TradeCorgi vs 3Commas: a 3Commas alternative in plain words

The short version

Both run strategies on your own exchange account. The difference is how you set one up and what you get with it: TradeCorgi starts from your words and puts explanation and limits first.

How we compared

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Two different ideas of a trading bot

3Commas is a bot platform: you choose a type of bot and configure its settings. If you already know the settings you want, that is a fast and flexible way to work, and it offers many bot types for the price.

TradeCorgi starts from the strategy in your head. You describe it in plain words, in English, Spanish, Portuguese or Hindi, and your Corgi turns it into a strategy card with the exact rules. You confirm the card, and that version is what runs. You never fill in a settings form, and you can always read what your agent will do in a sentence.

What TradeCorgi adds

• Rules you can read. The strategy card is the agent. Editing it creates a new version that starts on paper again.
• Backtests that include costs. Every backtest includes the exchange's fee for your tier and slippage, shows the worst drop at the same size as the result, and sits next to simply holding the coin.
• Limits enforced in code. No agent runs without a budget, a stop-loss, a daily loss limit and a maximum number of open positions, all checked before every order. No leverage, and no averaging down beyond 2 entries.
• A reason for every trade, and for every time the agent stayed out, in your language.
• A first-week cap. A new live agent uses at most 20% of the amount you plan in its first week.
• No AI on the order path. The language model drafts and explains; a rules engine places orders.

How to move a 3Commas bot to TradeCorgi

1. Write the bot's rules in one or two sentences. For example: "Buy $50 of BTC when it falls 5% within 24 hours, sell at 4% above the buy, stop at 6% below, at most 2 buys open."
2. Describe it to your Corgi. It will ask for anything missing, such as a daily loss limit.
3. Confirm the strategy card and read the backtest over the same period you know from 3Commas, with fees included.
4. Run it on paper alongside your existing bot and compare their decisions.
5. Create a new trade-only key for TradeCorgi, with withdrawals off and IP whitelisting on. Keep the budgets separate.
6. Go live small, then switch off the old bot once you are satisfied.

Questions to ask before you switch

• Do you think in settings or in rules? If you can state your strategy in a sentence, describing it is faster than configuring it. If you tune many settings, a settings-based tool may suit you better.
• Do you use leverage? TradeCorgi agents trade spot only, by design, so describe the spot version of your strategy.
• How do your current backtests treat fees? Run the same rules on TradeCorgi over the same period with fees included, and compare.
• What stops your bot on a bad day? If the answer is "I do", a daily loss limit enforced before every order is the main thing you would gain.
• Do you want support from people who understand trading? Every paid plan includes it, with an onboarding call on Pro.

Who each suits

• TradeCorgi suits traders who think in rules rather than settings, and want limits that cannot be skipped and a written reason for every trade.
• 3Commas suits experienced bot users who think in settings, want many bot types or trade with leverage.