Sideways Market: Where Grids Thrive
As price oscillates down through the grid, a BUY fills at each level it crosses — not just the bottom. Each filled buy immediately gets a paired SELL placed one grid level above it (the profit-% spacing). When price recovers, those sells fill in sequence, locking the spread at every level.
$155 $140 $125 $110 Time → price declining — buys fill at each level price recovering — sells fill in sequence sell order placed sell order placed sell order placed SELL placed 1 grid level above profit-% gap set at deployment BUY A @ $140 BUY B @ $125 BUY C @ $110 SELL C @ $125 +$15 locked SELL B @ $140 +$15 locked SELL A @ $155 +$15 locked Grid Range KEY MECHANIC: Buys fill at MULTIPLE levels as price descends — one at $140, one at $125, one at $110. Each buy immediately places a sell order one level above it (the profit-% gap). As price recovers, all three sells fill in sequence, locking the spread at each level. The grid runs three layered round-trips simultaneously — not one. Figures shown are hypothetical examples to illustrate the mechanism. Grid spacing ($15/level) is for illustration only.
Educational illustration of grid trading mechanics. Figures are hypothetical and used to demonstrate the mechanism only. Not financial advice. Grid trading involves risk of loss, including potential loss of capital. Past or hypothetical results do not predict future outcomes.
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