A spot grid bot is a trading bot that you can customise and deploy to automatically place buy and sell orders at set intervals and within a specified price range. The aim of the spot grid bot is to systematically buy at lower prices and sell at higher prices within a specified price range. As with all bots, there's no guarantee that this aim will be achieved. The bot will only operate according to the parameters you set.
The term grid refers to the intervals between trading levels where these orders are placed.
Checklist
- How are orders initialized once I create my Spot grid bot?
- How does the Spot grid bot ensure the strategy is followed consistently, and there are no errors, ensuring continuity?
- My Spot grid bot stopped without me configuring any stops. Why did this happen?
- I noticed that in some of my order groups, the SELL order occurred before the BUY order. Is this normal, or could there be an issue?
- Why are there many PnL metrics displayed on my Spot Grid bot, and which PnL is the true bot PnL?
- Why can’t I withdraw all of my Grid Profits?
- Can I edit my bot parameters once my bot is active? How does it work, and are there any risks?
- Can I add investment to my bot while it’s running? How does it work, and are there any risks?
- How does Trailing Up work in Spot grid?
- How does Trailing Down work in Spot grid?
- What is the Simple Earn integration with Spot grid? What is its effectiveness?
- How do I set my Simple Earn settings, and what do they mean?
Notes
Learn more on how you can manually set up your spot grid bot here.
The initialization of orders for your Spot grid bot depends on the investment mode you choose, as well as any advanced settings you might apply. In general, you can invest in three different ways:
Quote currency – you invest in quote currency (for example, USDT if you're trading BTC/USDT).
Base currency – you invest in the base currency (for example, BTC if you're trading BTC/USDT).
Details follow the official OKX help article; this page is a learning checklist, not an official mirror.
