Built-in Safety Features
Multiple layers of protection to help manage risk.
Most of Grid Master's safety mechanisms are enforced on-chainby the smart contract. The per-trade size, slippage, trade interval and daily limit you choose when you create a vault aren't just UI limits — they are written into the contract and cannot be bypassed, by us or by anyone else.
Changing one of those limits afterwards, from the vault's settings page, now reaches the chain as well: tightening the slippage limit or the daily trade limit sends an owner transaction you sign, and our records are updated only once it confirms. The per-trade size limit is measured on-chain in your vault's own token units, so it is sent too whenever that conversion is safe for your pair, and stays a limit our keeper holds when it is not. Raising a limit is never sent: the contract keeps the tightest value you have saved, so those trades fail on-chain rather than grow. If you want genuinely looser caps, that means a new vault.
The one exception is the drawdown threshold below, which is a monitoring figure rather than a rail. It is described accurately in its own card.
Risk Controls
Max Trade Size
Limit the maximum amount for any single trade. Prevents the bot from making oversized trades.
E.g., max 10 SOL per trade
Slippage Protection
Set the maximum slippage allowed per trade. If market conditions would cause more slippage, the trade is rejected.
E.g., max 0.5% slippage
Trade Cooldown
Minimum time between trades. Prevents rapid-fire trading during extreme volatility.
E.g., 30 seconds between trades
Daily Trade Limit
Maximum number of trades per 24-hour period. Resets automatically each day.
E.g., max 100 trades per day
Drawdown Threshold
How far below its highest recorded value your vault has to fall before that counts as unusual. This is a monitoring figure, not a stop — crossing it does not pause the bot, because buying through a dip is the strategy, not a malfunction. Deciding to stop is yours.
E.g., treat a 15% fall from the peak as unusual
Price Range Protection
The bot can only trade when the price is within your defined grid range. This is enforced on-chain — even if the bot tried to trade outside the range, the smart contract would reject it.
Price Below Range
Bot holds the base token and waits for price to return. No sell orders possible.
Price Above Range
Bot holds the quote token and waits for price to return. No buy orders possible.
Pause Anytime
Emergency Stop
You can pause your vault at any time from the settings page. When paused, no trades will execute. Your funds remain in the vault and you can withdraw or resume whenever you want.
Configuring Safety Settings
Safety settings are configured when you create your vault. You can update them later from the vault's settings page.
Default Settings
We provide sensible defaults if you're not sure what to set. These are designed to balance trading activity with risk management.
Remember:
Safety features help manage risk, but they cannot eliminate it. Grid trading involves market risk — prices can move unfavorably, and there's no guarantee of profit.