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Trend-Aware Grid (SpotGridAdvanced-style)

What it does: An always-on buying ladder that only opens new cycles in an uptrend, selling each lot at a small gain. This buys in steps (rungs) as the price falls, and gives each buy its own sell order at a small fixed gain. There is no fixed upper limit.

Style: Grid · Difficulty: Advanced · Risk: medium · Ready: 0 of 1 variants

When people use it: It tends to work in rising or sideways markets.

Where it struggles: It struggles in long bear markets: rungs stack up and money stays tied up.

Markets it was written for: BTC, ETH, majors (spot). Timeframes: Trend filter 4h/1d.

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An always-on buying ladder that only opens new cycles in an uptrend, selling each lot at a small gain.

Labels: Grid, Long, Spot, Advanced, Medium

Coming later

This needs grid trading, a feature that's coming. You can read how it will work, but you can't add it to your strategies yet.

Settings

Setting Default Editable What changing it does
Max rungs 40 No: coming later The most buys it can stack. More rungs cover a deeper fall but tie up more money; fewer limit how much it can hold.
Gain per lot % 0.5 No: coming later The profit each lot sells at. Higher earns more per lot but sells less often; lower sells more often, with fees taking a bigger share.
Trend average 50 No: coming later New cycles open only above this average. Shorter opens cycles more readily; longer waits for a firmer uptrend.

How it works (as shown in the app)

  • This buys in steps (rungs) as the price falls, and gives each buy its own sell order at a small fixed gain. There is no fixed upper limit.
  • New cycles open only when the price is above its 4-hour 50-candle average, and extra buys are blocked when a strong downtrend shows (ADX above 25 with sellers in control).
  • It tends to work in rising or sideways markets.
  • It struggles in long bear markets: rungs stack up and money stays tied up.
  • There is no stop-loss by default; you'll see a warning with the worst-case amount held.
  • Total money needed = number of rungs x amount per rung.
  • Coming later: this version needs the grid module, which Apathia doesn't have yet, so it can't be imported or run today.

Warnings

  • None yet: it can't be added.

Good to know

  • It can't be added yet, so it can't be backtested or traded. This page shows how it is planned to work; details may change before it ships.