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Bybit

Automate your Bybit account
with daily loss limits built in

Connect a trading-only API key and Vectorhelm trades your strategies on Bybit spot and perpetuals. Unified and classic accounts both work, each with its own limits.

Spot + Perps
markets supported
Unified + classic
account types
Non-custodial
your funds stay in your own account

What the API key can and can’t do.

  • Trading permission only

    The key only needs trading permission. Vectorhelm places and cancels orders, nothing else.

    Trading only

  • Unified and classic

    Both work, each with its own limits, so switching between them never changes your risk settings by surprise.

    Own limits

  • Switch it off any time

    Delete the key on Bybit and trading stops immediately.

    Your control

Bybit setup tips.

Two things to know before you connect Bybit: your account type, and Bybit’s strict clock.

  • Unified vs classic

    A Unified Trading Account shares collateral across products; a classic account keeps them separate. The same strategy sizes differently on each, so check your account type before you go live.

    Account type

  • The 5-second timestamp window

    Bybit rejects a request whose timestamp is more than about five seconds off its server clock. It shows up as retCode 10004, which looks like a signature error — but it’s clock drift, not your credentials.

    retCode 10004

  • The 20-second heartbeat

    Bybit closes an idle connection after about twenty seconds without a ping. A connection that drops and reconnects is normal; one that doesn’t reconnect pauses the strategy.

    WebSocket

  • Perps carry funding

    Funding on perpetuals is charged regularly, and it’s a real cost. It’s included in your P&L, because a result without funding isn’t your real result.

    Charged

Automate your Bybit account.

Join the waitlist for free early access. Test your strategy on a demo account, then connect Bybit when you’re ready.

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