Paper, Sandbox and Mainnet

Virtual orders on real quotes. No keys and no money are needed. Useful to see how the robot behaves on the live market.

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1. Execution mode.
2. Network for LIVE.

The trades are virtual, but the Paper account is kept between runs: the next start continues with the same balance, orders and position. A stop can cancel the orders, close the position at market or start the account over. When a new version of the robot is released, its previous Paper state is set aside and the account starts over.

Real orders on the exchange's official test network, with test funds. It needs separate test keys from the exchange and an account with the Sandbox network in Connections.

Not every exchange has a test network. When there is none, the launcher says so, and LIVE on that exchange is possible on Mainnet only.

The robot places real orders on your exchange account. Before the start the launcher asks for a separate confirmation and runs the pre-start checks.

While the robot trades on Mainnet the status bar is orange, so real trading cannot be mistaken for Paper.

The mode is changed only on the Profile page of a stopped robot: choose LIVE — exchange account or Paper — virtual account, for LIVE the network and the account, then click Save.

At every start the launcher shows the Start “…” in …? dialog with the chosen mode. Start goes on, Change Mode… calls the start off and opens the profile, Cancel just calls the start off. For LIVE the dialog opens with Cancel focused, so a stray Enter does not start trading.