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title: "Connect Gate with a read-only key"
canonical: https://flicker.finance/portfolio/connect/gate
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# Connect Gate with a read-only key

Flicker reads positions, balances and orders with this key. Where Gate reports its permissions, Flicker refuses a key that can trade or withdraw, so create a read-only one.

## On Gate

1. Sign in to Gate, hover over your profile icon, then choose **API Management**.
2. Choose **Create API Key** and name it Flicker.
3. Set every permission to **Read Only**, never **Read and Write**.
4. Restrict the key to Flicker's IP address, 18.153.160.58. It's recommended for security.
5. Confirm with your fund password and 2FA, then copy the **Key** and **Secret Key**.
6. Paste it below. Where the exchange reports it, Flicker checks what the key can do before saving it.

## Gate at a glance

- **Connect with:** Key and secret
- **Synced:** Positions, balances and order history
- **Stops and targets:** Not read yet
- **Setup:** 6 steps
- **First sync:** Positions while you connect; history can take a few minutes
- **After that:** On each visit and once a day

## What you'll see after connecting

- Every open position with entry, mark and unrealized P&L, beside your other exchanges.
- Gate doesn't share stops with Flicker yet, so its positions read “Not reported by this exchange” and the loss-at-stop total leaves them out.
- Flicker's read on each asset you hold: its verdict and how many factors agree.
- Closed trades as a record and a weekly review. R needs the stop at entry, which Gate doesn't share yet.

## If something goes wrong

When Gate rejects a key, check that it was copied whole, has read access and allows 18.153.160.58. Each message below comes with its fix.

- **Gate rejected this key.** — Create a new read-only key on Gate and paste it here.
- **Gate refused the request.** — Try again in a minute. If it repeats, create a new key.
- **Couldn't reach Gate.** — Try again in a minute.
- **Too many key checks.** — Try again in an hour.

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Canonical HTML: https://flicker.finance/portfolio/connect/gate
Machine-readable index: https://flicker.finance/llms.txt · API: https://api.flicker.finance/docs/openapi.json · MCP: https://api.flicker.finance/mcp