SPTB is designed as a mild hybrid system. The customer-facing SPTB software is installed and runs directly on your own computer, while certain proprietary and security-related services are securely maintained on SPTB's servers. These services communicated to and from SPTB servers are general shared market analytics, security information, and customer account information.

Your exchange account details, money and financial assets remain solely within your private exchange account that SPTB has no control over. SPTB does not take custody of, hold, or transfer your funds. The locally installed SPTB software communicates with your exchange to obtain necessary market/account information and execute your authorized trades, while communicating securely with SPTB's servers for functions such as licensing, authentication, Asset Capacity Protection, and proprietary decision making services.

This architecture allows SPTB to provide automated trading functionality while keeping your exchange account and assets under your control all while protecting SPTB's proprietary technology.

SPTB works with all of the major operating systems: Apple macOS, Microsoft Windows, and Linux Ubuntu. Download the appropriate SPTB version for your operating system.

Once you have downloaded SPTB onto your computer, set up your exchange account and chosen how much you want to trade with in the SPTB software, you can go ahead and press the “START” button on SPTB. SPTB will immediately start analyzing the market in “Simulation” mode and may enter a simulated trade using real market data without using real money. On every first start-up, SPTB always starts in “simulation” mode unless an open trade needing to be managed previously exists. When SPTB is in “Simulation” mode there is no risk to your finances because in this mode money is not actually transacted. After letting SPTB run for some time you will see the averages of wins to losses that makes SPTB unique. Depending on market conditions when you first start the software, SPTB may initially experience unrealized or realized losses. The strategy is designed to manage all positions through changing good and bad market conditions, so its performance should be evaluated over an appropriate period rather than based on a small number of trades or days running. Losses can and will occur and recovery is not guaranteed, but SPTB will work its hardest to attempt to correct any losses by averaging higher winners than losers. Once you’re ready, switch to “Live” Trading Mode and then you will be using the real money you deposited in your exchange account. Happy trading!

Currently, SPTB works with Cryptocurrency markets (known as Crypto). However, we are already in development for an SPTB Equities (stocks) and Forex (Foreign Exchange) bot for release in late 2027.

SPTB only works with a Coinbase exchange account. We have chosen Coinbase for its smooth functionality, its robust security, and monetary protections similar to FDIC. Although this may require you to sign up for an exchange you have never used, it would be no different than signing up for a bank account that gives you the best interest rate for your savings account.

Yes, SPTB is 100% free to download and use in Simulation Mode for up to 1 month without paying a dime. After the first month you will be required to pay the subscription fee to continue using the Stuck Pig Trading Bot in Simulation Mode or Live Mode.

SPTB is designed with privacy and data minimization in mind. We do not collect sensitive personal information, private keys, withdrawal or deposit credentials, or information unrelated to the operation of SPTB. SPTB does not require or request permission to withdraw or transfer assets from your Coinbase exchange account.

To safely manage the number of SPTB users trading the same asset, our system receives a limited amount of operational, non-sensitive information associated with SPTB activity, including:

• The exchange connected to SPTB.

• The asset selected on SPTB for trading.

• The amount of trading capital allocated to SPTB.

• Whether SPTB is currently active or inactive, as necessary for capacity management.

• The SPTB generated non-personal license or system identifier, when necessary to distinguish active SPTB users and administer the service.

This information is necessary for SPTB's Asset Capacity Protection System, which is designed to prevent excessive amounts of SPTB invested capital from being concentrated in the same asset at the same time.

Capacity management is performed automatically using aggregated operational data. We do not need to know or ask to know why you selected an asset, what other assets you own, your total exchange balance, your unrelated trading activity, your personal investment decisions or your financial status.

In short, SPTB receives only the limited information reasonably necessary to operate the service, manage asset capacity, authenticate authorized SPTB users, and maintain the security and reliability of the system.

This depends on the market you decide to trade and how that market operates outside of our control. For Crypto markets SPTB can trade 24/7 365 days a year, if you wish. For stock markets, SPTB would trade during Eastern Standard Time zone financial marktet business hours.

You remain responsible for your trading account and trading activity. SPTB is an automated software tool that executes trades through your connected exchange account according to its programmed trading logic and the settings and parameters you select. You may also decide to use SPTB as a guide to make your own trades outside of the automated system.

You decide whether to activate SPTB, which supported asset to trade, how much capital to allocate, when to pause or discontinue its operation, and even when to sell a position (if you choose to do so). You retain control of your exchange account, money and assets at all times.

