FAQ
Plain answers for customers who want the product explained without the jargon
This FAQ is written for customers who may know very little about self-hosted trading systems. It explains what ZeroTrade is, how it runs, what the AI layer does, and what you should realistically expect.
Self-hosted customers receive a node license for their own machine. Hosted customers receive website login access only after a paid monthly or yearly order is verified.
The public site is for buying, activation, docs, and downloads. The private runtime is installed on the server, VPS, mini PC, or home PC you control.
The intended first proving path is demo, replay, or paper mode so you can learn the node before even thinking about live exposure.
The AI layer helps with monitoring and explanation, but the live path stays behind deterministic risk and execution controls.
API Key Guide
Which APIs ZeroTrade can use, what each one does, and where customers get the key
Customers do not need to connect every provider. Start with demo, replay, and paper mode, then add only the encrypted connector keys required for the markets, AI provider, and alert path they actually want to use.
OpenAI, Groq, xAI / Grok, Anthropic Claude, Google AI, Mistral, plus 1 more
OpenRouter
Telegram Uplink
Webhook, Email SMTP
IonQ
Alpaca, Interactive Brokers, Saxo OpenAPI, Schwab Trader API, Tradier, IG Markets
OANDA
Capital.com
MetaTrader 5, cTrader Open API, TradeLocker, NinjaTrader
Tradovate
TradingView Webhooks
FIX Gateway
Polygon.io, Databento, Nasdaq Data Link, dxFeed, EODHD, IEX Cloud, plus 5 more
Solana RPC, Helius
QuickNode, Alchemy
Jupiter
Birdeye
DexScreener
CoinGecko, CoinMarketCap
Binance, Bybit, Kraken, Coinbase Advanced, OKX, KuCoin, plus 3 more
Hyperliquid
CCXT
Custom Provider
Local AI
Ollama local AI
Used for: Private summaries, trade notes, replay commentary, watchlist triage, and lower-cost helper tasks on the customer's own machine.
How to get it: No cloud API key is needed. Install Ollama on the node machine and pull the supported Gemma local model during setup.
Security: Local AI should stay advisory. It must not receive exchange secrets, wallet seed phrases, or unrestricted execution authority.
Open OllamaCloud AI
OpenAI BYOK
Used for: Premium Oracle reasoning, structured trade explanations, anomaly review, daily briefings, and research reports.
How to get it: Create an API key in the OpenAI platform, then store it inside the encrypted provider vault or the self-hosted node config.
Security: Use a dedicated key, monitor usage, rotate if exposed, and never paste broker secrets or wallet secrets into prompts.
Create OpenAI keyCloud AI
Groq
Used for: Fast optional AI routing for lightweight summaries, low-latency classifications, and backup model routing.
How to get it: Create a GroqCloud API key and save it as an optional AI provider entry.
Security: Keep it scoped to AI work. It is not a venue key and should not be mixed with trading credentials.
Create Groq keyCloud AI
xAI / Grok
Used for: Optional market-context synthesis, news-aware review, and advisory reasoning where the customer supplies their own xAI key.
How to get it: Create an API key in the xAI Console and add it to the encrypted provider vault when that route is enabled.
Security: Use server-side storage only. Do not expose xAI keys in browser code, public logs, or customer screenshots.
Open xAI guideMobile uplink
Telegram Bot API
Used for: Phone alerts, status checks, halt notifications, daily briefs, and approved command relay to the node.
How to get it: Create a bot with Telegram BotFather, copy the bot token, then store it in the node or hosted vault.
Security: Treat the bot token like a password. Restrict commands to approved chat IDs and rotate the token if it is exposed.
Open Telegram guideQuantum research
IonQ
Used for: Optional ZeroTrade Quantum research jobs, portfolio probes, diagnostics, and probability review outside live execution.
How to get it: Create an IonQ Quantum Cloud account and API key only if the Quantum research lane is enabled for the account.
Security: Quantum output is advisory research. It does not bypass risk-core, execution-core, or live-mode approval.
Open IonQ docsSolana
Solana RPC
Used for: Reading Solana chain state, sending transactions, simulation checks, wallet health, and production-grade node connectivity.
How to get it: Use a dedicated production RPC endpoint from a provider or your own infrastructure. Public RPC is only suitable for light testing.
Security: A private RPC URL should be treated like infrastructure access. Do not post it publicly or hardcode it into client-side pages.
Open Solana RPC docsSolana routing
Jupiter Swap API
Used for: Quote and route discovery for Solana swap workflows before any signed execution request is considered.
How to get it: Use Jupiter's official developer docs to choose the correct quote, order, execute, or build path for the deployment.
Security: Quotes are not trade approval. ZeroTrade still applies allowlists, slippage caps, stale-data checks, and risk-core first.
Open Jupiter docsExchange adapter
Binance
Used for: Optional CEX balances, orders, fills, and market workflows when a customer chooses Binance as a supported venue.
How to get it: Create an API key from Binance API Management, enable 2FA, and start with the minimum permissions needed.
