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# Surge documentation

Surge is a non-custodial automated trading platform for Cardano. You connect a Cardano wallet, set up a strategy, and Surge watches the market and executes it automatically. Your keys never leave your browser. Every trade is signed there by a wallet only you control, within limits you set.

### Start here

1. Learn [what Surge is](/getting-started/what-is-surge.md).
2. [Connect your wallet](/getting-started/connecting-your-wallet.md).
3. Create [your first strategy](/getting-started/first-strategy-walkthrough.md).

### Before you begin

Two things to know before anything else:

* **Leave the Surge tab open.** Trades are signed in your browser, so a strategy runs unattended for as long as the tab is open and connected — but pauses if you close it. See [How non-custodial works](/getting-started/how-non-custodial-works.md).
* **Trades on Cardano DEXes are not instant.** An order normally takes 1–2 minutes to fill, and on some DEX's an order that cannot fill stays open until you cancel it. See [How trading on Cardano DEXes works](/core-concepts/how-cardano-dex-trading-works.md).

### Need help?

Find answers in the [FAQ](/help/faq.md), resolve problems in [Troubleshooting](/help/troubleshooting.md), or look up terms in the [Glossary](/help/glossary.md).


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