I already hold itIntermediate

Reverse Loop

Sell first, buy back lower.

For a coin you already hold: sell when the price rises above an anchor, buy back when it falls below the sale price, and keep the difference as cash or more coin.

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Controls: Click or tab into the player. Space plays or pauses; arrow keys seek. On phones, swipe the stage sideways and drag the bar to seek.All figures illustrative, per $100 invested. Part 2 is the day it goes wrong — every strategy has one.

How it works

  1. 01You choose how much of a coin you already hold to trade.
  2. 02When the price rises your sell % above the anchor, the loop sells.
  3. 03When it falls your buy % below that sale price, it buys back.
  4. 04Snowball decides whether the gain comes out as cash or buys more coin.

Treats a coin you already hold as inventory. The loop sells when the price rises X% above the anchor, then buys back when it falls below the sale price. The math below assumes Snowball 0% (skim all): the net profit is set aside as cash and the rest buys the coin back — slightly more of it, since the buy-back is cheaper. At the default Snowball 100%, nothing is set aside and all proceeds (after fees) buy coin back.

The math, on paper

Sell 1 coin at $103
$103.00 in USD
Modeled round-trip fees (0.02%/side)
≈ $0.04
Modeled net profit
≈ +$2.96
Buy-back budget before its fee reserve
$100.00 at $99.91
Separate cash must cover the purchase fees
Not a free buy-back

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

Earning from sideways movement on a long-term holding without giving up the position.

When it struggles

You miss the moonshot — the loop sells whenever the price hits the upper offset, even if the coin keeps running. You hold cash while it climbs.

Good to know

Your coin is only out of the market between the sale and the buy-back. Trade a slice of your holding, not all of it.

What you set

Amount to trade
A share of the coin you hold
Sell offset · Buy offset
Sell above the anchor, buy back below the sale
Snowball
100% keeps growing the coin; 0% takes profit as cash
No-loss guard · Stop-loss
As on every loop

Questions

Can I earn from crypto I already hold without selling it all?

A Reverse Loop sells a slice of your holding into strength and buys it back lower. Each round trip adds cash or coin, and your holding is only partly out of the market between the sale and the buy-back.

What is Snowball?

Snowball decides what happens to each cycle’s profit. At 100% it all goes back into the next trade (for a Reverse Loop: more coin). At 0% it is set aside as cash. Anything in between splits it.

Related strategies

Grid Loop
Buy low, sell high, repeat.
Chip Loop
Take slices of the gain, keep the rest riding.
Hold Loop
Buy once, then you decide.
All 12 strategies Try Reverse Loop on made-up prices

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