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Binance account setup

Create an account

Generate API key

If you are wondering what an API Key is and why OctoBot is using it, checkout our introduction to exchanges API Keys.

Generate Your Keys

  • Sign into your Binance account
  • Click on your profile in the top right corner
  • Click on API Management

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Configure the API Settings

  • Give a label to your API Key.

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  • Binance will ask a security confirmation to continue.
  • OctoBot needs the Enable Reading permission to be able to pull in balances from Binance and Enable Spot & Margin Trading permission to create new orders. Click on Edit restrictions to enable Enable Spot & Margin Trading.

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  • Click on Save save the permission update.

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Add the API key to OctoBot

Add Binance exchange

  • Start your OctoBot
  • Click on Accounts tab
  • Click on Exchanges on the left menu
  • Click on the selector and search Binance
  • Click on ADD

Add Binance API keys

  • Copy and paste API Key from Binance to your OctoBot API Key field
  • Copy and paste Secret Key from Binance to your OctoBot API Secret field
  • Leave the API Password as is

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