Imagine setting 40 limit orders on a price ladder, half buys below market and half sells above. The bot does that for you and re-arms each level after every fill - so a range-bound market produces fills at each oscillation - as long as price stays inside the range you set.
What it costs
This strategy is open on every plan - tiers set capacity, not access. Standard is free; Elite and Elite Plus raise how many assets and markets it can drive.
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How it works
A grid divides a chosen price range into levels and places a buy order at each lower level and a sell order at each higher level. When price oscillates, paired orders fill in sequence and realize small round-trip gains on each oscillation - conditional on price remaining within the configured range and spreads covering fees. Sideways and choppy markets are its natural habitat.
Key Features
Strategy profile
A snapshot of how this strategy behaves and who it suits, not a forecast of returns.
These are our assessments of strategy character, not user-specific performance figures.
Grids tend to perform in sideways chop and lose money in trends. If price breaks out of your range, the bot keeps trying to buy a falling knife (or sell into a rip) until the range floor or ceiling is broken and your stack is sitting in the wrong asset. Set outer-band stops, or actively manage the range when the trend turns - do not just leave a grid running for months and hope.
All figures on this page are simulated or historical backtest results, shown for information and education only. They are not real customer results, they do not include your specific fees and slippage, and past performance does not guarantee future returns. Your capital is at risk.
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick glossary
Definitions for the trading terms used on this page.
- Backtest
- A simulation of how a strategy would have performed on historical price data. Past results never guarantee future returns - markets change.
- Slippage
- The difference between the price you expect and the price you actually get when an order fills. Worse on illiquid pairs and during fast markets.
- Spread
- The gap between the best buy price (bid) and the best sell price (ask). Tight spreads = liquid market, wider spreads = more cost per round trip.
- Stop-loss
- An automatic exit order that closes a losing position when price hits a chosen threshold. Caps how much one bad trade can hurt you.
- Take-profit
- An automatic exit order that closes a winning position once price reaches a chosen target. Locks in gains without relying on you to watch the chart.
- Volatility
- How sharply price moves. High volatility = bigger swings in both directions, which means more opportunity but also more drawdown risk.
