Quickstart — your first agent
Go from zero to a live paper trading agent in under 5 minutes.
This guide takes you from a blank screen to a running paper trading agent. You do not need to connect an exchange — paper trading works out of the box.
Step 1 — Write your strategy
Open the terminal at cloud.coinrule.com (or press / to focus it).
Type or paste a strategy description. A few examples of what works:
Buy BTC/USDT when RSI(14) < 30 on the 1h chart. Sell when RSI > 70 or price rises 5%.
# Momentum strategy
entry: EMA(9) crosses above EMA(21)
exit: trailing stop 2.5%
market: ETH/USDT, 4h
allocation: 10% of portfolio
# Moving average crossover
if ema_9 > ema_21 and prev_ema_9 <= prev_ema_21:
buy("SOL/USDT", pct=5)Press ⌘ Enter (Mac) or Ctrl Enter (Windows/Linux) to submit.
Step 2 — Review the parsed rule
The AI shows you a structured breakdown of what it understood:
| Field | What the AI fills in |
|---|---|
| Strategy name | Auto-generated, editable |
| Market / trading pair | Parsed from your description |
| Timeframe | Parsed; defaults to 1h if unspecified |
| Entry condition | All detected indicators and thresholds |
| Exit condition | Take-profit, stop-loss, trailing stop |
| Capital allocation | % of portfolio or fixed amount |
| Order type | Market or limit |
Edit any field — click it to open an inline editor. Changes are saved immediately; nothing is deployed until you explicitly launch.
Can't get it right?
Describe the part you want differently in plain English below the current interpretation. The AI will re-parse and show a new version. Each re-parse is a new AI call and consumes credits.
Step 3 — Choose paper or live
On the Connect screen:
- Paper trading (default): no exchange required. A virtual $10,000 account is provisioned immediately.
- Live trading: you need to connect an exchange first. See Connecting an exchange.
For this quickstart, leave it on paper.
Step 4 — Launch
Click Launch (or press ⌘ Enter again). The engine deploys the agent and you land on the strategy detail page.
What you see immediately:
- Status — should read
Runningwithin ~5 seconds. - Proximity bars — how close the current market price is to each trigger.
- Activity feed — a live log of every evaluation tick.
That's it. The agent runs 24/7 in the cloud.
Prefer to work from an AI chat?
You can do this same flow from Claude, ChatGPT, or Grok instead of the web terminal — connect the Coinrule MCP and just say "create a bot that buys BTC when RSI drops below 30 on paper."