# Getting Started

To begin using Alloy Trading Bot, join our 🛜 Discord server and verify your account via the 🤖 bot message you receive. ✅

Once verified, navigate to the **📄 trading-bot** text channel and click **▶️ Start** on the Discord activity. Alternatively, you can open the activity directly by clicking the **🎛️ Activity Button** near the bottom left settings, next to the **🔌 Disconnect**, **🔇 Mute**, and **🙉 Deafen** buttons. 👇

Select the **Alloy Trading Bot** activity from the list. After launching, the activity will open as an overlay within Discord. 💻

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An Alloy loading 🔄 logo will appear, and once authentication is complete, the application will load with all 🗂️ tabs available for use.

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