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# Automated execution

Deryve agents execute qualifying trades automatically. This is Deryve’s primary trading experience. Users can also place manual orders when they want direct control over an entry or exit.

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### Configure an agent

Choose an agent model, then set its maximum position size, maximum leverage, risk style, and daily loss limit.
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### Enable cloud operation

When enabled, the agent runs on Deryve’s cloud infrastructure. It continues analyzing markets while your device is offline.
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### Execute and manage

The agent evaluates market conditions, selects direction, validates risk, and opens an eligible position. It monitors each open position and applies its exit logic.
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### Agentic execution behavior

| Action     | Agent behavior                                                 |
| ---------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Entry      | Opens a qualifying long or short after analysis and validation |
| Protection | Applies stop-loss and take-profit logic                        |
| Management | Monitors position, market regime, and risk boundaries          |
| Exit       | Closes or reduces exposure when an exit condition applies      |

### Position sizing

The agent proposes size and leverage from its confidence and strategy. The risk engine can reduce either value to your configured cap.

```
margin required = position size / leverage
```

Every order must meet the $10 minimum. Fees, funding, and slippage remain execution risks.

### Optional manual trading

Open a market to access the order ticket. Choose a long or short, set a USD position size and leverage, then choose a market or limit order.

Add take profit, stop loss, or reduce-only protection where needed. Review the margin requirement, liquidation estimate, and fees before submitting.

Manual orders execute through the same on-chain venue. They do not disable an enabled agent or alter its configured limits.


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