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What Kraken asks for to open an account

Trade Leopard runs against your own Kraken, OKX or Coinbase account. If you do not have one yet, Kraken is the usual place to start. This is the short list of what they typically ask for on a personal account, plus Trade Leopard's invite code to enter when you sign up.

The invite code

Kraken's sign-up form has an optional Invite Code field. Paste this one in. It is Trade Leopard's referral, and it has to be entered before you submit the form — it cannot be added later.

Trade Leopard invite code

Paste it into the Invite Code field on Kraken's sign-up page.

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What to have ready

You create the account on Kraken's site, not here. Have these to hand before you start — verification is what unlocks deposits, withdrawals and the API key Trade Leopard needs.

Personal details

Use the name and address exactly as they appear on your ID.

Email address

Mobile phone number

Full legal name — as on your ID

Date of birth — 18 or older

Residential street address — no P.O. boxes

Occupation

SSN or ITIN — US clients

One government photo ID

Driver's license — front and back

Passport — information page

National ID card — front and back

Proof of address

Dated in the last three months, with your name and current address on it.

Bank, credit-card, or other financial statement

Utility bill — water, electricity, gas, internet

Landline phone bill — not a mobile bill

US and South Africa residents are also asked for a face photo. Kraken does not accept P.O. boxes. Kraken decides exactly which documents apply to your country, so treat this as the usual personal-account list rather than a guarantee. Their own page is Document requirements for verification.

Once the account is open

Trade Leopard connects through an API key you create on Kraken, with read and trade permission only — never withdrawal. That is step 2, and the exact boxes to tick are in An API key that cannot withdraw. If you already have a Trade Leopard login, both steps live on Connect Your Exchange.

Questions

Common questions

What documents does Kraken need to open an account?

For a typical personal account: a government photo ID (driver's license front and back, passport information page, or national ID front and back), a proof of address dated in the last three months with your name and current address on it (bank statement, utility bill, or landline phone bill), and your email, phone number, legal name, date of birth, residential street address and occupation. US clients also provide an SSN or ITIN. US and South Africa residents are asked for a face photo. Kraken does not accept P.O. boxes.

Do I need a Kraken account to use Trade Leopard?

You need your own account at Kraken, OKX or Coinbase. Trade Leopard does not hold coins and cannot open the exchange account for you. Once the exchange account is verified, you create a trade-only API key and paste it into Trade Leopard.

What is Trade Leopard's Kraken invite code?

b33r9jwy. Enter it in the Invite Code field on Kraken's sign-up page before you submit the form. It cannot be added to an account later.

More on how this works

→What a DCA bot actually doesThe term means two different things. One buys on a schedule; the other adds to a losing trade.→Rebalancing without sellingDrift can be corrected by selling the winner, or by pointing the next buy at the laggard.→An API key that cannot withdrawWhich boxes to tick so a connected tool can trade for you but can never move your coins.→Trade Leopard next to the other botsSafety orders, grids, sell-based rebalancing and a gated accumulator are four different jobs.→If you used ShrimpyThe tool that made target weights normal has gone quiet. What to check in whatever replaces it.→The full guideEvery setting in the product, in plain English — weights, budget, the gate, the trim and Red Dawn.

Trade Leopard runs this for you.

Set your weights, your budget and the gate. It buys on your schedule at Kraken, OKX or Coinbase, on your own account. $15 a month. Cancel anytime.

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