📖 Terms of this lesson
Grid Bot — a program that sets a grid of buy/sell orders and earns on each fluctuation within a range.
Range (Bokovik) — when the price doesn't go up or down, but moves between two levels.
Step (Grid Step) — the distance between orders. For example, 0.5% — buy/sell every $25 at a price of $5000.
Breakout — the price exiting the range. The main risk of a grid strategy.
Spot vs Futures — grid works on both. On spot without leverage — safer. On futures with x2-x3 — more profit, but also more risk.
❌ Before this lesson
- You think grid is "magic from TikTok"
- You don't understand when it works and when it doesn't
- You're afraid of "infinite loss" during a breakout
✅ After this lesson
- You understand the mechanics of grid in simple terms
- You know if it suits you for the current market
- You see the main risks
Analogy — a market seller
Imagine a seller of cucumbers. Every morning, he buys from a farmer and sells to customers. The purchase price is 50 rubles, the sale price is 70 rubles. 20 rubles on each kilogram.
If the price "fluctuates" between 50/70 every day — he earns every day. If it suddenly grows to 200 — the supplier will start to get greedy, and the margin will collapse.
A grid bot does the same thing — only with cryptocurrency. It sets a grid of buy orders below the current price and sell orders above. Each "turn" of the grid = micro-profit.
Example with specific numbers
Let's say the current price of ETH is $3500. You set a grid:
# GRID DIAGRAM
SELL @ $3540 # +1.14% from $3500
SELL @ $3520 # +0.57%
───────────── # current price $3500
BUY @ $3480 # −0.57%
BUY @ $3460 # −1.14%
Each fluctuation of ±0.57% = one trade. If ETH makes 20 micro-movements in a day, you make 20 trades. Each one = ~0.4% profit after commissions.
Where grid really works
- Stablecoins (USDT/USDC) — the price moves between 0.998-1.002. Thousands of micro-movements in a day. Low profit per trade, but safe.
- Blue-chip cryptocurrencies in a range (BTC, ETH when there's no trend) — 1-3% in a week is realistic.
- Altcoins with a predictable range — if you know that a coin fluctuates between $0.50-$0.60 for months — grid is ideal.
Where grid DOES NOT work
- Strong bull run — the price has flown up, sell orders are triggered, but buy orders don't buy cheaper. You're left without a position in a growing asset.
- Crash — all buy orders are triggered, the price continues to fall. You've accumulated a position that's at a loss of −20%.
- Low liquidity — your orders aren't executed by anyone, or slippage is huge.
💡 Main rule
Grid = "earning on boredom". When the market isn't going anywhere — you're in profit. When the market is explosive — you're missing opportunities (or even at a loss). Correct use = recognizing a boring market.
Real numbers from my bot
On my Binance Futures account, a standard grid on ETH/USDC in the range $3300-$3700 for the last month of range:
- 247 trades (~8 per day).
- Avg profit per trade: 0.18%.
- Total profit on $1000 capital: $48 (4.8% per month).
- Max drawdown: -2.1% (when the price touched the lower boundary).
Not a million, but 4-6% per month passive on capital that would otherwise lie idle — a good option for diversification.
⚠️ This is NOT "100% per year without risk"
If someone promises 50%+ per month from grid — they either don't understand risk or are deceiving. Realistically, 3-8% per month on a boring market, minus when there's a trend.
🎯 Main point
Grid bot = earns on a sideways market through a grid of orders. Micro-profit × 100 times a day. 3-8% per month is realistic. Main risk — breakout. In the next lesson — grid parameters and how to calculate for your capital.