Creating a Crypto Bot

Walk through the bot creation modal step by step to set up a crypto trading bot on Crypto.com or Robinhood.

Prerequisites: You need at least one exchange account connected before creating a live bot. Paper bots don't require credentials (except Robinhood paper which needs an account for market data).

Open the Create Bot Modal

Go to Bots in the sidebar and click Create Bot (top-right).

Basic Settings

Bot Name

A descriptive name like "BTC Momentum" or "Grid DeFi".

Exchange

Choose Crypto.com Exchange or Robinhood Crypto.

Mode

Paper for simulated trades (no real money), Live for real execution.

Exchange Account

Select which connected account to use. Required for live mode.

Run on Node (optional)

If you have a self-hosted node linked, you can run the bot there instead of cloud. Paper bots on nodes are free.

Strategy

Choose one of the 7 built-in crypto strategies. Each has different strengths. See the Strategy Overview for details.

  • ▶ Momentum — trend following with EMA crossovers
  • ▶ Mean Reversion — Bollinger Band bounces
  • ▶ Grid — buy/sell at fixed price intervals
  • ▶ DCA + Signal — dollar-cost averaging with RSI trigger
  • ▶ Scalping — fast EMA with tight stops
  • ▶ Breakout — Donchian channel breakouts
  • ▶ RSI Divergence — divergence detection

Instruments

Choose which instruments (trading pairs) your bot will trade:

All Pairs

Bot considers all available instruments for the selected quote currency.

Preset Group

Choose from curated groups: Top 10, DeFi, Layer 1, Gaming, Meme, etc. (14 presets available).

Manual Select

Hand-pick specific instruments from the list.

Allocation

Set your starting capital and how it's distributed:

  • Starting Capital — Total USD allocation for this bot
  • Max Positions — Maximum simultaneous open positions (1–10)
  • Allocation Mode:

Hybrid (AI-Ranked): Strategy picks candidates, AI ranks and assigns weights

Equal Split: Even distribution across all selected instruments

Manual: You set exact percentage per instrument

Risk Controls

Stop-Loss % — Sell when a position drops by this percentage

Take-Profit % — Sell when a position gains this percentage

Max Daily Trades — Limit trades per day per bot (1–500)

Stale Bail Timer — Auto-sell positions that haven't moved after N hours

Auto Wind-Down Target — Bot winds down after reaching 1.5x–10x initial capital

AI Advisor (Optional)

Enable AI to validate signals before execution. Configure the influence percentage (how much weight AI gets vs. the base strategy) and optionally write a custom prompt to shape how the AI interprets market conditions.

Advanced Settings

  • Candle Timeframe — 1m, 5m, 15m, 30m, 1h, 4h, or 1D
  • Candle History — Number of historical candles to analyze (10–200)

Click Create Bot when ready. The bot starts in a stopped state — go to the bot detail page and click Start to begin.

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