: safe (skip) or open (proceed) | | AIFAILUREMODE_SELL | open | AI failure behavior for sells: safe (skip) or open (proceed) | | AIRECOMMENDATIONTTL_MINUTES | 20 | How long AI recs influence thresholds | | AIMAXTOKENS | 4000 | Max tokens for AI responses |

AI Recommendations: When the judge issues "accumulate", "reduce", or "wait" recommendations, they influence signal thresholds for AIRECOMMENDATIONTTL_MINUTES. Effect decays linearly to zero over this period.

Hourly Market Analysis (Optional)

AI-powered market analysis with online research. Runs:

Hourly during high/extreme volatility
Once when volatility returns to normal (post-volatility analysis)

Uses the same multi-agent system as trade reviews (3 reviewers with bullish/neutral/bearish stances + judge). Fetches real-time data from CryptoCompare (news) and Blockchain.info (on-chain metrics). AI models can also search the web for additional context.

| Variable | Default | Description | |----------|---------|-------------| | HOURLYANALYSISENABLED | true | Enable hourly AI analysis (uses reviewer models) | | MARKETRESEARCHENABLED | true | Fetch news and on-chain data from free APIs | | AIWEBSEARCH_ENABLED | true | Allow AI to search web during analysis | | MARKETRESEARCHCACHE_MINUTES | 15 | Cache duration for research data |

Trading Strategy

The bot uses a confluence scoring system that combines multiple indicators with graduated signals (v1.7.0+):

| Indicator | Weight | Graduated Signal Range | |-----------|--------|------------------------| | RSI (14) | 25% | Dead zone 45-55, scaled ±0.3 to ±1.0 outside | | MACD (12/26/9) | 25% | Crossover + histogram momentum | | Bollinger Bands (20, 2σ) | 20% | %B based, dead zone 0.35-0.65 | | EMA Crossover (9/21) | 15% | Position + momentum, dead zone <0.3% gap | | Volume | 15% | Confirmation boost/penalty | | Trend Filter | - | Counter-trend penalty |

Trade when score ≥ threshold (default 60) or ≤ -threshold for sells

Signal Breakdown Example

Signal Score: 72/100
  📈 RSI: +18      (RSI at 38, moderate buy zone)
  📈 MACD: +15     (bullish crossover + histogram)
  📈 Bollinger: +12 (%B at 0.25, lower zone)
  📈 EMA: +10      (fast above slow, gap widening)
  📈 Volume: +7    (1.6x average volume boost)
  ➖ Trend Filter: 0

Market Protection Layers

The bot uses multiple complementary layers to protect against poor entries during extreme market conditions. These layers work together to provide defense-in-depth without being overly restrictive.

Fear & Greed Index Integration

The bot fetches the Bitcoin Fear & Greed Index every 15 minutes and applies it across five protection layers:

Categories: Extreme Fear (0-25), Fear (25-45), Neutral (45-55), Greed (55-75), Extreme Greed (75-100)

Protection Layer 1: Regime Threshold Adjustments

Modifies the score threshold required to trigger trades based on market sentiment and trend alignment:

Extreme Fear + Bearish Trend + Buy Signal: threshold_mult: 0.0 - Neutralizes threshold reduction (fear justified, don't catch falling knife)
Extreme Fear + Bullish Trend + Buy Signal: threshold_mult: 1.2 - Amplifies threshold reduction (contrarian opportunity)
Extreme Greed + Bullish Trend + Sell Signal: threshold_mult: 1.5 - Amplifies threshold boost (sell into euphoria)

Default impact at scale=1.0: threshold adjusts ±10-15 points

Protection Layer 2: Regime Position Sizing

Adjusts position size based on market conditions:

Extreme Fear + Bearish Trend + Buy: 30% position reduction (don't catch knife)
Extreme Fear + Bullish Trend + Buy: 15% position increase (contrarian opportunity)
Extreme Greed + Bullish Trend + Sell: 20% position increase (sell into strength)

Protection Layer 3: Extreme Fear MTF Override

When daily and 4H timeframes disagree during extreme fear, applies full counter-penalty instead of half:

Without extreme fear: Daily disagrees with 4H → half penalty (-10 points)
With extreme fear: Daily disagrees with 4H → full penalty (-20 points)

This prevents 4H neutral signals from neutralizing bearish daily trends during panic conditions.

Protection Layer 4: Dual-Extreme Blocking

Completely blocks buy orders when BOTH conditions exist:

Sentiment = Extreme Fear (≤24/100)
Volatility = Extreme (ATR-based)

These dual-extreme conditions create unfavorable risk/reward scenarios for new entries.

