Settings

The Settings page is where you manage your exchange connections, activate your license, configure email reports, adjust preferences, and access system tools.

License

Aurono Start runs in shadow mode without limits - every feature works except live trading. To switch to live mode, your device needs an activated license.

The License card shows:

Your device fingerprint - a 32-character identifier we use to issue a license bound to this specific install
A “Get a license” button - opens the activation page on auronolabs.com with your fingerprint pre-filled, where you enter your email and country and pay the one-time fee by SEPA
A “Paste license key” textarea - where you paste the AUR1.… line we email you once your payment arrives

Once activated, the card shows the tier, issued date, license ID, and bound fingerprint. A Ready to go live? panel appears below the claim details and stays available until you switch to live mode.

For the full walkthrough - including what each rejection message means and how to transfer your license to a new device - see License.

Exchange Connections

This is where you add, edit, and remove API credentials for your exchanges.

Aurono supports:

Bitvavo - API key + API secret
Kraken - API key + API secret
Coinbase - Key Name + PEM private key

For each exchange you can:

Test connection - verifies the API key works and shows your account status
Edit - update credentials if you regenerate your API key
Remove - disconnects the exchange from Aurono

For step-by-step setup instructions per exchange, see Connecting an Exchange.

Exchange Balances

Shows your actual balances on each exchange compared to what your strategies need. Two things are compared:

EUR: the total free and reserved capital across all strategies on that exchange, compared to the available EUR balance. If your strategies expect €200 but the exchange has €150, there’s a €50 shortfall.
Crypto per asset: the positions your strategies hold (e.g. 0.005 BTC), compared to the available balance of that asset on the exchange. If a strategy wants to sell 0.005 BTC but the exchange only has 0.003 BTC available, that sell can’t execute.

This helps you quickly see whether your exchange balances match what Aurono expects. Shortfalls are highlighted with guidance - for example “Deposit €50 on Bitvavo” or “0.002 BTC short on Kraken”.

Money held in open orders is shown as in orders, not as available. When orders you placed yourself on the exchange hold money your strategies were counting on, the low-balance message says how much of it is locked in your own orders. Aurono never touches an order it didn’t place.

Order Check

Once an hour, Aurono compares the orders it believes are open with what each exchange reports. The Order check card tells you in plain words if one needs your attention, for example an order that’s still open long after Aurono should have cancelled it. Check now runs the comparison straight away.

Email Reports

Configure Aurono to send you regular summaries by email. You can choose:

Daily - a report every morning
Weekly - a report on a day of your choice
Both - daily reports plus a weekly overview

Each report includes:

Total portfolio value and change
Per-strategy performance and P&L
Trades executed in the period
Missed opportunities: signals that didn’t lead to a trade, and why (not enough cash, RSI not yet low or high enough, or a sell held back by your minimum position)

Each strategy in the report ends its subtitle with the reason it’s listed: Traded, Status changed or Biggest mover. A biggest mover also shows how much its value changed since yesterday or last week.

Setting up email reports

Aurono sends email through your own email account using SMTP. The most common setup is with a Gmail account.

Step 1 - Create a Gmail App Password

Google does not allow apps to log in with your regular password. You need an App Password - a special 16-character password for Aurono.

Go to myaccount.google.com/apppasswords
Sign in with your Google account
You may need to enable 2-Step Verification first (under Security) - App Passwords require it
Under “App name”, type Aurono and click Create
Google shows a 16-character password like abcd efgh ijkl mnop
Copy this password and remove all spaces - it should become abcdefghijklmnop
Save it somewhere safe - Google only shows it once

Step 2 - Fill in the settings

In Aurono → Settings → Email Reports, fill in:

Field	Value for Gmail
SMTP host	`smtp.gmail.com`
Port	`587`
Username	Your Gmail address (e.g. `yourname@gmail.com`)
Password	The App Password from step 1 - without spaces
Sender email	Same as your Gmail address
Recipient email	The address where you want to receive reports (can be the same or different)

Step 3 - Choose frequency

Daily - report sent every morning
Weekly - report sent on your chosen day
Both - a daily report plus a weekly summary

For weekly reports, pick the day and hour you prefer.

