Coinbase vs Kraken on TradersPost

Coinbase and Kraken differ on 3 of 22 points TradersPost compares: authentication, stop orders and fill or kill orders. Both support crypto, fractional quantity, market orders, limit orders, stop limit orders, good till canceled orders, immediate or cancel orders and modify open orders.

Coinbase Kraken

  • Authentication

    OAuth or API key

    API key

  • Stop orders

    Limited

    Stop-limit only. Plain stop orders are not offered.

    Supported

  • Fill or kill orders

    Supported

    Not supported

Same on both 8

  • Crypto
  • Fractional quantity
  • Market orders
  • Limit orders
  • Stop limit orders
  • Good till canceled orders
  • Immediate or cancel orders
  • Modify open orders

Neither supports 11

  • Stocks
  • Stock Options
  • Index Options
  • Futures
  • Forex
  • Short selling
  • Trailing stops
  • Bracket orders
  • Day orders
  • Trailing stop attached to entry
  • Paper accounts

Link to this comparison /compare/connections/coinbase-vs-kraken

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Worth knowing about each

Coinbase

  • Spot crypto only.
  • Dust above the tradable minimum still counts toward max strategy positions.

View Coinbase connection View Coinbase docs

Kraken

  • Spot crypto only.

View Kraken connection View Kraken docs

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