Grid Bot: Quick Start
Introduction
Grid Bot Quick Start helps you set up a grid trading bot quickly by suggesting markets and settings based on recent price data. Instead of configuring everything yourself, the system analyses recent market activity and recommends setups that would have performed well.
There are two ways to find suggested grid bot setups:
- Quick Start Wizard: A guided 4-step setup that suggests both a market and settings for your chosen exchange. Best if you're new to grid bots or want the fastest path to a running bot.
- Grid Picks: A browsable list of top-performing grid bot configurations across multiple exchanges, updated regularly. Offers more visibility into the details and more filtering options.
If you already know which market you want to trade and want help optimising the settings, see AI Suggestions in the Grid Bot Backtesting article — this generates optimised configurations for your chosen pair inside the standard grid bot backtester.
The idea is to capture a profit window based on recent market behaviour, then close the bot and start a new one with fresh suggestions. They are not intended to run indefinitely; market conditions change, and a setup that worked well recently may not continue to do so.
Contents
Quick Start Wizard
Getting Started
- Go to the Bots section
- Click Create Bot
- Select Quick Start Grid Bot
This opens the setup wizard that guides you through four steps: Account, Risk, Markets, and Summary.
Step 1: Choose Your Account
In this step, you select which exchange account to use, your quote currency, and how much to invest.
Account: Select the exchange account you want the bot to trade on. Only spot trading accounts are shown (futures accounts are not supported for grid bots). Paper trading accounts are also available, so you can try Quick Start without risking real funds. (See our Paper Trading article for differences between trading on a paper account vs live, especially with regard to: order fills, fees, and the impact on PnL.)
Quote currency: Choose which currency you want to invest with. Quote currencies are listed in order of how many trading pairs they have on your selected exchange. Stable coin currencies like USDT will have the most trading pairs available, which means more market suggestions in Step 3. Less common quote currencies may produce fewer suggestions or none at all ; if you're not seeing results, try switching to a quote currency with more pairs.
Your choice of quote currency determines which markets are available. For example, choosing USDT shows pairs like BTC/USDT and SOL/USDT, while choosing BTC shows pairs like ETH/BTC.
Investment amount: Enter how much you'd like to invest. You can type an amount directly or use the percentage buttons (5%, 10%, 15%, 25%, 50%, 100%) to set a proportion of your available balance in the selected currency. Make sure you have enough balance; the bot can't start if the funds aren't there.
Step 2: Choose Your Risk Level
Pick how much risk you're comfortable with. This affects which markets and settings are suggested. Higher risk levels select more volatile markets with wider price ranges — bigger potential gains, but also bigger potential dips.
Low Risk: Best for new grid bot users, or anyone who prefers stability over high returns. Low risk suggestions focus on established, less volatile markets. The bot trades within a tighter price range, so it's less likely to go idle but the profit per trade is smaller. Temporary dips in your investment value are typically under 10%.
Medium Risk: Best for most traders looking for a balance between profit and safety. Medium risk picks markets with moderate volatility and a balanced price range. Temporary dips of 10–25% are possible. This is a good starting point if you're unsure which level to choose.
High Risk: Best for experienced traders comfortable with volatility and short-term losses. High risk targets the most volatile markets with the widest price ranges. These setups have the highest backtested profits but can swing significantly in value, with dips of 25% or more. There's also a higher chance the price moves outside the trading range, causing the bot to pause, hit Stop Loss, or Take Profit.
Step 3: Pick a Market
Based on your account, quote currency, and risk level, the system shows you the best market opportunities it found. Up to 10 suggestions are displayed, sorted by backtested profit.
Each suggestion shows:
Market: The trading pair (for example BTC/USDT) and which exchange it's on.
Method: The strategy used to determine the bot's trading range. You may see methods such as "Recent High Low" (based on recent price highs and lows) or "Bollinger Bands" (based on statistical price channels). Different methods suit different market conditions — the system tests multiple approaches and shows the best-performing ones.
Total Profit %: How much profit this configuration would have generated over the back-tested period based on historical price data. This is what happened in the past, not a prediction of what will happen next. See Understanding the Numbers for more detail on how to interpret this figure.
Viewing details
Click Details on any suggestion to see more information, including the price range the bot would trade within, how many grid levels are used, estimated profit, the largest temporary dip (drawdown) during the test period, and how many buy and sell orders would have been completed during the test period.
