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 choppy, range-bound market keeps paying out tiny profits all day long.
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 lock in small, repeatable profits. 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 designer assessments of strategy character, not user-specific performance figures.
Grids print money in 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.
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.
