3Commas

3Commas is a crypto trading automation platform for DCA, grid and signal strategies through connected exchange accounts. It also provides manual trade management, a terminal for limit and market orders, backtesting and paper trading. The platform reports 118,000+ active members. Its V1 service was deactivated on September 11, 2026, and the current product is 3Commas V2.

Company and funding

Its funding includes a $3 million seed round in November 2020 from Alameda Research and a $37 million Series B in September 2022. Target Global, Alameda Research and Jump Crypto led that round. Dmitry Tokarev, founder and CEO of crypto custodian Copper, also participated individually.

How the platform works

Users connect exchange accounts with API keys and create bots or manage trades from a central dashboard. The service states that it cannot withdraw funds from connected exchange accounts while the assets remain on those exchanges. DCA bots can monitor more than 100 pairs. Signal Bot accepts TradingView and webhook signals, supports long and short positions, and connects with Smart Trade controls. GRID Bot automates repeated trades in a defined range. Smart Trade adds trailing take profit and trailing stop loss, along with multiple take profit settings.

V2 was built in partnership with WunderTrading. It adds Hyperliquid integration plus multi-API trading. QuantPilot is a separate product that generates, backtests and optimizes strategies. V2's available features include a trial and paid subscriptions.

Fees and availability

3Commas offers a trial and paid subscriptions. A plan purchased during the trial is queued until the trial ends. Annual subscribers who downgrade can request a refund for unused time under the refund policy. Its referral program gives referred friends 10% off monthly subscriptions, while the referrer receives 25% of the referred user's subscription fee as a bonus. Spot, margin and futures trading on some exchanges can use one active API key.

Track record and risks

In October 2022, 3Commas investigated malicious orders placed through compromised exchange API access. On December 28, 2022, it confirmed that API keys, secrets and passphrases had been disclosed. It recommended revoking and reissuing affected keys. The company says its 2025 engineering processes include external review by third-party security auditors.

Automated strategies can lose money through poor settings, market gaps or extended trends outside a bot's design. Exchange outages and API failures can leave orders unmanaged. API credentials create account-access risk. Grid and signal strategies remain exposed to volatile assets. V2 also creates a migration cost for former V1 users because strategies did not transfer automatically.