kraken-ws-streaming

Apps & Automation

Real-time data streaming via WebSocket for spot and futures.

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kraken-ws-streaming

Use this skill for:

streaming live price, trade, and order book data
monitoring authenticated feeds (executions, balances)
futures-specific streaming (fills, positions, balances)
building event-driven agent loops

Output Format

All WebSocket commands emit NDJSON (one JSON object per line) to stdout. Parse line by line:

kraken ws ticker BTC/USD -o json 2>/dev/null | while read -r line; do
  echo "$line" | jq -r '.data[0].last // empty'
done

Do not attempt to parse the full stream as a single JSON object.

Spot Public Streams

Ticker (best bid/ask, last price, volume):

kraken ws ticker BTC/USD -o json 2>/dev/null

Ticker with BBO trigger (fires only on best-bid/offer changes):

kraken ws ticker BTC/USD --event-trigger bbo -o json 2>/dev/null

Trades:

kraken ws trades BTC/USD -o json 2>/dev/null

Order book (L2, configurable depth):

kraken ws book BTC/USD --depth 10 -o json 2>/dev/null

OHLC candles:

kraken ws ohlc BTC/USD --interval 1 -o json 2>/dev/null

Instrument metadata:

kraken ws instrument BTC/USD -o json 2>/dev/null

Spot Private Streams (Authenticated)

Execution updates (fills, order state changes):

kraken ws executions -o json 2>/dev/null

Balance updates:

kraken ws balances -o json 2>/dev/null

L3 order book:

kraken ws level3 BTC/USD -o json 2>/dev/null

Futures Streams

Futures ticker:

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

Futures trades:

kraken futures ws trades PF_XBTUSD -o json 2>/dev/null

Futures order book:

kraken futures ws book PF_XBTUSD -o json 2>/dev/null

Futures Private Streams (Authenticated)

Fills:

kraken futures ws fills -o json 2>/dev/null

Open orders:

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

Open positions:

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

Balances and margins:

kraken futures ws balances -o json 2>/dev/null

Notifications:

kraken futures ws notifications -o json 2>/dev/null

Account log:

kraken futures ws account-log -o json 2>/dev/null

WebSocket Order Mutations (Spot)

Place, amend, and cancel orders over WebSocket for lower latency:

kraken ws add-order -o json 2>/dev/null
kraken ws amend-order -o json 2>/dev/null
kraken ws cancel-order -o json 2>/dev/null
kraken ws cancel-all -o json 2>/dev/null
kraken ws batch-add -o json 2>/dev/null
kraken ws batch-cancel -o json 2>/dev/null

Dead man's switch over WebSocket:

kraken ws cancel-after 60 -o json 2>/dev/null

Agent Loop Pattern

A typical event-driven agent reads from a stream and acts on each event:

kraken ws ticker BTC/USD -o json 2>/dev/null | while read -r line; do
  LAST=$(echo "$line" | jq -r '.data[0].last // empty')
  [ -z "$LAST" ] && continue
  # Agent logic: compare price to thresholds, trigger actions
done

For multi-feed agents, run each stream in a background process and merge events.

Context Efficiency

Use --depth to limit order book snapshot size.
Use --event-trigger bbo on tickers to reduce noise.
Prefer streaming over high-frequency REST polling.
Close streams when no longer needed; each holds a connection.

Hard Rules

WebSocket order mutations are flagged as dangerous. Require human approval.
Never treat NDJSON stream output as a single JSON document.
Handle stream disconnects gracefully; the CLI reconnects automatically with paced exponential backoff and reconnect safety budgeting (up to 12 attempts per stream lifecycle).