Kraken
đ Connector Info¶
- Exchange Type: Centralized Exchange (CEX)
- Market Type: Central Limit Order Book (CLOB)
- Maintenance Tier:
- Maintainer: None
Currently, Kraken is a Bronze exchange, as voted by HBOT holders in each quarterly Epoch. This means Hummingbot Foundation does not maintain the components below, but community members may submit Proposals to fund development bounties and approve pull requests to fix bugs and add enhancements to them.
Component | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|
đ Spot Connector | â | |
đ Perp Connector | Not available | |
đ¯ Spot Candles Feed | Not built | |
đ¯ Perp Candles Feed | Not built |
âšī¸ 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
đ How to Connect¶
Generate API Keys¶
- Sign in to your Kraken account
- Open the account menu (click on your name in the upper-right corner of the page)
- Select the Security option
-
Select the API option
[](kraken-api1.png)
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Click the "Add Key" link (you will be able to configure the API in the next steps)
[](kraken-api2.png)
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Configure the API key by adding the name / description and selecting the necessary access permissions
[](kraken-api3.png)
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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
:
If connection is successful:
đ 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
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.