TradeArmor, Self-Hosted Automated Crypto Trading

Three exchange API key permission levels compared: read, trade, and withdraw, with withdraw crossed out, beside a contrast between a SaaS server storing keys in a database and a self-hosted bot storing a trade-only key in local config

Crypto Trading Bot API Key Security: The Permissions Guide

Crypto trading bot API key security comes down to two permissions and where the key lives. The trade-only rule, IP whitelisting, and a checklist.

A risk decision tree for whether a crypto trading bot is safe, branching on where the API key lives (self-hosted local config vs a SaaS vendor database), what permissions the key carries (read and trade vs withdraw), and whether the code comes from an audited source

Are Crypto Trading Bots Safe? An Honest Answer

Are crypto trading bots safe? The honest answer: a bot is only as safe as where your keys live. Custody, permission, and supply-chain risks explained.

Six exchange logos (Binance US, Coinbase, Bybit, OKX, Kraken, KuCoin) each showing the same trade-only API key configuration: read and trade enabled, withdraw disabled, IP whitelist attached

Exchange API Permissions for a Trading Bot (Per-Exchange)

Exchange API permissions for a trading bot come down to read and trade, never withdraw. The exact checkboxes on Binance US, Coinbase, Bybit, OKX, Kraken.