How To Link your FTX.com API Keys so you can copy trades or be copied | 10 Simple Steps

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Alpha Impact

4 min readDec 21, 2021

Alpha Impact has recently launched FTX.com integration on our web app. Read more to find out how to link your FTX account in 10 simple steps!

What is an API key?

An application programming interface (API) key is basically a code used to identify and authenticate an application or user. When you provide this key to Alpha Impact, our servers will be able to connect to your FTX exchange account and reflect your FTX.com account information on your Alpha Impact profile.

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10 Steps to Link your FTX.com Account to your Alpha Impact Account

Step 1: Log into your FTX.com account on desktop (not mobile), and click the settings icon in the top right corner

Step 2: Click on ‘API’ on the bottom left of the page and click on ‘Create API key’

Step 3: Copy the API key that is generated

Step 4: Go to your Alpha Impact Account (web app) and log in

Step 5: Click ‘Link Portfolio’, then select ‘Link More’

Click on ‘Linked Portfolios’, then ‘Link More’

Step 6: Give your FTX portfolio a name and description

Tip: Give your portfolio a name by which you can identify it! For example, ‘Day Trading’ or ‘Investing’.

Step 7: Select FTX as your choice of exchange to integrate. For users using multiple FTX sub-accounts, you can link only one sub-account to Alpha Impact at one go. To link your other FTX sub-accounts, you will need to repeat this 10-step process again.

Select ‘FTX’ exchange and input FTX sub-account information if you are using a sub-account

Please Note

For the sub-account connection to be successful, the sub-account name given on Alpha Impact must match the name of your FTX sub-account.

Step 8: Paste in the FTX API key previously copied in step 3

Paste in your FTX.com account API key copied in step 3

Step 9: Go back to FTX.com and copy your API secret key

Step 10: Go back to your Alpha Impact account, and paste the API secret key copied in step 9

Paste your FTX.com account API secret key into your Alpha Impact account

And you’re done!

Do remember to make your portfolio public to other Alpha Impact users to gain followers and begin monetising your trades!

Once you have successfully linked your API keys, your FTX portfolio performance, composition, trades, and movements should be displayed on your account dashboard within a few minutes. If you are experiencing any issues, please contact us at team@alphaimpact.fi.

Want to find out more about our FTX.com integration launch? Read more here.

About Alpha Impact

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We share our fees with traders, meaning that there is finally an incentive for expert traders to share their activity and views with crypto enthusiasts and beginners.

Built by experts from the traditional finance space, our philosophy is to empower everyone to become a crypto trader. Whether you’re a beginner wanting to learn from an expert, or an expert wanting to get paid, we’re here to democratize access to this industry, one trade at a time.