Your first bot on real money: what to check before you start

1. The account

• Turn on two-factor protection and save the recovery codes.
• Link Telegram or turn on notifications on your phone: a problem with a bot is better learnt of at once.

2. The exchange key

• Create a separate key on the exchange for Nexora alone.
• Enable reading and spot trading. Do not enable withdrawal: the app will not accept such a key.
• Bind the key to the server’s IP address — the app shows it on the Exchanges screen.

3. The money

• Add up every rung: that is what the bot will tie up in a fall.
• Make sure the exchange account the key works with holds that sum in USDT, and a margin on top.
• Take an amount you can bear to have stuck for weeks.

4. The settings

• Use the settings you saw on paper and in a backtest — with no “last-minute” changes.
• Check that a rung’s amount is above the exchange’s minimum, with a margin.
• Decide beforehand what you will do once every rung has bought.

5. The start

Before your first bot on real funds the app shows a risk warning and asks you to confirm that you accept it. It is not a formality: it lists what no setting protects against — an exchange outage, lost connectivity, sharp market moves.

A grid bot buys its first rung at market the moment it starts, so the first trade appears almost at once.

6. The first days

• Look into History: the bot’s trades should match what you see on the exchange.
• Do not touch the bot’s coins on the exchange by hand: it counts them as its own.
• Do not change the settings after every trade. Let the bot go through both a rise and a fall.
• If something is unclear there is “Stop buying”: the bot stops buying but goes on selling.

What this list does not give you

A profit. It removes mistakes of preparation: a rung that is too small, a key with rights it does not need, an amount “to the last cent”. Where the price will go nobody knows — the bot included.