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Automation

Eight bots, eight ways of thinking

None of them is better than the others — they are built for different markets. Every detail page also says when the bot does not work. That is the part you should read before starting.

BotIn shortBuilt forWeakness
GridGrid tradingCalm sideways phases with regular ups and downsBreakout from the range
Dynamic GridThe net moves with the price, tiered nets belowLarge coins that rise over the years and swing along the waySmaller coins and leverage above 1
DCABuying in stepsPullbacks within a higher uptrendPersistent downtrend
Confluence EngineMACD, RSI and Ehlers bundled into one scoreClear impulse moves in which several indicators take partSideways markets
Scout EngineThree timeframes have to agreeTrend phases with regular pullbacksTimeframes that keep disagreeing
Donchian ChannelBreakout from the channelHigher timeframes, above all the daily chartSideways phases
Quorum EngineFive experts voteChanging market phases in which sometimes one thing works, sometimes the otherThe adjustment lags behind
Trend GuardHalf trend following, half pullback buying, long onlyLonger upward phases, many large coins at onceSideways and downward phases, small timeframes

Grid

Sideways market

The Grid bot lays a price grid over the market and trades the gaps. When the price falls through a line, it buys. When it rises through one, it sells. It needs no opinion on the direction.

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Dynamic Grid

Rising market

A grid whose net follows the price upward, with tiered nets below. Tested on the large coins, so far only in the demo account.

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DCA

Entry spread

DCA stands for dollar-cost averaging. Instead of buying everything at once, the bot buys more in steps while the price falls. Each step lowers the average price.

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Confluence Engine

Indicator bundling

The Confluence Engine does not rely on a single indicator. It combines MACD, RSI and the Ehlers SuperSmoother into one number.

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Scout Engine

Multi-timeframe

The Scout Engine looks at three timeframes at once: the trading level for the entry, a middle one for the tendency and a high one for the trend. It only enters when all three agree. The stop follows the measured volatility instead of a fixed percentage.

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Donchian Channel

Trend following

The Donchian bot watches the highest high and the lowest low of the last N periods. As long as the price stays in between, nothing happens. When it breaks out, that counts as the start of a trend. A very old, very simple method.

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Quorum Engine

Ensemble

Five opinions instead of one: several independent sub-strategies assess the situation, and it only trades with a sufficient majority. Whoever was wrong recently gets less weight.

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Trend Guard

Trend + pullback

One half follows the trend as long as the price is above its EMA and BTC plays along; the other buys short pullbacks in the uptrend. Long only, decided at the candle close.

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Which one suits me?

The honest answer: you only find out by letting them run. That is exactly what the demo account is for. Take two or three that match your view of the market, let them run side by side for a few weeks and above all watch how they behave in bad phases.

A backtest is no proof. Every bot can be tested against the past, and every one finds settings there that look good. Whether they still hold tomorrow, nobody knows — not even the optimizer.