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What a trading bot does — and what it does not
A trading bot on Telegram is a program that connects market data, your trading rules and a chat interface. At its simplest it sends an alert when a price crosses a level you set. At its most involved it reads signals from your strategy, checks them against your risk limits, places the order through an API and reports the fill back to you.
The three kinds we build
| Type | What it does | Who it suits |
|---|---|---|
| Alert bot | Watches prices or indicators and messages you when your conditions are met. Never places orders. | Traders who want to decide every trade themselves. |
| Signal distribution bot | Delivers signals from an analyst or strategy to a subscriber channel, often with paid access. | Research providers and educators running a subscriber community. |
| Execution bot | Places, modifies and exits orders through a broker or exchange API within your position-size and loss limits. | Traders with a tested, rules-based strategy who want it executed consistently. |
Many projects start as an alert bot and grow into execution only after the rules have proven themselves on paper. That is a sensible order to do things in.
Regulation and broker terms come first
Automated trading is regulated, and the rules differ by market and change over time. In India, SEBI has been adding requirements around algorithmic trading by retail clients through broker APIs, and brokers apply their own conditions on top. Anyone distributing buy or sell recommendations to others may also need to consider SEBI’s rules for research analysts and investment advisers.
- Check the current SEBI rules that apply to what you plan to do before we start building.
- Read your broker’s API terms — some restrict automated orders, order rates or third-party software.
- For crypto, check the exchange’s terms and the tax and legal position in your country.
- Where in doubt, get advice from a qualified professional. We build the software; we cannot give legal or compliance advice.
How we build safety into the software
Because an execution bot handles real money, most of our effort goes into the parts that stop it doing harm:
- API keys stay on your own server, encrypted, and are created with withdrawal permissions disabled so the key can trade but never move funds out.
- Hard risk limits you set — maximum position size, maximum orders per day, maximum daily loss — enforced in code before any order is sent.
- A kill switch in the Telegram chat that stops all new orders and, if you choose, exits open positions.
- Paper-trading mode to run the full system against live prices without placing real orders.
- A complete audit log of every signal received, every decision taken and every order response from the broker.
- Failure handling for rejected orders, partial fills, lost connections and API rate limits, with an alert to you when anything unusual happens.
How a trading bot project runs
- You write the rules down. Entry, exit, sizing and limits must be precise enough for a machine. Vague rules are the most common reason projects stall.
- We confirm what the API allows. Order types, rate limits, data availability and your broker’s conditions shape what is possible.
- Alert and paper mode first. The bot runs live without trading so you can compare its decisions with your own.
- Small live rollout. Execution is switched on with deliberately small limits that you raise only when you are satisfied.
- Monitoring. Health checks and alerts keep you informed, and every trade can be audited afterwards.
Technology behind it
Trading bots are usually written in Python, which has strong libraries for data handling and broker integration. For Indian markets we work with broker APIs such as Zerodha Kite Connect, Angel One SmartAPI and Upstox, depending on what you already use. For crypto exchanges, the open-source CCXT library gives a consistent interface across many exchanges. Market data streams over WebSockets, trade records go into PostgreSQL, and the whole system runs on a server close to reliable connectivity rather than a home computer. Our Python development and API integration teams work on these projects together.
Frequently asked questions
Will the bot make me money?
We cannot promise that, and nobody honest can. The bot executes your strategy exactly as written. Whether that strategy makes or loses money depends on the strategy and on the market, and that risk stays with you.
Can you give us a strategy to automate?
No. We do not design strategies or give trading advice. We turn a strategy you already have into reliable, well-tested software.
Is it safe to give the bot my API keys?
Keys are stored encrypted on your own server, never on ours, and should be created with withdrawal permissions disabled so they cannot move funds. You can revoke them from your broker or exchange account at any time.
Is algorithmic trading through an API allowed in India?
It is permitted within rules set by SEBI and by each broker, and those rules have been changing. Please check the current SEBI requirements and your broker’s terms before starting; we will build within whatever they allow.
Can we test the bot before it trades real money?
Yes. Every execution bot we build has a paper-trading mode that runs on live prices without placing orders, and we recommend using it before any live trading.
Talk to us about trading bots
Signal delivery, price alerts and exchange API execution with the risk limits you define.