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Spot

Trade spot with precision and depth

Discover low-cost crypto spot trading with advanced order tools. Built for active traders in Canada.
Kraken Pro Spot trading interface

Available on

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FINTRAC
Regulated platform
Forbes
Best crypto platform 2025
Kaiko
AA Tier ranking
Proof of Reserves
Independently verified

Reliable execution when it matters most

With advanced order types, deep liquidity and API support for programmatic strategies, Kraken Pro delivers the gold standard in spot execution across 1,000+ crypto pairs. Trade in CAD with confidence on a regulated platform.

Move size without moving the market

Effortlessly enter and exit positions of any size without walking the book. Tap into deep liquidity across 1,000+ pairs, confident in the knowledge that depth remains consistent across volatility spikes.
Market depth
Kraken Pro order-book depth chart

Trade on your terms

Limit, stop, post-only, OCO. Whatever order type you need, Kraken Pro has you covered with granular control over price, size and triggers.
Order types
Kraken Pro spot order types
“Kraken Spot makes investing feel effortless. Clean execution, intuitive design, and a platform I trust with my portfolio.”
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- RookieXBT

Charts built for analysis

Full-featured charting inside Kraken Pro, with multiple timeframes, indicators, and drawing tools to read price action and plan your trades.
Charting
Fibonacci drawing tools

Protect your capital

Decide how much to risk and how big to size before you enter. Build discipline into every order and cultivate the habits that keep an active book alive.
Risk management
Stock chart with a stop loss marker at $45,000.
$2T+
Total transaction volume
190+
Supported countries
13M+
Registered users
15+ years
Operating since 2011

How to trade spot on Kraken Pro

Fund account

Fund your account - Deposit local currency or crypto to your Kraken account.

Choose pair

Choose a pair - Select the market you want to trade, then review price, order-book depth, and recent activity.

Set order

Set your order - Pick an order type, then enter size and review the fee before confirming.

Settle

Trade and settle - Your order executes at the market price and the asset settles to your balance, owned outright and ready to hold, withdraw, or trade again.

Your trades, our protection

Granular order controls
Limit, stop-limit, OCO, and post-only orders protect your fills. Self-trade prevention stops your orders matching.
Asset safeguards
Proof of Reserves, cold-storage custody, and 2FA protect what you hold.
Platform reliability
A high-performance matching engine and transparent order handling keep execution reliable through volatility.

Fees

The table below outlines crypto spot trading maker-taker fees that decrease with 30-day volume.

Popular spot markets

Browse the top crypto spot trading pairs.

FAQs

Kraken Pro gives active traders deep-liquidity spot execution across 1,000+ crypto pairs, with advanced order types and an API to run strategies programmatically. You own every asset outright; withdraw, self-custody, or move on-chain. Trade in CAD on a regulated platform.
Spot means you buy the asset outright and own it — no borrowing, leverage, or liquidation risk. Margin and futures use leverage. Spot is the most direct way to hold exposure.
Spot uses a maker-taker fee schedule that falls as your 30-day volume grows. You see the fee before confirming each order.
Limit, stop, stop-limit, OCO, and post-only, so you control entry and exit price, size, and triggers.
Yes. Canadian clients can spot trade crypto on Kraken Pro, a FINTRAC-regulated and compliant platform.
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In jurisdictions outside of the US, UK, EEA and Australia, Kraken Futures is provided by Payward Digital Solutions Ltd. which is licensed to conduct digital asset business by the Bermuda Monetary Authority. Trading futures, derivatives and other instruments using leverage involves an element of risk and may not be suitable for everyone. Click here to learn more about trading futures.

These materials are for general information purposes only and are not investment advice or a recommendation or solicitation to buy, sell, stake or hold any cryptoasset or to engage in any specific trading strategy. Payward Canada Inc., operating as Kraken, is registered as a Restricted Dealer with the Ontario Securities Commission and the securities regulators in each of the provinces and territories of Canada.

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