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What a grid bot is and when it works

How a grid bot trades price swings, which market suits it and what happens to it in a fall.

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DCA in plain words

What dollar-cost averaging is, how it differs from a grid and who it suits.

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Five grid bot mistakes that cost money

Common grid bot setup mistakes: too small a step, a balance used to the last cent, an illiquid coin — and how to avoid them.

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Paper trading: testing a bot without money

What paper mode is, how it differs from trading on the exchange, and what to check before a bot trades real money.

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How to read a backtest, and why not to take its word

What a trading-bot backtest shows, what drawdown, profit factor and the other figures mean — and when they cannot be trusted.

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Is it safe to give a bot an API key

What an exchange API key without withdrawal can and cannot do, what a trading key puts at risk, and how binding it to an IP protects it.

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How to choose a pair for a grid bot

What to look at when choosing a trading pair for a grid bot: liquidity, price swings, the minimum order and whether you would hold the coin.

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Exchange fees: what a bot’s trade really costs

How exchange fees shape a trading bot’s result, why two fees per cycle matter, and where to see them in the app.

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Averaging down: how it works and where its edge is

What averaging a position is, what the buy multiplier is for, what it risks, and how the Average Grid bot is built.

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The market fell and the bot is holding coins: what to do

Why a spot bot holds coins and waits when the market falls, what it will not do by itself, and what your options are.

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Bounce, trailing and the crash pause: what a grid’s smart functions do

How bounce buying, trailing sells, a widening step and a crash pause work in a grid bot — and what they do not do.

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Spot and futures: why a spot bot cannot be liquidated

How spot trading differs from leveraged futures, what liquidation is, and what you can lose on spot.

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The bot is not buying: why that happens and what to do

Why a trading bot is not buying or has stopped: the price has not reached a level, buying is paused, there is not enough money, the exchange rejected the key — and what to do in each case.

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Pause, Stop, Emergency stop: what each button does

How “Pause”, “Stop buying”, “Stop”, “Emergency stop”, “Sell position” and “Write off position” differ on a trading bot, and when to use which.

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How much money a grid bot needs

How to work out what a grid bot will tie up: the sum of every rung, the depth of the grid, the balance several bots share, and a margin — before you start, not after.

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Minimum order and quantity step: why the bot did not buy exactly 10 USDT

What an exchange’s minimum order, quantity step and price step are, why a bot buys slightly less than the amount you set, and where the “dust” in your account comes from.

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Two-factor protection: what it is for and how not to lose it

What two-factor authentication is, why connecting an exchange needs it, how to set it up, and how to sign in with a recovery code when the phone is gone.

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Order book, spread and slippage: what happens to a bot’s order

What an exchange’s order book, spread and slippage are, how a market order differs from a limit order, and how a trading bot places its orders.

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Your first bot on real money: what to check before you start

A list for the first start of a trading bot on real funds: protecting the account, a key without withdrawal, the amount, the settings and the first days.

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