Creating API keys for Bybit

Before creating new API, please make sure that you have switched to Bybit in your Tiger.Trade Broker account:

The selected exchange name will be displayed in the upper left corner of your Tiger.Trade Broker account

1) Click on the Create API Key button on the main page of your personal account:

Creating API keys from the account main page

Alternatively, you can go to the API page and click on the New API Key button:

Creating API keys from the API page

2) Specify the name of the key and select the necessary permissions:

Here you can name the API key and select the permissions for it

Read access - a permission to receive information on open positions, orders and account balances. This option is enabled by default.

Trade - a permission to trade (place/cancel orders, open/close positions, etc.). This permission should be activated to be able to trade using the API key.

3) Optionally, you can add your trusted IP adresses in the IP addresses field to create a whitelist. In that case, the access to exchange from the API key will be only available from the mentioned IP addresses; trading operations from other IP adresses will be rejected by the exchange.

4) Enter the 6-digit code from Google Authenticator app intended for Tiger.Trade Broker account (account.tiger.trade) and click Create API to complete the action.

The secret key will only be shown once at the time the API key is generated. If you forget or lose the secret key, you will need to create a new API key.

At the last step, you will see API Public key and Secret key

5) Copy the API key and Secret Key and keep them in a safe place, and click Done. After that, you will see the API Management page, which contains the information about the generated keys:

Here you can see the key list and the corresponding permissions

Tiger.Trade Broker uses Unified Trading Account (UTA Pro) for Bybit. The created API keys can be used in Tiger.Trade Windows or in any other app that supports connecting to Bybit with a UTA account.

In order to set up a connection within Tiger.Trade Windows app, follow these steps:

1. Open File -> Connections -> Setup menu

2. Click "New connection" button and choose Bybit exhange

3. Choose Unified Margin Live server

4. Enter API Key and API Secret (obtained at step 5 of this instruction) in the appropriate fields

5. Click "Connect to Bybit" button: