Stepgain
This page describes how margin trading works with the Stepgain strategy. The triggers for trades are slightly different than in the same strategy for regular trading.
How to work with this strategy
Expected behavior for margin trading
Gunbot will open one position, either long or short, and close this position when the target is reached. When the stop is hit before profitably closing a trade, Gunbot will place a stop order at loss. After closing a position, Gunbot will again look to open a new long or short position. Gunbot will not add to existing open positions.
Please don't manually add to or reduce positions opened by Gunbot, unless you stop running Gunbot on this trading pair until you've closed this position.
Using stepgain (margin) is only meaningful with MEAN_REVERSION enabled.
The info below assumes you have set this.
Long / Buy
A long position is opened when price is between your stepgain buy levels and changes direction while being below LONG_LEVEL.
Short / Sell
A short position is opened when price is between your stepgain sell levels and changes direction while being above SHORT_LEVEL.
Close
A position is closed when the desired ROE is reached.
Stop
A position is closed at loss when its stop is reached.
Strategy parameters
Following settings options are available for stepgain and can be set in the strategy configurator of the GUI or the strategies section of the config.js file.
These settings are global and apply to all pairs running this strategy. When you want a specific parameter to be different for one or more pairs, use an override at the pair level.
Using the BUY_METHOD and SELL_METHOD parameters you can combine different methods for buying and selling. This strategy page assumes both BUY_METHOD and SELL_METHOD are set to stepgain. Accepted values are all strategy names as listed here.
Margin settings
Margin settings control settings like leverage and the target for ROE. These parameters are relevant when using stepgain as buy and/or sell method.
Long Level
This sets the target for opening a long position at a percentage above the highest EMA.
When you set this to 1, buy orders will only be placed when the current price is at least 1% above the currently highest EMA.
Short Level
This sets the target for opening a short position at a percentage below the lowest EMA.
When you set this to 1, sell orders will only be placed when the current price is at least 1% below the currently lowest EMA.
ROE
This sets the target for closing a position.
ROE is the Return On Equity for a position, the percentage profit and loss on your invested margin. This value is calculated in a similar way to how Bitmex calculates it, it does include leverage and does not include fees.
Examples:
Long position, 1x leverage. When price moves 1% above the average entry price, 1% ROE is reached.
Long position, 100x leverage (or cross leverage). When price moves 1% above the average entry price, 100% ROE is reached.
Short position, 20x leverage When price moves 1% below the average entry price, 20% ROE is reached.
PND
Use "PND" logic to close trades. This mode tries to not close a position before a pump or dump has fully played out - usually beats ROE trailing performance.
Respects the minimum ROE set.
PND protection
Threshold to close a position when it drops below ROE again.
A value of 1.5 means that if ROE reached 1.5x the minimum target, the position will get closed immediately if the trend turns.
Leverage
Sets the leverage for opening any position. Setting 0 places the order with cross margin.
On Binance Futures you must set leverage per pair on the exchange itself.
Stop Buy
Places a market stop order for a long position, at the same time as the position is opened.
When set to 1 and a long order is opened at a price of 100, a stop market order will be placed at 99.
This setting is exclusive to Bitmex
Stop Sell
Places a market stop order for a short position, at the same time as the position is opened.
When set to 1 and a short order is opened at a price of 100, a stop market order will be placed at 101.
This setting is exclusive to Bitmex
ROE Trailing
Use this to enable tssl-style trailing for ROE.
Trailing limit is set with ROE_LIMIT.
ROE Scalper
Use this to enable an alternate trailing mechanism for closing positions.
Trailing limit is set with ROE_LIMIT. Additionally ROE_TRAILING must be enabled.
ROE Limit
This sets the range for ROE trailing.
ROE trailing:
Range is a percentage of current ROE. Setting a ROE_LIMIT of 5 at a ROE target of 1 would set an initial range between 0.95 and 1.05.
ROE scalper:
Range is an absolute ROE value. Setting a ROE_LIMIT of 5 at a ROE target of 10 means that the trailing stop is initially set at ROE 5 (ROE minus ROE_LIMIT).
Both:
As long as ROE keeps increasing, the range moves along with ROE. As soon as ROE start decreasing, the lower range gets frozen. A close order is placed when ROE crosses the lower limit.
Pre Order
When set to true, limit orders will placed at a configurable rate beyond the best bid/ask price to get ahead of the order book.
Pre Order Gap
Sets the gap between the best bid/ask price in the orderbook and the rate at which a limit order gets placed. Long orders are placed at ask + gap. Short orders are placed at bid - gap.
It is possible to use negative values, this will increase the chance of receiving maker fees.
Example when set to 1 and a buy signal occurs at an ask price of 100: a limit order gets placed at a rate of 101. When set to -1 and a buy signal occurs at an ask price of 100: a limit order gets placed at a rate of 99.
Don't use a negative gap together with STOP_BUY and/or STOP_SELL, as these stops do not combine well with position that do not always fill. Instead use STOP_LIMIT.
Mean Reversion
When set to true, the strategy follows a mean reversion way of trading, instead of trend following.
This setting must be enabled to use stepgain as buy or sell method. When set to false, this strategy reverts to the same behavior as the gain strategy.
Long and short levels are reversed in this mode, long level is placed below EMA, short level is placed above EMA.
