Credits explained
What credits are, how they're counted, and how 1 credit = $0.02 at overage.
Credits are Coinrule's unit of consumption — every action that uses compute or market data costs credits. Each plan includes a monthly allowance that resets on the 1st of the month UTC, and excess usage is billed at $0.02 per credit.
The basics
- Each plan includes a monthly credit allowance (resets on the 1st of each month UTC).
- 1 credit = $0.02 when billed as overage above your monthly allowance.
- Credits never roll over — unused credits at month-end are forfeit.
What costs credits?
| Driver | Cost |
|---|---|
| AI strategy parsing (LLM) | Haiku: 1×, Sonnet: 3×, Opus: 15× — per 1,000 tokens |
| Strategy deployment (base) | 1 credit per deploy |
| Entry / exit conditions | 1 credit each |
| Indicators (above 3 free) | 2 credits each |
| Multi-market bonus | +2 credits |
| Data subscription (per watched market / day) | 0.5 credit |
| Sub-minute interval (per market / day) | 1 credit |
| Position open (execution) | 2 credits |
| Position close (execution) | 1 credit |
| Volume | 0.1 credit per $1,000 traded |
| Third-party signal (TradingView webhook) | 1 credit per signal |
Where can I check my credit balance?
Go to Settings → Plan & Billing to see:
- Credits used this month
- Credits remaining
- Usage history
Per-strategy credit breakdowns are not currently shown in the UI.
What happens when I exceed my allowance?
Paid plans: when you exceed your monthly allowance, active agents keep running and usage is billed at $0.02 per credit. An overage banner appears on the dashboard. The total is invoiced at the end of the billing period via Stripe.
Free plan: when the monthly allowance is exhausted, a cron job stops all active strategies. No overage billing for free users.
How do I buy more credits?
You can purchase prepaid credit packs to cover overage before it becomes a metered charge. Go to Settings → Models & APIs → Buy more credits. See Prepaid credit packs.
How can I reduce credit usage?
- Use shorter candle intervals only when necessary — each unique (symbol, interval) pair watched costs 0.5 credits/day.
- Avoid sub-minute intervals (1m) unless needed — they incur an additional 1 credit/day surcharge per pair.
- Use
max_open_positionsto limit how many concurrent positions a scan strategy can hold. - Use threshold-based rebalancing for baskets where possible (fewer trades = fewer credits).