# 2e - Connect to Bitget
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Ensure you have **read and understood** the required prerequisites before continuing.\
Please refer to **the "Must-knows" page** in the left menu.
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Follow the steps below to configure a [**Bitget** ](https://partner.bitget.com/bg/KGBM20)**account** and enable **automated management** of your funds.
### Before proceeding, ensure that your SPOT wallet contains only USDT.
## 1. Main Account Synchronization
1. **Log in to your** [**Bitget**](https://partner.bitget.com/bg/KGBM20) **account.**
2. [Click here](https://www.bitget.com/account/newapi) to access the page for generating **new API keys**.
3. Next, click on the **Create API Key** button, followed by **System Generated API Key.**
4. In the **Note** section, label your key by naming it **CryptoTrader**, then add **CryptoTrader100** for the **Passphrase (API token)**. Keep **Read-Write** in the Permissions settings:
5. Check only the **Trade** box in the **Spot section**, as well as the **Transfer** box in the **Wallet section**:
6. Add the following **two IP addresses**, separating them with a comma. Then click on **Add**:
* `35.195.13.37`
* `89.184.13.176`
7. Click on **Next**.
Your API keys have been successfully generated. Before proceeding to the final step located in the left menu of this documentation under the section '**3 - Link to CryptoTrader', please make sure to keep the window containing the newly created public and private keys open, or copy them into a temporary file.**
## Synchronizing a Sub-Account
It is possible to connect a [Bitget](https://partner.bitget.com/bg/KGBM20) sub-account **instead of your main account**.
This will allow you to host our automated strategy while the main account is used for your own trading operations.
1. [Click here](https://www.bitget.com/account/sub-account) to access the page for generating a **new sub-account.**
2. Then click on the **Create** button, followed by **Virtual sub-account.**
3. Name the sub-account **CryptoTrader**, then click on **Create**.
4. In the **Sub-account Management** section, click on the **Transfer** button. Transfer the funds you wish to **allocate to our automated strategy** to your sub-account, then click **Confirm**:
5. Click on the **API Management** button.
6. Next, click on the **Create API Key** button, followed by **System Generated API Key.**
7. In the **Note** section, label your key by naming it **CryptoTrader**, then add **CryptoTrader100** for the **Passphrase (API token)**. Keep **Read-Write** in the Permissions settings:
8. Check only the **Trade** box in the **Spot section**, as well as the **Transfer** box in the **Wallet section.**
9. Add the following **two IP addresses**, separating them with a comma. Then click on **Add**:
* `35.195.13.37`
* `89.184.13.176`
10. Click on **Next**.
Your API keys have been successfully generated. Before proceeding to the final step located in the left menu of this documentation under the section '**3 - Link to CryptoTrader', please make sure to keep the window containing the newly created public and private keys open, or copy them into a temporary file.**
