Grid Ladder
Stack buys on deeper dips, exit the whole stack.
Like Grid Loop, but if the dip keeps going it buys again at lower rungs, then sells the whole stack together once the price recovers above the average.
How it works
- 01The loop plans a ladder of buy rungs below an anchor.
- 02Each deeper rung the price reaches adds another buy.
- 03Your exit is measured from the average price of everything bought.
- 04When the price clears that target, the whole stack sells and the ladder resets.
Like Grid Loop, but if the dip keeps going past your first trigger the loop stacks more buys at progressively lower rungs. The exit is measured from the weighted-average entry of all rungs — so even a partial recovery can sell the whole stack at a profit.
The math, on paper
- 3 rungs × $100 at $97 / $94 / $91
- $300 invested
- Weighted-average entry
- $93.94
- Sell all at average +3% = $96.75
- +$9.00 gross
- Modeled round-trip fees (0.02%/side)
- ≈ $0.12
- Modeled net profit
- ≈ +$8.88
- The old anchor is never needed back
- $103 → $96.75
Worked numbers assume 0.02% per side (the current Binance.US fallback schedule) and exclude spread and slippage. They are illustrations, not forecasts; fees vary by exchange and tier.
Best for
Volatile coins that often dip 3–5% from a peak before recovering — the ladder catches the later dips with cheaper coin.
When it struggles
A hard fall fills every rung fast. Below the last rung there is nothing left to buy, and the most money the ladder can use is fully committed until the price recovers.
Good to know
Rungs are spaced evenly from the anchor (−3%, −6%, −9% of the anchor), not compounded. Ladders support up to 20 rungs, and the wizard shows every trigger price and the worst-case amount before you start.
What you set
- Anchor · Buy offset
- Where the first rung sits
- Ladder rungs · Step between rungs
- How many extra buys, and how far apart
- Sell offset
- Profit target above the average entry
- Order size
- Per rung — plan for every rung filling
- Ride the wave · Ride the swing
- Optional trails on the exit and the entry
- No-loss guard · Stop-loss · Snowball
- As on every loop
Questions
What is a grid ladder (or DCA ladder) strategy?
A ladder places several buy orders at stepped prices below the market. If the price keeps falling, each rung buys more at a lower price, pulling the average entry down. One sale at a target above that average closes the whole stack.
How are the rung prices calculated?
From the anchor, in even steps: with a −3% first rung and 3% steps, the rungs sit at 97%, 94% and 91% of the anchor. They do not compound off each other — that is what Stack Loop does.
Related strategies
Educational content, not financial advice. Crypto prices can fall quickly and any loop can lose money. Risk disclosure.