What Sniper is
Sniper is a single, timed entry. You arm it at a price or condition (a breakout level, a volume spike, a new listing) and it enters at market the instant the trigger fires — speed over price. Then it manages the trade with its own take-profit and stop-loss, usually tight (1–3%).
It does not average down and it does not build a grid. It's one shot: get in fast, take a small profit or cut a small loss.
Key parameters
- •Trigger — the price level or condition that arms and fires the entry.
- •Take-profit / stop-loss — usually narrow (1–3%). Because there's no averaging, the stop-loss is your only defense.
- •Size — the single position size.
When to use it
- •Event-driven moves: a breakout of a level, a listing, a sharp volume-backed move you want to catch immediately.
- •When timing matters more than a perfect entry price.
When NOT to use it
- •Choppy, rangebound markets. False breakouts will trigger entries that immediately reverse — Sniper has no averaging to save a bad entry.
The pitfall
Two traps. First, slippage: a market order in a fast move can fill well past the trigger — size accordingly. Second, skipping the stop-loss: with no averaging, a wrong entry is a direct loss. Sniper without a stop-loss is not a strategy, it's a gamble.