Coinbase Trading Bot

About Coinbase

Coinbase operates the largest regulated cryptocurrency exchange in the United States, and its advanced trading venue, formerly GDAX and then Coinbase Pro, is the API surface we connect to. It is well known for trading functionality and deep liquidity on major pairs.

The venue is spot only, with a focus on large-cap assets and fiat pairs rather than long-tail altcoins.

For automation, Coinbase is the conservative choice: regulated, spot-only, deep books on majors, and no liquidation risk. Fees are higher than offshore venues, which matters more than it looks: a high-frequency scalping strategy that is profitable on a low-fee exchange can be net negative here, so backtest with Coinbase's actual fee tier rather than a generic assumption.

Strategies you can run on Coinbase

• Arbitrage: exploit price differences between two connected venues, so it needs a second exchange
• DCA: average into a position on a schedule or on drawdown triggers
• Grid trading: ladder orders through a range and work the swings inside it
• Market making: quote both sides and earn the spread
• Ping pong: buy a level, sell the next one up, repeat
• Scalping: short-horizon entries and exits on your own tick interval
• Signals: trade an external webhook, from TradingView or your own source, with each incoming signal firing the bot immediately
• WaveRunner: grid trading with anchor-scale safety and auto re-anchoring
• Custom HaasScript: Lua-based, 750+ built-in commands, visual or full-script editors

We connect to Coinbase's spot markets only, so there is no leverage and nothing to liquidate.

Every strategy can be backtested against historical Coinbase data before you commit capital, and you can connect an AI assistant through our MCP server to audit and write strategies in conversation.