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What is Gunbot and How Does it Work?

Gunbot is a cryptocurrency trading bot that automates strategies across multiple exchanges. Gunbot Unlimited brings these tools together in one subscription at $29/month. You configure strategies once, and the bot monitors markets and places trades when conditions match your rules.

Overview: How Gunbot Works​

Gunbot runs strategies you configure, scans markets, and places trades when conditions match. It supports common approaches like trend-following, reversals, and grid trading. Beginners can start with preset strategies, while advanced users can write custom JavaScript strategies. The Gunbot Developer Community is a good place to exchange setups.

Key Features of Gunbot​

Gunbot has features for both standard and advanced automation. Key capabilities include:

  • Automated trading strategies: Built-in strategies like Bollinger Bands and StepGrid that you can customize in the code editor.
  • Custom strategy scripting: JavaScript strategy support for detailed rules and triggers.
  • Exchange compatibility: Works with major exchanges such as Binance, KuCoin, Bitfinex, and others.
  • DeFi trading: Options for decentralized platforms via the DeFi trading bot.
  • TradingView integration: Use Gunbot as a TradingView alert bot to execute trades from alerts.
  • Performance tracking: Trade logs and metrics to review outcomes and refine strategies.
  • Risk management tools: Options like stop-loss and trailing stop to help manage downside risk.

Why Use Gunbot?​

  1. Gunbot Unlimited subscription: All Gunbot features and updates for $29/month. Independently developed community strategies may be priced separately; see the plans page for subscription details.
  2. Local strategy execution: Your live trading strategies run in the Gunbot core on your own computer or server. Exchange API secrets stay with that core.
  3. Highly customizable: Built-in strategies can be tuned, and custom JavaScript strategies are supported.
  4. Strategy variety: Includes approaches like StepGrid and Bollinger Bands-based strategies for different market conditions.

Getting Started with Gunbot​

New users can start with a preset strategy and adjust settings over time. Advanced users can move straight to custom scripts or deeper tuning. For full setup and usage guidance, see the official Gunbot documentation.

Use the local interface to manage a single bot, or the hosted Gunbot Live workspace to manage multiple bots. Gunbot Live saves your connection settings and the data used to run and return server-side backtests.

Local backtests run on your device. Hosted server-side backtests run on Gunbot infrastructure; some backtest categories run in your browser instead.