Spot-Only Averaging Strategy with Profit Targets and Stop Losses

Summary

This document describes a one-direction spot trading system adapted from an averaging strategy. It opens a position, places an additional order after price moves against the position, and sets the added quantity so the revised average entry approaches a target level. A take-profit order closes the position after a favorable price move; a stop loss limits adverse exposure. The operator can choose long or short direction, order style, trade size, spacing, and profit and loss thresholds.

The source includes order retry and cancellation handling, position restoration, balance checks, and tracking of realized and floating profit. It rejects futures markets and requires sufficient funds or inventory for additions. The document recommends large starting balances for better tolerance of price swings, but supplies no backtest results or performance evidence. Averaging into losses can increase exposure quickly, and the stated stop threshold does not establish that losses will be contained under gaps, execution delays, or illiquid conditions.

Key ideas

• The system trades one direction at a time and adds to a spot position when price moves against it.
• Added order size is calculated to move the combined average entry toward a specified target.
• A favorable price distance triggers exit, while a separate adverse distance defines a stop loss.
• Available cash or coin constrains whether the next averaging order can be placed.
• No quantitative performance evidence is provided, and averaging increases exposure during adverse moves.

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