# Funding Your Profile

> Generate or import wallets and deposit funds to start trading with Sumo.

- URL: https://docs.sumo.trade/getting-started/funding-your-profile
- Markdown: https://docs.sumo.trade/getting-started/funding-your-profile.md
- Docs index: https://docs.sumo.trade/llms.txt

Before you can start trading, you need wallets with funds. Sumo doesn't hold your funds in a central pool — each wallet is a real on-chain address that you fund directly.

## Step 1: Generate or Import Wallets

You need at least one wallet to start trading. From your profile, open the **Wallets** tab and click **+ New Wallets**.

### Create New

Generate one or more wallets directly inside the profile.

1. Select **Create New**
2. Choose the number of wallets to create, or use the quick count buttons
3. Optionally assign the wallets to existing wallet groups or create a new group
4. Optionally enter a seed phrase if you want to derive from a specific mnemonic; otherwise Sumo auto-selects or creates an encrypted seed for the profile
5. Click **Confirm**

![Create Wallets modal with wallet count, wallet groups, and optional seed phrase](/images/profile-funding-create-new.png)

### From Farm

Move prepared Wallet Farm wallets into the profile.

1. Select **From Farm**
2. Choose one or more Wallet Farm folders
3. Optionally assign the imported wallets to profile wallet groups or create a new group
4. Click **Confirm**

Only active Wallet Farm wallets are available for import. This is useful when you prepared wallets before the trading profile existed.

![Import From Farm modal with Wallet Farm folder selector and wallet group assignment](/images/profile-funding-from-farm.png)

### From Profile

Copy wallets from another profile in the same organization.

1. Select **From Profile**
2. Choose a source profile on the same network
3. Select individual wallets, wallet groups, or all wallets from that profile
4. Optionally assign the copied wallets to groups in the current profile
5. Click **Confirm**

![Import From Profile modal with source profile and wallet group selectors](/images/profile-funding-from-profile.png)

### Import Keys

Import existing wallets from private keys.

1. Select **Import Keys**
2. Paste private keys separated by new lines or commas
3. Optionally assign the imported wallets to wallet groups or create a new group
4. Click **Confirm**

![Import Wallets modal with private key input and wallet group assignment](/images/profile-funding-import-keys.png)

> **Seed Security**
>
> All seed phrases and private keys are encrypted at rest using AES-256-GCM with keys stored in a hardware security module (HSM). They never exist in plaintext in Sumo's application database. See [Security & Encryption](/wallets/security-encryption) for details.

## Step 2: Fund Your Wallets

Send funds directly to your wallet addresses. Each wallet's public address is visible in the Wallets dashboard.

### What to Deposit

**For Solana profiles:**

* **SOL** — Required for transaction fees and trading
* **Your token** — If running sell-side strategies

**For EVM profiles:**

* **Native asset** (ETH, BNB, etc.) — Required for gas fees
* **Your token** — If running sell-side strategies

### How to Deposit

1. Copy a wallet's public address from the dashboard
2. Send funds from your external wallet, exchange, or another Sumo profile
3. Balances update automatically within seconds

> **Deposits Are Free**
>
> There are no Sumo platform fees on deposits or withdrawals. Sumo charges a 1% platform fee on Sumo-executed trading volume.

### Funding with Privacy

If you want to avoid linking your wallets on-chain (e.g. so they don't all trace back to the same funding source), use this approach:

1. Send all funds to **one wallet** in your profile
2. Use [Privacy Cashout](/treasury/privacy-cashout) to distribute those funds from that single wallet to multiple other wallets in the profile
3. Use the destination wallets for trading
4. Archive the original source wallet so it's not used for trading

This way, your trading wallets have no direct on-chain link to each other or to the original funding source.

## Step 3: Organize with Wallet Groups (Optional)

If you're running multiple strategies or want to segment your trading activity, organize wallets into groups:

1. Go to **Wallets** → **Groups**
2. Create a new group with a name and optional color
3. Assign wallets to the group

Wallet groups let you run different strategies on different subsets of wallets. See [Wallet Groups](/wallets/wallet-groups) for details.

## Checking Balances

View balances for all wallets from:

* **Dashboard** — Treasury card shows aggregate balances
* **Wallets page** — Per-wallet SOL, wrapped native, and token balances
* **Telegram** — Use the `/balance` command for a quick summary

## You're Ready to Trade

With your account set up, profile configured, and wallets funded, you have two paths forward:

* **Launch your token through Sumo** — Use your funded wallets to create a new token through one of Sumo's supported launch methods.
* **Start trading an existing token** — If your token is already live, jump straight into setting up strategies like Counter Trade or DCA.

- [Launch a New Token](/getting-started/launch-new-token): Pick a launch method and understand the pre-launch flow.

- [Import an Existing Token](/getting-started/import-existing-token): Add an existing token or pool to Sumo.

- [Strategies Overview](/strategies/overview): Learn about Counter Trade, DCA, Limit Orders, and more.