Protection Layer 5: Extreme Volatility Stop Widening

Widens stop losses during extreme volatility to prevent whipsaw exits:

Normal volatility: 1.5x ATR stop distance
Extreme volatility: 2.0x ATR stop distance

Prevents being stopped out by normal price fluctuations during high volatility.

Tuning Guide

Trade Frequency

Target trades/month depends on market conditions and your risk tolerance:

| Profile | Threshold | Expected Trades | Notes | |---------|-----------|-----------------|-------| | Conservative | 70 | 5-15/month | Fewer but higher conviction | | Moderate | 60 | 20-50/month | Balanced (default) | | Aggressive | 50 | 50-100/month | More signals, more noise |

Indicator Tuning

RSI (Momentum)

RSIOVERSOLD=35 / RSIOVERBOUGHT=65 - Default thresholds
Tighter (40/60): More signals, earlier entries
Wider (30/70): Fewer signals, wait for extremes

EMA (Trend)

EMAFAST=9 / EMASLOW=21 - Default periods
Shorter (5/13): More responsive, more whipsaws
Longer (12/26): Smoother, slower to react

Bollinger Bands (Volatility)

BOLLINGER_STD=2.0 - Band width (95% of price action)
Lower (1.5): Narrower bands, more touches
Higher (2.5): Wider bands, only extreme moves

Hot-Reload Settings

Update these without restarting:

nano .env  # Edit values kill -SIGUSR2 $(pgrep -f "python -m src.main") Or with systemd:
 sudo systemctl reload claude-trader

Adaptive Check Intervals

The bot can adjust check frequency based on market volatility:

| Variable | Default | Description | |----------|---------|-------------| | ADAPTIVEINTERVALENABLED | true | Enable volatility-based intervals | | INTERVALLOWVOLATILITY | 120 | Seconds between checks (low vol) | | INTERVAL_NORMAL | 60 | Seconds between checks (normal) | | INTERVALHIGHVOLATILITY | 30 | Seconds between checks (high vol) | | INTERVALEXTREMEVOLATILITY | 15 | Seconds between checks (extreme) |

Candle Settings

| Variable | Default | Description | |----------|---------|-------------| | CANDLEINTERVAL | ONEHOUR | Candlestick granularity for analysis | | CANDLE_LIMIT | 100 | Number of candles to fetch |

Reloadable: signalthreshold, RSI/MACD/Bollinger/EMA parameters, positionsize_percent, loss limits, AI settings

Requires restart: exchange, tradingpair, tradingmode, database_path

Advanced Configuration

All settings below are documented in .env.example with detailed comments. Most users won't need to change these.

Paper Trading Initial Balances

| Variable | Default | Description | |----------|---------|-------------| | PAPERINITIALQUOTE | 5000 | Starting quote currency (USD/EUR) | | PAPERINITIALBASE | 0.05 | Starting base currency (BTC) |

Cramer Mode (Paper Trading Only)

Run an inverse strategy alongside your normal trading to compare performance. When enabled, every trade the normal bot makes is mirrored with the opposite action:

Normal bot buys → Cramer Mode sells
Normal bot sells (signal or trailing stop) → Cramer Mode buys

Both bots have identical risk management: same balance constraints and independent trailing stops for fair comparison.

| Variable | Default | Description | |----------|---------|-------------| | ENABLECRAMERMODE | false | Enable Cramer Mode inverse trading |

How it works:

On first enable, Cramer Mode copies balance from normal bot's current state
Both bots have independent trailing stops (same risk management)
Same balance constraints apply to both (no negative balances)
Both positions tracked separately with bot_mode column in database
Compare performance: if Cramer Mode consistently wins, consider inverting your strategy

⚠️ Important: Enable Cramer Mode when the normal bot has no open positions. Otherwise, the comparison starts unfairly (one bot has a position, the other doesn't). A warning will be logged if this situation is detected.

Use case: Validate whether your trading signals have predictive value. If Cramer Mode performs better over time, your signals may be systematically wrong.