Security: Do not enable withdrawals. Use IP restrictions where possible and test with read or paper-style permissions first.
Open Binance guideExchange adapter
Bybit
Used for: Optional exchange balances, order placement, account snapshots, and fills where Bybit is configured by the customer.
How to get it: Create a Bybit API key from the account API Management page and select only the permissions required.
Security: Use exchange-side restrictions, avoid withdrawal permission, and keep the key separate from other services.
Open Bybit guideExchange adapter
Kraken
Used for: Optional account-specific market workflows, balances, private order data, and trading actions where supported.
How to get it: Create a Kraken API key pair from Kraken Pro settings and choose the exact private permissions needed.
Security: Save the private key securely, enable 2FA where supported, and do not grant funding permissions unless deliberately required.
Open Kraken guideExchange adapter
Coinbase Advanced
Used for: Optional Coinbase account data, portfolio snapshots, and order workflow support where the adapter is enabled.
How to get it: Create a Coinbase API key for the correct portfolio and store the required key material in the encrypted vault.
Security: Use view/trade only when needed, keep IP allowlisting in place where available, and never grant transfer permissions casually.
Open Coinbase guideBroker adapter
Alpaca
Used for: Optional paper and broker-backed market workflows for stocks, ETFs, and supported instruments where available.
How to get it: Create Alpaca API credentials in the Alpaca dashboard and start from paper trading before live broker access.
Security: Keep paper and live keys separate. Do not reuse broker keys across unrelated products.
Open Alpaca docsWhich APIs are required on day one?
None are required just to read the site, buy a license, open demo pages, or understand the product. Self-hosted customers can start with install, activation, demo, replay, and paper-mode checks before connecting any live venue key.
Which APIs are optional?
AI providers, Telegram, TradingView webhooks, Solana RPC, Jupiter, exchanges, brokers, market-data providers, trading-platform bridges, CCXT, FIX-style venues, and IonQ are optional connectors. Customers add only the keys needed for the exact mode and market they intend to use.
What permissions should customers avoid?
Avoid withdrawal or transfer permissions for trading connectors unless there is a specific, understood reason. For normal operation, read, trade, and account-status permissions should be scoped as tightly as the venue allows.
Does Google login require a customer API key?
No. Google login is configured by the portal owner. Customers simply sign in with Google when paid hosted access has been enabled for their account.
Regulatory Posture
Clear regulatory answers before customers trust the product
ZeroTrade should look advanced because it is disciplined, not because it overclaims. These answers keep the public message away from false authorisation claims, personal-advice claims, and unsupported performance promises.
Is ZeroTrade FCA authorised?
No FCA authorisation or endorsement is claimed unless a valid firm reference is published and can be checked on the FCA register. ZeroTrade is positioned as software and operator infrastructure, not as a regulated broker, adviser, custodian, portfolio manager, payment institution, or exchange.
Does ZeroTrade give personal investment advice?
No. Oracle, AI, quant, and quantum outputs can explain, classify, rank, and brief, but they are not personal recommendations and they cannot bypass deterministic risk controls.
What should UK customers check before using live markets?
UK customers should use the UK compliance page, verify any broker or financial provider directly with the FCA register or Firm Checker, and start with demo, replay, or paper mode first.
Can ZeroTrade publish guaranteed results?
No. The product should not publish guaranteed-profit claims, fixed win promises, or performance copy that hides assumptions. Research and backtests must be labelled clearly and should not be confused with live results.
Customer FAQ
Everything below is written to help a first-time customer understand the product clearly
ZeroTrade should make sense before it tries to impress anyone. These answers are intentionally plain, commercial, and beginner-friendly without exposing the protected strategy playbook behind the node.
Start Here
Understand what you are buying before you touch checkout
What is ZeroTrade in plain English?
ZeroTrade is a self-hosted trading node. You install it on your own machine, let it watch markets, rank opportunities, explain what it is seeing, and keep the actual execution path behind deterministic risk controls you can inspect.
Who is ZeroTrade built for?
It is built for people who are tired of sitting over charts all day just to feel safe. That includes traders watching crypto, selected meme coin setups, and gold-oriented markets who want calmer monitoring, clearer structure, and more disciplined operation.
Do I need to create an account before paying?
No. ZeroTrade uses a no-login purchase path for both products. Create the order, complete secure payment, submit the receipt reference, and then receive either node activation credentials or the signup code for paid website access.
Can I try it before buying?
Yes. The public try and demo pages let you preview the operator flow without connecting funds, exchange keys, broker keys, or API secrets. Live automation is not offered as a free trial because it needs paid activation, identity, licensing, and deliberate risk controls.
Setup And Access
See where the node runs and how you reach it
What do I receive after payment?
You always receive a secure order page for recovery and next steps. Self-hosted customers receive the account id, license key, update posture, and install guidance for their node. Hosted customers receive paid signup access for the website dashboard.
What is the difference between self-hosted and hosted?
