How to Use Aerius Alpha
Your complete guide to automated trading on Binance Spot, from setup to live execution
What Does This Bot Do?
Aerius Alpha is an automated trading bot for Binance Spot. It only supports Spot trading — not futures, margin, or leveraged products. In simple terms:
- It buys a coin automatically when the price drops by a percentage you set, spreading your investment across multiple small orders to lower your average cost.
- It can also buy when the price rises, so you ride upward momentum if you choose.
- It sells automatically using a trailing take-profit. It follows the price up and exits when the price pulls back by a percentage you set, locking in gains.
- It protects you with an optional stop loss, a hard exit if the market turns sharply against you.
Getting Started
Create an Account
Sign up with your email or Google account. Verify your email to activate.
Choose a Subscription
Visit the Subscriptions page and pick a plan that fits your needs. Each tier unlocks more active bots and features.
Connect Your Binance Account More exchanges coming soon
- Log in to your Binance account.
- Go to Account → API Management and create a new API key.
- Enable Spot Trading permission. Do not enable withdrawals.
- Restrict the key to your IP address for security (recommended).
- Copy the API Key and Secret Key.
- In Aerius Alpha, go to Setup API and paste both keys. Click Save.
Every Bot Setting Explained
Below is every field you'll see when setting up a bot, in the same order they appear on the form. Each setting has a small info icon next to it on the form, hover to see a quick reminder.
Trading Pair
What it does: Picks which coin the bot trades. Only USDT-quoted pairs are supported (e.g. BTCUSDT = Bitcoin, ETHUSDT = Ethereum). The current live price shows under the dropdown so you know what you're working with.
Tip: Stick to coins you know and that have high trading volume. Browse the Coin Tracker to compare.
Capital & Orders
What it does: The maximum total this bot can spend. Once the cumulative cost of all open orders hits this cap, the bot stops opening new ones.
Example: Set $500 and the bot will never have more than $500 invested across all open orders combined.
What it does: The starting size of each buy in USDT. Subsequent orders may grow if you set an Order Size Growth multiplier (see Entry Strategy below).
Example: $50 per order + $500 budget = up to 10 buy orders at base size before your budget runs out.
What it does: How many positions the bot can hold open at the same time. Once this limit is reached, the bot waits for one to close (sell) before opening another.
Example: Set to 10 and even if you have budget left, the bot won't hold more than 10 open positions. Keeps your risk in check.
Entry Price
What it does: The price at which the bot's very first buy is placed.
"Market price" toggle: ON (default) means the bot grabs the live price the moment you start it. Turn it OFF to type a custom target instead, the bot will then sit and wait until the coin actually hits that price before doing anything.
When to use custom: If you think BTC will drop to $55,000 and want the bot to start buying there, type 55000 and switch the toggle off.
Entry Strategy: When & How the Bot Buys
The entry strategy has two independent directions, Up (buy when price rises, ride momentum) and Down (buy when price drops, average down). Each direction has its own enable toggle and three settings: a price trigger, gap growth, and order size growth. Turn either direction off entirely if you only want to trade one way.
What it does: A safety floor that applies to both Up and Down. Price must move at least this percent away from every currently-open position before a new order can be placed. Prevents bunched-up entries during tiny price wiggles.
Example: Set to 0.5%. If BTC is at $60,000, the price must move at least $300 away from each open position before another buy triggers.
Up & Down — same three fields per direction
What it does: Place a new buy whenever the price moves by this percent from the last filled order, up for the Up column, down for the Down column. Lower values trade more often.
Example: Down trigger 0.35% — after buying at $60,000, the bot buys again if the price falls to ~$59,790.
What it does: Each next order's trigger gap grows by this percent. Set to 0 to keep the gap flat; higher values widen the spacing as more orders accumulate.
Example: Trigger 1% with 50% growth means orders fire at moves of 1.00%, 1.50%, 2.25%, 3.38%… Useful when you want fewer orders the further price moves.
What it does: Each new order's size = previous order × this multiplier. Set to 1 to keep every order the same size, >1 makes orders grow over time.
Why on the Down side: Bigger orders at lower prices drop your average cost faster, so you recover profit sooner when price bounces back (a martingale-style approach).
Tip: On the Up side, usually leave at 1.0×. Scaling up on rising prices is riskier since you're buying higher and higher.
What it does: Normally the bot's very first buy fires immediately when you start it. Turn this on to make even that first buy wait for the price triggers above. Note: re-entries after all positions close always wait for price triggers regardless of this setting.
When to use: You want the bot running and watching, but you don't want it to enter until the price actually moves in the direction you expect.
Exit Strategy: When the Bot Sells
What it does: This is how the bot sells and locks in gains. After the price peaks above your entry, the bot waits for it to pull back by this percent from the high, then sells.
Why "trailing": Instead of selling at a fixed target, it follows the price up like a shadow and only exits when the trend actually reverses. You don't sell too early during a big move.
Example: Set to 3.3%. Price rises from $60,000 to $65,000 and the bot holds. Then price drops to $62,855 (3.3% below the $65,000 peak) and the bot sells.
