> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.blockhouse.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Bequant and Kraken
> Get a Kraken account from Bequant, check its Unified Wallet, then create its four API keys and enter them in Blockhouse.
Bequant opens the Kraken account, and you set it up and create its keys yourself.
> [!NOTE]
>
> Kraken's Spot and Futures APIs use separate keys, so the Kraken tab in Blockhouse asks for four: a read-only and a trading key for each. Use the Kraken Pro website for these steps.
**1. Get your Kraken account**
Ask your Bequant Support Rep to open a Kraken account for this strategy, with derivatives unlocked and the Unified Wallet enabled, and to give you access to it.
**2. Check the Unified Wallet and derivatives**
In the sub-account on Kraken Pro, the portfolio overview should show **Main · Unified** and a **Derivatives** card. If either is missing, ask Bequant to enable them before you create the keys.
**3. Create the Spot read-only key**
In Blockhouse, on the **Kraken** tab of the Credentials step, choose **Copy** → **Comma** on the **Read-only API IPs**.
On Kraken Pro, open the profile icon → **Settings** → **Connections & API**, then under **Spot trading API** choose **Create API key**. Enter a name, such as `Blockhouse read-only`, and tick only:
* **Funds permissions:** **Query**
* **Orders and trades:** **Query open orders & trades** and **Query closed orders & trades**
* **Data:** **Query ledger entries** and **Export data**
Leave **WebSocket interface** off. Turn **IP address restriction** on and paste the IPs, then choose **Generate key** and enter your 2FA code. Paste Kraken's **API Key** and **Private Key** into **Spot Read-only API Key** and **Spot Read-only Private Key** in Blockhouse straight away.
**4. Create the Spot trading key**
In Blockhouse, choose **Copy** → **Comma** on the **Trading API IPs**, then create a second Spot key the same way, named such as `Blockhouse trading`, with those IPs. Tick the same permissions, plus **Create & modify orders** and **Cancel & close orders**. Leave **Deposit**, **Withdraw** and **Earn** off.
Paste its **API Key** and **Private Key** into **Spot Trading API Key** and **Spot Trading Private Key**.
**5. Create the Futures read-only key**
On the same page, under **Futures trading API**, choose **Create API key** and set:
* **General API:** **Read only**
* **Withdrawal API:** **No access**
* **IP address restriction:** on, with the **Read-only API IPs**
Choose **Generate key** and enter your 2FA code. Paste Kraken's **Public Key** and **Private Key** into **Futures Read-only API Key** and **Futures Read-only Private Key**.
**6. Create the Futures trading key**
Create a second Futures key with:
* **General API:** **Full access**
* **Withdrawal API:** **Full access**, so the strategy can move margin between this account's Futures and Spot wallets. On a Futures key, it can't send funds anywhere else.
* **IP address restriction:** on, with the **Trading API IPs**
Paste its **Public Key** and **Private Key** into **Futures Trading API Key** and **Futures Trading Private Key**, then tick **IPs are whitelisted for read-only API** and **IPs are whitelisted for trading API**: the boxes cover both the Futures and Spot keys.
| Kraken key | Kraken shows | Blockhouse fields |
| - | - | - |
| Spot read-only | **API Key**, **Private Key** | **Spot Read-only API Key**, **Spot Read-only Private Key** |
| Spot trading | **API Key**, **Private Key** | **Spot Trading API Key**, **Spot Trading Private Key** |
| Futures read-only | **Public Key**, **Private Key** | **Futures Read-only API Key**, **Futures Read-only Private Key** |
| Futures trading | **Public Key**, **Private Key** | **Futures Trading API Key**, **Futures Trading Private Key** |
**7. Finish in Blockhouse**
In Bequant PRO, open **Accounts** and copy the **Account name** of the account whose **Exchange** is Kraken. In Blockhouse, on the **Kraken** tab, enter it in **Bequant account ID for Kraken**.
Check that every key field on the tab is filled in and both IP boxes are ticked. Set up any other exchange from the [Bequant guide](https://docs.blockhouse.app/open-an-account/connect-your-exchanges/prime-brokers/bequant), then [submit the Credentials step](https://docs.blockhouse.app/open-an-account/connect-your-exchanges).
> **Kraken sources**
>
> Checked against Kraken's support centre and API docs on 20 October 2026, and on screen the same day. Kraken renames menus from time to time; if a label differs, use the nearest match.
>
> * [How to create a spot API key](https://support.kraken.com/articles/360000919966-how-to-create-an-api-key)
> * [How to create an API key for Kraken Derivatives](https://support.kraken.com/articles/360022839451-how-to-create-an-api-key-for-kraken-derivatives)
> * [API key permissions](https://docs.kraken.com/exchange/guides/rest/api-keys)
> * [Understanding Derivatives subaccounts](https://support.kraken.com/hc/articles/360042809671-Subaccounts-on-Kraken-Futures)
> * [Initiate withdrawal to Spot wallet (Futures API)](https://docs.kraken.com/api/docs/futures-api/trading/withdrawal)
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