What Are Risk Modifiers?
Risk modifiers are technical indicators that adjust the bot's trading behavior based on market conditions. They don't generate trade signals — they modify how a trade the grid has already decided on gets executed: its size, and how long the bot waits afterwards.
They are built into every grid vault and run automatically. There is nothing to switch on, and the thresholds below are fixed — see Where they apply for the exact scope.
RSI (Relative Strength Index)
What It Measures
RSI measures the speed and magnitude of recent price changes to evaluate overbought or oversold conditions. It ranges from 0 to 100.
RSI > 70 (Overbought)
Reduces buy order sizes, increases sell order sizes.
RSI < 30 (Oversold)
Increases buy order sizes, reduces sell order sizes.
Rationale:When an asset is overbought, there's higher risk of a pullback — so the bot is more cautious about buying. When oversold, there's potential for a bounce.
MACD (Moving Average Convergence Divergence)
What It Measures
MACD tracks the relationship between two moving averages. When they diverge strongly, it can signal increased volatility or trend strength.
How It Affects Trading:
- •Strong MACD divergence: Stretches the cooldown between trades by 1.3x, to avoid trading through a potential trend reversal.
- •That is its only effect. MACD never changes trade size — sizing is RSI's job. The two cooldown effects multiply, so an overbought reading during a strong divergence waits about twice as long as normal.
How They Work Together
| Scenario | RSI | MACD | Bot Behavior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal conditions | 30-70 | Neutral | Standard trade sizes and cooldowns |
| Overbought | >70 | Any | Smaller buys (50%), larger sells (120%), 1.5x cooldown |
| Oversold | <30 | Any | Larger buys (120%), smaller sells (50%), 1.5x cooldown |
| High volatility | Any | Diverging | Longer cooldown (1.3x), on top of any RSI effect |
Where They Apply
There is no toggle for these and no threshold to tune — they are part of how a grid vault trades. Four things are worth knowing about their scope:
- •Grid vaults only. DCA, Accumulation and Glide trade on a schedule you set, so an indicator resizing their orders would fight the point of the strategy. They ignore these modifiers entirely.
- •Your caps still win. The 120% size increase is clamped to your Max Trade Amount, so a modifier can never push a trade past a limit you set.
- •They need history first. RSI and MACD are computed from prices the bot has observed since it started watching your vault. Until it has seen enough, no adjustment is applied and the vault trades at its plain configured size.
- •They never change direction. A modifier can only make a trade the grid already chose smaller, larger, or later. It cannot buy when the grid says sell, and it cannot invent a trade of its own.
Not Financial Advice
Technical indicators are not predictive. RSI can stay overbought for extended periods during strong uptrends. MACD can give false signals. These modifiers help manage risk but do not guarantee better returns.
What This Means For You
What you will notice:
- • Trade sizes that vary between fills rather than being identical
- • Longer gaps between trades in stretched or volatile conditions
- • Smaller buys near local highs, larger ones near local lows
What stays constant:
- • Where your grid lines sit — the modifiers never move them
- • Your risk caps, which bound every adjusted trade
- • DCA, Accumulation and Glide, which are unaffected