Picture the Grid strategy - buy orders waiting below the price, sell orders above it - but with borrowed USDT on top of your own, so every order is larger. Each swing inside the range pays more, and each move against you costs more. A margin level floor you set stops new buys before the account runs low on collateral.
What it costs
This strategy is open on every plan - tiers set capacity, not access. Standard is free; Elite and Elite Plus raise how many assets and markets it can drive.
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How it works
Margin Grid runs the same ladder as Grid on a cross margin account. It keeps an amount of USDT borrowed, never more than the ceiling you set, and trades it alongside your own funds, so each grid order is larger. Every round it reads the account's margin level: at or below your floor it cancels its buy orders and borrows no more, while its sell orders keep working to close round trips.
Key Features
Strategy profile
A snapshot of how this strategy behaves and who it suits, not a forecast of returns.
These are our assessments of strategy character, not user-specific performance figures.
Borrowing multiplies both sides of the outcome. In a range, fills pay more; in a downtrend, the grid fills its buys with borrowed money and the loss is larger too. You pay interest on the loan for as long as it is open. The margin floor stops new buys, but it does not close positions or repay the loan - if prices keep falling, the margin level can still drop toward the exchange's liquidation level. Keep the borrowed amount modest and the floor high.
All figures on this page are simulated or historical backtest results, shown for information and education only. They are not real customer results, they do not include your specific fees and slippage, and past performance does not guarantee future returns. Your capital is at risk.
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick glossary
Definitions for the trading terms used on this page.
- Backtest
- A simulation of how a strategy would have performed on historical price data. Past results never guarantee future returns - markets change.
- Slippage
- The difference between the price you expect and the price you actually get when an order fills. Worse on illiquid pairs and during fast markets.
- Spread
- The gap between the best buy price (bid) and the best sell price (ask). Tight spreads = liquid market, wider spreads = more cost per round trip.
- Stop-loss
- An automatic exit order that closes a losing position when price hits a chosen threshold. Caps how much one bad trade can hurt you.
- Take-profit
- An automatic exit order that closes a winning position once price reaches a chosen target. Locks in gains without relying on you to watch the chart.
- Volatility
- How sharply price moves. High volatility = bigger swings in both directions, which means more opportunity but also more drawdown risk.
Want a grid with more buying power?
Every new Margin Grid starts in paper trading: its orders are kept on paper and listed on the strategy page instead of reaching the exchange, and a paper run stops by itself after an hour.
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