{"id":7637,"date":"2025-12-09T18:00:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T00:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/librarytestdev.wpenginepowered.com\/?post_type=doc&#038;p=7637"},"modified":"2026-01-06T17:33:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T23:33:48","slug":"creating-a-coinbase-trader-id","status":"publish","type":"doc","link":"https:\/\/library-staging.tradingtechnologies.com\/setup\/exchanges-crypto\/coinbase\/task-coinbase\/creating-a-coinbase-trader-id\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating a Coinbase trader ID"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- pages using refernce-tab-list layout will not trigger this condition. The Heading will be set in that layout file-->\n\n  \n    \n\n\n <!-- pages using refernce-tab-list layout will not trigger this condition. The Heading will be set in that layout file-->\n\n  \n    \n\n\n <!-- pages using refernce-tab-list layout will not trigger this condition. The Heading will be set in that layout file-->\n\n  \n    \n\n\n <!-- pages using refernce-tab-list layout will not trigger this condition. The Heading will be set in that layout file-->\n\n  \n    \n\n\n <!-- pages using refernce-tab-list layout will not trigger this condition. The Heading will be set in that layout file-->\n\n  \n     <!-- in source YML header, should also match the filename\/url -->\n       \n        \n\n        \n      \n          \n      \n\n\n <!-- pages using refernce-tab-list layout will not trigger this condition. The Heading will be set in that layout file-->\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n            <p>In TT, a trader ID is essentially your connection to trading Coinbase. The Coinbase trader ID is configured using the Coinbase credentials created for your Coinbase account. Before you begin, ensure that you have the following Coinbase credentials:<\/p>\n\n\n\t<ul>\n\t\t\t<li><b>Key<\/b> \u2014 Sets the user&#8217;s Coinbase API key. \n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\t<li><b>Secret<\/b> \u2014 Sets the user&#8217;s API secret.<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\t<li><b>Passphrase<\/b> \u2014 Sets the user&#8217;s API key passphrase.<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\t<p>To create a trader ID:<\/p>\n\n\t<ol>\n\t\t<li>Click the <b>More<\/b> | <b>Trader IDs<\/b> tab. <p> A list of existing trader IDs that you currently manage appear in the left navigation pane.<\/p><\/li>\n\t\t\t<li> Click <b>+New Trader Id<\/b> at the top of the Trader Ids screen.<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li>In the <b>Exchange<\/b> field, select &#8220;Coinbase&#8221; from the drop-down menu.<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t<li>Configure the following trader ID settings: \n\n\t\t\t\t\t \t\n\t    <p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/library-staging.tradingtechnologies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/gdx-gdax-trader-id1-1.png\"><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n\t\t<li><b>Exchange<\/b> \u2014 Select &#8220;Coinbase&#8221;. This is a required field.<\/li>\n\t\t<li><b>Personal API Key<\/b> \u2014  Sets the API Key security permissions. If checked, then this API Key can only be used by the user creating the key. If unchecked, the key can be assigned to a non-administrative user. Once the key is assigned to a user, it cannot be reassigned.<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t<li><b>Key<\/b> \u2014 Sets the user&#8217;s Coinbase API key. This is a required field.\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\t<li><b>Secret<\/b> \u2014 Sets the user&#8217;s API secret. This is a required field.<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\t<li><b>Passphrase<\/b> \u2014 Sets the user&#8217;s API key passphrase. This is a required field.<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t<li>Click <b>Create<\/b><\/li>\n\t\t\t<!-- <li>To display which connections and users have been assigned to the trader ID, click the <b>Connections & Users<\/b> tab.<\/li> -->\n\t\t\t<li>Click <b>Save Changes<\/b>. <\/li>\n\t\t<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!-- pages using refernce-tab-list layout will not trigger this condition. The Heading will be set in that layout file--><\/p>\n<p> <!-- pages using refernce-tab-list layout will not trigger this condition. The Heading will be set in that layout file--><\/p>\n<p> <!-- pages using refernce-tab-list layout will not trigger this condition. The Heading will be set in that layout file--><\/p>\n<p> <!-- pages using refernce-tab-list layout will not trigger this condition. The Heading will be set in that layout file--><\/p>\n<p> <!-- pages using refernce-tab-list layout will not trigger this condition. The Heading will be set in that layout file--><\/p>\n<p>     <!-- in source YML header, should also match the filename\/url --><\/p>\n<p> <!-- pages using refernce-tab-list layout will not trigger this condition. The Heading will be set in that layout file--><\/p>\n<p>In TT, a trader ID is essentially your connection to trading Coinbase. The Coinbase trader ID is configured using the Coinbase credentials created for your Coinbase account. Before you begin, ensure that you have the following Coinbase credentials:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Key<\/b> \u2014 Sets the user&#8217;s Coinbase API key.\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li><b>Secret<\/b> \u2014 Sets the user&#8217;s API secret.<\/li>\n<li><b>Passphrase<\/b> \u2014 Sets the user&#8217;s API key passphrase.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To create a trader ID:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Click the <b>More<\/b> | <b>Trader IDs<\/b> tab.\n<p> A list of existing trader IDs that you currently manage appear in the left navigation pane.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li> Click <b>+New Trader Id<\/b> at the top of the Trader Ids screen.<\/li>\n<li>In the <b>Exchange<\/b> field, select &#8220;Coinbase&#8221; from the drop-down menu.<\/li>\n<li>Configure the following trader ID settings:\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/library-staging.tradingtechnologies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/gdx-gdax-trader-id1-1.png\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Exchange<\/b> \u2014 Select &#8220;Coinbase&#8221;. This is a required field.<\/li>\n<li><b>Personal API Key<\/b> \u2014  Sets the API Key security permissions. If checked, then this API Key can only be used by the user creating the key. If unchecked, the key can be assigned to a non-administrative user. Once the key is assigned to a user, it cannot be reassigned.<\/li>\n<li><b>Key<\/b> \u2014 Sets the user&#8217;s Coinbase API key. This is a required field.\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li><b>Secret<\/b> \u2014 Sets the user&#8217;s API secret. This is a required field.<\/li>\n<li><b>Passphrase<\/b> \u2014 Sets the user&#8217;s API key passphrase. This is a required field.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click <b>Create<\/b><\/li>\n<p>\t\t\t<!-- \n\n\n\n<li>To display which connections and users have been assigned to the trader ID, click the <b>Connections &#038; Users<\/b> tab.<\/li>\n\n\n\n --><\/p>\n<li>Click <b>Save Changes<\/b>. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"docs-category":[589],"class_list":["post-7637","doc","type-doc","status-publish","hentry","docs-category-task-coinbase"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library-staging.tradingtechnologies.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc\/7637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library-staging.tradingtechnologies.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library-staging.tradingtechnologies.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/doc"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library-staging.tradingtechnologies.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/library-staging.tradingtechnologies.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc\/7637\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library-staging.tradingtechnologies.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"docs-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library-staging.tradingtechnologies.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs-category?post=7637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}