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# Set up & fund a wallet

Get a wallet from zero to trade-ready.

A wallet needs collateral and a delegated basket before it can trade. The one-shot `deposit` handles most of it.

## Fastest path

`deposit` funds the deposit ledger and bundles any missing setup (basket, deposit ledger, delegation, trade vault) in one transaction.

```bash
curl -X POST $FLASH_API_URL/transaction-builder/deposit -d '{
  "owner": "<WALLET>", "tokenSymbol": "USDC", "amount": "100.0"
}'
```

Then delegate to enable trading (one-time per wallet):

```bash
curl -X POST $FLASH_API_URL/transaction-builder/delegate-basket -d '{
  "owner": "<WALLET>", "payer": "<WALLET>"
}'
```

Sign both with the owner and submit to your **Solana RPC**. → [Signing & submitting](/flash-trade/flash-trade-protocol/build-on-flash/flash-trade-v2/signing-and-submitting.md)

## Explicit path

Prefer to run each step yourself? Build them in order:

```bash
curl -X POST $FLASH_API_URL/transaction-builder/init-deposit-ledger -d '{ "owner": "<WALLET>" }'
curl -X POST $FLASH_API_URL/transaction-builder/init-basket         -d '{ "owner": "<WALLET>" }'
curl -X POST $FLASH_API_URL/transaction-builder/deposit-direct      -d '{
  "owner": "<WALLET>", "tokenMint": "EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v", "amount": "100.0"
}'
curl -X POST $FLASH_API_URL/transaction-builder/delegate-basket     -d '{ "owner": "<WALLET>" }'
```

`deposit-direct` derives the source ATA and token program from the mint; native SOL is wrapped automatically.

→ Full fields: [API reference › Account & funds](/flash-trade/flash-trade-protocol/build-on-flash/flash-trade-v2/reference/account-and-funds.md)

## Verify

```bash
curl $FLASH_API_URL/owner/<WALLET>     # basket snapshot; confirms setup landed
```

Next: [Open & close positions](/flash-trade/flash-trade-protocol/build-on-flash/flash-trade-v2/guides/open-and-close-positions.md).


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