Perp Grid Trading

What are Perpetual Grid Trading Bots?

Perpetual Grid Trading Bots are automated trading tools that apply grid trading strategies to perpetual futures markets. These bots place buy and sell orders at predefined intervals within a specified price range, allowing traders to benefit from market volatility while utilising leverage.

All perpetual markets listed on Helix are supported, enabling you to create grid trading strategies for any available perpetual trading pair.

1. Define Basic Parameters

Price Range

• Upper Bound: The highest price at which to sell.

• Lower Bound: The lowest price at which to buy.

Number of Grids

• More Grids (closer to 100): Captures frequent price movements but results in smaller benefits per trade.

• Fewer Grids (closer to 3): Fewer trades but larger profit per trade.

Amount

• The USDT or AUSD value you wish to allocate to your grid strategy.

• Ensure you have sufficient available balance before creating your strategy.

Leverage

• Select leverage up to 50x.

• Higher leverage increases both potential profits and risks.

• Recommended to start with lower leverage (1-3x) until familiar with the strategy.

2. Risk Management Considerations

Leverage Impact

• 1x leverage: Standard risk profile, similar to spot trading.

• 2-5x leverage: Moderate risk, suitable for experienced traders.

• 5-50x leverage: High risk, recommended only for advanced traders.

Liquidation Risk

• Higher leverage increases liquidation risk during volatile market movements.

• Consider setting narrower price ranges when using higher leverage.

3. Key Strategy Concepts

Neutral Strategy Approach

• PGT currently uses a Neutral strategy, optimized for sideways markets.

• For best performance, set price ranges that encompass expected price action.

• Recommendation: Use wide price ranges to capture the full extent of sideways movement.

High-Risk Configuration Warning

• Combining high leverage with many grids significantly increases risk.

• During extreme volatility, the bot may be unable to place orders quickly enough.

• In such cases, the bot will automatically stop to protect your funds.

• Always start conservative and adjust based on market conditions and experience.

Coming Soon

• Stop loss and take profit options