Switching to live
How to move a paper strategy to live trading.
Use Go Live on an owned paper strategy to create a separate live copy with the same strategy logic. Your paper strategy keeps running, while the new live strategy uses your connected exchange account and real funds.
What are the requirements for live trading?
- A paid plan (Starter or above)
- A connected, active exchange account compatible with the paper strategy (see Connecting an exchange)
- Credits in your account to cover execution costs
- Room for one additional active strategy on your plan
The Free plan restricts you to one paper agent and no live trading.
How to switch
- Open the paper strategy's detail page and click Go Live.
- If you have not connected a compatible exchange account, choose Connect exchange and return after connecting it.
- Select an account if more than one is available, then review the live balance and proposed order size.
- Confirm Go live to create and start the new live strategy.
For fixed USD order sizes, Coinrule scales the paper amount by your live balance divided by the paper account's starting balance. Percentage-based sizing stays unchanged because it already follows your balance. You can review or change a fixed amount before confirming; every live order is checked against the exchange minimum.
The new live strategy is a fresh instance, so its P&L and trade history start from zero. The paper strategy, its history, and its paper positions are not changed.
How do you compare paper and live performance?
You can run both a paper and a live version of the same strategy simultaneously (counting two agent slots). This is useful for validating that live fills match paper expectations.
When can’t I use Go Live?
Go Live currently supports single-exchange paper strategies. Basket and multi-exchange strategies use their existing live launch flow instead.
What are paper accounts on live exchanges?
Some exchanges (e.g. Binance testnet) have paper-trading modes. These appear in Coinrule as separate paper venues (paper_binance, paper_hyperliquid) and behave like standard paper accounts — fills are simulated against testnet data.