What if no suggestions appear?
If no markets match your chosen risk level, the system will automatically show the best available options across all risk levels and let you know with a message. You can also try switching to a different quote currency; more common currencies like USDT typically have more suggestions available.
Step 4: Review and Start
Before launching your bot, you'll see a summary of your configuration.
The summary shows:
Account: The exchange account the bot will trade on.
Market: The trading pair (e.g. COS/USDT).
Investment: How much you're investing, with an approximate USD equivalent. This value can be edited here.
Price Range: The lowest and highest prices the bot will trade between.
Grids: The number of grid levels (buy/sell levels) and the estimated profit percentage per step. This profit-per-step figure uses a conservative fee estimate based on the exchange's standard rate at the lowest VIP tier, using the maker fee. Your actual fees may be lower if you have a higher VIP tier or hold the exchange's native token for fee discounts, which means your real profit per step could be better than shown. The number of grids is editable. However, the suggestion was generated with the number of grids shown.
Take Profit: The price at which the bot will automatically close with a profit.
Stop Loss: The price at which the bot will automatically close to limit losses.
Auto Close: The duration after which the bot will automatically close. When Auto-close time is reached,** **base currency held in sell orders is sold and buy orders are cancelled.
What you can change
You can edit the investment amount and the number of grid levels by clicking the pencil icon next to each one. All other settings — market, price range, Take Profit, Stop Loss, and Auto Close duration — are fixed by the suggestion and cannot be changed in Quick Start. Trailing Up and Trailing Down are not available for Quick Start bots.
If you want full control over every setting, use the standard grid bot creator instead (Bots > Create Bot > Grid Bot).
Quick Start bots use arithmetic (equal tick) spacing, meaning the price difference between each grid level is the same, but PnL varies. If you want geometric spacing (equal percentage gaps), use the standard grid bot creator or copy a configuration from Grid Picks and adjust it.
Impact of changing grid levels
The number of grid levels controls how your investment is divided across the price range:
- More grid levels means the price gaps between levels are smaller. The bot trades more frequently, but each trade captures a smaller profit. This works better in markets that oscillate in small steps. However, if profit per step gets too small, fees can eat into it significantly.
- Fewer grid levels means larger gaps. Each trade captures a bigger profit, but trades happen less often because the price needs to move further between levels. This works better in markets with bigger price swings.
If the net profit at any grid level drops below 0.01% after fees, the bot will show an error and you'll need to reduce the number of grid levels before it can start.
Chart preview
A live chart below the settings shows the trading pair with the grid levels overlaid, so you can see where the bot will place its orders. The upper price, lower price, stop loss, and take profit levels are all marked on the chart.
Common issues
"Investment too small": Your investment amount isn't enough for the number of grid levels and the exchange's minimum order size. Click the Fix button to automatically adjust to the minimum required amount, or go back and increase your investment. Alternatively, the number of grids can be reduced, however this is likely to affect the number of orders filled and therefore the PnL
"Price out of range": The current market price has moved outside the bot's trading range since the suggestion was generated. Go back and pick a different market, or wait for the price to return to the range.
"Net profit per grid < 0.01%": You have too many grid levels for the price range, and the profit per trade wouldn't cover fees meaningfully. Reduce the number of grid levels to increase profit per step.
What Happens After You Click Start
When you click Start bot, the bot is created and begins placing orders immediately. It divides your investment across the grid levels to determine the number and size of the buy and sell orders. Initially, it buys enough base currency to place the sell orders. Then, buy orders are placed below the current price and sell orders above it. Some orders may fill straight away depending on where the current price sits relative to the grid.
For a detailed explanation of how grid bots place and manage their orders, see the Grid Bot Processing article.
Occasionally a bot may fail to start — for example, if market conditions change between when you reviewed the summary and when you clicked Start. If this happens, you can try starting it again or go back and pick a different market.
Grid Picks
Grid Picks provides a browsable list of top-performing grid bot configurations across multiple exchanges. It's updated regularly and gives you a way to discover profitable setups without running the Quick Start wizard. You can also access Grid Picks from the standard grid bot creator by clicking Daily AI Suggestions in the Quick Setup banner.
Summary View
The Grid Picks summary is accessible from the Bots page (top right). It shows a short list of top-performing configurations.
The summary table shows the Market (pair and exchange), Method, and Total Profit %. You can filter by time period using the tabs: All, 1 Day, 3 Days, and 7 Days — these refer to the backtest horizon, not the age of the suggestion.
