# Autotrading AI

Manual trading is great when you have the screen. Autotrading is for the other 22 hours of the day. You set your rules once; the bot enters and exits positions automatically while you sleep, work, or eat.

## How it works

1. **Pick a risk profile** — Conservative, Moderate, Aggressive, or Degen.
2. **Set your take-profit and stop-loss** — percentages off entry, or absolute prices.
3. **Set your envelope** — budget per trade, daily exposure cap, protected tokens list.
4. **Connect a signal source** — Pump.fun, Dexscreener, Birdeye, GeckoTerminal, DEX Tools, or your own custom feed.
5. **Switch it on.**

From that moment, every new signal that matches your filters triggers an automatic entry sized to your config. The bot manages exits per your TP/SL rules and pings you with summaries — not with a notification per trade.

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**Silent by default.** Autotrading runs in the background. You get end-of-day digests instead of constant pings. Open `/autotrading status` whenever you want a live view.
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## Risk profiles

Four presets that scale entry size, slippage tolerance, and exit aggressiveness:

| Profile          | Entry size cap | Slippage cap | Style                                          |
| ---------------- | -------------- | ------------ | ---------------------------------------------- |
| **Conservative** | Smallest       | Tightest     | Liquid majors, fast exits                      |
| **Moderate**     | Medium         | Medium       | Balanced; default for most users               |
| **Aggressive**   | Larger         | Looser       | New listings, higher risk/reward               |
| **Degen**        | Largest        | Loosest      | Memecoins, fastest entries, accepts more drift |

The exact numbers tied to each profile adapt over time as the engine tunes them. You can also override any specific knob inside a profile.

## Your envelope

The bot will never break the rules you set:

* **Budget per trade** — the maximum it spends on a single entry.
* **Daily exposure cap** — total it can deploy in 24 hours.
* **Protected tokens** — tokens it will never auto-sell (e.g. your long-term holdings).
* **Blocklist** — tokens it will never auto-buy.

Set these once during onboarding; revisit any time via `/autotrading settings`.

## Pausing and stopping

* **`/autotrading off`** — stops opening **new** positions immediately. Existing trades still follow their TP/SL.
* **`/autotrading panic`** — closes all open auto-positions at market. Use only if you really mean it.
* **`/autotrading on`** — resumes signal entries from the next signal onward.

## Notifications

By default, autotrading is silent. You get:

* A summary at the end of the day
* An immediate ping if a stop-loss triggers
* An immediate ping if your daily exposure cap is reached

Want more chatter? Toggle per-trade notifications in `/autotrading settings`.

## Common commands

```
/autotrading           Open the autotrading menu
/autotrading on        Turn it on
/autotrading off       Turn it off (existing trades unaffected)
/autotrading panic     Close all open auto-positions at market
/autotrading status    Live view of open positions
/autotrading settings  Edit risk profile, envelope, signal sources
```

## FAQ

**Does the bot trade without my confirmation?**\
Only when autotrading is on. Manual mode is the default — every order still needs your tap.

**How are risk profiles different?**\
They scale entry size, slippage tolerance, and TP/SL aggressiveness. Conservative caps things tight; Degen lets the bot run looser.

**Can I stop autotrading mid-cycle?**\
Yes. `/autotrading off` stops new entries immediately. Open trades still follow their own TP/SL.

**What happens if the bot's signal source goes down?**\
The bot waits. It doesn't invent signals. When the source comes back, normal operation resumes.

**Can I run autotrading on a token list I provide?**\
Yes — connect your own custom signal source instead of the built-in providers.

## What to read next

* [Signal sources](/automation/signal-sources.md) — the providers the bot can pull from
* [Multi-chain swap](/trading/multichain-swap.md) — autotrading uses the same execution engine
* [Self-custody](/wallet-and-security/self-custody.md) — autotrading respects your custody model


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