Spot Safe DCA
A conservative spot DCA — no leverage, a wide averaging step, low martingale. A calm way to average into a position.
What it is designed for
Designed for patient accumulation with no liquidation risk. A deep prolonged decline ties up the averaging reserve.
How this system is built
The exact configuration you get when you take it into the builder — nothing hidden behind registration.
| Market type (Spot / Futures) | Spot |
| Trade direction (Long / Short) | Long |
| Leverage | 1× |
| Deposit | $250 |
| Number of grid orders | 12 |
| Step / indent between orders | 2.5% |
| Martingale | 20% |
| First order volume | 4% |
| Active orders in the book | 4 |
| Take-profit | 1.5% |
| Take-profit mode | After each order |
| Stop-loss, % | Off |
The physics of this system
Numbers below are derived from this configuration by the same modules the live engine uses — grid geometry, the fee model and the engine-specific economics. Nothing here is an estimate of profit: these are the distances, sizes and thresholds the system will actually work with.
| Reference deposit | $250 |
| Market | Spot |
| Leverage | 1× |
| Notional at full leverage | $250 |
A $250 deposit at 1× leverage opens up to $250 of notional on spot.
Economics of one cycle
| Round-trip feeentry counted as taker · exit maker | 0.25 % |
| Take-profit per cycle | 1.50 % |
| Target covers the fee | 6.0× the round trip |
One round trip costs 0.250 % of turnover, and the cycle aims at 1.500 % — 6.0× the fee it has to pay.
A template has no exchange account attached, so rates are the platform fallback — the worst account measured across supported exchanges. A real account is usually cheaper, which moves every ratio below in your favour.
The ladder this system places
Every level is expressed as a distance from the first order, so the numbers hold at any price. Exchange minimums and lot steps are applied at deployment against the live instrument.
| Level | From entry | Order | In position | Average moves to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | +0.00 % | $10.00 | $10.00 | +0.00 % |
| 2 | −2.50 % | $12.00 | $22.00 | −1.38 % |
| 3 | −5.00 % | $14.40 | $36.40 | −2.84 % |
| 4 | −7.50 % | $17.28 | $53.68 | −4.39 % |
| 5 | −10.00 % | $20.74 | $74.42 | −6.02 % |
| 6 | −12.50 % | $24.88 | $99.30 | −7.74 % |
| 7 | −15.00 % | $29.86 | $129.16 | −9.52 % |
| 8 | −17.50 % | $35.83 | $164.99 | −11.38 % |
| 9 | −20.00 % | $43.00 | $207.99 | −13.31 % |
| 10 | −22.50 % | $51.60 | $259.59 | −15.31 % |
| 11 | −25.00 % | $61.92 | $321.50 | −17.37 % |
| 12 | −27.50 % | $74.30 | $395.81 | −19.48 % |
| Ladder span | 30.00 % |
| Average at full fill | −19.48 % |
| Take-profit from average | +1.50 % |
The ladder of 12 levels reaches 30.00 % away from the first order. Filled completely it moves the average by 19.48 %, and the take-profit then sits 1.50 % from that average.
No liquidation price: spot, or leverage of 1.
What proves it
This system runs on a real backtest over historical candles: open the catalogue to run it, or take the system and validate it in the Test Lab before any real money.
All metrics are a backtest on real 30-day candles. Past performance does not guarantee future results — start small and in demo.
The strategy, explained
The same engine, described from the mechanics up — before you commit capital to it.
DCA strategy: averagingDCA buys more as price falls to improve your average entry, then exits the whole position at a take-profit.Other systems for this market regime
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