Detailed View
The full Grid Picks page shows every available configuration with complete details.
The table includes:
- Market — Trading pair and exchange
- Method — Strategy used (e.g. Recent High Low, Bollinger Bands, ATR Based)
- Horizon — The backtest period: 1 Day, 3 Days, or 7 Days. This is how far back the system looked when testing this configuration — it is not the expected duration of your bot.
- Lower / Upper — The price range boundaries
- Grids — Number of grid levels
- Step % — Profit per grid level before fees
- Grid Profit % — Total profit from completed buy-sell cycles
- Total Profit % — Overall profit including unrealised gains/losses
- Drawdown — The largest temporary dip during the backtest period (shown in red)
- Cycles — Number of completed buy-sell round trips during the backtest. This figure depends on the number of grid levels, so it's not directly comparable across configurations with different grid counts. See Understanding the Numbers.
- Copy — Copy this configuration to the standard grid bot creator
Copying a Grid Pick
Click Copy on any row to open the standard grid bot creator with the suggestion's settings pre-filled: market, price range, number of grids, Take Profit, Stop Loss, and Auto Close duration. You'll need to select a trading account and enter your investment amount. Other settings can be adjusted if desired — but keep in mind that the backtested results were based on the suggested settings, so significant changes may produce different outcomes.
When using filters, keep in mind that all figures are based on the backtest period — they describe what happened historically, not what will happen next. See Understanding the Numbers for guidance on interpreting these figures.
Using the filters
You can narrow results using the filter fields at the top of the detailed view: minimum profit, minimum profit %, maximum drawdown, maximum drawdown %, minimum cycles, and minimum USD volume. The search field lets you filter by market name, exchange, or currency. Click Scan to apply your filters.
Understanding the Numbers
The suggestion tables show several performance figures. These are all based on backtesting; the system replays historical price data through the grid bot configuration and reports what would have happened. Understanding what each number means (and what it doesn't mean) will help you make better decisions. For more detail on how backtesting works, see the Grid Bot Backtesting article.
Backtested Profit % / Total Profit %
This is the overall return the configuration would have produced during the test period. It includes both completed trade profits and any unrealised gain or loss on inventory held at the end of the period.
A setup can show a positive Total Profit % even if the price ended lower than it started, as long as enough buy-sell cycles completed during price bounces within the range. However, this doesn't mean a bot starting now will see the same bounces; the price might move differently.
Important: These figures describe a specific historical period. They are not a prediction or guarantee of future performance. Your bot starts at a different point in time, with different market conditions.
Grid Profit %
This is the profit from completed buy-sell cycles only — the bot bought at one grid level and sold at the next one up, and this is the total of all those individual profits. Grid Profit does not include unrealised gains or losses on coins the bot is still holding.
Drawdown
The largest temporary dip in your investment value that occurred during the backtest period. For example, a drawdown of -7.62% means that at the worst point during the test, the bot's total value was 7.62% below its peak.
This is a historical observation, not a limit on future losses. A bot might experience a larger drawdown than the backtest showed. If you filter Grid Picks for low or zero drawdown, be aware that this only tells you the backtest period was calm; it doesn't mean your bot won't experience a dip.
Step %
The profit percentage per grid level, before fees. For this to be worthwhile, it needs to comfortably exceed your trading fee rate. If Step % is very close to your fee rate, most of the profit goes to fees and the bot is grinding for very little.
Cycles
The number of completed buy-sell round trips during the backtest period. This figure depends heavily on the number of grid levels; a configuration with 20 grids will naturally show more cycles than one with 5 grids for the same market and period, because there are more levels for the price to cross. More cycles does not necessarily mean more profit.
Cycles is not directly comparable across configurations with different grid counts. Total Profit % is a better basis for comparison.
Horizon
The time period used for the backtest: 1 Day, 3 Days, or 7 Days. This tells you how far back the system looked when testing the configuration. It is not the expected or recommended duration for your bot.
A note on precision
The backtested figures are shown to several decimal places. While mathematically accurate for the specific historical period tested, this level of precision should not be taken as an indication of predictability. A configuration showing 170.48% and one showing 165.93% are not meaningfully different in terms of future performance — both are approximations based on a narrow historical window.
