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Exchange guides and extension deep dives
One guide per exchange, from creating a trade-only API key to your first TradingView-driven order, plus deep dives on the TensorTrader extension. 10 live-ready and 30 connectable venues.
Hyperliquid
Start here · complete guide
Hyperliquid trading bot: how to automate Hyperliquid perps safely
The complete guide to automating Hyperliquid: agent wallets, testnet, TradingView and GoCharting alerts, leverage and margin, fees and funding, portfolio mode, and the real results of our own testnet books.
9 min read · updated 2026-09-25
What is a Hyperliquid API (agent) wallet, and is it safe?
A Hyperliquid API wallet is a separate key your main wallet authorizes to trade but never withdraw. Here is how it works, what it can and cannot do, and how TensorTrader creates one without ever seeing your seed phrase.
4 min read · updated 2026-09-25
Hyperliquid testnet: paper trade perps before you risk USDC
How the Hyperliquid testnet works, how to fund it, how to connect it to TensorTrader with an agent wallet, and what testnet results can and cannot tell you.
3 min read · updated 2026-09-25
TradingView alerts to Hyperliquid: webhook setup, step by step
Send TradingView indicator and strategy alerts to Hyperliquid perps through TensorTrader: connect an agent wallet, build alerts with the Chrome extension, and check the webhook message.
3 min read · updated 2026-09-25
GoCharting to Hyperliquid: automate footprint and Lipi alerts
Route GoCharting alerts to Hyperliquid perps through TensorTrader: provider webhook, agent wallet, canary tests, and how alert expiry works.
3 min read · updated 2026-09-25
Hyperliquid leverage, cross margin and Unified Account explained
How leverage and margin work on Hyperliquid perps, what Unified Account changes, and how TensorTrader sizes and protects automated positions.
3 min read · updated 2026-09-25
Hyperliquid fees explained, with real fee drag from a testnet bot
Maker and taker fees, funding and slippage on Hyperliquid, and what they did to a real automated testnet book: numbers from TensorTrader’s own trades.
3 min read · updated 2026-09-25
Hyperliquid funding rates: what they are and what they mean for bots
How perpetual funding works on Hyperliquid, how to read positive and negative funding, and how funding affects automated strategies that hold positions.
3 min read · updated 2026-09-25
Hyperliquid vs dYdX vs Lighter for automated trading
Three decentralized perpetual exchanges compared for bots: authentication, testnets, leverage caps, and what TensorTrader supports on each today.
3 min read · updated 2026-09-25
Hyperliquid portfolio mode: one net position per token, many alerts
How TensorTrader’s TT-Autotune portfolio mode turns many Hyperliquid alerts into one managed net position per token, with timeframe ladders, margin ceilings and drawdown brakes.
3 min read · updated 2026-09-25
Best timeframes for automated Hyperliquid perps: what the optimizer found
Which chart timeframes worked best for tuned Lorentzian strategies across 63 tokens, why higher timeframes dominate, and the caveats before you copy the result.
3 min read · updated 2026-09-25
Is a Hyperliquid trading bot safe? 10 questions answered
Custody, keys, leverage, liquidation, outages and the operator: the real risks of automating Hyperliquid and how to reduce each one.
3 min read · updated 2026-09-25
TradingView
Start here · complete guide
TradingView webhook automation: from alert to exchange order
Everything about automating TradingView: alert types, webhook JSON, plan limits, building hundreds of alerts with the Chrome extension, managing them, and executing on 30 exchanges and brokers, paper first.
9 min read · updated 2026-09-25
Batch Build: strategies, indicators and multi-condition alerts in the TensorTrader extension
How the extension's Batch Create wizard turns one indicator or strategy into dozens of TradingView alerts: signal sources, AND-combined indicators, variable alignment, DCA across timeframes, leverage modes and duplicate-proof runs.
