Frequently Asked Questions

How much fake money do I get to trade with?

Everyone starts out with $10,000 USD worth of credit (fake money).

So paper trading means simulated trades?

Yes.  Our platform is for simulating cryptocurrency trades, often called "paper trading".

Is there an option to trade with real money?

Not at this time.  We want to give users a safe place to test their strategies ideas, or trading bots before risking real money.

Which cryptocurrency tokens are supported by your platform?

We try to include all of the Coinbase USD pairs.  When they add new pairs, we try to update our list as quickly as possible to include the latest additions.  Click here to view the current list we support.

Do I have to trade USD pairs only?

Yes.  We support simulated trading of Coinbase-listed tokens, and just the USD pairs.

For example, you can trade BTCUSD, ETHUSD, SOLUSD, and more than 200 others.  But if you try to trade ETHBTC for example, we would reject that trade.  In fact, our Manual Trading page only lists the USD pairs we support.  Sending us trading alerts from other platforms like Tradingview is where you need to be careful to select Coinbase traded USD pairs only.

What is the difference between Manual and Webhook trades?

Manual trading is the easiest way to get started.  Go to the Manual Trades page, select a cyptocurrency, and key in how much you want to buy with your $10,000 USD (fake money).

Webhook trading is how you can send us trade signals (buy or sell) from another website or trading tool.  We give each user an API endpoint to point their trading signals toward.  On the popular Tradingview platform, this is done with an strategy "alert".  Since this is an advanced form of simulating a trade, we have tutorials for this in our Knowledge Base to help you.

Why is your price data up to 15 minutes delayed for Free-Tier users?

We pull the latest prices from Coinbase every 15 minutes.  So the prices you see on chart.observer are not as accurate as real-time quotes.  We plan to offer more accurate data in the Pro Trader subscription, coming soon.