Step 4 - Test and save

Click Test - Aurono sends a test email to your recipient address
Check your inbox (and spam folder) for the test message
If it arrives, click Save to enable the reports

Troubleshooting

“Authentication failed” - double-check the App Password. Make sure there are no spaces and you’re using the App Password, not your regular Gmail password.
“Connection refused” - verify the SMTP host is smtp.gmail.com and port is 587.
Email lands in spam - mark it as “not spam” once. Future emails should arrive in your inbox.
Using a different email provider (Outlook, Yahoo, etc.) - you’ll need your provider’s SMTP settings. Search for “[your provider] SMTP settings” for the correct host and port.

Appearance

Timezone

By default, Aurono displays all timestamps in UTC. You can select your local timezone here - all timestamps across the Dashboard, Activity, Strategy Detail, and charts will update immediately.

The timezone preference is stored on the device and persists across browser sessions.

System

Operating mode

The mode badge shows whether Aurono is running in shadow (simulation only) or live (real orders on your exchange). The default after install is shadow.

Go Live runs a pre-flight check (exchange connected, active strategies, allocated capital) and asks you to confirm before switching. Requires an activated license - without one, the button is replaced by an “Activate a license to go live →” link that scrolls up to the License card.
Switch to Shadow is one click - no confirmation needed, since switching to shadow can never make things worse.

If the badge shows “shadow” with a muted “(license required)” hint next to it, it means the system intent in the database is live but the license is currently not valid - Aurono is correctly running in shadow until you re-activate. This can happen if your license file was deleted or if you reinstalled. Re-activating in the License card restores live mode automatically.

Update status

Shows which version of Aurono Start you’re running, and whether a newer one has been published.

When you’re current, this reads Up to date. When an update exists, the same banner you see on the Dashboard appears here instead, already expanded, with the command to run and a Copy button.

Aurono only ever reports the update. It never downloads or installs anything on its own, so nothing changes until you run the command yourself. See Installing an Update for the full walkthrough, including how to reach a terminal on a headless Raspberry Pi.

Evaluation log

Shows the history of every strategy evaluation - when it ran, what the outcome was (evaluated, skipped, error), and why. Useful for diagnosing gaps in evaluation or understanding why a strategy hasn’t traded.

A strategy that has been skipped three runs in a row shows Not evaluating: it hasn’t traded in that time, and the reason is listed under Issues in a plain sentence, for example that the exchange has no closing price for the last period because nobody traded the coin.

Manual evaluation

Triggers an immediate evaluation of all active strategies, outside the normal schedule. Useful for testing after parameter changes.

Data Management

Rebuild projections

Reprocesses every event in the event log to reconstruct all projections (strategy state, capital balances, portfolio snapshots, trade state). Use this if data looks inconsistent or after a correction.

This is a safe operation - it only rebuilds derived data, never modifies the event log itself. Only one rebuild runs at a time: pressing the button again while a rebuild is still running, even after leaving Settings and coming back, is refused with a message.

Download logs

Downloads the last 48 hours of system logs as a text file. Useful for troubleshooting or sharing with support when something unexpected happens. If the download fails, Aurono says so and offers a Retry button.

Data for AI analysis

Downloads every strategy’s parameters, results and full history as a ZIP file, so you can give it to the AI tool you already use (such as Claude) and ask what your best and worst strategies have in common and what to test next. The figures are the same ones the app shows.

Pick a format:

Spreadsheet files (CSV) - works with any AI chat, and opens in Excel or Numbers.
Database (SQLite) - for AI tools that work with files on your computer, like Claude Code. Best for long histories.

The download includes a README with a guide to every column. After downloading, Aurono shows a suggested prompt with a Copy prompt button; use it or ask your own question. If your AI tool limits upload size, tick Leave out evaluations where nothing happened for a smaller file. Leave them in when you can: they show how close each price move came to your triggers, which helps the AI judge your trigger settings.

The download goes straight to your computer. Aurono sends nothing to any AI service, and your API keys and email settings are never included.

About

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