Most self-directed traders live in two places at once. Strategy work happens in one tab: a spreadsheet, a backtesting tool, a TradingView chart covered in indicators. Execution happens somewhere else entirely, on the exchange, by hand.
That gap is where good strategies go to die. A signal fires at 3 a.m. and nobody is awake to act on it. An entry gets missed because the exchange app was buried four screens deep. A position gets sized on gut feel because the plan lived in a different tool than the trade.
Today that gap gets smaller. Kraken Spot Trading is now live on Mangrove. You can connect your Kraken account and deploy your strategies directly to one of the longest-operating digital asset exchanges, with Mangrove’s risk controls attached to every trade.
What This Means for Your Trading
Kraken has been running since 2011 and is one of the most established spot trading venues available to U.S. traders. It’s now a fully supported execution venue inside Mangrove, alongside decentralized venues like Uniswap, 1inch, and Jupiter.
Here’s the workflow from start to finish:
Build. Create a strategy in Mangrove’s no-code builder, or work with the AI Copilot to draft, pressure-test, and refine your logic. The Copilot flags risk and validates your rules. It never trades on its own. You stay the decision-maker at every step.
Test. Backtest your strategy across 900 time windows before it ever touches real capital. Mangrove accounts for the costs that inflate most performance claims, including fees, slippage, and spread, so the numbers you see reflect what a strategy would have actually returned.
Deploy. Connect your Kraken account and set your strategy live. Your circuit breakers, drawdown limits, and position sizing rules travel with the strategy. If the market moves against your predefined boundaries, the strategy stops. No runaway trades, no unmanaged exposure.
Monitor. Watch live performance with the same honest accounting as your backtests. Every cost is visible, so your real returns and your reported returns are the same number.
Your Funds Stay Where They Are
When you connect Kraken to Mangrove, your funds stay in your Kraken account. Mangrove never holds, touches, or controls your assets. The platform routes your strategy’s orders to Kraken; Kraken executes them within your account. Disconnect anytime and everything stays exactly where it was.
This is how Mangrove works across every venue, centralized or decentralized. You keep custody and control. Mangrove provides the strategy infrastructure and the guardrails.
Why This Venue, Why Now
Spot trading is where most self-directed investors actually operate. It’s straightforward, it avoids the liquidation risk of leveraged products, and it’s the natural home for the kind of systematic, rules-based strategies Mangrove is built for.
Kraken brings deep liquidity and a 15-year operating history in a market where longevity is rare. For traders who want automated strategy execution on an established venue, this pairing covers the full path: build the system, test it honestly, and run it with protection built in.
Get Started Today
If you already have a Mangrove account, log in and connect your Kraken account to deploy your first strategy. If you’re new, getting started takes a few minutes, and the platform is free to use. You pay only a small fee on profitable trades.
Mangrove provides trading tools and infrastructure, not financial advice. Digital asset trading involves significant risk, including potential loss of principal. Past strategy performance, whether backtested or live, does not guarantee future results. Users should consult a qualified financial advisor before making investment decisions.
