Go to Bots → Create Bot. Follow the step-by-step wizard: select your exchange, create a dedicated subaccount on the exchange, generate an API key with read + write (spot trading) permissions only, and paste the credentials in Step 3. We recommend creating a fresh subaccount for each bot — never connect your main account.
Yes. Your API key and secret are encrypted using AES-256-GCM before being saved to disk. The plaintext is only decrypted in memory at the moment a trade order is placed, and is never logged or transmitted to any third party. To revoke access, delete the bot from the bots page and remove the API key directly from your exchange account settings.
Monte Carlo simulation stress-tests your strategy by randomly reshuffling your historical trade sequence thousands of times and measuring outcomes across all those scenarios. This reveals how sensitive your results are to the specific order trades occurred — helping you distinguish genuine edge from lucky sequencing. Key metrics include probability of ruin, worst expected drawdown, and confidence intervals on returns.
Spot trading means you buy and sell the actual asset (e.g. BTC for USDT). Your risk is limited to your invested capital and you cannot lose more than you put in. Futures trading uses contracts and leverage — you can control a larger position with less capital, but losses can exceed your initial investment. Algonaut currently supports Spot trading only; Futures support is coming soon.
The Robustness Score grades how well your strategy holds up under Monte Carlo stress testing. Grade A means the strategy performed well across most random scenarios — strong edge with manageable drawdowns. Grade B indicates moderate robustness — viable but with meaningful sensitivity to trade sequencing. Grade C means the results are fragile — the strategy may be over-fit or dependent on lucky ordering of trades.
You'll see a warning when you're approaching a limit (e.g. 80% of your monthly Monte Carlo runs used). Once a limit is reached, the specific feature is blocked until either the period resets or you upgrade. Your existing data is never deleted — you just can't add more until you upgrade. A full usage breakdown is available on your Account page.
Visit your Account page (click your name in the top right). You'll see your current usage and a plan comparison table. Upgrade options are shown there. Contact support at hello@algonaut.io if you need a custom plan.
Bybit, Binance, OKX, KuCoin and MEXC are supported for live API-connected bots. You can manually add any exchange or portfolio using the "Add Bot Manually" option on the bots page — this works for any exchange, not just the ones with direct API integration. More direct integrations are being added.
On the Bots page, click "Add Manually" instead of "Create Bot". You can enter the exchange name, strategy type, trading pair, initial capital, and current value manually. Manual bots don't execute real trades — they're purely for tracking and portfolio overview.
Dry Run mode lets your bot receive live TradingView webhook signals and log them without placing any real orders. It's the safest way to test your TradingView alert setup before going live. When you're satisfied the signals are arriving correctly, disable Dry Run to enable real order execution. Dry Run is on by default for all new bots.
The Correlation Matrix shows how the returns of your selected strategies move relative to each other — values range from -1 (perfectly inversely correlated) to +1 (perfectly correlated). Strategies with low or negative correlation reduce portfolio-level risk when combined, because their losses don't tend to happen at the same time. The matrix is available on Starter tier and above.
Yes. In the Vault → My Strategies section you can add your own strategies, upload backtest results from TradingView, and run Monte Carlo simulations on them. You can also copy public strategies from the Strategy Vault to your personal vault and customise the settings.