Disclaimer: Trading involves risk. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

Grid Trader Pro is a range-focused, ATR-adaptive grid trading cBot built for disciplined, rule-based execution. It combines volatility-based grid spacing with native order protection, portfolio-level risk controls, and market-regime filters designed to avoid trading when conditions are unsuitable for mean reversion.

The bot is intentionally conservative: it prioritizes defined risk, execution quality, and capital preservation over constant market participation.

Key Features

✔ ATR-Adaptive Grid Spacing
Grid spacing automatically adapts to current volatility using Average True Range (ATR). Higher volatility creates wider grid levels; calmer conditions create tighter levels, subject to a configurable minimum spacing.

✔ Native Linked Limit Orders, Stop Losses & Take Profits
Every grid entry is submitted as a limit order with a platform-native stop loss, take profit, and pending-order expiry. This avoids relying on detached opposite-side orders to manage exits.

✔ Risk-Based Position Sizing
Position volume is calculated from equity, defined risk per entry, stop-loss distance, and the symbol’s pip value. Volumes are normalized to the broker’s supported units and rejected when minimum-volume requirements would exceed risk limits.

✔ Portfolio-Level Risk Controls
Before placing an order, the bot evaluates:

• Open-position risk
• Pending-order risk
• Aggregate gross exposure
• Estimated margin usage
• Maximum filled levels per direction

New entries are blocked when any configured portfolio limit would be exceeded.

✔ Range-Regime Filter
An EMA separation and slope filter can disable the grid during directional market conditions. This helps reduce countertrend exposure when a ranging strategy is less appropriate.

✔ Cost and Spread Protection
The bot blocks new grid entries when spreads exceed the configured threshold or when the grid step is too small to reasonably cover spread and exit-cost buffers.

✔ Break-Even Protection with Cost Buffer
After a position reaches its configured profit threshold, the bot can move its stop loss beyond entry by a buffer intended to account for spread and expected exit costs.

✔ Daily Equity Circuit Breakers
Configurable daily loss and profit limits can lock the strategy for the remainder of the UTC day. When triggered, the bot cancels its pending entries and closes its managed positions.

✔ Hard Price Boundaries
Optional upper and lower price boundaries can invalidate the grid thesis. On breach, the bot cancels pending entries and can flatten managed inventory.

✔ Controlled Recentering
The grid may recenter only when there are no open managed positions. This prevents moving the reference price while inventory is active and helps keep trend risk visible.

✔ Pending-Order Expiry & Restart Safety
Each entry order has an expiry time. On restart, the bot reconciles managed pending orders and cancels any entry lacking native stop-loss protection.

✔ Dry Run Mode
Dry Run mode logs planned orders and risk decisions without transmitting live orders. Use it for configuration checks before backtesting or forward testing.

Important Notes

1. Dry Run does not simulate broker fills, slippage, commissions, swaps/funding, latency, or partial fills. Use cTrader tick-data backtests and a forward test for validation.
2. Backtests should include your exact broker conditions, including spread behavior, commissions, financing costs, account type, leverage, and symbol specifications.
3. Results may vary materially across brokers, symbols, account types, leverage settings, and market regimes.
4. Example testing environment:
5. • Platform: cTrader 5.9.10
   • Broker: IC Markets
   • Account type: Hedging
   • Leverage: 1:1000
   • Symbol: XAUUSD
   • Timeframe: M5

Grid Trader Pro is an execution and risk-management framework—not a guarantee of profitability or a substitute for independent financial advice.