In simple English
This program helps you run automated cryptocurrency trading bots on major exchanges. You can pick from many built-in trading strategies or write your own custom code. It includes a web dashboard to watch your trades and check your profits. You need to connect your own exchange accounts and supply your own API keys. It costs nothing to download, but you must risk your own money when trading.
What it is
BBGO is a trading bot framework written in Go with support for multiple cryptocurrency exchanges. It provides real-time market data streaming, order execution, back-testing tools, and dozens of pre-built technical indicators.
What it is good for
Crypto traders and developers who want to run automated market-making, grid trading, or dollar-cost averaging strategies across multiple exchanges without writing exchange connections from scratch.
- Supports eight major cryptocurrency exchanges out of the box.
- Includes dozens of built-in technical indicators and trading strategies.
- Provides a web dashboard and Telegram or Slack notifications.
- Requires programming knowledge in Go to build custom strategies.
- Setting up databases, environment files, and exchange API keys takes time.
- Running live bots puts real funds at risk if your strategy has bugs.
Writing custom API clients for each cryptocurrency exchange from scratch.
MySQL or SQLite to store your historical trading data and profit calculations.
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git clone https://github.com/c9s/bbgo.git cd bbgo go build -o bbgo ./cmd/bbgo