Self-hosted means you buy the node license and run ZeroTrade on your own PC, server, mini PC, or VPS. Hosted means you pay monthly or yearly to use the website dashboard itself with encrypted API storage and automation settings. Hosted signup is only unlocked after a paid order is verified.
Where does it run after I buy it?
The runtime is installed on your own machine: home PC, mini PC, VPS, or Ubuntu server. The public site handles buying, downloads, updates, and docs. The private node stays on the machine you control.
Do I need to know coding to use it?
You do not need to be a developer to understand what the product is or to buy it. You do need to be willing to follow setup instructions carefully, because this is serious self-hosted software rather than a toy mobile app.
How do I open the private panel from my home PC?
You SSH into the machine that runs the node first, then create an SSH tunnel from your home PC. After that, http://127.0.0.1:8010/panel works in your browser because SSH forwards your own local port to the private node panel on the remote machine.
AI And Monitoring
Know what the intelligence layer does and does not do
If 127.0.0.1 is localhost, why does it work on my home PC at all?
On its own, it usually will not. If you just type http://127.0.0.1:8010/panel into your Windows browser before opening the SSH tunnel, it will not reach the ZeroTrade panel on your server. Once the tunnel is open, your own computer temporarily forwards that local address to the node running on the server.
Can the public site and the private node live on the same server?
Yes. That is a normal setup. The public site can stay on the domain for pricing, checkout, downloads, and docs while the private node panel remains local-only on that same Ubuntu server. The important part is to keep the panel behind SSH tunnel or another deliberate private access path instead of exposing it publicly.
Do traders really sit and watch gold, crypto, or meme coin positions all day?
Many do. That is one of the problems ZeroTrade is built around. The product is designed to reduce constant screen-watching by combining scanning, risk checks, alerts, replay, and mobile control into one self-hosted node. It is meant to help an operator step away from the charts more often, not encourage reckless unattended gambling.
Risk, Fit, And Expectations
Make sure the product actually fits your situation
Can the AI watch trades and react when conditions change?
Yes. ZeroTrade lets AI watch markets, rank setups, summarize open-trade context, and call you back in when something matters. Real execution still has to pass deterministic risk and execution controls.
Can ZeroTrade automate 1 hour, 5 hour, 12 hour, 24 hour, and 48 hour windows?
Yes. The runtime supports time-boxed automation windows for short, intraday, session, daily, and guarded swing workflows. Each window has review cadence, expiry, and risk-core approval so the system does not keep an old idea alive just because it started watching it.
Can AI place trades however it wants?
No. Oracle is advisory-only. It can explain, classify, summarize, and rank, but it does not get freeform authority to bypass risk-core, execution-core, or mode separation.
Is ZeroTrade only for high-volume traders?
No. The architecture is broader than that. It can support serious operators with larger workflows, but it is also being shaped for selective smaller-capital operation where discipline matters more than trade count. The product is not sold as a high-frequency engine.
Can someone with only $20 or $50 use this?
Small starting balances are part of the product research posture, especially for selective SOL-based experiments. Tiny balances are naturally fragile, so the system is designed to prefer no-trade over noise trading when conditions are weak. ZeroTrade is not sold as a miracle answer for low funds. It is sold as tooling, discipline, and infrastructure.
Does the public site publish unsupported backtests or exaggerated performance claims?
No. ZeroTrade is sold on infrastructure, replay, auditability, and operator controls first. If research results are ever published publicly, they should be clearly labelled, assumptions should be explained, and historical simulation should not be confused with live trading.
What does ZeroTrade actually do without revealing the full internal playbook?
At a high level, it watches markets, ranks opportunities, applies deterministic risk rules, records decisions, and gives the operator explanations, alerts, replay, and mobile visibility. The public site intentionally does not expose the full internal strategy logic, implementation details, or private execution patterns.
Can it cover gold as well as crypto and meme coins?
Yes. ZeroTrade is designed with modular adapters so it can support Solana and selected meme coin workflows first, while also supporting gold exposure through broker-supported instruments rather than hardcoding a single asset worldview into the whole stack.
Does this mean I never need to check trades again?
No serious product promises that. ZeroTrade is meant to reduce repetitive watching and give the operator better visibility, not remove responsibility completely. The user still needs to review status, understand risk, and decide how far to trust the node.
Do I need local AI to use it?
No. Local AI is optional, but it is one of the strongest parts of the product for people who want private summaries, rankings, and briefings without paying per request. Cloud AI can also be added with the buyer's own API key.
What is ZeroTrade Quantum?
ZeroTrade Quantum is an optional research lane that can prepare IonQ-compatible quantum-analysis jobs from ZeroTrade's deterministic quantitative factor model. It is for portfolio probes, diagnostics, and probability review. It is not a live trading authority and it does not bypass risk-core.
Is this sold as a guaranteed-profit tool?
No. ZeroTrade is sold as self-hosted sovereign trading infrastructure with auditability, replay, risk controls, and operator tooling.