This was not meant in a way - take me by the hand and give me all your settings kind of question - more like are there some things I need to make sure are setup correctly before I start?
Or is there an explanation on what each setting does or what this might result in?
You cant screw the settings and force the bot to start an unprofitable arbitrage.Trade calls will be triggered only if the end balance is > than start balance.
All options are explained in this topic, but I still havent grouped them in one place.
Last but not least I have a windows server and vultr.com $5 per month linux machines - both are quick and should be fast enough I guess.
Does the bot come with install instructions for both? I guess windows is fine but do you provide a copy and paste installation guide or quick run down for Linux?
Vultr is great, but keep in mind that if you use a windows server you will need more powerful machine.Vultr has a looking glass so you can check which location is with best ping to polo and host your vps there.
Installation is not needed.You just need to be sure that you have .NET Framework or mono-devel.
Oh and on the instapay page the form asks for an API key - is that the API key we get from Poloniex with disabled withdraw setting?
Correct.Provide the api key that you are going to use.