The Kraken Pro trading interface is divided into multiple widgets that can be customized to fit your trading needs. Every critical trading functionality is designed to be just a click away.
You can check out this support article which shows you how to customize your trade interface into a popular and versatile layout.
Tooltips
The trading dashboard is equipped with beginner-friendly tooltips. Hover the mouse over any label to bring up a brief description of what it means.
For example, hovering over the funding rate will show this descriptive tooltip:
General interface overview
The top ribbon is not customizable, and will contain essential information and tools curated for all your trading needs. The data points shown will differ based on what market you currently have selected (spot, futures perpetual or futures term).
In the screenshot above we can see the following sections:
- Yellow: The Market Selector allows you to choose which market to view or trade. You are able to choose between Spot, Margin & Futures markets as well as your favorite markets for easy accessibility.
- Red: The Market Details ribbon will show you informative market data on the currently selected market. For Spot, you will see last price, index price, 24hr change, 24hr volume, and fee.For Futures, you will see the mark price, index price, 24hr change, funding rate, next funding rate, 24hr volume, open interest, and fee.
- Blue: This is your Portfolio Value, you may click on this in order to view a breakdown of your account balances and unrealized P&L. You can also quickly access other related features such as depositing, withdrawing, transferring to or from Futures, allocating stakeable assets, as well as hiding balances.
- Green: The Layouts & widgets button allows you to customize your trade tab with different widgets according to what you value most. There are two preset buttons at the bottom you can choose from, Classic and Advanced mode. Classic is geared towards making the interface feel as close to Kraken Classic as possible. This article also covers every different widget in depth further below.
- Pink: At the top right hand corner of the screen, you can find other options such as the platform selector, help section, light or dark theme switch, and platform settings in that order.
The footer at the bottom of the platform will show more information such as:
- Cyan: The Platform Status (clickable for more details).
- White: A Ticker Bar to view and select your markets quickly. There is a button which allows you to choose what markets are shown and whether to view 24hr percentage change or price.
- Orange: Links to more information, live chat support, and feedback form.
Creating and tracking an order
Customizing the Trade page:
Order form
The Order form widget allows you to place various types of orders on Kraken Pro. You can view more details about all the spot order types and spot order options as well as futures order types & options in the respective article links.
Above you can see an example of the order form for a futures XRP Perp contract. The general layout is as follows from top to bottom, left to right:
- Buy/Sell selector
- Order type drop down
- Price and Quantity fields
- Quantity slider
- Balance/margin details
- More order options
Upon order submission, the order will be placed on the spot pair or futures contract currently chosen in the market selector.
Pro Tip:
You can quickly submit your order by using "CTRL+ENTER" on desktop or "CMD+RETURN" on mac.
Click the settings wheel in the top right corner of the widget to amend widget specific settings:
- Show order summary: View a summary of your order at the bottom of the order form next to the buy/sell button.
- Prevent consecutive submitting (spot only): Disable the buy/sell button for 3 seconds after order submission, helping avoid unintended double order submissions.
- Reset quantity on order submission: Reset the quantity field after order submission, helping avoid submitting another order with the same, incorrect quantity.
Order book
The Order book widget allows you to view the limit orders currently open on our markets. It is composed of two sides, the Bid and Ask, which are buy and sell orders respectively.
You have the option of grouping the prices with a lower precision to view more of the book from the top left-hand side.
If you hover over a level on the book the summed conversion to USD is also available.
Pro Tip:
You can click on the price or quantities on the orderbook and the Order form widget will automatically have its fields populated.
There are also other widget specific settings available by clicking the 3 dots on the top right-hand corner which allow you to customize the look of the order book:
- User price ladder style: Visualize order book as a vertical list with the highest bids on the left and lowest asks on the right.
- Show cumulative volume size background: A visual representation of the Total at a given price level. In other words, the cumulative depth of the order book.
- Show step volume size background: A visual representation of the Quantity at each price level. Enabling this automatically disables the cumulative volume bars setting above.
Market trades
The Market trades widget is a feed of the most recent trade executions that occurred on the selected market. It will show the key information for each execution (price, quantity & time).
To the left hand side of the entry, there will also be an arrow pointing up should the price of the trade be higher than the previous one, or an arrow pointing down if the price of the trade was lower than the previous one.
The color of the entry will differ based on the aggressor for the execution, meaning that if the trade occurred due to a buy aggressor, the entry text will be green, whilst if the aggressor was a seller the entry text will be red.
Market charts
The Market chart widget is a TradingView style price vs time chart with the option of having four market charts being shown at once. The market chart’s main function is to provide visual representation of open orders, stops, and positions.
The data is updated live (per tick) and can be switched to a number of common time frames: 1min, 5min, 15min, 30min, 1H, 4H, 1D, 1W.
Note:
For Futures markets there is the option to switch to mark price data instead of the normal trade price data.
The TradingView style chart offers some customization settings most know and love such as, Technical Analysis indicators, Candle Styles, Drawing Tools, and various other chart settings. There is also an option to choose a simple chart.
Directly on the chart, you are able to click and drag orders to a different price by dragging the order's "handle" (three dots on left of the order label) to a new price level.
Note that if for example, a buy limit order is dropped above the current price - and it is not marked “Post only” - then it will have crossed the spread and will execute immediately as a market order.
Individual orders can be canceled via the ❌ button on the order label.
