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Installation

VPS Setup

To set up a VPS (Virtual Private Server) for running the bot, follow these steps:

  1. Choose a VPS Provider: Select a VPS provider such as Hetzner, DigitalOcean, AWS, or Linode. For optimal performance, it is recommended to use a Hetzner 4 core 8GB Intel server. Create an account and set up a new VPS instance with at least 4 Cores and 8GB of RAM and a suitable operating system (e.g., Ubuntu 20.04).

  2. Connect to Your VPS: Use SSH to connect to your VPS. Replace your_vps_ip with the IP address of your VPS. ssh root@your_vps_ip

  3. Update and Upgrade Packages: Ensure your VPS is up to date. sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

  4. Install Python 3.11: Follow the instructions in the "Installing Python 3.11" section below to install Python 3.11 on your VPS.

  5. Install Git: If Git is not already installed, install it using: sudo apt install git -y

  6. Clone the Repository: Clone the Directional Scalper repository to your VPS: git clone https://github.com/donewiththedollar/directionalscalper.git

  7. Install Dependencies: Install the required Python dependencies. pip3.11 install -r requirements.txt

  8. Configure the Bot: Rename the configuration files and add your API keys as described in the "Quickstart" section.

  9. Run the Bot: Start the bot using the appropriate command as described in the "Quickstart" section.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure you have the following prerequisites:

  • Python 3.11+
  • pip
  • git

Quickstart

  1. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/donewiththedollar/directionalscalper.git

    Change current working directory to the project directory: cd directionalscalper

  2. Install Python 3.11 (see below)

  3. Install the required dependencies: pip3.11 install -r requirements.txt

  4. Rename the config_example.json to config.json located in the /configs folder. Also rename account_example.json to account.json and add your API key(s) to the account.json file located in the /configs folder.

  5. Run the bot:

  6. To display the menu and select a strategy, use the following command: python3.11 multi_bot_aio.py --config configs/config.json or the old method python3.11 multi_bot_v4.py --config config.json (outdated)
  7. Alternatively, you can run the bot with command line parameters:
    • For the multi-bot auto symbol rotator strategy: python3.11 multi_bot_v3.py --exchange bybit --account_name account_1 --strategy qsgridob --config configs/config.json
    • For the old single coin strategy (outdated): python3.11 bot.py --exchange bybit --symbol DOGEUSDT --strategy qstrendob --config configs/config.json

Installing Python 3.11

Update the package list and install the necessary dependencies

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y wget build-essential libssl-dev zlib1g-dev \
libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev libreadline-dev libsqlite3-dev \
libgdbm-dev libdb5.3-dev libbz2-dev libexpat1-dev liblzma-dev \
libffi-dev uuid-dev libnss3-dev libgdbm-compat-dev

Download the Python 3.11.0 source code:

cd /opt

wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.11.0/Python-3.11.0.tgz

Extract the downloaded archive:

sudo tar -xzf Python-3.11.0.tgz

Change to the extracted directory:

cd Python-3.11.0

Configure the build with optimizations and ensure pip installation:

sudo ./configure --enable-optimizations --prefix=/usr/local --with-ensurepip=install

Compile Python:

sudo make -j 2

Install Python 3.11:

sudo make altinstall

Verify the Python installation:

python3.11 --version

You should see the installed Python version displayed.

Verify pip installation:

python3.11 -m pip --version

This should display the pip version associated with Python 3.11.

If pip is not installed for some reason, you can install it manually using the get-pip.py script:

wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py

python3.11 get-pip.py

That's it! You have now installed Python 3.11 with pip on your system.