Five grid bot mistakes that cost money
None of them is about “the wrong strategy”. All are about arithmetic, and about what was not checked before starting.
1. A step and target smaller than the fees
Every cycle pays a fee twice: on the buy and on the sell. At 0.1% a trade that is 0.2% a cycle. A grid with a very small step looks busy, but mostly the exchange earns. Take a 1–3% step and watch the “fees to gross profit” line in the results.
2. A balance used to the last cent
Your free USDT has to cover every rung at once: a rung’s amount × their number. If the exchange lacks funds for an order, the bot stops buying and only sells — and buying has to be turned back on by hand. Leave a margin.
3. A rung below the minimum order
Every pair has a minimum order size on the exchange. A rung smaller than that is refused. The app shows the minimum for the chosen pair in the form — leave room above it rather than sitting on it.
4. An illiquid coin
The bot’s orders fill in full or are cancelled: it will not buy dearer or sell cheaper than intended. On a coin with a thin book such orders fill rarely — the bot stands still though the price seems to have crossed the level.
5. Straight to real money
Paper mode shows how a setup behaves on real prices and costs nothing. A week on paper is cheaper than a day with a mistake in the settings. On BingX it matters most: the exchange has no sandbox.
And one thing that is not a mistake
Stopping a bot sells nothing. Orders are cancelled; the coins it bought stay on your exchange account. A bot “stuck with a coin” in a fall is not a fault — it is how a grid works.
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