AidanE122 / PyTrader

Python-based cryptocurrency trading bot that functions on the Coinbase Pro exchange. This bot currently uses RSI values and 24HR Volume in order to effectively make trades. Relies on the Coinbase Pro API feature in order to connect your Coinbase exchange account, which gives the bot access to making trades and viewing balances within your account.

Welcome, and thank you for using PyTrader!

Please make sure you read all the way through this document as well as 'packages.txt' before starting PyTrader. This will help to reduce potential errors when setting up the bot.

Please make sure you have the newest version of Python installed before proceeding any further through the instructions... (Latest Python version can be downloaded from https://www.python.org/downloads/)

Before you start up the "start_PyTrader.bat" file, you will need to make sure your Coinbase Pro API information is entered correctly in the "passphrase" file. This can be done through the Notepad app that comes installed on Windows. API information should be entered as shown below in order for the program to connect to your Coinbase Pro account and compile correctly. Please make sure that you give your Coinbase Pro API permission to view and trade in order for PyTrader to be able to place trades.

Example:

Enter your API credentials in the space below each question:

Nickname:
Name that you would like to give this API

Passphrase:
Your passphrase here

API Secret Key:
Your API Secret Key here

API Public Key:
Your API Public Key here

NOTE: The "nickname" field does not have to be the same as the one you gave to your API on your Coinbase Pro account, you can enter whatever name you would like. This is only included so you can more easily remember which API you have linked to PyTrader.

Once your API information has been entered, simply double-click "start_PyTrader.bat" if you are on a Windows PC in order to start the trader. If you wish to disable PyTrader, just exit out of the program and all trades will be halted until you choose to run the program again.

Just a reminder, PyTrader is still a very new program, and there is still an enormous amount of features and tweaks that I would like to make to it before I am somewhat satisfied with it. As for now, RSI-based indicator trading is the only option that I have implemented, but I plan on adding many more forms of indicators within the future. Please feel free to send me an email at [e-mail] or reach out to me on GitHub if you notice any bugs or errors. I would be happy to sort them out and find the best solutions that I can.

Big thanks to Dan Paquin, creator of the Coinbase Pro API for Python, as well as Brian The Dev, who created TradingView-TA for Python.