
How to Revoke a Trading Bot's API Access
Deleting an API key cuts off a bot instantly, on every exchange. Here's why that's enough — and what to double-check before you assume it worked.

Deleting an API key cuts off a bot instantly, on every exchange. Here's why that's enough — and what to double-check before you assume it worked.

Three steps, in order, if your API key may have leaked. The first one takes under a minute.

One green number doesn't tell you if a bot is actually working. Here's the full checklist, two worked examples, and where to find each piece.

Who actually holds your crypto while a bot trades it? The custodial/non-custodial line decides the answer — and FTX is the reason it matters.

Read, trade, withdraw — three tiers, one that matters for a bot. See exactly what an API key can and can't touch.

Your bot isn't broken. It's one of five specific, checkable things. Here's how to find which one.

A platform outage stops your bot from trading. It doesn't touch your money. Here's the mechanism that keeps those two things separate.

Step = Range ÷ Grids. That one formula decides whether a grid bot trades in large, infrequent swings or small, frequent ones — and getting it wrong in either direction has a real cost. Here's how to choose.
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