kraken-futures-trading

Apps & Automation

Place, manage, and monitor futures orders across the full lifecycle.

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kraken-futures-trading

Use this skill for:

placing futures buy and sell orders (market, limit, post, stop, take-profit, ioc, trailing-stop, fok)
editing and cancelling futures orders
batch order placement for multi-leg strategies
monitoring open positions and fills

Authentication

Futures use separate credentials from spot:

export KRAKEN_FUTURES_API_KEY="your-futures-key"
export KRAKEN_FUTURES_API_SECRET="your-futures-secret"

Safe Execution Flow

Check available contracts:

kraken futures instruments -o json 2>/dev/null

Read current price:

kraken futures ticker PF_XBTUSD -o json 2>/dev/null

Check account state:

kraken futures accounts -o json 2>/dev/null

Place order (requires human approval):

kraken futures order buy PF_XBTUSD 1 --type limit --price 50000 -o json 2>/dev/null

Verify placement:

kraken futures open-orders -o json 2>/dev/null

Order Types

Market order:

kraken futures order buy PF_XBTUSD 1 --type market -o json 2>/dev/null

Limit order:

kraken futures order sell PF_XBTUSD 1 --type limit --price 70000 -o json 2>/dev/null

Stop order:

kraken futures order buy PF_XBTUSD 1 --type stop --stop-price 55000 --trigger-signal mark -o json 2>/dev/null

Trailing stop:

kraken futures order sell PF_XBTUSD 1 --type trailing-stop --stop-price 68000 --trailing-stop-max-deviation 500 --trailing-stop-deviation-unit quote_currency -o json 2>/dev/null

Reduce-only (close position without opening new exposure):

kraken futures order sell PF_XBTUSD 1 --type market --reduce-only -o json 2>/dev/null

Batch Orders

Place multiple orders atomically (useful for bracket entries):

kraken futures batch-order '[
  {"order":"sendorder","orderTag":"entry","symbol":"PF_XBTUSD","side":"buy","size":1,"orderType":"lmt","limitPrice":50000},
  {"order":"sendorder","orderTag":"tp","symbol":"PF_XBTUSD","side":"sell","size":1,"orderType":"lmt","limitPrice":55000,"reduceOnly":true}
]' -o json 2>/dev/null

Edit and Cancel

Edit in place:

kraken futures edit-order --order-id <ID> --price 51000 -o json 2>/dev/null

Cancel one:

kraken futures cancel --order-id <ID> -o json 2>/dev/null

Cancel all:

kraken futures cancel-all -o json 2>/dev/null

Cancel by symbol:

kraken futures cancel-all --symbol PF_XBTUSD -o json 2>/dev/null

Position Monitoring

Open positions:

kraken futures positions -o json 2>/dev/null

Recent fills:

kraken futures fills --since 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z -o json 2>/dev/null

Execution history:

kraken futures history-executions --since 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z --sort desc -o json 2>/dev/null

Order history:

kraken futures history-orders --sort desc -o json 2>/dev/null

Dead Man's Switch

Enable for unattended sessions. All orders cancel if the timer expires:

kraken futures cancel-after 600 -o json 2>/dev/null

Refresh periodically. If the agent crashes, orders auto-cancel.

Paper Trading

Test futures strategies without real money using kraken futures paper. Near-parity with live futures: all 8 order types (market, limit, post, stop, take-profit, ioc, trailing-stop, fok); leverage, margin tracking, liquidation simulation, and funding rates. Known differences: single-ID order-status, post-only orders are cancelled rather than queued, fills use the bid/ask snapshot with no depth-based slippage, and partial fills are not modeled.

kraken futures paper init --balance 10000 -o json 2>/dev/null
kraken futures paper buy PF_XBTUSD 1 --leverage 10 --type market -o json 2>/dev/null
kraken futures paper positions -o json 2>/dev/null
kraken futures paper status -o json 2>/dev/null
kraken futures paper reset -o json 2>/dev/null

Switch between paper and live by replacing futures paper with futures order. No credentials required for paper trading.

Hard Rules

Never place futures orders without explicit human approval.
Always check futures accounts before trading to confirm margin availability.
Use --reduce-only when closing positions to prevent accidental flips.
Enable cancel-after for any automated session.
Test strategies with kraken futures paper before going live.