Quick Start Guide
Go from sign-up to your first actionable signal in under 5 minutes.
Before You Begin
This guide walks you through the complete onboarding flow, from creating your account to receiving your first actionable trading signal. Most users complete all six steps in under five minutes.
You will need a valid email address, a modern web browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Edge), and optionally an API key from a supported exchange if you want to auto-import your trade history.
No exchange connection required
Onboarding Steps
Create your account
Head to thrive.fi and click Get Started. You can sign up with your email, Google account, or GitHub. Your credentials are encrypted and never stored on our servers directly.
After checkout, new accounts land on a lightweight setup funnel at/onboardingbefore the full dashboard loads. Signals, journal, and alerts take about three minutes.
Choose your plan
Select the plan that fits your trading style. The Pro plan at $99/month unlocks the trade journal, AI review of your own trades, and the top 20 assets. Pro+ at $199/month adds smart money tracking, the full Research desk, and coverage of all 100+ assets. Pro+ is not sold on the public site.
See the Plans & Pricing page for a detailed comparison. You can upgrade or downgrade at any time from Settings.
Connect your exchange (optional)
Navigate to Settings → Connections to import a CSV or add a read-only key. API keys require read-only permissions only. Thrive never requests withdrawal or trade execution access.
Once connected, Thrive automatically imports your trade history into the trade journal and populates your portfolio view. The initial sync typically completes within 60 seconds.
Navigate the dashboard
You land on the Dashboard home page, which shows your personalized analytics overview. The left sidebar contains all navigation: Dashboard, Assets, Signals, Divergences, Market Intelligence, Alerts, Watchlist, Journal, Performance, Research desk, Calendar, Affiliates, and Settings.
The market ticker scrolls across the top of the screen showing live prices for major assets. Press Cmd+K at any time to open the command bar for instant navigation and search.
Open the data feed
Click Data Feed in the sidebar. It is a data feed: funding, liquidations, volume, and open interest on the assets your plan covers. It does not tell you what to trade.
Click a row to read the print. Funding context, open interest, volume, and liquidation flow. You decide what it means for your book.
Set your first alert
Go to Alerts in the sidebar and click Create Alert. Choose an asset, then define your conditions. A simple starting alert might be: "Notify me when BTC funding rate exceeds 0.05% while price is below the 4h EMA."
Thrive alerts support multiple condition types: price thresholds, funding rate levels, open interest changes, volume spikes, whale transactions, and smart money activity. Alerts can be delivered via email or in-app notification.
Onboarding Checklist
When you first log in, you will see a floating onboarding checklist in the bottom-left corner of the dashboard. This interactive guide tracks your progress through key setup tasks and disappears once you have explored the platform. It automatically marks steps complete as you navigate, no manual checkboxes needed.
Keyboard-first navigation
Cmd+K and type any page name to jump directly there. The command bar also supports actions like "create alert", "go to BTC", and "open settings".Recommended First Actions
After completing the setup steps above, here are the highest-value actions to take in your first session.
Navigate to Assets, find your most-traded tokens, and click the bell icon to add them to your Watchlist for persistent monitoring.
Open Market Intelligence to see the full widget grid. Start with the Derivatives tab for funding rates and liquidation data.
The Divergences page shows historically profitable setups where price and derivatives data disagree. Study the active divergences to learn the pattern.
Even if you do not connect an exchange, manually logging a trade helps you understand the journaling workflow and performance tracking.
Click the install prompt in your browser address bar (or go to Settings) to add Thrive to your home screen for instant access.
Understanding Credits
Many actions in Thrive consume credits from your monthly allocation. Simple actions like viewing a signal cost 2 credits, while advanced operations like AI deep research cost 250 credits. Your remaining balance is always visible in the sidebar at the bottom. See the Plans & Pricing page for a full breakdown of credit costs and how to purchase additional packs.
Credits reset monthly
Next Steps
Dashboard Overview
Master the layout, sidebar, command bar, and widget system.
Asset Analysis
Deep-dive into any token with screener, z-scores, and on-chain data.
Trading Signals
Understand signal generation, confidence scoring, and performance.
Alert System
Build composable multi-condition alerts with backtesting.
