Why Grid Bots Are a Beautiful Lie
Grid bots look perfect on paper. Buy low, sell high, automatically. Here’s why I killed mine after a week.
Grid bots look perfect on paper. Buy low, sell high, automatically. Here’s why I killed mine after a week.
After killing 4 bots, I built one that survived backtesting, dry runs, and live trading. Here’s the full breakdown.
My bot doesn’t trade the same coins forever. Every 3 hours, it picks the best ones automatically. Here’s the algorithm.
After trend-following, I built a completely different bot based on Fair Value Gaps. It passed a full year of out-of-sample testing.
One bot follows trends. The other trades mean reversion. Together, they cover each other’s weaknesses.
When a trade moves +4% in the first 5 minutes, you need special handling. Here’s my surge detection system.