DCA Bitcoin Bot

Simple bot that buys bitcoin in Buda.com following the Dollar Cost Averaging (DCA) strategy.

Getting Started

To get the bot working, first, you need to clone the repo.

git clone https://github.com/aamatte/dca-btc-bot.git

Create a secrets.yml file.

credentials:
  Buda:
    key: 'do not share your keys'
    secret: 'do not share your keys'
  Currencyconverter:
    key: 'do not share your keys'
  OpenExchangeRates:
    app_id: 'do not share your keys'

Adjust your settings in settings.yml. You have to edit:

...

investment:
  market: 'BTCCLP'  # Market this bot will be buying at buda.com
  ref_exchange: 'Bitstamp'  # Exchange used for reference price
  ref_market: 'BTCUSD' # Market used at reference exchange for price
  interval_hours: 2  # Hour interval when the bot tries to buy
  monthly_amount: 300000  # Monthly investment in quote amount
  overprice_limit: 0.03  # Max overprice allowed in percentage where 0.03 means 3%
currency_converter: 'OpenExchangeRates'  # Name of currency converter to use
withdrawal:
  enabled: False  # Enable or disable feature, boolean
  address: '1soveryfakeaddressreplacemepleace'  # Address where funds will be withdrawn
  min_amount: 30000  # Minimum amount to withdraw
  amount_currency: 'CLP'  # Currency defined for amount calculations

...

Finally, if you want to run the bot.

pipenv install
pipenv shell
python bots.py run buda

That will run the bot in dry_run mode (it won't place any order). Once you are sure everything is correct, in settings.yml set:

dry_run: False

Prerequisites

You need to have installed python3.7 and pipenv.

Deployment

You can run the bot every 2-5 minutes with a cron job.

crontab -e

At the end of the file put something like this:

*/2 * * * * cd ~/dca-btc-bot && /usr/local/bin/pipenv run ~/dca-btc-bot/bots.py run buda >> ~/dca-btc-bot/log.log 2>&1

That will run the bot every 2 minutes.

Built With

• trading-bots

Contributing

Please read CONTRIBUTING.md for details on the code of conduct, and the process for submitting pull requests.

License

MIT