Indicator Parameters

| Indicator | Parameters | Defaults | |-----------|------------|----------| | RSI | RSIPERIOD, RSIOVERSOLD, RSI_OVERBOUGHT | 14, 35, 65 | | MACD | MACDFAST, MACDSLOW, MACD_SIGNAL | 12, 26, 9 | | EMA | EMAFAST, EMASLOW | 9, 21 | | Bollinger | BOLLINGERPERIOD, BOLLINGERSTD | 20, 2.0 | | ATR | ATR_PERIOD | 14 |

Trade Cooldown

Prevents rapid consecutive trades (averaging into falling knives, excessive fees).

| Variable | Default | Description | |----------|---------|-------------| | TRADECOOLDOWNENABLED | true | Enable cooldown between same-direction trades | | BUYCOOLDOWNMINUTES | 15 | Minimum minutes between buy trades | | SELLCOOLDOWNMINUTES | 0 | Minutes between sells (0 = disabled for safety) | | BUYPRICECHANGE_PERCENT | 1.0 | Price must drop X% to buy again | | SELLPRICECHANGE_PERCENT | 0 | Price must rise X% to sell again (0 = disabled) |

Whale Detection

Detects large volume spikes indicating institutional activity, boosting signal confidence.

| Variable | Default | Description | |----------|---------|-------------| | WHALEVOLUMETHRESHOLD | 3.0 | Volume ratio for whale detection (3x average) | | WHALEDIRECTIONTHRESHOLD | 0.003 | Price change % to classify whale direction | | WHALEBOOSTPERCENT | 0.30 | Signal boost for whale activity (30%) | | HIGHVOLUMEBOOST_PERCENT | 0.20 | Signal boost for high volume (20%) |

Order Execution

| Variable | Default | Description | |----------|---------|-------------| | USELIMITORDERS | true | Use IOC limit orders (reduces slippage) | | LIMITORDEROFFSET_PERCENT | 0.1 | Offset from best bid/ask (0.1%) |

Note: IOC (Immediate-Or-Cancel) orders fill immediately or cancel unfilled portions.

Trailing Stop & Breakeven

| Variable | Default | Description | |----------|---------|-------------| | TRAILINGSTOPATR_MULTIPLIER | 1.0 | Trailing stop distance (1x ATR) | | BREAKEVENATRMULTIPLIER | 0.5 | Profit needed to activate trailing (0.5x ATR) | | MINSTOPLOSS_PERCENT | 1.5 | Minimum stop loss floor (% of price) |

Market Regime Adaptation

Dynamically adjusts strategy based on Fear & Greed Index, volatility, and trend. See Market Protection Layers for detailed explanation of how these work together.

| Variable | Default | Description | |----------|---------|-------------| | REGIMEADAPTATIONENABLED | true | Enable regime-based adjustments (Layers 1-2) | | REGIMESENTIMENTENABLED | true | Use Fear & Greed Index | | REGIMEVOLATILITYENABLED | true | Use ATR-based volatility | | REGIMETRENDENABLED | true | Use EMA trend direction | | REGIMEADJUSTMENTSCALE | 0.5 | Intensity (0=off, 0.5=moderate, 1.0=full, 2.0=aggressive) | | REGIMEFLAPPROTECTION | true | Require 2 consecutive detections before regime change | | BLOCKTRADESEXTREME_CONDITIONS | true | Block buys during extreme fear + extreme volatility (Layer 4) | | STOPLOSSATRMULTIPLIEREXTREME | 2.0 | Wider stops during extreme volatility (Layer 5) |

Multi-Timeframe Confirmation (MTF)

Checks Daily + 4-hour trends before trading. Both must agree for strong bias. During extreme fear, applies full counter-penalty when daily/4H disagree (Layer 3).

| Variable | Default | Description | |----------|---------|-------------| | MTF_ENABLED | true | Enable higher timeframe confirmation | | MTF4HENABLED | false | Include 4H timeframe (default: daily-only is simpler) | | MTFCANDLELIMIT | 50 | Candles to fetch for HTF trend | | MTFDAILYCACHE_MINUTES | 60 | Cache duration for daily candles | | MTF4HCACHE_MINUTES | 30 | Cache duration for 4H candles | | MTFALIGNEDBOOST | 20 | Score boost when aligned with HTF trend | | MTFCOUNTERPENALTY | 30 | Score penalty when against HTF trend (doubled during extreme fear when daily/4H disagree) |

AI Weight Profile Selection

AI analyzes market conditions to select optimal indicator weights per candle.

| Variable | Default | Description | |----------|---------|-------------| | AIWEIGHTPROFILE_ENABLED | false | Enable AI-driven weight selection | | AIWEIGHTFALLBACK_PROFILE | default | Fallback when AI unavailable | | AIWEIGHTPROFILE_MODEL | openai/gpt-5.2 | Model for profile selection |

Profiles: trending (MACD/EMA heavy), ranging (RSI/BB heavy), volatile, default

Safety Systems

Kill Switch

Create data/KILL_SWITCH file to halt trading
Send SIGUSR1 signal to process
Requires manual reset to resume

Circuit Breaker

YELLOW: 5%+ price move → reduced position size
RED: 10%+ price move → trading halted (4h cooldown)
BLACK: 3+ order failures → manual reset required

Loss Limits

Daily: 10% max loss → trading stops for the day
Hourly: 3% max loss → 1 hour pause
Progressive throttling as limits approach

Signal History Monitoring

The bot tracks signal history in the database. If storage fails 10 consecutive times, a Telegram alert is sent. Additional alerts at every 50 failures thereafter (60, 110, 160...). Trading continues even if history storage fails (non-blocking).

Performance Reports

The bot automatically generates performance reports comparing your portfolio against buy-and-hold BTC:

Daily: Sent via Telegram each day with portfolio return vs BTC return
Weekly: Summary every Monday covering the past 7 days
Monthly: Summary on the 1st of each month covering the previous month

Reports show alpha (portfolio return minus BTC return) to measure strategy effectiveness.

Live Dashboard

A real-time web dashboard showing trading activity, signals, and portfolio status.

Starting the Dashboard

# Terminal 1: Trading daemon
python -m src.main
Terminal 2: Dashboard server
python -m src.dashboard.server

Dashboard accessible at http://localhost:8081

Dashboard Features

Candlestick Chart: Live price action with TradingView Lightweight Charts
Signal Display: Current signal score (-100 to +100) with threshold indicator
Signal Breakdown: Visual breakdown of RSI, MACD, Bollinger, EMA, Volume contributions
Portfolio Overview: Quote/base balances, total value, position percentage
Circuit Breaker Status: Current safety level (GREEN/YELLOW/RED/BLACK)
Recent Trades: Last 20 trades with side, size, price, and P&L
Performance Chart: Portfolio vs BTC buy-and-hold comparison
Notifications Feed: Real-time trade reviews, market analysis, and alerts

Dashboard Configuration

| Variable | Default | Description | |----------|---------|-------------| | DASHBOARD_HOST | 127.0.0.1 | Bind address (use 0.0.0.0 for network access) | | DASHBOARD_PORT | 8081 | Web server port |

The dashboard uses WebSocket for real-time updates (1.5s poll interval) and includes rate limiting on all API endpoints.

Project Structure

claude-trader/
├── config/
│   ├── settings.py          # Pydantic configuration
│   └── logging_config.py    # Structured logging
├── src/
│   ├── main.py              # Entry point
│   ├── version.py           # Version string
│   ├── api/
│   │   ├── exchange_protocol.py # Unified exchange interface
│   │   ├── exchange_factory.py  # Exchange client factory
│   │   ├── coinbase_client.py   # Coinbase API
│   │   ├── coinbase_auth.py     # Coinbase JWT authentication
│   │   ├── kraken_client.py     # Kraken API
│   │   ├── kraken_auth.py       # Kraken request signing
│   │   ├── paper_client.py      # Paper trading
│   │   └── symbol_mapper.py     # Exchange symbol normalization
│   ├── indicators/
│   │   ├── rsi.py, macd.py, bollinger.py, ema.py, atr.py
│   ├── strategy/
│   │   ├── signal_scorer.py     # Confluence scoring
│   │   ├── position_sizer.py    # ATR-based sizing
│   │   ├── regime.py            # Market regime detection
│   │   └── weightprofileselector.py # AI-driven indicator weights
│   ├── safety/
│   │   ├── kill_switch.py
│   │   ├── circuit_breaker.py
│   │   ├── loss_limiter.py
│   │   ├── trade_cooldown.py    # Consecutive trade prevention
│   │   └── validator.py
│   ├── notifications/
│   │   └── telegram.py
│   ├── ai/
│   │   ├── trade_reviewer.py    # Multi-agent AI trade review
│   │   ├── market_analyzer.py   # Hourly AI market analysis
│   │   ├── market_research.py   # News and on-chain data fetching
│   │   ├── sentiment.py         # Fear & Greed Index integration
│   │   └── web_search.py        # DuckDuckGo search for AI agents
│   ├── state/
│   │   └── database.py          # SQLite persistence
│   ├── daemon/
│   │   └── runner.py            # Main loop
│   ├── dashboard/
│   │   ├── server.py            # FastAPI dashboard server
│   │   ├── routes.py            # REST API endpoints
│   │   ├── websocket.py         # WebSocket manager
│   │   └── models.py            # Pydantic response models
│   ├── static/
│   │   ├── dashboard.css        # Dashboard styles
│   │   └── dashboard.js         # Frontend JavaScript
│   └── templates/
│       └── index.html           # Dashboard HTML
├── scripts/
│   ├── claude-trader.service    # Main bot systemd service
│   ├── claude-trader-dashboard.service # Dashboard systemd service
│   ├── install-service.sh       # Ubuntu install script
│   ├── reload-config.sh         # Hot-reload .env settings
│   └── update.sh                # Git pull + restart deployment
├── data/                        # SQLite database
├── logs/                        # Log files
└── .env                         # Configuration