6 min read · updated 2026-09-25
TradingView webhook JSON explained: every placeholder you can use
What a TradingView webhook message is, which {{placeholders}} TradingView fills in, which variables TensorTrader adds, and a working JSON template for automated orders.
3 min read · updated 2026-09-25
TradingView alert limits by plan, and how to fit an automated strategy in them
How many concurrent technical alerts each TradingView plan allows, how an automated setup counts against the limit, and how to plan tokens × timeframes × directions to fit.
3 min read · updated 2026-09-25
alertcondition() vs alert() vs strategy alerts in TradingView
The three ways a TradingView script can trigger alerts, how each behaves, which one to choose for automation, and how the TensorTrader extension detects them.
3 min read · updated 2026-09-25
TradingView multi-condition alerts: combine up to 5 indicators with AND
How to require several indicators to agree before an automated entry, using TradingView multi-condition alerts built by the TensorTrader extension.
3 min read · updated 2026-09-25
Pine strategy alerts: {{strategy.order.action}} and friends explained
How TradingView strategy alerts fire, what {{strategy.order.action}} and {{strategy.market_position}} contain, and how to automate a Pine strategy with correct sizing.
3 min read · updated 2026-09-25
Filter, sort and bulk-delete TradingView alerts from one panel
How the TensorTrader extension’s Alerts tab filters TradingView alerts by token, exchange, timeframe, study and status, and enables, disables or deletes them in bulk.
3 min read · updated 2026-09-25
TradingView study_error and alert rate limits: causes and fixes
Why TradingView alerts end up in study_error, how rate limits affect bulk alert creation, and how the TensorTrader extension detects both and stops safely.
3 min read · updated 2026-09-25
Lorentzian Classification explained: the TradingView ML indicator, in plain English
How jdehorty’s Machine Learning: Lorentzian Classification works: nearest neighbours, Lorentzian distance, its five features, filters and kernel regression, plus the default settings.
3 min read · updated 2026-09-25
Best TradingView indicators by market regime: results from a script tournament
Which TradingView scripts led TensorTrader’s tournament in each of six market regimes, how they were scored, and how to use regime-aware selection without fooling yourself.
3 min read · updated 2026-09-25
TradingView alerts across multiple timeframes, with leverage, in every creation tool
How to run one strategy on several timeframes with per-leg margin and leverage in TensorTrader’s TradingView, TrendSpider, GoCharting and TT-Autotune alert builders.
3 min read · updated 2026-09-25
Create orders from TradingView with the TensorTrader Chrome extension
From install to first fill: connect the extension, build alerts with Batch Create, enable trading, and follow the order from TradingView alert to exchange fill.
3 min read · updated 2026-09-25
Crypto automation
Start here · complete guide
Crypto trading automation, paper first: the complete guide
How to automate crypto trading without losing your shirt: key safety, testnets, market regimes, DCA, leverage, fees, backtests versus forward tests, choosing a platform, and our own honest results.
9 min read · updated 2026-09-25
How TT-Autotune works: one alert, six regime champions
TT-Autotune tunes the Lorentzian Classification strategy per token, per timeframe and per market regime, then syncs the winning settings into a single TradingView alert. Here is how the optimizer, the regime switch and the extension fit together, plus a live testnet ROI chart.
5 min read · updated 2026-09-25
Trade-only API keys: which permissions to enable, and which never to enable
A plain guide to exchange API key permissions for trading bots: what trade, read, transfer and withdraw mean, the passphrase exchanges, IP allow-lists and DEX agent keys.
3 min read · updated 2026-09-25
Paper trading and testnets on every exchange TensorTrader supports
Which crypto exchanges and brokers offer a testnet, demo or paper environment, how TensorTrader uses each one, and which venues have no paper path at all.
3 min read · updated 2026-09-25
Market regimes explained: the six regimes, ADX, slope and ATR
What a market regime is, how TensorTrader classifies Bull+, Bull-, Bear+, Bear-, Chop and Quiet from ADX, trend slope and ATR, and why timeframes and TT-Autotune depend on it.
