Account setup

Before you can run a grid, you complete a one‑time setup: connect your wallet, accept the terms, approve an agent wallet, and approve the builder fee. It takes a couple of minutes and a few signatures — no registration, no email, no KYC.

1. Connect your wallet

Click Connect Wallet and sign the login message with your browser wallet. This signature:

• proves you control the address, and
• creates a session cookie so the app remembers you.

It is not a transaction — there's no gas and nothing moves. If your session later expires you may be asked to sign in again; your wallet can stay connected even when the session lapses.

2. Accept the terms

The first time you connect, a terms‑of‑use modal appears. You must accept it to continue — it can't be dismissed beforehand. Acceptance is recorded against your address.

3. Approve the agent wallet

This is the core of GRIDer's non‑custodial model. GRIDer generates a separate agent wallet and asks you to approve it on the exchange with one signature.

• The agent wallet has trading permissions only — it can place and cancel orders, but can never withdraw your funds.
• Its private key is stored encrypted (AES‑256‑GCM) on the server. Your main wallet's key never touches the server at all.
• This is what lets GRIDer run your grid 24/7 without you signing every order.

Why two wallets? Your main wallet proves ownership and keeps custody; the agent wallet is a limited, revocable trading key. If you ever want to cut GRIDer off, you can revoke the agent on the exchange and it loses all ability to act.

4. Approve the builder fee

A final signature approves GRIDer's builder fee (0.008%) — the small per‑trade fee that funds the platform. Without it, the bot can't operate, and you'll see a reminder to finish setup. See Fees and funding.

You're ready

Once these four steps are done, you won't repeat them. From here, creating and starting grids is immediate.

Agent wallet expiry

Agent‑wallet approvals on the exchange have a lifetime. As yours nears expiry, GRIDer prompts you to re‑approve so your running grids keep trading uninterrupted. Re‑approval is a single signature; GRIDer guards the flow so it doesn't disrupt grids that are currently running. See Non‑custodial & security.

Funding your account

GRIDer trades the funds already in your exchange account — it never holds them.

• Perpetual grids use your perps (USDC) balance.
• Spot grids use your spot USDC balance.

If the relevant balance is empty, the app will tell you to deposit before a grid can start.

Next: Create a grid.