Testing

The project includes a comprehensive test suite with 300+ tests covering safety systems, strategy logic, and API integrations.

Run all tests:

pytest

Run with coverage:

pytest --cov=src --cov-report=html

Live Integration Tests:

The test suite includes optional integration tests that make real API calls to Coinbase. These tests verify authentication, data retrieval, and order execution against the live API.

⚠️ WARNING: Live tests place real orders and cost real money in fees (~$0.30-0.60 per run).

Setup requires a separate test account with $100+ balance. See tests/README.md for detailed setup instructions, safety features, and usage.

# Run live integration tests (requires setup)
pytest tests/testcoinbaseintegration_live.py --run-live-tests -v

Running as a Service

Ubuntu (Recommended)

Use the included install script:

# Clone and install
git clone https://github.com/Byte-Ventures/claude-trader.git
cd claude-trader
sudo ./scripts/install-service.sh
Configure
sudo nano /opt/claude-trader/.env
Start
sudo systemctl start claude-trader
sudo journalctl -u claude-trader -f

The service will:

Start automatically on boot
Restart within 10 seconds if it crashes
Run as a dedicated trader user
Log to systemd journal

Service commands:

sudo systemctl status claude-trader   # Check status sudo systemctl stop claude-trader     # Stop sudo systemctl restart claude-trader  # Restart sudo journalctl -u claude-trader -f   # Follow logs

Manual systemd Setup

If you prefer manual installation, copy scripts/claude-trader.service to /etc/systemd/system/ and adjust paths.

launchd (macOS)

Create ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.btc-bot.plist:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>com.btc-bot</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>/usr/bin/python3</string>
        <string>-m</string>
        <string>src.main</string>
    </array>
    <key>WorkingDirectory</key>
    <string>/path/to/claude-trader</string>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <true/>
    <key>KeepAlive</key>
    <true/>
</dict>
</plist>

launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.btc-bot.plist

Before Going Live

[ ] Run paper trading for 1+ week
[ ] Verify Telegram notifications work
[ ] Test kill switch (touch data/KILL_SWITCH)
[ ] Test circuit breaker behavior
[ ] Verify trading pair is valid on your exchange
[ ] Start with small position size (default 40% is conservative)
[ ] Monitor closely for first 48 hours

Disclaimer

⚠️ WARNING: YOU WILL VERY LIKELY LOSE MONEY ⚠️

This software is provided for educational and experimental purposes only. By using this application, you acknowledge and accept that:

You will very likely lose some or all of your money
This bot makes no profit guarantees whatsoever
Past performance (if any) does not indicate future results
The authors and contributors are not financial advisors
The authors and contributors accept no liability for any financial losses
Cryptocurrency markets are extremely volatile and unpredictable
Automated trading amplifies both gains and losses
Technical failures, bugs, or exchange issues can cause unexpected losses

Do not use money you cannot afford to lose completely.

This is an experimental project. If you choose to use it with real money, you do so entirely at your own risk.

FAQ

Q: Should I start with paper trading or live trading?

A: Always start with paper trading (PAPER_MODE=true). Run for at least a few weeks to understand how the bot behaves before considering live trading.

Q: What happens if the bot crashes?

A: State is saved to a database - the bot resumes from where it left off. Open positions remain on the exchange and can be manually closed if needed.

Q: How do I validate my strategy?

A: Enable Cramer Mode (ENABLECRAMERMODE=true) to run an inverse strategy alongside normal trading. If it consistently outperforms, your signals may need adjustment.

Contributing

Fork the repository
Create a feature branch from develop: git checkout -b feature/my-feature develop
Make your changes and update src/version.py
Push and create a PR to develop
After review, changes will be merged to develop, then released to main

See CLAUDE.md for detailed branching workflow and coding guidelines.

License

AGPL-3.0 - All modifications must be shared under the same license.

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