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Range Loop

Buy at one price, sell at another.

Two hard dollar prices instead of percentages: buy at the lower band, sell at the upper band, and repeat for as long as the range holds.

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ControlsAll figures illustrative, per $100 invested. Part 2 is the day it goes wrong — every strategy has one.

How it works

01You pick a lower band and an upper band, in dollars.
02The loop buys when the price reaches the lower band.
03It sells when the price reaches the upper band.
04Everything in between is ignored. It repeats until you stop it.

No percentages — you set two hard dollar prices. The loop buys at the lower band, sells at the upper band, and keeps cycling between them until you stop it. Everything inside the range is ignored; only the bands matter.

The math, on paper

Buy $100 at the $95 band: ≈ 1.053 coin
Sell at the $105 band: $110.53 back
Gross profit per full swing: +$10.53
Modeled round-trip fees (0.02%/side): ≈ $0.04
Modeled net profit: ≈ +$10.48

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

Coins with support and resistance levels you have actually identified — not a hunch.

When it struggles

You are betting the range holds. A break below leaves you holding a losing buy; a break above leaves you watching from the sidelines. Either way, stop the loop and re-think the bands.

Good to know

The widest spread of any strategy here — fewer trades, but each one earns the full distance between the bands.

What you set

Lower band: The dollar price to buy at
Upper band: The dollar price to sell at
Order size: Dollars per buy
No-loss guard · Stop-loss · Snowball: As on every loop

Questions

What is range trading in crypto?

Range trading buys near a price floor (support) and sells near a ceiling (resistance) while a coin moves sideways between them. A Range Loop automates exactly that with two fixed dollar prices.

What happens when the price breaks out of the range?

The bands do not move. Below the range the loop holds what it bought and waits for the upper band; above it, it has sold and waits for the lower band. If the range has clearly broken, stop the loop and set new bands.

Grid Loop

Buy low, sell high, repeat.

Dynamic Grid

A ladder where every rung trades for itself.

Reverse Loop

Sell first, buy back lower.

All 12 strategies Try Range Loop on made-up prices

Educational content, not financial advice. Crypto prices can fall quickly and any loop can lose money. Risk disclosure.