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How does Trailing Up work in Spot grid? The Trailing Up feature enables your grid to follow the price if it continues rising beyond the initial upper limit. This function moves the entire grid upward automatically to stay aligned with the price movement. It allows your trading bot to stay active longer by removing the lowest grid and adding a new grid at the top.When the current price hits the grid's upper limit: The lowest buy order at the grid's lower limit is canceled.Published on 28 Aug 2025Updated on 22 Jan 202617How do total Profit and Loss (PnL) and Grid profits work for Spot Grid?
While Grid Profits gives you a clear view of how much your bot has earned from grid trading alone, it doesn’t reflect: Unrealized gains/losses from open positions Any Earn interest Trading fees not tied to grid execution Therefore, Total PnL gives a full picture of your bot’s performance. Grid Profits is meant for reference and breakdown purposes.Published on 20 Jun 2025Updated on 26 Nov 202554How do I automate grid trading strategies on futures grid trading bot?
To access the futures grid trading bot, navigate to the home page and select Trade In the app’s Trade section, select the trading pair at the top of the screen Kickstart your futures trading bot automation journey by selecting Trade From the options available, select Trading bots to access the list of bots available Select Trading bots Next, select Grid bots Find Spot Grid option at Trading bots > Grid bots Then, select Futures grid Futures grid is available as one of Grid bots' options Select thePublished on 13 Jun 2024Updated on 10 Sept 202529What's the Spot Grid bot and how do I use it?
You can choose between arithmetic (evenly spaced grids) or geometric (proportionally spaced grids) distribution. Having more grids means the bot will execute smaller trades more frequently. Fewer grids result in larger trades but less frequent execution. For example, if the price range is 100-400, and you set the grid quantity to 3 with arithmetic mode, it would create three grids: 100-200, 200-300, and 300-400.Published on 29 Apr 2025Updated on 17 Nov 20251How do I manually set up futures grid trading bot?
Next, enter the grid’s upper and lower price bound, and the total number of grids Then, select Arithmetic or Geometric to determine exactly how the grid lines are spaced Several details need to be configured to set up the futures trading bot Arithmetic mode will space grid lines at equal price intervals. For example, if you’re trading BTC with an upper price of 35,000 USDT and a lower price of 25,000 USDT, and 10 grids, each grid line will be 1,000 USDT apart.Published on 6 Jun 2024Updated on 31 Mar 2026100How do I manually set up spot grid trading bots?
Selecting Stop will exit your spot grid positions Check the details of your trade and select Stop to exit itHow many grids are available for me to use? Previously, only up to 300 grids were supported.Published on 6 Jun 2024Updated on 17 Nov 2025204What's a futures trading bot and how do you automate trades with it?
Select and enter the necessary details to determine the grid lines space Arithmetic mode divides the price range from Lower Price to Upper Price into the number of grids by equal price difference, as each grid has an equal price difference (for example 1, 2, 3, 4..). For example, if you’re trading BTC with an upper price of 35,000 USDT and a lower price of 25,000 USDT, and 10 grids, each grid line will be 1,000 USDT apart. In Geometric mode, each grid has an equal price difference ratio.Published on 26 Dec 2023Updated on 29 Oct 202535What are OKX SG's crypto trading bots and how do I utilize them?
Set your spot grid trading manually, now with grid quantity up to 1,000 grids Now, you can set up to 1,000 grids—an upgrade from the previous 300—thanks to a dynamic order-hanging mechanism, helpful front-end prompts, and grayed-out logic orders with tooltips, all while keeping the UI clean and efficient.Learn how to use the spot grid trading bot here.What's the Spot DCA (Martingale) trading bot?Published on 28 Jul 2025Updated on 17 Nov 2025What's Smart Strategies?
How do spot grid bot smart strategies work? Short-term, mid-term, and long-term smart strategies were backtested over 7, 30, and 90 days respectively. Different terms lead to differences in the recommended price range, grid quantity, and profit per grid.6. How do spot dollar-cost averaging (DCA) bot smart strategies work? Conservative, moderate, and aggressive smart strategies indicate how aggressive a trading bot is when executing the DCA strategy.Published on 7 Mar 2025Updated on 17 Nov 20251What's the Nitro Spreads table view?
The sortable Nitro Spreads table view is a new feature for our basic trading product that allows you to visualize Nitro Grids in a tabular format. This view may simplify the process to navigate, compare, and analyze different spreads, especially on smaller screens.Why was the Nitro table view feature developed? The feature was developed based on feedback indicating difficulties with navigating and comparing spreads in the previous grid view.Published on 16 Jul 2024Updated on 10 Sept 20253How do I capture dual-pronged arbitrage opportunities with the OKX ETH/BTC Bot?
It converts ETH back into BTC at a higher rate, allowing users to accumulate more BTC over time.Why do cryptocurrency traders need the ETH/BTC Grid in their portfolio of investments? The ETH/BTC Bot's grid trading strategy offers a multitude of advantages, making it a compelling choice for cryptocurrency enthusiasts: Direct coin investment For those already holding coins, the bot facilitates an increase in the quantity of the same coin over time.Published on 6 Mar 2024Updated on 10 Sept 202527Lead traders: How do I carry out lead trades?
Currently, only Spot Grid, Futures Grid, and Futures Martingale bots are supported for lead trading.How should I manage lead trades? Your lead trade orders will be shown in order management at the bottom of the trading page, and also in the lead trading section. There are two display types for viewing lead trade orders, which are Detailed and Overview. The differences are as below: Detailed: display all data broken down by individual orders.Published on 21 Dec 2022Updated on 9 Apr 2026392How do I automate my trades?
Select a bot: at the moment, you can select and view the running bots from Smart portfolio, Recurring buy, Spot grid, and Future grid. You can sort these bots by Profit and Loss rate, number of copies or maximum drawdown. To learn more about each bot’s strategy, simply hover over the bot you're interested in and select Copy. You'll then be able to view the parameters of the bot you selected. If you want to copy them, select Copy this bot.Published on 1 Oct 2024Updated on 17 Nov 202510Copy trading FAQ
When the lead trader you are copying modifies their contract grid or spot grid strategy parameters, your copied strategy will be updated automatically to ensure you are always operating with the same strategy parameters as the trader. 20. Under what circumstances will automatic parameter synchronization stop working? Automatic synchronization will be paused in the following two cases: Your account balance is insufficient to cover the funds required for the new parameters.Published on 15 Sept 2023Updated on 4 Mar 2026686How do I trade smart with the right leverage?
You'll need to spend less time watching the market for short-term changes, and your investments will be more robust and sustainable. We strongly recommend you fully understand the relevant risks and market conditions before copy trading. Make sure to set a suitable leverage setting and avoid setting leverage above 20x.Published on 8 Aug 2023Updated on 9 Feb 20261,031