Buy settings
Buy settings are the primary trigger for opening long positions. These parameters control the execution of buy orders when using stepgain as buy method.
Buy enabled
Set this to false to prevent Gunbot from placing buy orders.
Stepgain Buy Lvl
This sets which step should be considered for buying:
1: Buy when price drops below BUYLVL1 and the trend reverses or price hits BUYLVL2.
2: Buy when price drops below BUYLVL2 and the trend reverses or price hits BUYLVL3.
3: Buy when price drops below BUYLVL3 and the trend reverses.
Stepgain Buy Lvl 1
Defines the first level below the lowest EMA to be considered for buying. Only used when BUYLVL is set to 1.
When set to 1, this means that the price needs to be at least 1 percent below the lowest EMA.
Stepgain Buy Lvl 2
Defines the second level below the lowest EMA to be considered for buying. Used when BUYLVL is set to 1 or 2.
When set to 2, this means that the price needs to be at least 2 percent below the lowest EMA.
Stepgain Buy Lvl 3
Defines the third level below the lowest EMA to be considered for buying. Used when BUYLVL is set to 2 or 3.
When set to 10, this means that the price needs to be at least 10 percent below the lowest EMA.
NBA
"Never Buy Above". Use this to only allow buy orders below the last sell rate.
This sets the minimum percentage difference between the last sell order and the next buy. The default setting of 0 disables this option.
When set to 1, Gunbot will only place a buy order when the strategy buy criteria meet and price is at least 1% below the last sell price.
Sell settings
Sell settings are the primary trigger for opening short positions. These parameters control the execution of sell orders when using stepgain as sell method.
Sell enabled
Set this to false to prevent Gunbot from placing sell orders.
Stepgain Sell Lvl
This sets which step should be considered for selling:
1: Sell when price rises above SELLLVL1 and the trend reverses or price hits SELLLVL2.
2: Sell when price rises above SELLLVL2 and the trend reverses or price hits SELLLVL3.
3: Sell when price rises above SELLLVL3 and the trend reverses.
Stepgain Sell Lvl 1
Defines the first level above the break-even point to be considered for selling. Only used when SELLLVL is set to 1.
When set to 1, this means that the price needs to be at least 1 percent above the average bought price.
Stepgain Sell Lvl 2
Defines the second level above the break-even point to be considered for selling. Used when SELLLVL is set to 1 or 2.
When set to 2, this means that the price needs to be at least 2 percent above the average bought price.
Stepgain Sell Lvl 3
Defines the third level above the break-even point to be considered for selling. Used when SELLLVL is set to 2 or 3.
When set to 10, this means that the price needs to be at least 10 percent above the average bought price.
Indicator settings
Relevant indicators for trading with stepgain.
These settings have a direct effect on trading with stepgain, this is where you configure the EMAs.
Period
This sets the candlestick period used for trading, this affects all indicators within the strategy.
Only use supported values.
Setting a short period allows you to trade on shorter trends, but be aware that these will be noisier than longer periods.
Slow EMA
Set this to the amount of candlesticks you want to use for your slow EMA. The closing price for each candle is used in the slow EMA calculation.
For example: when you set PERIOD to 5, and want to use 2h for slow EMA – you need to set EMA1 to 24 (24 * 5 mins).
Medium EMA
Set this to the amount of candlesticks you want to use for your medium EMA. The closing price for each candle is used in the fast EMA calculation.
For example: when you set PERIOD to 5, and want to use 1h for medium EMA – you need to set EMA2 to 12 (12 * 5 mins).
Balance settings
Balance settingsConfirming indicators + advanced indicator settings
Confirming indicatorsMisc settings
Misc settingsDollar cost avg settings
DCA Method
When set to TENKAN Gunbot will place DCA orders in exactly the same way as in the Tenkan strategy. Each DCA order is in size of TRADING_LIMIT.
Reversal trading settings
RT is not intented to be used for margin trading.
TrailMe settings
TrailMe is not intented to be used for margin trading.
TrailMePlaceholders
The following parameters in config.js have no function for this strategy and act as placeholder.
Parameter
Description
ATRX
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ATR_PERIOD
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BUY_LEVEL
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BUY_LEVEL
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BUY_RANGE
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DISPLACEMENT
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DOUBLE_CHECK_GAIN
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FAST_SMA
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GAIN
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GAIN
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HIGH_BB
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ICHIMOKU_PROTECTION
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KIJUN_BUY
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KIJUN_CLOSE
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KIJUN_PERIOD
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KIJUN_SELL
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KIJUN_STOP
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KUMO_BUY
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KUMO_CLOSE
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KUMO_SELL
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KUMO_SENTIMENTS
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KUMO_STOP
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LOW_BB
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MACD_LONG
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MACD_SHORT
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MACD_SIGNAL
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PP_BUY
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PP_SELL
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RENKO_ATR
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RENKO_BRICK_SIZE
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RENKO_PERIOD
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RT_BUY_LEVEL
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SELL_RANGE
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SENKOUSPAN_PERIOD
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SLOW_SMA
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TAKE_BUY
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TBUY_RANGE
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TENKAN_BUY
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TENKAN_CLOSE
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TENKAN_PERIOD
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TENKAN_SELL
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TENKAN_STOP
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TP_PROFIT_ONLY
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TP_RANGE
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TSSL_TARGET_ONLY
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USE_RENKO
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