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Getting Started

This guide covers what OpenTrade offers today and the fastest path to charting and strategy workflows.

What is OpenTrade?

OpenTrade is an open-source algorithmic trading platform with professional charting, a strategy marketplace, and backtesting foundations. Live exchange trading and AI agents are on the roadmap — not fully available yet.

Quick Start

1. Create an Account

  1. Visit the sign up page
  2. Enter your email and create a password
  3. Verify your email if OTP is enabled

2. Open the Chart Workspace

After sign-in, go to Chart to:

  • Pick or create a chart layout
  • Select exchange, pair, and timeframe
  • Add indicators and strategies from the right sidebar
  • Draw trend lines and other tools from the left palette

3. Explore the Marketplace

Browse Marketplace for community indicators and strategies. Authors can create artifacts from the author dashboard.

Not available yet: connecting live exchange API keys for automated trading, billing, and API keys management screens (profile sections may appear disabled).

Core Concepts

Strategies and indicators

Artifacts are versioned Python (or Freqtrade) code that runs in isolated workers. Indicators add chart overlays; strategies add signals and support backtesting.

Backtesting

Test strategies on historical data from the chart Strategies sidebar or marketplace detail pages. Native Python and Freqtrade paths are supported; see Backtesting.

Paper trading

Paper trading sessions can be started from the chart, but end-to-end automated evaluation is still partial — treat as early preview.

Notifications

Configure notification channels and delivery history in Account. Create price alerts from the chart Alerts tab. System inbox and email/Telegram delivery work when channels are configured; push notifications and live in-app alerts are not available yet.

Next Steps

Getting Help

  • Check our FAQ
  • Open an issue on GitHub for bugs or feature requests