Place, manage, and monitor futures orders across the full lifecycle.
Use this skill for:
Futures use separate credentials from spot:
export KRAKEN_FUTURES_API_KEY="your-futures-key"
export KRAKEN_FUTURES_API_SECRET="your-futures-secret"
kraken futures instruments -o json 2>/dev/null
kraken futures ticker PF_XBTUSD -o json 2>/dev/null
kraken futures accounts -o json 2>/dev/null
kraken futures order buy PF_XBTUSD 1 --type limit --price 50000 -o json 2>/dev/null
kraken futures open-orders -o json 2>/dev/null
Market order:
kraken futures order buy PF_XBTUSD 1 --type market -o json 2>/dev/null
Limit order:
kraken futures order sell PF_XBTUSD 1 --type limit --price 70000 -o json 2>/dev/null
Stop order:
kraken futures order buy PF_XBTUSD 1 --type stop --stop-price 55000 --trigger-signal mark -o json 2>/dev/null
Trailing stop:
kraken futures order sell PF_XBTUSD 1 --type trailing-stop --stop-price 68000 --trailing-stop-max-deviation 500 --trailing-stop-deviation-unit quote_currency -o json 2>/dev/null
Reduce-only (close position without opening new exposure):
kraken futures order sell PF_XBTUSD 1 --type market --reduce-only -o json 2>/dev/null
Place multiple orders atomically (useful for bracket entries):
kraken futures batch-order '[
{"order":"sendorder","orderTag":"entry","symbol":"PF_XBTUSD","side":"buy","size":1,"orderType":"lmt","limitPrice":50000},
{"order":"sendorder","orderTag":"tp","symbol":"PF_XBTUSD","side":"sell","size":1,"orderType":"lmt","limitPrice":55000,"reduceOnly":true}
]' -o json 2>/dev/null
Edit in place:
kraken futures edit-order --order-id <ID> --price 51000 -o json 2>/dev/null
Cancel one:
kraken futures cancel --order-id <ID> -o json 2>/dev/null
Cancel all:
kraken futures cancel-all -o json 2>/dev/null
Cancel by symbol:
kraken futures cancel-all --symbol PF_XBTUSD -o json 2>/dev/null
Open positions:
kraken futures positions -o json 2>/dev/null
Recent fills:
kraken futures fills --since 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z -o json 2>/dev/null
Execution history:
kraken futures history-executions --since 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z --sort desc -o json 2>/dev/null
Order history:
kraken futures history-orders --sort desc -o json 2>/dev/null
Enable for unattended sessions. All orders cancel if the timer expires:
kraken futures cancel-after 600 -o json 2>/dev/null
Refresh periodically. If the agent crashes, orders auto-cancel.
Test futures strategies without real money using kraken futures paper. Near-parity with live futures: all 8 order types (market, limit, post, stop, take-profit, ioc, trailing-stop, fok); leverage, margin tracking, liquidation simulation, and funding rates. Known differences: single-ID order-status, post-only orders are cancelled rather than queued, fills use the bid/ask snapshot with no depth-based slippage, and partial fills are not modeled.
kraken futures paper init --balance 10000 -o json 2>/dev/null
kraken futures paper buy PF_XBTUSD 1 --leverage 10 --type market -o json 2>/dev/null
kraken futures paper positions -o json 2>/dev/null
kraken futures paper status -o json 2>/dev/null
kraken futures paper reset -o json 2>/dev/null
Switch between paper and live by replacing futures paper with futures order. No credentials required for paper trading.
futures accounts before trading to confirm margin availability.--reduce-only when closing positions to prevent accidental flips.cancel-after for any automated session.kraken futures paper before going live.