Grid Bot: how it actually works

Anchor cascade, per-step trailing, crash guard, fees and break-even, and dust — the mechanics behind the Grid Bot, for when you want to tune it.

Once your grid is running, these are the moving parts. You do not need all of this to start — come back when you want to optimise.

Anchor cascade (how it averages down)

The "anchor" is the reference price for the next buy. Each time a new step buys lower, the anchor drops with it — so the next buy trigger is measured from the most recent entry, not the original one. That is what lets the grid keep averaging deeper as the price falls, one step at a time.

Per-step trailing exit

Every step has its own exit. With a fixed sell trigger, a step sells as soon as it is up by your target. With trailing enabled, the step instead "arms" once it reaches the minimum profit, then follows the price up and only sells when it pulls back by the stop buffer — capturing bigger moves while protecting the gain.

Min profit (%) — the gain that arms trailing and sets the initial target.
Stop buffer (%) — how far below the local high the price must fall to trigger the sell.
Max trailing (%) — optional cap; 0 or empty means unlimited.

Crash guard

Crash guard pauses new buys during a sharp, fast drop so the grid does not open many steps into a falling knife, then resumes once the price steadies. Three presets trade off caution vs activity:

Light — only steps in during a big, sudden crash.
Standard — pauses on clear sharp drops; a safe default.
Aggressive — pauses even on smaller dips; most cautious.

Crash guard never blocks sells — existing steps keep taking profit while new buys are paused.

Fees and break-even

On Hyperliquid spot, the builder fee is only charged on the sell side — buys are fee-free. So your real break-even is a little above your entry: enough to cover the sell-side fee. The economics preview when you create a grid shows this for your settings.

Very small per-step sizes get eaten by minimums and rounding. If steps barely clear the minimum order, raise capital or lower the step count so each step is meaningful.

Dust and force-buy

Dust — tiny leftover base-coin amounts after a sell (rounding). They accumulate and you can sweep them to USDC when convenient.
Force-buy — manually open the next step now instead of waiting for the buy trigger. Useful to seed a grid or add on conviction.