Frequently asked questions

Most paper-trading tools simply run the bot. Botrader also tells you which mistake you are making (range, trend, exit plan, leverage, grid density, liquidity) and prices every fill with realistic costs. And there is a free tier that stays free forever.

You pay to avoid losing real money. A single badly configured leveraged grid can cost more than a yearly plan; Botrader lets you find that out with a virtual balance. The free tier is enough to start.

People new to grid bots, Binance grid bot users who want to test a setup first, signal and strategy builders, people comparing exchanges, and educators or communities who want to show how grids behave without anyone's money at stake.

No. Botrader is an education and simulation platform: it holds no funds, places no orders on any exchange, does not trade on your behalf and does not provide investment advice.

A grid bot places buy orders below and sell orders above the current price at evenly spaced levels inside a range. Each time price moves from one level to the next it buys lower and sells higher. It tends to suit sideways markets and loses when price leaves the range in the wrong direction.

We state openly what is modeled: grid line fills as limit orders with the maker fee at the line price; initial position, stop, TP/SL and manual close as market orders with taker fee and slippage; funding; maintenance-margin liquidation; Binance's quantity formula with tick/step rounding; per-exchange rules such as OKX/Gate contract sizes, KuCoin lot multiplier and MEXC per-pair fees; and data gaps replayed from 1-minute candles. What is not modeled: order-book queue position and depth. Thin pairs get a warning because results there may be optimistic.

USDT-margined perpetual futures with live public data from Binance, Bybit, OKX, Bitget, Gate, KuCoin, MEXC and Kraken (USD-margined there).

No. There is no exchange account to connect, no API key and no deposit. The server only reads public market data. Third-party bot platforms generally require exchange API keys, and leaked keys have caused real losses in the past; with Botrader there is no key to leak.

No. You practice with a virtual balance on live market prices. No order is ever sent to an exchange.

Yes. Botrader never sends real orders. Once you have validated a setup here, you apply it yourself on your exchange. The “Take to exchange” button in the bot details lists the settings in the target exchange's form order, ready to copy.

Every account starts with Paper, a 6-day full trial that is wider than the Trader plan. After that the Free tier stays free forever: 1 active grid bot, Binance data, 30-day backtest and Telegram notifications. Paid plans: Trader $10/month ($114/year), Pro Trader $25/month ($285/year) and Market Maker $40/month ($432/year). Paid checkout is not open yet.

Nothing is deleted or force-closed. Bots above your new limit are paused, and they continue when you upgrade.

No. Signing up and the 6-day trial need no card.

Create an account, pick a pair, an exchange and a price range, and launch a bot on a virtual balance. The 6-day trial starts automatically.

A setup you are actually considering. Run it here with the same settings, read the setup warnings and watch alerts, and compare it across exchanges before you decide anything.

No. Botrader is an education and simulation tool. Simulation results are for learning and do not guarantee real results; any real trading decision is your own.