crypto-trading-bot

⚠️ Disclaimer: This is an experimental personal trading bot. Cryptocurrency trading carries substantial risk and you can lose all of your capital. Do not run this with real funds unless you fully understand the code and the risks. No warranty — see LICENSE.

A multi-strategy crypto scalper for the Crypto.com Exchange with pluggable AI decision engines (OpenAI / DeepSeek / Grok), Telegram bot interface, and regime-aware position sizing.

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Variants

The repo ships several bot variants, each backed by a different AI provider. They share the same overall architecture but differ in tuning and the model they call.

Script	AI provider	Env file	Notes
chatgpt.py	OpenAI (GPT)	.env_chatgpt	The original variant
ds.py	DeepSeek	.env_ds	Current main DeepSeek build
grok.py	xAI / Grok	.env_grok	Grok variant
lm_cgpt.py	—	—	Local DB monitor for the GPT variant
lm_ds.py	—	—	Local DB monitor for the DS variant

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Features

• 🤖 Multiple AI engines — OpenAI, DeepSeek, Grok (xAI) for trade decisioning
• 📈 Crypto.com Exchange API — REST + WebSocket for market data and order placement
• 💬 Telegram bot — push notifications + interactive commands (status, stats, halt)
• 📊 Market regime detection — bull / bear / sideways with per-regime multipliers
• 🎯 Long & short positions with separate profit / stop-loss / trailing-stop tuning
• ⚖️ Risk management — daily loss limit, max drawdown, max concurrent positions, consecutive-loss cap
• 💾 SQLite-backed state — local DB for trade journal and AI decisions
• 🚨 Emergency / forced-trade modes for stagnant markets

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Setup

1. Clone & install

git clone https://github.com/alexzerg/crypto-trading-bot.git
cd crypto-trading-bot
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

2. Configure environment

For each variant you want to run, copy the matching .example file and fill in real values:

cp .env_ds.example      .env_ds
cp .env_chatgpt.example .env_chatgpt
cp .env_grok.example    .env_grok

Then edit each one and replace every XXXX... placeholder with your real credentials.

3. Get your API keys

Service	Where to create the key
OpenAI	https://platform.openai.com/api-keys
DeepSeek	https://platform.deepseek.com
Grok / xAI	https://console.x.ai
Crypto.com	Exchange → Settings → API Keys (enable trading scope, restrict IP!)
Telegram	Message @BotFather → /newbot

To get your Telegram user ID, message @userinfobot.

🔒 Security: Never commit real .env_* files. The .gitignore already excludes them; only .env_*.example templates are tracked.

4. Adjust the env path inside the script (if needed)

Each variant looks for its env file at a hardcoded path — by default a placeholder like /path/to/your/.env_ds. Edit the env_path / env_paths list near the top of the script to point at your local file, or just place the env file alongside the script.

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Usage

DeepSeek variant

python ds.py

OpenAI / GPT variant

python chatgpt.py

Grok variant

python grok.py

Local DB monitor (read-only stats from the SQLite journal)

python lm_ds.py     # for the DeepSeek bot
python lm_cgpt.py   # for the GPT bot

Press Ctrl+C to stop any bot. Open positions are tracked in the SQLite DB and will be picked up on next launch.

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Configuration reference

All trading parameters live in the .env_* files. The most important knobs:

Variable	What it does
INITIAL_CAPITAL	Starting capital in USD
POSITION_SIZE_PERCENT	% of capital per position
MAX_CONCURRENT_POSITIONS	Hard cap on simultaneous positions
TRADING_SYMBOLS	Comma-separated list, e.g. ETH,SOL,AVAX
PROFIT_TARGET / STOP_LOSS	Long-position TP/SL in %
SHORT_PROFIT_TARGET / SHORT_STOP_LOSS	Same, for shorts
TRAILING_STOP_ACTIVATE / _DISTANCE	Trailing-stop tuning
DAILY_LOSS_LIMIT	Bot halts trading after this % loss in a day
MAX_DRAWDOWN	Bot halts when account drawdown exceeds this %
RSI_BUY_MAX / RSI_SELL_MIN	RSI gates for entries / exits
CONFIDENCE_THRESHOLD	Minimum AI confidence to act on a signal
AI_CACHE_TTL	Cache lifetime for AI calls (seconds)
AI_MAX_DAILY_CALLS	Spend cap on the AI provider
VERBOSE_MODE	Extra logging

See the .env_*.example files for the full list with sensible defaults.

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Project structure

crypto-trading-bot/
├── chatgpt.py              # OpenAI / GPT bot
├── ds.py                   # DeepSeek bot (current)
├── new_ds.py               # DeepSeek bot (experimental)
├── grok.py                 # Grok / xAI bot
├── lm_cgpt.py              # SQLite monitor for GPT bot
├── lm_ds.py                # SQLite monitor for DeepSeek bot
├── .env_chatgpt.example    # OpenAI + Telegram config template
├── .env_ds.example         # DeepSeek + Crypto.com + Telegram template
├── .env_grok.example       # Grok + Crypto.com + Telegram template
├── requirements.txt
├── .gitignore
├── LICENSE                 # MIT
└── README.md

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License

MIT — © 2026 alexzerg