Kraken

🛠 Connector Info¶

Exchange Type: Centralized Exchange (CEX)
Market Type: Central Limit Order Book (CLOB)

Component	Status	Connector Version	V2 Strategies
🔀 Spot Connector	✅	v2.1	Yes
🔀 Perp Connector	Not available
🕯 Spot Candles Feed	✅
🕯 Perp Candles Feed	Not built

ℹ️ Exchange Info¶

Website: https://www.kraken.com/
CoinMarketCap: https://coinmarketcap.com/exchanges/kraken/
CoinGecko: https://www.coingecko.com/en/exchanges/kraken
API Docs: https://docs.kraken.com/rest/
Fees: https://www.kraken.com/en-us/features/fee-schedule
Supported Countries: Not available

🔑 How to Connect¶

Generate API Keys¶

Open the account menu (click the profile icon in the top right corner of the page)
Select the Settings option
Select the Security tab
Scroll down and look for Create API Key, you will be prompted to go to Kraken-Pro
Select Create API key (you will be able to configure your API key in the next steps)

Important

Ensure the Access Websockets connection box is on. This step is necessary to obtain an authentication token for the WebSocket APIs through the GetWebSocketsToken endpoint. Without this, the Kraken connector will be unable to reconstruct the order book and place trades. See Troubleshooting for an example of an error message in Hummingbot when this box is left unchecked

Once the API key settings have been configured appropriately, the new API key can be created by clicking on the Generate key button. Make sure to store the API keys in a safe place.

Add Keys to Hummingbot¶

From inside the Hummingbot client, run connect kraken:


Enter your Kraken API key >>>
Enter your Kraken secret key >>>
Enter your Kraken API Tier (Starter/intermediate/Pro) >>>

If connection is successful:


You are now connected to kraken

🔀 Spot Connector¶

Integration to spot markets API endpoints

ID: kraken
Connection Type: WebSocket
Folder: https://github.com/hummingbot/hummingbot/tree/master/hummingbot/connector/exchange/kraken

Order Types¶

This connector supports the following OrderType constants:

LIMIT
LIMIT_MAKER
MARKET

Paper Trading¶

Access the Paper Trade version of this connector by running connect kraken_paper_trade instead of connect kraken.

If this is not available by default, you can configure Hummingbot to add this paper trade exchange. See Adding Exchanges for more information.