3commas is a cryptocurrency trading bot that helps improve the trade quality by giving the trader the right control and features they need to maximize their cryptocurrency trading profits. 3commas calls it SmartTrading.Let’s learn a bit about their SmartTrading approach:In the SmartTrading approach that is implemented via the 3commas tool, you get some exclusive features.
Now that you know about these features, it makes sense in introducing you to its interface and also throw some light on each of these features.
When you register on 3commas with your email ID, and login for the first time, you will see this as your dashboard. Here, you can keep track of your balance, prices and other quick access feature like ‘Connect to exchanges’.3commas currently supports five exchanges (Bittrex, Bitfinex, Binance, KuCoin and Poloniex )and you can connect all these exchanges to 3commas and control them from a single window. Explore the links (official) below for linking the following exchanges to 3commas:Connecting an exchange to the serviceNote: When creating API for any exchange, make sure to not enable the withdraw feature. This is already mentioned in the 3Commas article but something I feel it’s important to mention. Make this a thumbrule when ever you are using a Crypto bot.
Contemporary stop-losses or take-profit conditions are managed and executed in real-time according to the goals you set.Here is an example: Lets say you want to buy a coin and your entering price is $X. With 3commas, your order will actually be placed on your chosen exchange when the 3commas bots detect that your buying condition is met. Unlike traditional exchanges/bots, it will not create fake buy/sell walls.Similarly, when stop-loss has to be activated, it will constantly look out to check if the conditions set by you actually match at that time.In both these ways, your actual funds will never be waiting for the conditions to be met and will not be frozen in the exchange itself.In a nutshell, at the moment of creating the order from 3commas, the bots begin to look at the current price and compare them to your goals (SL/TP)
Your order visualization
And as soon as the coin price coincides with the condition that you set (for example take-profit), the bot will close the position, i.e. it will take the profit.
Trailing Stop-Loss: For example, you buy 1 ETH for 0.05 BTC, and set in the system a stop-loss goal, for example, 10% (0.045BTC) and take profit is 20% (0.06 BTC). The trailing stop-loss always follows the price and moves the stop-loss after the price moves toward the target take-profit. For example, suppose the price of ETH increases by 10% (0.55 BTC). Now your stop-loss of 10% will be rearranged to 0.0495 BTC. To understand more about how trailing stop-loss feature works see this official guide from 3commas.Trailing Take-Profit: Take this for example:1. You open a position at a price, for example, $5. You set take-profit to $6. The TP condition itself means that when the price reaches $6, your position will close, and you will earn $1.2. Trailing take-profit is needed to maximize profits, that is, if the value of the position increases, it won’t close it at a fixed price, but will raise the closing condition while the value goes up. If you bet Trailing TP to $7 (40% of the growth from the initial one), while the price goes up – $6 (20%), $7 (40%), $8 (60%) – the closing position changes and the take-profit grows.3. At a time when the price goes down more than X% (which you choose in the settings), the position closes. If this happens, for example, at $9 dollars, you will additionally earn $3, thanks to trailing take -profit. To understand more about how the trailing take-profit feature works, check this official guide from 3commas.
You can also enable notifications for mobile, in the browser, and emails from the right top corner under settings here. You can also customize the type of notifications you would and would not like to receive.
You can also add notes/comments in your trade orders so that you can recollect or can get its audit trail in the report itself as to why and when you the trade was carried out. You may also add comments like ‘you want to hold this coin for next 6 months’ to trade efficiently through 3commas.
Trader’s diary is another cool feature of this tool where you get a consolidated report of the trades that you have made on all the linked exchanges through 3commas.You will also understand at a glance, by looking at this diary, the profit or loss you have incurred on a particular trade in a particular duration.
You can also explore portfolios of others through this tool and analyze how they is doing by following that particular portfolio.You can also copy a portfolio if you like, but for this feature to be used you should have those particular exchanges linked to 3commas.
Fee Structure3commas is rather cheap for the features it provides. It cuts down on a lot of hassle for multiple exchange users. A commission of 0.25% on the transaction amount is charged for each Smart Trade (Buy) or Smart Sell (Sell) created. The use of infographics and portfolios, automatic balancing in particular, is completely free on 3commas for now.
Note: The service charges the commission from your internal account, not from your deposits on an exchange. Also, you get a joining bonus of $10 in your 3commas account when you register on it for the first time but this $10 is strictly to cover their commissions and you can easily test a volume of $4000 from the amount.