3 min read · updated 2026-09-25
DCA across timeframes: how margin splits by weight
How TensorTrader’s DCA Across Timeframes spreads one strategy across a spectrum of chart timeframes, weights margin toward the base, and fits your alert quota.
3 min read · updated 2026-09-25
Leverage that scales with market breadth
How TensorTrader’s Market breadth leverage mode starts each trade at a base multiplier and ramps toward a cap only when the broader market leans with the trade.
3 min read · updated 2026-09-25
How fees and slippage destroy trading bot ROI, with real numbers
Why a strategy that looks profitable before costs can lose badly after them: round-trip costs, compounding over thousands of trades, and fill-based accounting from TensorTrader’s own books.
3 min read · updated 2026-09-25
Backtest vs forward test: why optimizer numbers differ from live
What backtests, walk-forward tests and forward tests measure, why they disagree, and how TensorTrader reports optimizer results next to its own live testnet books.
3 min read · updated 2026-09-25
The TensorTrader Settings panel explained, tab by tab
Every tab of the TensorTrader Settings drawer: TradingView, TrendSpider, GoCharting, Exchange Auth, Intelligence, Community and Billing, with real screenshots and what each control does.
3 min read · updated 2026-09-25
Crypto trading bot security checklist: 15 checks before you go live
A practical security checklist for automated crypto trading: keys, secrets, webhooks, leverage, monitoring and what a trustworthy bot service must never do.
3 min read · updated 2026-09-25
Non-custodial trading automation: your keys, your exchange, no deposits
Why TensorTrader never holds your funds: execution on your own exchange accounts with trade-only keys and DEX agent wallets, and how that differs from pooled bot services.
3 min read · updated 2026-09-25
Beta Pioneer program: 90 days free for a trade-only key, plus seats to share
How TensorTrader’s Beta Pioneer program works: verify a trade-only key on any venue for a 90-day beta, get an invite code with seats for other traders, and what it costs afterwards.
3 min read · updated 2026-09-25
Crypto trading automation glossary: 40 terms from webhook to drawdown
Plain-English definitions of the terms you meet when you automate TradingView alerts on crypto exchanges, Hyperliquid and brokers, each linked to the guide that goes deeper.
5 min read · updated 2026-09-25
Comparisons
3Commas alternative for TradingView automation: an honest comparison
How TensorTrader compares with 3Commas on TradingView webhook execution, alert building, venues, risk controls and price, with every claim sourced and dated 2026-09-20.
4 min read · updated 2026-09-25
WunderTrading alternative for TradingView automation: an honest comparison
How TensorTrader compares with WunderTrading on TradingView webhook execution, alert building, venues, risk controls and price, with every claim sourced and dated 2026-09-20.
4 min read · updated 2026-09-25
Alertatron alternative for TradingView automation: an honest comparison
How TensorTrader compares with Alertatron on TradingView webhook execution, alert building, venues, risk controls and price, with every claim sourced and dated 2026-09-20.
4 min read · updated 2026-09-25
TradersPost alternative for TradingView automation: an honest comparison
How TensorTrader compares with TradersPost on TradingView webhook execution, alert building, venues, risk controls and price, with every claim sourced and dated 2026-09-20.
4 min read · updated 2026-09-25
PineConnector alternative for TradingView automation: an honest comparison
How TensorTrader compares with PineConnector on TradingView webhook execution, alert building, venues, risk controls and price, with every claim sourced and dated 2026-09-20.
4 min read · updated 2026-09-25
Autoview alternative for TradingView automation: an honest comparison
How TensorTrader compares with Autoview on TradingView webhook execution, alert building, venues, risk controls and price, with every claim sourced and dated 2026-09-20.
4 min read · updated 2026-09-25
Exchanges · live-ready (10)
BloFin
Create a trade-only BloFin demo key with its passphrase, save it in TensorTrader on paper first, and route TradingView alerts to BloFin perps.
