Futures grid robots are tools for automated trading strategies. They are designed to establish long and short positions at regular intervals within a predetermined price range. Grid bots seek to capitalize on price fluctuations. They perform best in volatile markets.…
What are the Cross Margin Futures Grids？ Cross Margin Futures Grids are new type of grid bot launched on Pionex. In this bot you can create both a short grid and a long grid, and the two grids will share…
Trailing Stop is a stop strategy based on price movements. It helps you lock in profits as the price rises or falls, while chasing bigger gains. If the price direction changes (also called “retracement”, indicating the price drops when you…
If you already know what is TP/SL and how it can help you, you can read the more comprehensive introduction to know the advanced features: “Introduction to TP/SL“. Have you ever encountered these scenarios: After going long certain futures contract,…
With the futures grid strategy, investors can earn from market volatility by buying low and selling high, or selling high and buying low. This strategy allows investors to keep up with market fluctuations and generate profits. The core of this…
With the futures grid strategy, investors can earn from market volatility by buying low and selling high, or selling high and buying low. This strategy allows investors to keep up with market fluctuations and generate profits. The core of this…
With the futures grid strategy, investors can earn from market volatility by buying low and selling high, or selling high and buying low. This strategy allows investors to keep up with market fluctuations and generate profits. The core of this…
Why did my placed order disappear? Possible reasons: Your liquidated position was taken over by the liquidation system. At this point, since all positions for the trading pair have been closed, the system will cancel all orders for that trading…
The market consists of Makers and Takers: Maker: Orders that are placed on the orderbook, waiting for execution passively. Taker: Orders that actively execute immediately with orders on the orderbook. Makers increase the amount of orders on the orderbook, while…
Grid buy/sell is used to help you open a position with multiple orders within a price range with just one click. For example, if you want to place 5 orders for 1 ETH each within the price range of 1796-1800…
The funding fee mechanism anchors the trading price of perpetual contracts to the spot price of the underlying asset. Funding Fee = Positional Value * Funding Rate Assuming funding payments occur every 8 hours: The funding fee is directly exchanged…
Mark price refers to the estimated true value of futures contracts. It takes into account the fair value of an asset to avoid unnecessary liquidations during periods of market volatility. Perpetual futures contracts use mark price as the trigger condition…
Below, we will explain the differences between these two types of prices, their corresponding usage scenarios, and specific setup methods to help you better manage position risks! Pionex futures contracts support selecting different trigger price types when setting up TP/SL…
The index price represents the market consensus price of the underlying asset (the corresponding spot of the futures). It is derived from the weighted average of quotes from multiple spot exchanges, including Pionex, Binance, Bitfinex, Gate.io, OKX, Coinbase, Huobi, and…
As Pionex introduces futures trading, there is a growing curiosity about when it will introduce futures trading bots. Among all the trading bots available, the grid trading bot holds the highest expectations.
To use TP/SL described in this article, please update your app to version 2.1.6.7 or above (you can check the version in “Settings -> About”). The TP/SL (Take Profit/Stop Loss) orders support two modes: Entire position: When the trigger price…
Notional Value = Mark Price * Position Size For example, if the current Mark Price of the BTCUSDT perpetual contract is 20,000 USDT, and your Position Size is 5 BTC, then the Notional Value is 20,000 * 5 = 100,000 USDT.
The Initial Margin is the minimum amount of margin required to establish a leveraged position. Initial Margin = Notional Value / Leverage For example, if the current Mark Price of the BTCUSDT perpetual contract is 20,000 USDT, and you open…
What is Maintenance Margin? Maintenance Margin is a crucial term in trading, especially in futures. It refers to the minimum Margin Equity (i.e. Margin + unrealized PnL) that a user must maintain to keep their leveraged position. The Maintenance Margin…
When the Margin Rate is ≥ 100% (i.e., margin + unrealized PnL ≤ maintenance margin), the position triggers liquidation. Margin Rate = Maintenance Margin / (Margin + unrealized PnL) The sum of Margin and unrealized PnL is referred to as…