Paper Trade Mode
This feature allows users to test Hummingbot and simulate trading strategies without risking any actual assets. Enter the command paper_trade
to enable this feature.
Enabling and Disabling
Paper trading mode can be enabled and disabled from the Hummingbot client by doing paper_trade
or config paper_trade_enabled
.
The top bar shows the status to indicate if paper trading mode is on or off.
Also shows a reminder that paper trade was enabled when doing a status
or history
command.
Adding Paper Trade Balance
By default, the paper trade account has the following tokens and balances which you can see when you run the balance paper
command.
>>> balance paper
Paper account balances:
Asset Balance
DAI 1000.0000
ETH 10.0000
ONE 1000.0000
TUSD 1000.0000
USDC 1000.0000
USDQ 1000.0000
USDT 1000.0000
WETH 10.0000
ZRX 1000.0000
When adding balances, specify the asset and balance you want by runing this command balance paper [asset] [amount]
.
For example, we want to add 0.5 BTC and check our paper account balance to confirm.
>>> balance paper BTC 0.5
Paper balance for BTC token set to 0.5
>>> balance paper
Paper account balances:
Asset Balance
BTC 0.5000
DAI 1000.0000
ETH 10.0000
ONE 1000.0000
TUSD 1000.0000
USDC 1000.0000
USDQ 1000.0000
USDT 1000.0000
WETH 10.0000
ZRX 1000.0000