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How to Connect your ByBit Unified Trading Account (UTA) with Altrady


Background


  • Altrady supports Bybit UTA Spot (no margin) and Futures (USDx-perps only).
  • Although UTA for Spot supports margin trading, Altrady does not support margin trading for Bybit and it must be turned off on the UTA (see below).
  • If margin trading is left enabled and a margined order is placed on the exchange: the order will often not be editable in Altrady; wallet balances can be negative or incorrect; and margin fees are not shown.


In this article, 2 methods of connecting a Bybit exchange account to Altrady will be described:


  1. Fast Connect, for quick and automatic setup.
  2. Manual Connection, for users who prefer a more hands-on approach.


Fast Connect, simplifies the process by:

  • Redirecting you to Bybit for a secure login.
  • Automatically generating, configuring and connecting the Bybit API key (with the correct permissions).
  • Automatically applying Altrady’s IP whitelist to the API key.


Manual Connection, by contrast, involves:

  • Manually logging into Bybit.
  • Manually creating the API key.
  • Copying and pasting the API and Secret key into Altrady.
  • Manually setting permissions and pasting Altrady's IP whitelist addresses in Bybit.


Contents


Fast Connect: UTA accounts

Manual Connection UTA accounts

Connecting a Sub-Account to Altrady


Fast Connect: Connect Bybit UTA account to Altrady


Fast Connect is a quick and automated way, to link your Bybit exchange account to the Altrady platform without manually creating and copying API keys and secrets.


Fast Connect is only relevant for new Trading Accounts being connected to Altrady. To update the API key for an existing Trading Account, refer to the end of Step 4 in the following section: Manual Connection: Set up a UTA and Connect it to Altrady


Step-1: In Altrady, click on Settings from the left side panel. Then, click on Exchange Account API Keys.

Click +Connect Account


Step-2: Select Bybit from the dropdown list.


Step-5: Select Fast Connect **then click **Connect to be redirected to the Bybit log in page.


If you're already logged into Bybit on the same browser, you will not be asked to log in again.


While being redirected to Bybit, the window below will be shown. If the redirect does not occur automatically, or if it takes a long time, the "Bybit Fast Connect" button can be clicked to expedite the process.


Step-6: Log into your account or subaccount.


If there is an Altrady Fast Connect API key that already exists in Bybit and not in Altrady, the Fast Connect API keys will be immediately created in Altrady after logging in. Only the windows in Step 10 below will be shown after login, in that case.


Step-8: The following message will be shown by Bybit, requesting authorization to enable the creation of the Fast Connect API key. Tick the relevant box and click Confirm to continue.


Step-9: On the next window, the permissions that are to be enabled on the key will be shown. 

  • Click Confirm to proceed further and create Fast Connect API key.
  • Altrady's IP whitelist will be automatically linked to the created API key.
  • A Spot Trading Account will be created in Altrady by default, with the correct permissions. Whether a Futures Trading Account is created as well will depend on whether the exchange account has access to Futures trading.
  • To view permissions for Spot trading and Futures trading, refer to Step 4 here: Manual Connection: Set up a UTA and Connect it to Altrady


The window below will only be shown when a Bybit Fast Connect API key is being created for the first time.


Step-10: The messages below will be shown on the redirect page and in Altrady, if the Fast Connect API key was created successfully.


Message on the redirect page, stating that the Fast Connect API key was created successfully

Message in Altrady, stating that the Fast Connect API key was successfully created


Step-11: **The newly connected Trading Account/s can then be viewed from the **Exchange Account API Keys page.


The default names of the Fast Connect Trading Accounts can be changed at any time by clicking "Edit" and changing the "Account Label".


The Fast Connect API key in Bybit will be created with no name attached to it, as shown below, with API Key Usage of "Connect to Third-Party Applications".


Step-11: If your balance is not displayed immediately, refer to the video on Step 6 in the following section: Manual Connection: Set up a UTA and Connect it to Altrady. The video shows how to sync your exchange account balance with Altrady.


Manual Connection: Connect Bybit UTA account to Altrady


  1. Login to Bybit (main or subaccount)
  2. Ensure that Spot Margin trading is **disabled **in Bybit


Ensure that Margin trading is disabled

  1. On the API keys page, click Add API key.

Then select System Generated for the API Key type.



  1. Choose **Altrady **as the Third Party application and use these permissions for the new API key in Bybit

By using the Third Party application option, your API key is automatically limited to Altrady's IP whitelist

Give the key a label.



  • API Key permissions
  • Then click Save

Enable API permissions for Spot and/or Futures accounts




  1. The API key and Secret will be shown. Keep the tab or window open as these will soon be copied to Altrady.



  1. Log in to Altrady and navigate to the Exchange Accounts API keys page.

Click +Connect Account


  1. Select Bybit from the Dropdown list

  1. Select Manual Connect

Paste the API key and secret from Bybit into Altrady.


For adding or editing:

  • API version = Unified Trade (UTA)
  • Enter the new API key and Secret
  • If you have both spot and futures accounts, a separate trading account will be created for each.
  • Click Connect **(new account) or **Update (existing account).

  1. Click Connect


  1. Then click Next to finalise the new account/s


  1. Your new Bybit account/s will be visible on the Accounts page


  1. If the account balance is not yet visible, refresh the balances on the Portfolio page (left side menu) or in the Trading widget (circular arrow)


If you can see your account balance yet, sync the balance in the Portfolio


After Syncing


Connecting a Sub-Account to Altrady


  1. From the account dropdown, first select the subaccount.


Account Dropdown


  1. After this, select the API option from the account dropdown.


Create API

  1. Following this, the process is the same as adding an API key for a main account.


Notes.

UTA makes no difference to Spot trading as Margin trading is turned off.

Bybit Futures for UTA accounts is available, simply enable.

  • Further information from Bybit:

Unified Trading Account Help

UTA Trading Rules

Seven Key Benefits of UTA

Updated on: 13/04/2026

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