A Long-Biased Grid Strategy Driven by Position Profit and Loss

Summary

This note describes a grid-like strategy that opens a long position when flat and reacts to the open position’s percentage profit or loss. At the configured grid threshold, a profitable position is closed and replaced with another long. A losing long is closed and replaced with a very small short position; subsequent profit or loss in that short determines whether it is maintained or the strategy returns to a long. The grid threshold defaults to 1%, and the user can select market or limit orders.

The document provides a SOL/USDT futures backtest configuration for a short period, but includes no performance results. Although the description presents grid spacing as a risk control, the source uses full-equity sizing for the strategy and does not establish a maximum loss. The small short may also be unsupported by some venues. The method is directionally biased toward long exposure and relies on price movement without a separate trend filter, so ranging conditions can trigger repeated trades, while a sustained decline can be damaging. Fees, slippage, parameter sensitivity, and execution behavior need evaluation before drawing conclusions.

Key ideas

• The strategy enters long when flat and uses open-position profit or loss to trigger trades.
• A profitable long is replaced with another long, while a losing long transitions to a very small short.
• The default grid threshold is 1%, and execution can use market or limit orders.
• The source specifies full-equity sizing and provides no separate maximum-loss control.
• The long bias, repeated trades in ranges, transaction costs, and venue limits on tiny shorts are risks.

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