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# Choosing a connection method

<mark style="color:$tint;">ITradingBot allows you to connect your exchange account or open an Exchange Account. The choice of setting location, panel sections available and requirements before starting work are all up to you.</mark>

### Your account on Bybit or Binance

<mark style="color:$tint;">You're using an account that's listed on the exchange. ITradingBot connects to it via an API and sends trading commands within the assigned rights.</mark>

<mark style="color:$tint;">The method of connection depends on the tool: the interface can offer exchange authorization or input API Key and API Secret. When you create a key yourself, do not include withdrawal permission.</mark>

<mark style="color:$tint;">This mode does not require a person verification in ITradingBot. The exchange's own requirements for your account are kept.</mark>

### Exchange Account on Bybit

<mark style="color:$tint;">Exchange Account separate trading sub-account on Bybit, which is created through ITradingBot. You don't have to register your own account on Bybit to do that. The funds are on Bybit.</mark>

<mark style="color:$tint;">In this mode, Bybit's spot and futures terminals are available, as well as asset work sections: deposits, withdrawal, transfers and conversion. Access to transactions depends on the status of the account and the checks you have made.</mark>

<mark style="color:$tint;">Before you create an email in your profile, you need to have your identity verified and your account protected PIN code, app authenticator or access key connected. —</mark> [<mark style="color:$tint;">verification of identity</mark>](/en/account/verification.md) <mark style="color:$tint;">—</mark> [<mark style="color:$tint;">Account protection</mark>](/en/account/account-security-and-sessions.md) <mark style="color:$tint;">If the verification results are still updated, wait until the processing is complete.</mark>

<mark style="color:$tint;">Before opening, read the regime device and restrictions, including country by country, in the article</mark> [<mark style="color:$tint;">How to set up an Exchange Account</mark>](/en/company/how-exchange-account-mode-works.md)<mark style="color:$tint;">. The current fees are listed on the</mark> [<mark style="color:$tint;">Fee Schedule</mark>](/en/company/fee-schedule.md)<mark style="color:$tint;">.</mark>

### Where to add a connection

<mark style="color:$tint;">Select Bybit or Binance from the API connection group and open</mark> <mark style="color:$tint;"></mark><mark style="color:$tint;">**Trade → Settings**</mark><mark style="color:$tint;">.</mark> [<mark style="color:$tint;">The terminal settings</mark>](https://app.itradingbot.net/terminal-settings) <mark style="color:$tint;">page has a stock access block. Own API connections are used in the futures terminals of the respective exchanges.</mark>

<mark style="color:$tint;">Connect your account to the creation page or the settings of your chosen robot. Adding a key to the terminal settings doesn't replace the robot's connection settings.</mark>

<mark style="color:$tint;">Open an Account → Exchange accounts.</mark> [<mark style="color:$tint;">The exchange accounts page</mark>](https://app.itradingbot.net/exchange-account) <mark style="color:$tint;">shows the terms of creation, the available limit and the existing sub-accounts.</mark>

<mark style="color:$tint;">API keys for Exchange Account.</mark> <mark style="color:$tint;"></mark><mark style="color:$tint;">**Account → API keys**</mark> <mark style="color:$tint;"></mark><mark style="color:$tint;">are required for additional keys for the already created Bybit sub-account. They don't add their keys to the exchange.</mark>

### Check the account you have selected

<mark style="color:$tint;">The switch in the dashboard header shows your own API connections and the Exchange Account you created separately. Before you start work, check the exchange and the name of the account you have chosen.</mark>

<mark style="color:$tint;">If you do not see a deposits, withdrawal or conversion, check if the Exchange Account is selected. For your own API connection, these menu items are not displayed.</mark>