# Bybit API
ByBit
1. **Login / Signup** to Bybit via browser
2. Make sure your account is **verified / KYC**
3. You will need to create a **new Sub-account** for the Automated Trading System, please follow these steps bellow:
3.1. Hover your mouse to “**Profile Icon”**
3.2. Click **“Switch/Create Account”**\
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3.3. Click **“Create”**\
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3.4. Enter your **preferred username** and select **“Unified Account”**\
3.5. Enter your **“Security information”** \
3.6. Account Created Successfully!!!, Click **“Skip”**\
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4. **Switch your account** to the Sub-account from the **“Profile Icon”** on the top left corner
5. Hover your mouse to your initials and select “API”\
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6. Click **“Create New Key”**
7. Select **“System-generated API Keys”**\
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8. Create New Key\
\*\*\* We will need all these settings and information to connect the API to our server, make sure all information is easy for you to remember and backed-up \
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6.1. Select **“API Transaction”** \
6.2. **Name for the API Key:** enter format **(Your username)ODS** \
6.3. **API Key Permissions:** Select **“Read-Write”** \
6.4. Select **“No IP Restriction”**\
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9. **Trade:** \
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7.1. Select **“Standard Account”** \
7.2. Make sure these are Ticked: **“Orders”, “Positions”, ‘USDC Derivatives Trading” & “Trade”**
10. Assets: \
8.1. Make sure **“Assets”** are **Unticked**\
8.2. Nothing should be ticked on **“Account Transfer”, “Subaccount Transfer” & “Exchange History”**\
8.3. Click **“Submit”**
9\. Pop-up appears, **Copy & Paste** all the details to the form
10\. Click **“Understood”** and now you have **successfully created your ODS API.**
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