How to Connect Shark Exchange to AlgoPulse (Free Algo Trading Setup)

Shark Exchange is an Indian crypto derivatives venue offering USDT-margined perpetual futures with leverage up to 150x. If you already trade there manually, connecting it to AlgoPulse lets you run pre-built algorithmic strategies on the same account, with no coding and no subscription fee.

This guide takes about five minutes. By the end, Shark will show a green Connected badge on your Brokers page and be selectable in the deploy dialog.

Before you start

Your Shark Exchange KYC must be complete, API trading stays locked until it is
You need USDT in the futures/margin wallet, not the spot or funding wallet
Have an AlgoPulse account open in a second tab, sign-up is free

1. Create the API key on Shark Exchange

Log in to Shark Exchange and open Profile → API Management
Click Create API Key and name it AlgoPulse so you can recognise it later
Enable Trading permission. Leave Withdrawals OFF, AlgoPulse never needs it
If the form offers an IP restriction field, enter the AlgoPulse server IP below
Copy the API Key and the Secret Key right away, the Secret is displayed only once

AlgoPulse server IP (whitelist this):
80.225.249.52

The same address is shown, with a copy button, on the Add Broker dialog inside AlgoPulse. If we ever migrate servers, that dialog is the authoritative source, so check it there rather than relying on a bookmarked value.

2. Add the key in AlgoPulse

Go to Brokers → Add Broker and choose Shark Exchange
Give it a nickname such as shark-main, useful once you connect several venues
Paste the API Key and Secret Key
Click Connect

AlgoPulse immediately calls Shark to read your margin balance. That single call is the connection test: if your available USDT appears next to a green Connected badge, the key is valid, correctly permissioned and reachable from our server.

Shark-specific notes

Margin currency is USDT, so PnL in your deploy reports is shown in dollars
The account label does not auto-fill. Shark's API exposes no account-identity endpoint, so unlike Delta Exchange you type your own nickname
Balance reflects the futures wallet only. USDT sitting in a funding or spot wallet is shown separately and cannot be traded against
Minimum order sizes are read live from Shark's own rules, the deploy dialog warns you before you commit capital that is too small for a valid order

Which strategies can I run on Shark?

Every strategy in the AlgoPulse catalogue runs on Shark, subject to the pair being listed there. The five currently published are Trend Pulse, ETH Momentum Core, Momentum Flip X, XRP Momentum Core and Momentum Flip. Two of them are locked to a single coin by design, XRP Momentum Core trades XRP only and ETH Momentum Core trades ETH only, so the deploy dialog will not offer you a coin selector for those.

Open any strategy from the Strategies page to read its full backtest report, including win rate, maximum drawdown and trade count, before committing real money.

Troubleshooting

Key rejected or unauthorized

Usually the Secret was truncated on copy, or Trading permission was never enabled. Regenerate the key and paste both fields fresh rather than editing the existing entry.

IP not whitelisted

The key is restricted to an address that is not ours. Edit the key on Shark and set 80.225.249.52, then press Retry on the broker card. No need to delete and re-add.

Signature expired

A transient clock-drift error between the two servers. It resolves by itself, and AlgoPulse retries automatically. If every request fails this way, contact support and we will check the venue's clock offset.

Connected, but the balance shows zero

The key works. Your USDT is simply in the wrong wallet, transfer it into the futures/margin wallet on Shark and the figure updates on the next refresh.

Once you are connected, the natural next read is our walkthrough on deploying a first strategy, and the guide to position sizing and leverage, which explains what the numbers in the deploy dialog actually commit you to.