How to Create an API Key for a Spot Lead Trading Portfolio?

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Spot lead traders can create up to two API keys for their lead trading portfolios on the Binance Spot Copy Trading platform.

1. Log in to your Binance account and go to [Trade] - [Copy Trading] - [Spot].

2. Go to the portfolio for which you wish to create an API key, and click [API].

3. Click [+ Create Copy Trading API].
 

4. Click [Edit restrictions].

5. Select [Restrict access to trusted IPs only (Recommended)] and enter the whitelist IPs. Click [Confirm] and you’ll be able to check the box next to [Enable Spot & Margin Trading].

6. After your API key is successfully created, you’ll see an [API Trading] label on the portfolio. For more details on API trading, please refer to the Binance API documentation.

Important notes:

• Before generating an API key, please ensure that you have created a lead portfolio.
• The Spot Copy Trading API can only be utilized for Spot lead trading.
• The API key will be automatically deleted upon closure of the lead portfolio.
• Lead traders can create up to two API keys for each lead portfolio.
• The Spot Lead Trading API key exclusively supports USDT-quoted pairs. Orders containing unsupported pairs will be canceled without prior notice. Continued attempts to place orders with unsupported pairs will result in the termination of your access to the Spot Copy Trading function.
• The Lead Trader API order rate limit is 20 requests per 10 seconds.