The DCA / Grid strategy

This is the bot's base strategy. With Hybrid off it is exactly this and nothing more — a DCA ladder that averages a position down and closes it whole, in profit. The Hybrid micro-scalp is an optional layer added on top later; ignore it until you understand this page.

The idea

DCA — dollar-cost averaging — means you don't try to buy the bottom. You place a ladder of orders below the current price (for Long; mirrored above it for Short). As the price falls, deeper rungs fill one by one. Each rung is larger than the one above it, so every fill drags your average entry price down faster than the market fell. The deeper the dip, the cheaper your average.

Against that averaged position the bot rests one closing order — the whole-position take-profit. It is priced a small margin (Profit % + commission) above your average entry, so when price bounces back to it the entire position sells at once, in profit — even though most individual rungs are still underwater.

That is the whole classic cycle:

1. Lay the ladder below price.
2. Let dips fill rungs and pull the average down.
3. Rest one averaged close above that average.
4. Price bounces → the close fills → the cycle ends in profit → start again.

Why a ladder, not one order

A single buy is a bet on timing. A ladder is a bet on range: as long as price eventually bounces before the ladder runs out of rungs, the cycle closes green. The shape of that ladder — how far apart the rungs are, how fast they grow, how far the last rung reaches — is set by a handful of controls:

• Progression strategy + Martingail — how fast each rung grows, and so how quickly the deposit is spent and how far the ladder reaches.
• Progressive step — how far apart the rungs sit (the overlap %).
• Indent price — how far the first rung sits from the current price.
• Order Size and Available balance — the size of the first rung and the budget the whole ladder is built from.

Each of these is walked through in the Interface page, and you can see their combined result — every rung's price, size, and running average — in the grid table.

The trade-off to understand first

Averaging down is powerful within a range and dangerous in a trend. A ladder with wide spacing and high overlap survives a deep drop but fills rarely; a tight, aggressive ladder fills often but burns the deposit fast and reaches shallow. There is no universally correct setting — you tune the ladder to the pair, the budget, and how much drop you want it to absorb. The controls exist precisely so you can make that trade-off deliberately.

WARNING

A DCA ladder holds a losing position and adds to it. If price keeps falling past the last rung, the position stays open and underwater until price recovers. Size the ladder for the drop you can actually sit through. Trade it on testnet first.

Next: the Interface, control by control.