Refreshing API Keys

To maintain a secure and uninterrupted link between your exchange and Sequence, API keys must be periodically refreshed. This process ensures your strategies continue to execute without downtime.

The guide is organized into the following sections:

• Before You Begin Setup

• Step 1: Locate your Sequence User ID, bot ID and primary email address.

• Step 2: Confirm email

• Step 3: Solve 2FA

• Step 4: Connect your exchange.

• Step 5. Select Exchange

• Step 6: Set your exchange IP settings

• Step 7: Enter your API credentials and connect.

• Step 8: Check the box for Bybit Unified Trading Account

• Special Note for Bybit Users

• Additional Information

• What's next?

• Critical Guidelines for Active Strategies

Before You Begin Setup

1. Use a Desktop Browser for Best Results.

   We strongly recommend completing the setup process on a desktop browser, preferably Chrome. In our experience, doing this on a mobile web browser can be quite difficult — while not entirely impossible, the process is significantly less smooth. Additionally, API configuration is not supported in the native exchange applications (e.g., the Binance or Bybit mobile apps), so it's important to use a desktop environment for a successful setup.

2. Primary Email Requirement

   Your registered email is the one linked to your active strategy or bot, and it’s the only one authorized to receive private account information. 2FA codes, invoices, and sensitive support responses will only be sent to this email.

3. Microsoft Email Users (Hotmail / Outlook / MSN / Live):

   If you’re using an email address from Hotmail, Outlook, MSN, Live, or any other Microsoft-related domain, please note that these are not compatible with key features in the API connection manager. If you use one of these email service providers you must contact our support team before continuing.

Step 1: Locate your Sequence User ID, bot ID and primary email address.

Sequence ID/Bot ID: You can find this information in your original bot launch email, API refresh reminder or on your invoice. These details must match exactly, including capitalization.

1. Example:

   • Client ID = 0x000 / ClientName

   • BOT ID = 0x000 / ClientName / BotID

   📩  Still unsure?, Contact us at support@tradewithsequence.com to obtain them.

   Registered email: If you’re unsure of your registered email, copy and paste the email address from your most recent 2FA email. Be sure not to include any extra spaces.

Step 2: Confirm email

1. Go to: https://api.tradewithsequence.com/signup

Input your Sequence User ID and your email address.

Step 3: Solve 2FA

1. Once you’ve submitted your User ID and email, a 6-digit verification code will be sent to your inbox.

   • Enter the code on the screen to confirm your identity.

   • Alternatively, you can click the link included in the email to complete the process automatically.

     Tip: If the email doesn’t appear within a minute, make sure to check your Spam or Promotions folder.

     

Step 4: Connect your exchange.

1. Once you’ve successfully logged in, you’ll land on your Sequence dashboard. Navigate to the bottom right of the screen and click the “Connect Exchange” button. A modal dialog will appear on the left-hand side of your screen.

   

Step 5. Select Exchange

From the modal that appears on the right, click on the Bybit icon.This will trigger a second view in the same modal.

Step 6: Set your exchange IP settings

Before entering your API Key and Secret, follow the on-screen security instructions.

a. Log in to your Bybit account and go to the API Management section.

b. Find the API key you just created

c. Under IP Address Added, click the pencil icon to edit:

d. In the pop-up:

Select IP restriction → Delete old IPs → Copy IPs from Sequence → Paste into Bybit → Submit.

Step 7: Enter your API credentials and connect.

Once completed the IP Whitelisting, return to the Sequence portal and proceed with entering your credentials.

• Paste your Sequence Bot ID — this is included in your bot activation email.

• Enter your API Key and API Secret from Bybit.

• Click Connect Bybit to complete the integration.

Step 8: Check the box for Bybit Unified Trading Account

• Check the box for Bybit Unified Trading Account (Spot + USDT Perpetual + Inverse Derivatives) and click Add to continue. You’ll see a confirmation message — “Account successfully connected!” — and the modal will close.

  

Special Note for Bybit Users

If your Bybit account has derivatives enabled, you will automatically see three separate API connections for a single bot.

–This is normal and expected behavior.

It doesn’t mean you’ve added duplicate bots or done something wrong. Each Bybit connection creates 3 trading wallets that must be independently authorized through API permissions.

Additional Information

⁉️ API validity

API validity - is permanent for this method.

As you go through the API refresh process, it is important not to delete the keys that are trading to avoid any service disruption. Once you have received the “API refresh” email, you can delete the old API (or let it expire).

⁉️ Trade only permissions

The API permissions we require provide strictly controlled access exclusively for executing trades on your exchange platform. To ensure account security, these permissions do not allow for any withdrawal or transfer capabilities of your funds.

⁉️ Security recommendation

To protect your account's security, never share your exchange account login credentials—not even with our team.

What's next?

We recommend reviewing the sections below, which address common questions about what happens next.

🟢 What to expect

The algorithm employs a systematic DCA approach, placing strategic orders based on bidirectional price action.

The algorithm intentionally places smaller trades when price ranges are tight. Therefore during sideways or upward-only price movements, the strategy maintains conservative trade sizes. Conversely, larger trades require more significant price movements in both directions for effective execution and closing.

🟢 Adding funds

The system takes into account the total balance of the account after the close of each trade / before the start of a new trade.

This means that additional deposits can be made at any time and the system will recognize the deposit at the start of the new trade.

For the funds to be recognized, please ensure funds are deposited into the Unified Trading Wallet (on Bybit) or account where you are trading (on other exchanges) AND deposited in the strategy's base currency.

🟢 Withdrawing funds

For security purposes, please notify us before making any withdrawals that exceed 5% of your total wallet balance. This security measure allows our team to safely pause the automated trading functions before processing your withdrawal.

You can submit withdrawal notifications through your user dashboard or by emailing us at support@tradewithsequence.com

For more details, visit our How to Withdraw Funds Safely guide.

🟢 How to monitor your strategy

You can monitor your strategy's performance directly through your exchange interface by looking at the trade history. We recommend doing this in your desktop browser.

For accurate performance tracking, please keep in mind that exchanges display profit and loss (PnL) metrics in USD terms. This is relevant for any strategy that is accumulating Bitcoin — as the unit of account will be incorrect. You must look or export the close trades and then compare the results in your account.

We recommend reviewing the sections below, which address common questions about what happens next.

Critical Guidelines for Active Strategies

Once your strategy is active, please keep the following in mind to ensure everything runs smoothly:

🔴 Manual trades: Do not perform any manual trades in the sub-account running the algorithm

🔴 Withdrawals: Do not withdraw more than 5% of your total wallet balance without notifying us first

🔴 Non base asset withdrawal: Do not withdraw from any asset other than the coin that you are accumulating

🔴 Non base asset additions: Do not add any currency or coins, other than the base asset you are accumulating

🔴 Leverage settings - (Derivatives): Do not manually change the leverage setting - it must remain set to "Cross" at all times