Strategy and performance
Grid trading
Placing orders at fixed intervals above and below a price so that positions accumulate as the market moves. It profits from oscillation and accumulates exposure in a sustained trend.
GFN’s figure
Accumulating grid exposure is measured against GFN's equity-based limits in real time: 3% on Instant, 5% on the 1 Step and 2 Step, with floating losses counted while positions are open.
In detail
Grid trading,explained
A grid without a hard stop is a martingale with extra steps: exposure grows in one direction exactly as the market keeps moving that way. Most grid failures are a single directional run, not a series of bad trades.
Grids are usually automated, which makes the account's exposure a function of code running unattended - and on an equity-monitored risk limit, an unattended position is still counted every second it is open.
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Terms thatcome with it
Most rules only make sense next to the ones they interact with. These are the entries this one depends on.
Martingale
Doubling position size after each loss so that one win recovers the sequence. The required size grows exponentially, so the strategy needs unlimited capital to survive a long enough losing run.
Averaging down
Adding to a losing position to improve the average entry price. It lowers the break-even level and raises the size of the loss if the position keeps moving against you.
Algorithmic trading
Trading decisions and execution driven by code rather than by a person. It covers everything from a single automated entry rule to a fully systematic strategy running unattended.
Equity-based drawdown
A drawdown measured against live account equity, which includes the unrealised profit and loss of every open position. The breach level can be touched while a trade is still running, before anything is closed.
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