How to connect Cursor to Bybit

Step 1: add TraderWAI to Cursor

Works in Cursor (Agent).

1. In Cursor go to Settings → Tools & MCP → «Add new MCP server».
2. Or paste the configuration below into ~/.cursor/mcp.json.
3. Click «Login» / «Connect» next to traderwai and sign in with Google.
4. Use the chat in Agent mode and ask for what you need.

Or paste this into ~/.cursor/mcp.json (or .cursor/mcp.json in your project):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "traderwai": {
      "url": "https://mcp.traderwai.com"
    }
  }
}

Step 2: connect your Bybit account

In TraderWAI go to Settings → Broker accounts → Add account and choose Bybit.

Create an API key in Bybit with only «Contract → Orders & Positions» (never withdrawals), ideally restricted to IP 187.7.69.7, and paste the key and secret.

Bybit works on the free plan: unlimited charts and analysis, and 5 order executions per day.

Step 3: ask Cursor

Open the chat in Agent mode and try, for example:

• «Use TraderWAI's get_ohlc to fetch the last 500 H1 candles of BTC/USDT, save them as a CSV in data/ and write a Python script that tests an EMA 20/50 crossover on them.»
• «Call get_broker_accounts and get_positions and write a short report of my open Bybit positions with the risk of each one.»
• «If any open Bybit position is at least 1R in profit, move its stop loss to break-even with modify_position. Show me the change before applying it.»
• «Run backtest_strategy on BTC/USDT: buy on H1 when a candle closes above the previous day's high, stop below that candle, 2R target. Then turn the rules into a function in my project.»

How Cursor works with Bybit

TraderWAI connects to Bybit USDT perpetual futures (longs and shorts) with an API key limited to orders and positions, and exposes it to Cursor as an MCP server. The leverage is the one you set in Bybit for each pair, and the stop loss and take profit are attached to the position on Bybit itself.

1. In Bybit go to your profile → API → Create New Key → «System-generated API Keys».
2. Give it only «Contract → Orders & Positions», never withdrawals, ideally restricted to IP 187.7.69.7.
3. In TraderWAI go to Settings → Broker accounts → Add account → Bybit and paste the API key and secret.
4. Bybit works on the free plan. To practise, switch to Demo Trading on bybit.com, create the key there and choose Demo in TraderWAI.

Example prompt for Cursor

«Show me BTCUSDT and ETHUSDT on H1 on Bybit. If ETH breaks below yesterday's low, prepare a short with a stop above the breakout candle and a 2R target, risking 0.5% of my balance.»

Every order carries a stop loss, is checked against your risk limits and waits for your approval unless you turn on auto-execution for that symbol.