About Futures Grid Trading

Futures Grid is an automated quantitative trading strategy that executes “buy low, sell high” within a predefined price range.

Once you’ve set the price range and parameters, the system automatically places buy and sell orders within the interval—no need to monitor the market or trade frequently. As long as the market price fluctuates within the range, the system will automatically place buy and sell orders. In volatile markets, the strategy repeatedly executes trades to help capture opportunities.

1. 24/7 Automated Operation

No need to monitor the market constantly. The system executes trades automatically based on preset parameters, making it suitable for users who prefer automated capital management.

2. Arbitrage in Sideways Markets

Grid strategies perform best in sideways markets, accumulating grid profits through repeated buy-low and sell-high transactions.

3. Reduced Emotional Interference

Futures Grid strictly follows predefined rules, helping to avoid errors due to emotional fluctuations.

4. Isolated Strategy Funds

Each strategy operates within an independent sub-account, isolating funds from the main account and ensuring clear profit and loss, making earnings trackable.

How to Profit via Futures Grid?

Simply put, Futures Grid works like placing an automated “net” in a fluctuating market. You define a price range and divide it into multiple grid levels. The system places buy orders below the current price and sell orders above it:

• 📉 Buy when the price drops
• 📈 Sell when the price rises
• Each pair of transactions captures a price difference as profit.

Futures Grid does not require pinpointing the absolute highs or lows. As long as prices fluctuate within the defined range, trades continue to execute. Through repeated buy-low and sell-high cycles, market volatility is converted into repeatable and cumulative returns.

How to Choose the Grid Type?

CoinEx supports three types of Futures Grid strategies. You can choose based on your market outlook:

Note: If you are uncertain about the market direction, the Neutral Grid is generally recommended.

Key Features

1. Automatic Reserved Margin

The system reserves 30% of the funds as Reserved Margin by default to help prevent liquidation from sudden extreme price moves—adding a protective buffer to your strategy.

2. Trigger Price Setting

You do not need to start the grid immediately at the current price. You may set a trigger price, and the strategy is activated only when the market pulls back, breaks through, or reaches your target entry level.

3. Market Price Initial Positioning

After creating a strategy, the system automatically initiates a position based on the current price within the selected range to capture opportunities.

4. Smart Take-Profit & Stop-Loss

You can preset take-profit and stop-loss prices when creating the strategy. Once triggered, the system will automatically close positions and cancel pending orders to lock in profits or limit losses.

Risk Disclosure

As a trading tool, Strategic Trading does not constitute financial or investment advice from CoinEx. Users can adjust, suspend, or end the strategy at any time according to the current market trends, and apply the use of strategy trading voluntarily, which may fail to obtain corresponding strategy benefits, due to the unreasonable setting of strategy parameters or extreme market fluctuations.

All strategies are determined by the users themselves and at their own risk, and CoinEx will not be responsible for any loss caused by the use of this service. Please reasonably evaluate your risk tolerance and make rational decisions after carefully reading the strategy trading guide.

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