FAQ
Do I need a Binance account to start?
No. You can backtest and paper-trade without connecting anything. A Binance connection is only needed for live account data and, eventually, live trading.
Is live trading available right now?
Not yet. CTAgent is in beta and paper-only. The live-trading guardrails are fully built and tested; real-money execution will switch on once go-live hosting is ready. Watch the community channel for the announcement.
Is CTAgent custodial? Can it withdraw my funds?
No. CTAgent is non-custodial. You connect a trade-only, IP-restricted API key with withdrawals disabled, so it can place spot orders but can never move funds off your account. Your crypto always stays in your own Binance account.
How is my API key stored?
Encrypted at rest in a secrets vault, loaded only by the deterministic code that talks to Binance, and never exposed to the AI model or written to logs. The messages you send during /connect are auto-deleted. See Connect Binance.
What can CTAgent trade?
Binance spot pairs only. There are no futures, no margin, and no leverage — by design, so you can’t be liquidated.
Do I need to know how to code?
No. You describe strategies in plain English and the agent builds them from reusable modules. There’s nothing to install and no code to write.
Can the AI do something I didn’t ask for?
Every real order is checked by deterministic guardrails the AI can’t bypass — a symbol allow-list, a max order size, a daily-loss limit, and a kill-switch. Strategies are declarative rules, not arbitrary code.
What does it cost?
All the core features — building strategies, backtesting, and paper trading — are free to use during the beta. Any fee details for live trading will be announced ahead of launch in the community channel.
How do I stop everything immediately?
Send /killswitch. It halts all trading instantly. To erase your data entirely, use /reset.