Generate Bybit API Key and Secret
exclusive support for uta accounts ovnbot, a modern platform designed for optimal investment utilization and superior margin capabilities, mandates connection exclusively via bybit uta accounts due to its enhanced features provided by bybit ensure to upgrade your account to a uta (unified trading account) successfully before generating an api and linking to ovnbot if you are using a main (master) account, please elevate your account to uta status before initiating the link exchange (support for linking main accounts is available, provided you have a comprehensive plan in place ) we strongly recommend creating a uta sub account to prevent order mix ups and to manage your account with utmost convenience and efficiency create a subaccount we recommend setting up a subaccount for an enhanced experience to do this, https //doc ovnbot com/create sub account in bybit to create a new subaccount if you prefer to proceed with the master account linked to ovnbot, feel free to skip this step create a new api key navigate to the api management tab click on the yellow 'create new key' button note ensure you’re in the subaccount > subaccount api keys section to avoid creating an api key for your master account choose api key type opt for system generated api keys for a streamlined creation process configure your new key api key usage api transaction name for the api key choose a name as per your preference api key permission read write ip restriction optional select ‘no ip restriction’ or specify an ip by referring to the https //doc ovnbot com/white list ip assign permissions assign only the following permissions for security and efficiency unified trading > orders enables the placement of orders, both open and close unified trading > positions allows reading of existing positions avoid assigning additional options to maintain security activate your api key after receiving your api key and secret, copy and submit them to the https //my ovnbot com/app/link exchange to establish a connection between ovnbot and your bybit account encountered an issue linking bybit exchange? ensure to verify the following uta upgrade ensure your account is upgraded to a unified trading account (uta) or create a sub account of the uta type more details here https //www bybit com/en us/promo/events/unified trading account key & secret confirm that every character in your api key and api secret is correct and accurately entered account verification ensure the api is created on the correct account, specifically a unified trading account permissions check that the permissions are set correctly as required ip restriction if you have chosen to restrict ip access, confirm the ip restrictions are set correctly