go-trader — Crypto Trading Bot

A Go + Python hybrid trading system. A single Go binary (~8MB idle RAM) orchestrates 50+ strategies across spot, options, perpetual futures, and CME futures by spawning short-lived Python scripts. Both paper and live execution are supported per strategy.

Supported platforms: Binance US, Deribit, IBKR/CME, Hyperliquid, TopStep, Robinhood (crypto + stock options), OKX (spot + perps + options), Luno. Per-platform Discord/Telegram channels post hourly summaries plus immediate trade alerts. When a new release ships, the bot DMs the configured owner — reply yes and it pulls, rebuilds, and restarts itself.

Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/46d7Fa2dXz

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Getting Started

Quick flow for a new server: tell OpenClaw or Hermes:

install https://github.com/richkuo/go-trader and init.

AI Agent Setup (Recommended)

Give your AI agent SKILL.md (raw: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/richkuo/go-trader/main/SKILL.md) — it clones the repo, installs deps, walks through configuration, builds the binary, and starts the service. For non-Claude agents see AGENTS.md. Using OpenClaw or Hermes? Just say "Set up go-trader".

Interactive Setup (go-trader init)

./go-trader init

Walks asset/strategy/platform/capital/risk/Discord choices and writes scheduler/config.json. Defaults to a minimal BTC spot starter; risk prompts appear only when live trading is selected. Scripted: ./go-trader init --json '{"assets":["BTC"],"enableSpot":true,"spotStrategies":["sma_crossover"],"spotCapital":1000,"spotDrawdown":10}' --output config.json

Manual Setup

git clone https://github.com/richkuo/go-trader.git && cd go-trader
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh    # install uv if needed
uv sync                                             # Python deps from lockfile

VER=$(git describe --tags --always --dirty 2>/dev/null || echo dev)
cd scheduler && go build -ldflags "-X main.Version=$VER" -o ../go-trader . && cd ..

./go-trader init                                    # or --json '{...}', or copy config.example.json
./go-trader --config scheduler/config.json --once   # smoke-test one cycle

export DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN="your-token"
sudo bash scripts/install-service.sh                # systemd install + enable + start
curl -s localhost:8099/status | python3 -m json.tool

Running multiple instances

Use systemd/go-trader@.service. Code under /opt/go-trader-<name>/; runtime config outside the tree at /var/lib/go-trader/<name>/config.json (#1056) so rsync/git clean cannot clobber live config. StateDirectory=go-trader/%i keeps that path writable under ProtectSystem=strict.

sudo mkdir -p /opt/go-trader-paper-testing/scheduler /var/lib/go-trader/paper-testing
sudo cp go-trader /opt/go-trader-paper-testing/
sudo cp scheduler/config.json /var/lib/go-trader/paper-testing/config.json
sudo ln -s /var/lib/go-trader/paper-testing/config.json /opt/go-trader-paper-testing/scheduler/config.json
sudo ch