What it does: An extra guard for the trailing take profit. Even if the trailing pullback condition is met, the bot will only actually sell if the order's net profit (after fees) is at least this dollar amount. Prevents getting picked off by tiny scalps that barely cover fees.
"Enable" toggle: Off by default. Flip on and set a dollar value to activate it.
Example: Set to $2. The trailing TP triggers but the order would only profit $1.20, the bot waits for a better exit instead.
What it does: An emergency exit. If price drops by this percent below an order's entry, the bot sells that position right away to cap the worst-case loss.
"Enable" toggle: Off by default. Flip on and set a percent to activate it. When off, the bot has no automatic safety net.
Example: Set to 10%. If an order entered at $60,000 and the price crashes to $54,000, the bot sells right away instead of holding and hoping.
Strategy Preview (Right-Side Panel)
What it is: As you fill out your settings, the right side of the form shows a live preview of your order plan and a price chart with the projected entry levels.
What you'll see: Estimated order sizes at each buy level, total capital that would be committed, and how the multipliers stack up. Updates automatically as you change any field, no clicks needed.
Advanced Candle Analysis Premium
What it does: An extra momentum filter. Before any buy or sell triggers, the bot checks recent candles to confirm the market is actually moving the right direction. If momentum doesn't agree, the bot waits.
In simple terms: Even if your price trigger fires, the bot asks "is the market actually trending the way I expect?" This avoids buying into a fakeout rally or selling at the bottom of a shallow pullback.
Where to find it: These toggles are embedded directly inside their matching section of the form. The Buy Up candle block sits at the bottom of the Up direction card (Entry Strategy). The Buy Down candle block is at the bottom of the Down card. The Sell candle block is inside the Exit Strategy section.
Visual Form Guide
Here's the bot setup form at a glance, in the exact order it appears on screen. Hover over any field to see what it does.
Backtesting: Test Before You Risk Money
A backtest runs your strategy against real historical price data to show you how it would have performed, without spending a cent.
How to run a backtest:
- Go to Backtest
- Pick your trading pair and configure your bot settings (same fields explained above)
- Set a date range (start date & end date) and a timeframe (e.g. 5-minute candles)
- Click Run Backtest and wait for results
What you'll see: Total P&L, number of trades, win rate, a price chart with buy/sell markers, and a detailed trade log. Use this to fine-tune your settings before going live.
Backtest-Only Settings
The historical period to simulate. Pick a range you want to test (e.g. last 30 days, last 3 months).
How detailed the simulation is. 1-minute = most accurate but slower, 1-day = fastest but less precise. 5-minute is a good default.
Live Trading: Real Money, Real Trades
A live bot connects to Binance via real-time WebSocket, watches the price every second, and places actual buy and sell orders on your behalf.
How to start a live bot:
- Go to Start Live Bot
- Configure your settings (same fields as backtest, but no date range needed)
- Click Start Live Bot → review the confirmation popup → confirm
- Your bot is now running 24/7. Monitor it from Active Bots
You can pause or close any live bot at any time from the Active Bots page. The bot saves its state, so restarting won't lose your open trades.
What Happens Behind the Scenes
The bot opens a WebSocket to Binance and receives price updates every second.
When your conditions are met, the bot places market orders instantly. No manual action needed.
Every trade and price update is saved. If the server restarts, your bot resumes exactly where it left off.
Monitoring & Management
See all running bots, live P&L, open trades, and status. Pause or close bots here.
Real-time prices with technical indicators (RSI, MACD, EMA). Click any coin to trade or backtest it.
Overview of your account, subscription status, and overall trading performance.
Tips & Best Practices
Run your exact settings on historical data before risking real money. If it doesn't work in backtest, it won't work live.
Begin with a small budget and low order amounts. Increase once you're confident in your settings.
Even a wide stop loss (e.g. 10–15%) protects against sudden crashes. Don't skip it on live bots.
Never let the bot use all your exchange balance. Keep a buffer so you're not fully exposed in volatile markets.
The bot runs 24/7, but markets change. Review performance weekly and adjust settings if needed.
If you're getting too many small trades, increase the minimum gap and DCA percentages.
Important: Please Read Before You Start
Aerius Alpha is a tool that automates trades you choose to set up. It does not predict the market and it does not guarantee profits. Please keep these things in mind:
- You can lose money. Crypto prices move fast and can drop sharply. Only trade with funds you can afford to lose.
- Past results don’t predict future ones. A backtest shows how your strategy would have performed on old data. Real markets can behave very differently.
- You stay in control. The bot only follows the rules you give it. Bad settings can lead to bad trades. Start small, watch closely, and adjust as you learn.
- Test before going live. Run a backtest first, then start live with a small budget on one coin before scaling up.
- Use a stop loss if you’re unsure. It won’t prevent every loss, but it caps how much a single bot can lose if the market crashes.
- Keep your Binance API key safe. Disable withdrawals on the key and restrict it to our IP. We never store it in plaintext.
- External factors matter. Exchange outages, network issues, or your own account being restricted by Binance can interrupt trading. The bot can’t protect against those.
- This is not financial advice. Aerius Alpha is software that executes the strategy you choose. Decisions about what to trade and how much to risk are yours.
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