Kill Switches and Circuit Breakers for Crypto Bots: Design Patterns That Save Accounts
A kill switch is your last line of defense. Learn practical kill-switch triggers (DD, volatility, API errors), how to resume safely, and common mistakes.
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Kill Switches and Circuit Breakers for Crypto Bots: Design Patterns That Save Accounts
Kill switches are not pessimism—they’re professionalism.
Common triggers
- max daily loss hit
- max drawdown hit
- volatility spike (ATR/spread widening)
- abnormal API error rate
Resume policy
- require manual acknowledgement
- resume in “observe” mode first
Next reads
- Risk limits: /blog/crypto-trading-bot-risk-limits-checklist
- Live ops hub: /blog/live-crypto-trading-bot-operations-guide
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