Binance Spot Trader

Autonomous spot trading bot for Binance. Combines technical indicators with LLM-powered market sentiment analysis to execute trades on any Binance spot pair.

Prerequisites

• Binance account with API keys (spot trading enabled, withdrawal DISABLED)
• Anthropic API key (uses Haiku ~$0.001/eval)
• Python 3.10+

Setup

1. Install

bash {baseDir}/scripts/setup.sh

2. Configure

Create .env:

BINANCE_API_KEY=<your-api-key>
BINANCE_SECRET_KEY=<your-secret-key>
LLM_API_KEY=<anthropic-api-key>
PAIRS=BTCUSDT,ETHUSDT,SOLUSDT
STRATEGY=momentum
TRADE_SIZE_PCT=5
MAX_POSITIONS=5

3. Run

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/trader.py

Or via cron:

*/5 * * * * cd /opt/trader && python3 trader.py >> trader.log 2>&1

Strategies

Momentum (default)

• Buys when price crosses above 20-EMA with volume spike
• Sells when price crosses below 20-EMA or hits TP/SL
• Best for trending markets (BTC, ETH, SOL)

Mean Reversion

• Buys when RSI < 30 (oversold) and price near Bollinger Band lower
• Sells when RSI > 70 (overbought) or price near upper band
• Best for range-bound markets

DCA (Dollar Cost Average)

• Buys fixed amount at regular intervals regardless of price
• Configurable interval (hourly, daily, weekly)
• Lowest risk strategy for long-term accumulation

LLM-Enhanced (all strategies)

• Before each trade, asks Claude Haiku for market sentiment
• Evaluates: recent news, price action, volume patterns, market structure
• Can veto a trade signal if sentiment is strongly against

Trading Parameters

Parameter	Default	Description
PAIRS	BTCUSDT	Comma-separated trading pairs
STRATEGY	momentum	momentum, mean_reversion, or dca
TRADE_SIZE_PCT	5	% of portfolio per trade
MAX_POSITIONS	5	Max concurrent open positions
TAKE_PROFIT_PCT	5	Take profit %
STOP_LOSS_PCT	3	Stop loss %
DCA_INTERVAL	daily	For DCA: hourly, daily, weekly
DCA_AMOUNT_USDT	50	USDT per DCA buy
USE_LLM	true	Enable LLM sentiment filter

Monitoring

# Check portfolio
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/portfolio.py

# View trade history
tail -50 trades.jsonl

# Check logs
tail -f trader.log

⚠️ Security Considerations

• NEVER enable withdrawal on API keys — trading only
• IP-restrict your API keys on Binance
• Use a sub-account with limited funds for bot trading
• Start with tiny amounts ($50-100) and paper trade first
• Monitor actively during first 24 hours
• Set up Binance email alerts for all trades
• API keys on disk — secure your server (SSH keys only, firewall, chmod 600)

References

• See references/binance-api.md for REST API docs
• See references/indicators.md for technical analysis details