Say what you want to trade
Your entries, exits, sizing and the loss you refuse to take — in plain English, not in a config file.
For Coinbase
A Coinbase bot without reading the API docs.
Coinbase moved to CDP keys, split Advanced Trade off from the old endpoints, and scoped everything to portfolios. None of that is your problem. Describe the strategy you want and the stack handles the connection, the key format and the permissions.
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The part that isn’t trading
Nobody sets out to learn a key-signing scheme. It is just the toll gate between having an idea and having something running.
The stack does the API
CDP keys, request signing, Advanced Trade endpoints and portfolio scoping. You are not asked to understand any of it.
Keys stay scoped and local
Credentials sit on your machine, tied to the one connection that uses them, and never ride along when a stack is shared.
Backtest, then run small
Test against real history first. Then run it live in a size you would not mind being wrong about.
Why there is no “supported exchanges” list
Coinbase is a stack, not a built-in feature
Other tools ship a fixed list of exchanges they maintain, and that list is what the subscription pays for. QuantIDE has none. Coinbase is a stack you install — and the day you want to trade somewhere it has never heard of, you describe that venue and the connection gets built.
Rotate a key without rewriting anything
Coinbase keys are meant to be rotated, and the usual cost of rotating one is hunting down every place the old value was pasted. Here a credential belongs to the single connection that uses it — you replace it once, nothing else moves, and it is never carried along when a stack is shared or published.
Fees are part of the result, not a footnote
Plenty of crypto strategies look profitable right up until maker and taker fees are applied to every fill. Backtest against real history with costs included, and when the margin turns out to be thinner than it first appeared, you get told rather than shown a flattering curve.
Coinbase FAQ
Do I need to understand the Coinbase API?
No. That is the part the stack removes. Coinbase has moved key formats and split Advanced Trade out from its older endpoints, which is exactly the kind of thing that eats an evening and produces no trading. You describe the strategy; the connection is handled.
Do I need to know how to code?
No. Describe what you want and you get a readable file you own — in whatever language suits the job, since nothing here is tied to one. You can open it, change it and keep it, and ask what any part of it does.
Where do my API keys live?
On your own machine, scoped to the single connection that needs them. They are never bundled into anything you publish or share — a stack you hand to somebody else carries the setup, never your credentials.
Can I trade anything besides crypto?
Yes. There is no venue list to be limited by. The same app builds connections for stocks, futures and forex brokers too — describe the one you use and it gets wired up, or install a stack somebody has already published.
Does my computer need to stay on?
The app does not have to stay open — a running strategy survives you closing QuantIDE. The machine does need to be on and online. If you would rather it ran somewhere else later, you can move it.
What does it cost?
Free forever. A 6 MB download for Windows, macOS and Linux, with no credit card and no trial period. Paid tiers ($19.99 and $39 a month) only add hosted AI capacity — they do not gate execution.
You already have the account.
Download QuantIDE, describe a strategy you would actually trade on Coinbase, and backtest it before a single key is created.
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