Trade your challenge on Bybit Demo

Check that your challenge can move

• Only an active crypto Evaluation that has not traded in the QATS terminal can move: no fills, open positions or working orders.
• A challenge that already traded gets This account has already traded in the QATS terminal; only an account without trades can move to Bybit.
• One Bybit account (UID) serves one challenge. A UID already linked elsewhere is refused.
• A Bybit Demo challenge is not Live Funded and not the QATS API sandbox. It stays an Evaluation under your plan rules.

Prepare Bybit and connect

1. 1

   On Bybit, switch to Demo Trading. Close every position. Hold only USDT, set to your challenge size; QATS accepts at most $25 in other coins.

2. 2

   Still in Demo Trading, create an API key with Read-Only access and Orders and Positions ticked. Leave Wallet and Assets unticked. A key that can transfer or withdraw is refused.

3. 3

   In QATS, open Profile & settings → External connections → Trade on Bybit. Choose the challenge, paste the key and the secret, and press Connect Bybit.

4. 4

   QATS checks the key with Bybit first. The message names any failed check: not Demo Trading, not read-only, open positions, a balance other than USDT, or equity far from the challenge size.

Trade and follow the rules

• Trade on Bybit Demo itself, or in a terminal that supports it: Bybit’s app, Tealstreet, Tiger.Trade 23.2+ or ccxt/Freqtrade with demo trading on. Give that terminal its own Demo Trading key; QATS keeps its read-only key.
• TradingView’s Bybit panel, ATAS, Quantower and CScalp cannot trade a Bybit Demo account.
• Trade in QATS shows the Bybit state instead of the QATS terminal: QATS equity, Bybit equity, profit target, daily loss, max drawdown, positions, orders and Rule findings. New activity appears within about 15 seconds; Sync now refreshes at once.
• Only USDT perpetuals count. QATS applies your plan’s loss limits, leverage and position limits and restricted symbols to the mirrored account. A hedged position blocks a pass.

When the challenge goes under review

• Any deposit, withdrawal, transfer or bonus on that Bybit account freezes the challenge as Under review. Starting equity is fixed when you connect.
• Removing the key, a rejected or expired key, or more than an hour without a sync also puts it under review. QATS warns you 7 days and 1 day before the key expires; use Replace API key in time to avoid a gap.
• Support reviews and reopens the challenge. Then reconnect the same Bybit account.
• Never send the key or secret to support. Paste them only into the Trade on Bybit form.