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Automate Your Trading with 3Commas

A free 5-lesson video course to help you connect, automate your strategy, and trade confidently.
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Generate Kraken API
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What is 3Commas?

Automated trading platform that connects to Kraken via API. Set your strategy, configure your bot, and let it execute 24/7 across markets.

Algo & bot traders

Set up DCA, grid, or smart trade strategies and let them run 24/7, without watching charts around the clock.
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Active & API traders

Backtest ideas, manage stop-losses and take-profits across multiple pairs, and bring existing automated strategies to Kraken.
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Zero to live bot in 5 videos

Connect your account, build your first DCA bot, backtest it, and go live on Kraken Futures.

1. What this course is about

Get an overview of what you’ll learn and why automated trading on Kraken Futures with 3Commas gives you an edge.

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2. How to connect 3Commas to Kraken

Step-by-step walkthrough of generating your Kraken API key and linking it to your 3Commas account for live trading.

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3. How to Set Up Your First DCA Bot

Learn how to create and configure a Dollar-Cost Averaging bot on 3Commas, connected to Kraken Futures.

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4. How to backtest your trading strategy

Use 3Commas backtesting tools to validate your bot strategy against historical data before going live.

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5. What else 3Commas can offer for traders

Explore advanced features: grid bots, signal bots, smart trade, portfolio management, and multi-exchange support.

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How to get started

Finished the 5 modules? Here’s what to do next:

1. Generate your Kraken API key

Create a new API key in your Kraken account with trading permissions enabled.
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Generate your Kraken API key

2. Connect 3Commas

Add your API key and secret within 3Commas to link your account.
2. Connect Insilico Terminal

3. Configure your bot

Create your automated trading bot, test it on real market history, and let it trade.
Place your first trade

4. Stay updated

Follow Kraken and 3Commas on X for updates and feature announcements.
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Traders registered
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Exchange accounts connected
1.7M
Strategies backtested before launch
15.5M
Strategies executed

FAQs

Connect using your Kraken API key and secret. Generate your API key in Kraken Pro under Settings → API, then add it to your 3Commas account to enable live trading on Kraken Futures.

You must create a Kraken API key with trading permissions enabled to place and manage orders.

No. Withdrawal permissions are not required to trade through the API.

Yes. You can disable or delete your API key from your Kraken account at any time.

No. 3Commas is a separate trading platform that connects to Kraken via API. You can continue using Kraken Pro as usual.

Payward Digital Solutions Ltd. is licensed to conduct digital asset business by the Bermuda Monetary Authority. Trading futures, derivatives and other instruments using leverage involves an element of risk and may not be suitable for everyone. Read Kraken Derivatives' risk disclosure to learn more.

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