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Getting started

This section takes you from opening the site to "money in the wallet, ready to trade".

1.1 Open the site and install it on your computer

1. Open https://hounds.fun/ in a desktop or mobile browser. The first page is Signals.
2. To use it like an app: open the website in Chrome or Edge and click the "Install" icon at the right end of the address bar (in Edge you can also use the ⋯ menu → Apps → Install this site as an app). You get a Hounds icon on your desktop and its own window, and it always opens the latest version.
3. There is also a Windows desktop app (Windows 10 / 11, 64-bit): Account → Help → Desktop app. The desktop app is the web workbench in its own window; you log in the same way as on the web, and no private key is stored on your computer. There is no macOS desktop app yet; use the browser install above.
4. Only download from hounds.fun. We never send installers in Telegram, X or email.

When the site is updated, the page shows "A new version is ready". Tap Refresh.

1.2 Log in and sign up

You can see signals, the market and charts without logging in, but visitors see signals 1 hour late. Once you log in, signals arrive live and you can trade right on the web.

Tap Log in at the top right. The window offers three ways:

• If your account has two-step verification on, you also enter the 6-digit Authenticator code from your authenticator app when you log in (or tap Use a backup code).
• An email is all you need to sign up, deposit and trade. No Telegram needed.
• To add another login method: Account → Profile → Login methods, then tap Link on the Email / Google / Telegram row. Once linked, wallets, positions and settings are shared.
• A Telegram account can Add a login email and then also log in with "email and password".
• An email account that wants to merge with Telegram has to link it before creating a wallet. If an email account already created a wallet on the web, its Telegram row shows "Not used" (this account trades with its own wallets, so Telegram is not needed).
• Google: add a login email first; the Google account with the same email then logs in directly.

1.3 Language, look and region

• Language: the globe icon on the right of the top bar, or Account → Language & look → Language.
• Look: Color theme (Graphite / Classic, both dark), Up / down colors (Green up · red down / Red up · green down; risk warnings always stay red), Density (Comfortable / Compact). Saved on this device only.
• Region: Time zone (every clock time on the site uses it; the page reloads once when you change it) and Default chain (the chain the site opens on when a link does not name one).
• The chain button in the top bar (for example SOL) switches the current chain. Signals, the trading desk, the market and other pages all follow the current chain.

1.4 Create or import a wallet (required before trading)

Orders, auto-trading, copy trading and withdrawals all need a custodial wallet. Until you have one, the trade panel and the Wallet page show a "Create your wallet" card:

To add more wallets later: Wallet in the top bar → New wallet (pick a type; one click creates it) or Import wallet.

• EVM wallet: BSC, Base and other EVM chains share one address. The same 0x address works on BSC, Base, ARC and RBH, but the balance on each chain is separate.
• Up to 5 per type (Solana / EVM); the page shows "n of 5".
• Keys are generated on the Hounds signing service and stored encrypted; they never pass through your browser. When you import, the key is encrypted in your browser before it is sent, so the web server never sees it in plain text.
• After import the wallet is held in custody by Hounds and used for trading and withdrawals. Import only a wallet you keep for trading, and only on a device you trust. A wallet already in use (in your account or another one) cannot be imported again.
• An imported wallet counts as an "external address": the money paths that need no password (bridging, transfers, rebate withdrawals) only pay out to wallets generated on Hounds (section 13).
• If you have several wallets of one type, the one marked "Default" is used for buying and selling; tap Set as default on another wallet to switch.

1.5 Back up your key: trading password + 2FA code + export (strongly recommended)

A custodial wallet is only as safe as your backup. Export the key once now and keep it offline. Exporting a key on the web needs two things: your Trading password and a 2FA code.

1. Set a trading password: Account → Security → Trading password → Set (also under "Withdrawal security" on the Wallet page). 6 digits, not a simple pattern like 123456, 111111 or 123123; enter it twice.
2. Turn on the 2FA code: Account → Security → Two-step verification → Turn on. Scan the QR code with an authenticator app (Google Authenticator, Microsoft Authenticator, 1Password and others) or type the key in by hand, then enter the 6-digit code the app shows. Next you see a set of 8 Backup codes (use one instead of a code if you lose your phone or change authenticator; each works once). They are not shown again after you close the window, so write them down and tap I saved them.
3. Export: Wallet → Export key on the wallet card → enter your trading password and 2FA code → Show key. The key is shown only on this page and hides itself after 30 seconds. Once it is saved, tap I saved it, close; if you used Copy, clear your clipboard after saving.

Note: after a security change such as setting or changing the trading password, or turning two-step verification on or off, there may be a 24-hour pause on withdrawals and key export (10.4 and 10.5 list what triggers it). So it is best to set both up right at the start. Never screenshot or forward your key. Anyone who asks you for it is a scammer.

1.6 Deposit

Wallet → tap Deposit on that chain's row of the wallet card (or account menu at the top right → Deposit). The right column shows the Deposit address and a QR code.

• Send only the coin and tokens of that network to this address. Funds sent on another network cannot be recovered.
• Deposits arrive after network confirmation, usually within a minute; the balance on the Wallet page refreshes every 30 seconds.
• Keep a little extra native coin for network fees. When you buy, the order panel sets a little aside on top of the buy amount ("Reserved for network fee": SOL 0.006, BSC 0.0005 BNB). Selling also needs the network fee paid up front, so never spend all the native coin in a wallet that holds positions.
• Hard to deposit straight onto ARC / RBH? Deposit SOL or BNB first, then use Bridge (section 9). Base cannot be bridged for now, so deposit ETH on Base directly.

1.7 Page map

On a computer, the top bar from left to right:

The account menu has your total value, Deposit · Withdraw · Bridge (when open) · Wallets · Assets, plus Security · Trade settings · Referral & rebates · Notifications · Help · Log out. Together these settings make up Account (the account center), with the sections Profile · Security · Trading · Signal push (appears once it opens) · Notifications · Referrals · Language & look · Help.

On a phone, the bottom navigation is Signals · Trenches · Trade · Assets · More; every other page is under More.