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.
Recommended minimum vault: Elite · See all store pricing →
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 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.
