Connect your API key (security first)

Qovex places orders through the exchange's official API. Your keys are stored only in your local OS credential manager — never uploaded.

Why this is safe

• Keys live in system-level encrypted storage: Windows Credential Manager / macOS Keychain.
• Qovex does not upload your keys to any cloud, ever.
• It only places the trades you explicitly authorize.

Create a "trade-only" dedicated key

In Bitget (as an example), create a key via Exchange → API Management:

1. Enable Spot trading (or the futures permissions you need).
2. Do NOT enable Withdrawal — even if the key is compromised, funds can't leave.
3. Use a dedicated key rather than the one you use for manual trading.
4. Copy the API Key, Secret Key, and Passphrase (if enabled).

Bind it in Qovex

1. Go to Settings → Exchanges → Add exchange.
2. Pick the exchange (e.g. Bitget), paste the three values, and save.
3. On success click "Verify connection" — the engine checks permissions and caches the result.
4. After that you'll see a placeholder in the config; no plaintext key is written to disk.

Revoke or rotate

• Delete the key on the exchange side and it stops working immediately.
• Remove the binding in Settings → Exchanges; the locally stored key is wiped too.

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