Grid bot vs DCA bot: choosing a Gunbot setup
Grid trading and averaging down can overlap in Gunbot. A grid strategy can buy at successive lower prices and vary its order sizes, reducing the average entry while increasing exposure. The useful choice is which strategy's entry rules, sizing and exits you want to control.
Gridbots: maintain a limit-order ladder. Gunbot places spot limit buys below the market and limit sells above it. You configure order size, active order counts, and manual or ATR-based spacing. The standard Gridbots editor maintains the ladder around the market without fixed upper and lower range boundaries. Budget for cash to fund buys and coin to fund sells. See the Gridbots setup guide.
StepGridHybrid and StepGridScalp: vary the size of grid-style buys. These strategies combine step-based trading with trend controls, so successive orders need not have identical sizes. StepGridHybrid's Auto TL ratio (USE_TLR) adjusts buys with price, from 0.25 to 1 times the trading limit. StepGridScalp uses ratios for particular order types: Micro Scalp TL Ratio (SCALP_TL_RATIO), for example, scales micro-scalp buy and sell amounts. Both also have a Trading Limit Multiplier (TL_MULTIPLIER) that scales consecutive buys. TL ratios and the multiplier are separate sizing controls; review their interaction before budgeting a sequence. Read the StepGridHybrid and StepGridScalp settings.
Spot Builder Double Up: add explicit averaging-down rules. Double Up belongs to Builder strategies. It adds buys after an initial purchase when the configured price-drop and method conditions are met, with controls for the sizing ratio and number of additional buys. It is distinct from the StepGrid strategies' own buy and sizing logic, and from scheduled weekly purchases. See the Builder DCA/Double Up settings.
Choose by behavior and funding needs. Compare the maintained limit ladder of Gridbots, the adaptive steps and sizing of StepGridHybrid/Scalp, and Builder's conditional Double Up buys. Check the full potential buy sequence, investment limits and exit behavior for the exact strategy. Grid order counts do not cap lifetime accumulation, and larger successive buys can consume funds quickly. A lower average entry does not guarantee a profitable exit.
