# Connect Bitstamp

## **API connection to Bitstamp** 

After you have logged in to the Bitstamp website, click on "Security" (see image below). Then click on "API Access".

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As soon as you see the below you can click on "NEW API key" (if there is an existing key, remove it first).

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You will then see the following screen, enter nothing here and scroll down:

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Scroll until you see this: 

(you have to move the buttons at the red arrows with your mouse to the right so that they look like in the fabled thing).

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At the bottom of the screen you will see the confirmation button. Click on this and enter your 2FA code from the app on your phone.

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Then you copy the following codes in order to the new exchange at BitBroker.trade

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By clicking on the box of the code, you can easily copy the API key, so that you can paste it into your account at BitBrokerTrade. The same goes for the API secret. You can activate the API at BitBrokerTrade only after clicking on the confirmation email from Bitstamp. At BitBrokerTrade, first click in the left column on "Settings" and then on "Exchanges". Then right click on "Add Exchange". Then choose Bitstamp by clicking on the logo

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Then you will get the window below:

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At "Name" enter your account name of Bitstamp. DO NOT CLICK ON ADD. First ensure that the Bitstamp API is activated (confirm confirmation email). Copy the keys as indicated earlier, but do not click add until you have first approved the confirmation email from Bitstamp.

## Connect the BitBrokerTrade Trader to Bitstamp

Select in the trader menu "Settings" and then "Traders" and then "Add trader". the next screen appears:

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Enter the following: 

**Name:** the name of the exchange and the cryptocurrency you will be trading in: for example: Bitstamp Bitcoin. \
**Exchange:** Choose from the menu: "Bitstamp" \
**Market:** Choose the correct currency combination from the menu, for example: BTC / EUR \
**Strategy:** Choose the right trading strategy from the menu: BitBrokerTrade \
**Minimal profit percentage:** Here you enter the profit percentage at which the trader may proceed to a sales order. \
**Checkbox 1:** If you check this box, you can enter a maximum value above which the trader will no longer make any purchases. \
**Checkbox 2:** By placing a mark here you activate the trader. 

**Congratulations, your trader is working!**


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