Meet Kraken Desktop: A powerful, customizable, lightweight trading app.
“On the go” and “in your hand” are two things we are used to hearing in our increasingly mobile world. Apps like Kraken Pro have set the standard for what can be achieved when trading cryptocurrencies from a smartphone.
Today we have something slightly less mobile, but much more powerful, for you. It’s Kraken Desktop, the default desktop app. With advanced features for professional traders, Kraken Desktop is designed for any cryptocurrency trading strategy.
Kraken Desktop is built differently. While other desktop applications rely on web-based architecture, we developed this app from scratch using Iced, a low-latency, low-memory GUI library built on Rust.
If you’re already a Kraken Pro customer, you’ll be happy to know that Kraken Desktop integrates seamlessly with your Kraken Pro account, allowing you to take advantage of a variety of new data analytics and trading tools to enhance your strategies.
Kraken Desktop offers a highly responsive trading interface with nearly endless customization options. Whether you use Linux, Mac, or Windows, you’ll love what you can do.
Looking inside, you’ll find Rust, the core architecture of Kraken Desktop. Have you never heard of it? Well, it’s basically a programming language known for making computer hardware work easily while running software safely and quickly (which means it won’t roast your computer’s motherboard running multiple trading windows simultaneously).
Kraken’s core backend development team is working on a broader plan to transition more services to Rust to modernize existing tools. All of this means two things: minimum latency and maximum reliability – two things we know about traders. love.
Over the past few months, we’ve been rigorously testing Kraken Desktop with a dedicated group of beta testers. Throughout this process, we collected valuable feedback from active traders who appreciated the app’s extremely fast and responsive interface.
Armed with their insights, we made several user experience and functionality improvements to address the pain points and ensure Kraken Desktop matches the full functionality of our web and mobile trading platforms.
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The next round of Kraken Desktop beta invites will be released next week.
It’s not too late to join the waiting list.
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Kraken Desktop not only allows you to view all Kraken markets in one place, but powerful customization options allow you to display these markets in a way that best suits your strategy. Adapt the interface to your personal trading style and share your layout with the community. We all have our own preferences and strategies, so this modular environment is perfect for those who want to put their own stamp on their trading desk.
We’ve equipped Kraken Desktop to meet the needs of the most experienced traders.
- Trade on over 800 Kraken markets
- Advanced order types like iceberg, stop tracking, etc.
- Purpose-built technical analysis (TA) and drawing libraries
- Customizable and shareable layouts with up to 48 modules per board, including price charts, order books, in-depth charts, market summaries and more.
- Fully customizable themes and sounds for a tailored multi-sensory trading experience
- Multi-window support
- Chart comparison tool to view the same time series across multiple markets
- Price alerts to keep abreast of current market trends
- ladder trading
Want to learn more about ladder trading strategies? We have prepared a short video for you👇
That’s everything you need to know to get started with Kraken Desktop. Are you ready to give your desktop a makeover and turn it into a powerful trading station?
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