There are additional widget settings available by clicking the 3 dots on the top right-hand corner which allow you to customize the chart specific settings:
- Open and trigger orders: View open and trigger orders on the market chart.
- Open positions: View open positions on the market chart.
- Order form preview: Preview the order form configuration on the market chart. Does not apply to market orders.
- Trade history (last 1000): View your recent trade history on the market chart. You can choose between:Arrows: Printed above or below the candle the trade occurred at.Circles: Printed on the candle at the price the trade occurred at.
Balances
The Balances widget allows you to view your account balances and quickly access operations such as deposits, withdrawals, transfers, or conversions whilst staying on the Trade interface.
The widget will differ slightly depending on whether the currently chosen market is spot market or futures market.
Spot:
Futures:
There is also a widget specific setting available by clicking the 3 dots on the top right-hand corner which allow you to customize the following setting:
- Show small balances: Toggle between displaying or not displaying assets for which you have only small balance.
Open orders
The Open orders widget will show you open limit orders on your account and allow you to quickly access operations such as editing or canceling orders. Clicking on the order entry will pop-up the order details. Clicking on the market will navigate you to its trade page.
There is also a widget specific setting available by clicking the 3 dots on the top right-hand corner which allows you to customize the following settings:
- Show ‘Cancel order’ confirmation: Disable the modal that prompts you to confirm whether or not you want to cancel an order.
- Show only selected market orders: Filter the open orders widget to only display open orders for the market you are currently viewing.
- Show order execution notifications: Disable or enable the in-app notifications for when an order executes.
- Show order expiry notifications: Disable or enable the in-app notifications for when an order expires.
- Show order total in quote value: Show quote currency value (eg. USD) for your open orders.
Closed orders
The Closed orders widget will show you closed orders on your spot account (futures will not be shown). Clicking on the order entry will pop-up the order details. Also, clicking on the market will navigate you to its trade page.
There is a widget setting available by clicking the 3 dots on the top right-hand corner which allows you to customize the following settings:
- Show ‘Cancel order’ confirmation: Disable the modal that prompts you to confirm whether or not you want to cancel an order.
- Show only selected market orders: Filter the open orders widget to only display open orders for the market you are currently viewing.
- Show order execution notifications: Disable or enable the in-app notifications for when an order executes.
- Show order expiry notifications: Disable or enable the in-app notifications for when an order expires.
- Show order total in quote value: Show quote currency value (eg. USD) for your open orders.
Conditional orders
Similar to open orders, the Conditional orders widget will show you open conditional orders on your account and allow you to quickly access operations such as editing or canceling these orders. Clicking on the order entry will pop-up the order details, and clicking on the market will navigate you to its trade page.
There is also a widget specific setting available by clicking the 3 dots on the top right-hand corner which allows you to customize the following settings:
- Show ‘Cancel order’ confirmation: Disable the modal that prompts you to confirm whether or not you want to cancel an order.
- Show only selected market orders: Filter the open orders widget to only display open orders for the market you are currently viewing.
- Show order execution notifications: Disable or enable the in-app notifications for when an order executes.
- Show order expiry notifications: Disable or enable the in-app notifications for when an order expires.
- Show order total in quote value: Show quote currency value (eg. USD) for your open orders.
Positions
The Positions widget will show you open positions on both spot markets as well as futures markets. Clicking a position entry will pop-up the position details. You can also quickly close a position by clicking the X icon on the right hand side of the entry.
Positions widget:
Close position form:
Trades
The Trades widget will show you executed trades on both spot markets as well as futures markets. Clicking a trade entry will pop-up the trade details.
Market favorites
The Market favorites widget is handy to get a quick glance at the most interesting markets and see relevant market data. Use the three dot menu in the upper right corner of the widget to toggle the view of your favorite markets to either tabular format or card format.
Card format:
Tabular format:
Portfolio
The Portfolio widget is handy to get a quick glance at your portfolio balance, profit/loss, and margin data. This component will change depending on what market is currently selected:
Spot Portfolio widget:
Futures Portfolio widget:
Performance
The Performance widget will show information about the currently selected market such as:
- Performance of the base currency in 24 hour, 1 week, 1 month, and 1 year timeframes.
- 24 hour volume, market cap, and global volume of the base currency.
Depth chart
The Depth chart widget is another way to visualize orderbook data. To effectively interpret a depth chart, it's crucial to grasp its fundamental elements. This chart comprises several essential components:
- Bid Line: The bid line illustrates the cumulative amount of buy orders, or bids, at specific price levels. It's depicted as a green line sloping downwards from left to right.
- Ask Line: The ask line represents the cumulative amount of sell orders, or asks, at various price levels. It's depicted as a red line sloping downwards from right to left.
- Price Axis: This axis denotes the price levels at which buy and sell orders are positioned.
- Depth Axis: The vertical axis portrays the total amount of sell orders placed (in the base currency)
You can also hover over the depth chart to view the cumulative amount of order sizes up until a given price point and some other information.
In the example image above, hovering the mouse over the depth chart displays details for a “sell wall” at $2,830.
Simple order form
The Simple order form, as the name implies, is a simpler version of the classic order form. It allows you to place limit or market orders without any advanced order options. If you do not use the other order options it will come in handy for ease of use.
Alerts
The Alerts widget allows you to create alerts which will trigger once the specified market is trading at, above or below a given price point. The Kraken Pro web app and the Pro mobile app will alert you once your alert conditions are met. This is a very handy tool to use when observing and trading multiple markets.
Enable web notifications
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