PraneshASP/crypto-trading-bot

This is a customizable sentiment based cryptocurrency trading bot built using NodeJS

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Sentiment based Cryptocurrency trading Bot

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What's inside this repo?

NodeJS bot that trades the cryptocurrency on Binance
Customization Possible - check config.js file
Uses Twitter API
Ability to record the trades in trade.logs file.

For a more detailed explanation of the code, you can refer to my medium post associated with this repository.

Visit blog - This bot can trade Bitcoin whenever Elon Musk tweets about it.

Built With

Node.js - JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine.

Getting Started

To get a local copy up and running follow these simple steps :

Prerequisites

To run this project, you'll need to have the following installed:

Node.js : https://nodejs.org
npm :
```
npm install npm@latest -g
```
Twitter Developer Account: For getting the Bearer token to make valid requests to Twitter API.
Binance Testnet Keys: The keys are required to place orders programatically on the Binance Testnet exchange. It can be obtained by signing in with your GitHub account.

Installation

Clone the repo :

git clone https://github.com/PraneshASP/crypto-trading-bot.git

Install dependencies (use sudo if required) :
```
npm install
```
Copy .env.example file into .env and add the specified keys/tokens :
Start the bot :
```
npm start
```