Fees in backtested figures
Backtested profit figures account for trading fees using a conservative estimate: the exchange's standard rate at the lowest VIP tier, using the maker fee. If you have a higher VIP tier or use fee discounts (such as paying fees with the exchange's native token), your actual results may be slightly better than the backtested figure suggests.
For paper trading accounts, different fee rates apply: see the Paper Trading article for details.
Managing Your Bot
Once your bot is running, you can monitor it in the Bots section. For detailed performance tracking, see the Grid Bot Analytics article.
If the price stays in range — The bot is actively trading and completing buy-sell cycles. No action needed.
If the price leaves the range — The bot pauses trading. If it returns to the range, the bot resumes automatically. If it stays out of range for an extended period, consider stopping the bot and creating a new one with updated suggestions.
If market conditions change significantly — A sudden trend shift or major news event may make the original setup less effective. You can stop the bot at any time.
When to start fresh — Quick Start bots are designed for short-term profit windows. When a bot closes (via Take Profit, Stop Loss, or Auto Close), goes idle because the price has left the range, or has been running for a while with diminishing returns, come back to Quick Start or Grid Picks for fresh suggestions based on current market data. This rotate-and-replace approach is how the feature is intended to be used.
For a full explanation of how grid bots process orders, manage positions, and handle edge cases, see the Grid Bot Processing article. For details on all available grid bot settings, see the Grid Bot Settings article.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I change the suggested settings?
In the Quick Start wizard, you can adjust the investment amount and number of grid levels on the summary page. All other settings (market, price range, Take Profit, Stop Loss, Auto Close) are fixed by the suggestion. Trailing Up and Trailing Down are not available. If you want full control, use the standard grid bot creator (Bots > Create Bot > Grid Bot), where you can also use AI Suggestions to generate optimised settings for your chosen market — see the Grid Bot Backtesting article.
What happens if the price moves outside my grid range?
The bot pauses trading until the price returns to the range. If you have a Take Profit or Stop Loss set, the bot will close automatically when those levels are reached. If an Auto Close duration is set, the bot will close when that time is reached regardless of price.
How does the system decide which markets to suggest?
It tests many different grid configurations against recent price data for each available market on your exchange, using several strategies (such as Recent High Low and Bollinger Bands). It then ranks the results by profit for your chosen risk level and shows the top performers.
Do trading fees affect my profit?
Yes. Every buy and sell order incurs a trading fee from the exchange. The backtested figures account for fees using the exchange's standard rate at the lowest VIP tier (maker fee), but your actual rate may differ. If your real fee rate is lower (due to VIP tier or fee token discounts), your actual profit per trade will be slightly higher than shown.
Can I use this with a paper trading (demo) account?
Yes. Paper trading accounts appear in the account selection step, so you can try Quick Start without risking real funds. Note that paper trading accounts have their own fee structure — see the Paper Trading article.
How much do I need to invest?
The minimum depends on the exchange, the market, and the number of grid levels. If your amount is too low, the system will let you know and offer to adjust it automatically.
Can I run multiple grid bots at the same time?
Yes. Each bot operates independently. Make sure you have enough balance in the relevant currency for each one.
How long should I run a Quick Start bot?
Quick Start bots are designed for short-term trading — they include an Auto Close duration that will close the bot automatically. You can also close the bot earlier if it reaches your Take Profit target, if the price moves out of range and stays there, or if market conditions have clearly changed. Then use Quick Start again for a fresh suggestion.
Why doesn't my bot's performance match the backtested profit?
Backtested figures show what would have happened over a specific past period. Your bot starts at a different point in time, and the market may behave differently. Factors that affect actual results include: different price movements than the test period, timing of entry (the bot doesn't get the benefit of past bounces), changing volatility, and differences in your actual fee rate versus the conservative estimate used in backtesting.
Are Quick Start bots arithmetic or geometric?
Quick Start bots use arithmetic (equal tick) spacing — the price difference between each grid level is the same. If you prefer geometric spacing (equal percentage gaps), use the standard grid bot creator.
Why can't I enable Trailing Up or Trailing Down on a Quick Start bot?
Quick Start bots are designed for short-term trading based on a specific backtested price range. Trailing extends the range into territory that hasn't been tested, and the bot loses money during the transition to a new range because it enters with unfilled levels on one side. For short-term bots this undermines the approach, so trailing is not available. If you want to use trailing, create a grid bot manually with settings suited to longer-term trading — see Grid Bot Settings.
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Updated on: 06/04/2026
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