SPTB cannot guarantee that every trade will be profitable. Financial markets involve risk, and automated trading can result in gains or losses. By using SPTB, you acknowledge and accept the risks associated with the trades executed through the software.

SPTB Trading LLC does not take custody of your funds, control your exchange account, or guarantee trading results. You remain responsible for determining whether SPTB and its associated risks are appropriate for you.

SPTB uses an Asset Capacity Protection System designed to prevent too much SPTB invested trading capital from being concentrated in the same asset at the same time.

Each supported asset has a capacity limit based primarily on factors such as its liquidity, trading volume, and market depth. As more SPTB users allocate capital to an asset, its remaining capacity decreases.

If an asset is greyed out or unavailable, it generally means that the asset has reached—or is approaching—the amount of SPTB-controlled capital we currently allow it to support. Restricting additional access helps reduce the possibility that aggregate SPTB trading activity could materially influence the market or interfere with normal trade execution.

Asset availability can change as market conditions, liquidity, existing SPTB allocations, and user activity change. An unavailable asset may therefore become available again later.

These restrictions are intentional safeguards designed to protect SPTB users and maintain the integrity of SPTB's trading activity.

While we can’t explain all financial terms in the industry to you here, we can explain the terms on our website.

Bullish - Bullish is when the market is going up and expectations are good.

Bearish - Bearish is when the market is going down and expectations are not so good.

Exchange - This is where financial asset trades are actually bought and sold. This is your individual, private account similar to a bank account.

Exchange Fee’s - These are fee’s your personal exchange charges you to execute buy or sell orders on your behalf (these have nothing to do with SPTB). Usually they are a very small charge per trade computed by multiplying the exchanges percentage fee (I.e. typically 0.15% - 0.05%) by the subtotal of the order and are rolled into your total price to purchase the asset.

Asset - An asset is the financial instrument you wish to trade, such as: Bitcoin (BTC) in Crypto, GBP-USD in Forex, and Walmart (WMT) in stocks.

Capital - Capital is the amount of money you hold or have to trade with.

Position - A position is the amount of money you have put into an asset or the amount of the asset you own or wish to own.

Marketable Limit Order - A limit order is a type of way to purchase a financial asset. A limit order is when you set a price to buy or sell an asset for the price you wish to buy the asset at. When a limit order is considered “marketable” it means that the order was placed very, very close to the current market price of the asset to insure that it has the best chance of filling your order.

Cost Basis - Cost Basis is the average price multiple purchase orders filled for (it can also be used for just one order), usually including fees, and is the average price the market needs to exceed to be profitable. Say your order filled two marketable limit orders to fill your total position, one at $10.25 and one at $10.50; your “Cost Basis” would be the average of the two or $10.375.

Price Action - Price Action is the analysis of an asset's price movements over time irrespective of indicators, trends, patterns and historical price events. In other words, it’s what the price has done recently on it’s own.

Indicators - Indicators are used by traders to transform complex market data into insights. They can be directional lines, graphs, or directional numbers and are usually calculated from prior recent finished or active information.

Candle Charts - These are the charts traders use to analyze the markets. Each candle represents a specific time and resembles a candle with a wick and a body.

Chart Patterns - In these “candle charts” patterns emerge that traders look for to provide insight into the future market movement and can be utilized to make trading decisions.

Order Book - The Order Book is public information contained in your private exchange and it is a list of all of the limit orders traders have placed to buy or sell an asset at their desired price. The Order Book does not show Market Orders (immediately filled orders).

Algorithm - An algorithm is a set of step-by-step instructions designed to perform a specific task.

This would most likely be due to Coinbase trading fees. All exchanges charge fees on every trade that is filled and these fees cannot be controlled by SPTB. Coinbase charges fees based on what is called “30 day trailing volume”. What this means is the total volume you have traded over the trailing 30 days for each buy and sell trade you have completed. For example: if you bought $500 worth of Bitcoin and then sold $500 worth of Bitcoin you would have an aggregate $1,000 in past trading volume. If you did this once a day every day for 30 days you would have $30,000 in trailing volume. Why does this matter? It matters because this is how Coinbase calculates what your fees will be to trade. The more volume you create from trading the lower your fees become. This means when you first start trading with SPTB your fees will be higher, however once SPTB runs for a while you will see your fees start to decrease, thus those losing trades may become winning trades because you will be paying less in fee’s to trade.