Hyperliquid
No API key to copy: approve a TensorTrader agent wallet from MetaMask, start on Hyperliquid testnet, and trade perps from TradingView alerts without ever sharing your seed phrase.
Interactive Brokers
Generate the IBKR OAuth kit in TensorTrader, register it with Interactive Brokers, paste back your access token and paper (DU) account, and route TradingView alerts to US stocks and ETFs.
Binance
Create a trade-only Binance key, save it in TensorTrader on paper first, and see what works on Binance today, including TradingView alert execution.
dYdX (v4)
Approve a trade-only dYdX (v4) agent, save it in TensorTrader on paper first, and see what works on dYdX (v4) today, including TradingView alert execution.
Gate.io
Create a trade-only Gate.io key, save it in TensorTrader on paper first, and see what works on Gate.io today, including TradingView alert execution.
Phemex
Create a trade-only Phemex key, save it in TensorTrader on paper first, and see what works on Phemex today, including TradingView alert execution.
BingX
Create a trade-only BingX key, save it in TensorTrader on paper first, and see what works on BingX today, including TradingView alert execution.
Lighter
Approve a trade-only Lighter agent, save it in TensorTrader on paper first, and see what works on Lighter today, including TradingView alert execution.
Alpaca
Create a trade-only Alpaca key, save it in TensorTrader on paper first, and see what works on Alpaca today, including TradingView alert execution.
Exchanges · connectable (20)
MEXC Global
Create a trade-only MEXC Global key, save it in TensorTrader on paper first, and see what works on MEXC Global today.
OKX
Create a trade-only OKX key, save it in TensorTrader on paper first, and see what works on OKX today, including TradingView alert execution.
Bybit
Create a trade-only Bybit key, save it in TensorTrader on paper first, and see what works on Bybit today, including TradingView alert execution.
Bitget
Create a trade-only Bitget key, save it in TensorTrader on paper first, and see what works on Bitget today, including TradingView alert execution.
Deribit
Create a trade-only Deribit key, save it in TensorTrader on paper first, and see what works on Deribit today, including TradingView alert execution.
HTX
Create a trade-only HTX key, save it in TensorTrader on paper first, and see what works on HTX today.
Kraken / Pro
Create a trade-only Kraken / Pro key, save it in TensorTrader on paper first, and see what works on Kraken / Pro today, including TradingView alert execution.
KuCoin
Create a trade-only KuCoin key, save it in TensorTrader on paper first, and see what works on KuCoin today.
Coinbase
Create a trade-only Coinbase key, save it in TensorTrader on paper first, and see what works on Coinbase today.
Bitfinex
Create a trade-only Bitfinex key, save it in TensorTrader on paper first, and see what works on Bitfinex today.
Crypto.com
Create a trade-only Crypto.com key, save it in TensorTrader on paper first, and see what works on Crypto.com today.
Vertex
Create a trade-only Vertex key, save it in TensorTrader on paper first, and see what works on Vertex today.
WOOFi Pro
Create a trade-only WOOFi Pro key, save it in TensorTrader on paper first, and see what works on WOOFi Pro today.
ApeX Pro
Create a trade-only ApeX Pro key, save it in TensorTrader on paper first, and see what works on ApeX Pro today.
WhiteBIT
Create a trade-only WhiteBIT key, save it in TensorTrader on paper first, and see what works on WhiteBIT today.
Aster
Create a trade-only Aster key, save it in TensorTrader on paper first, and see what works on Aster today.
edgeX
Create a trade-only edgeX key, save it in TensorTrader on paper first, and see what works on edgeX today.
Gains Network
Approve a trade-only Gains Network agent, save it in TensorTrader on paper first, and see what works on Gains Network today.
Synthetix Perps
Approve a trade-only Synthetix Perps agent, save it in TensorTrader on paper first, and see what works on Synthetix Perps today.
VALR
Create a trade-only VALR key, save it in TensorTrader on paper first, and see what works on VALR today.