Automations (TWAP, Grid, DCA, TP-Ladder, Martingale)
Set-and-forget trading strategies you can run on any XNT-paired position
Honey Badger ships a full set of automation strategies you can attach to any position. Each one runs server-side against a wallet you specify — you don't have to keep the dashboard open.
The five strategies
| Strategy | What it does | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| TWAP | Splits a target size into equal slices over a time window | Entering or exiting large positions without moving the market |
| Grid | Buys on the way down and sells on the way up across a defined price range | Ranging markets where price oscillates around a level |
| DCA | Recurring buy of the same XNT amount at a fixed interval | Long-term accumulation, timing-agnostic |
| TP-Ladder | Sells fixed percentages at ascending price rungs | Scaling out of winners |
| Martingale | Doubles size after each loss to recover on the winner | High-risk mean-reversion plays only |
Martingale can wipe an account if the trend continues against you. It is included because a few users specifically want it; it is not a recommended default. Cap max doubling depth and use it only on assets you already believe are mean-reverting.
TWAP (Time-Weighted Average Price)
Instead of one big buy or sell, TWAP breaks the target size into N equal slices and executes them over a chosen window.
When to use it
- You want to buy 1,000 XNT of a mid-cap token and know a single tx would move the price
- You want to distribute-sell a moon-shot position without triggering a cascade
Configuration
- Side — buy or sell
- Total size — total XNT (buy) or token amount (sell)
- Window — total duration (e.g. 60 minutes)
- Slices — number of executions (e.g. 12, giving one every 5 minutes)
- Slippage cap per slice — abort a slice if slippage exceeds this
- Wallet — which of your wallets to execute from
Behavior
Slices fire on a fixed schedule. If a slice is aborted (slippage cap hit), the remainder is redistributed over the remaining schedule so the total target is still hit — or the whole TWAP is paused if the aborts are systematic.
Grid Trading
Grid trading defines a price range and a number of grid levels within it. As price crosses levels, the strategy alternately buys and sells fixed sizes.
Configuration
- Token — the XNT-paired token
- Upper bound / Lower bound — grid range
- Grid levels — number of buy/sell rungs
- Size per rung — XNT or token amount per fill
- Wallet — execution wallet
Behavior
Say you set 10 grid levels between 0.10 XNT and 0.20 XNT. As price crosses each level going down, the strategy buys. As it crosses each level going up, it sells. In a ranging market you accumulate XNT profit from each round trip.
Grid trading is the set-and-forget strategy for stablecoin-adjacent or range-bound pairs. It is bad for strongly-trending assets — you'll get filled all the way to the lower bound and hold a losing bag.
DCA (Dollar Cost Average)
Recurring buy of the same XNT amount at a fixed interval — regardless of price.
Configuration
- Token — target token
- Amount per buy — XNT per interval
- Interval — hourly, daily, or weekly
- End condition — total buys, total spend, or "run forever"
- Wallet — buying wallet
Behavior
Buys are executed on schedule. Skipped only if the wallet is underfunded (in which case you get a Telegram alert). Progress is visible on the Automations page in the dashboard.
TP-Ladder (Take-Profit Ladder)
Instead of a single take-profit, sell in stages as the price climbs.
Configuration
- Position — token you already hold
- Rungs — list of
(trigger_price, sell_percentage)pairs - Trailing tail — optional trailing stop for the remaining size after all fixed rungs fill
Example
Buy at 0.05 XNT. Set the ladder:
| Trigger | Sell |
|---|---|
| 0.075 (1.5×) | 25% |
| 0.10 (2.0×) | 25% |
| 0.15 (3.0×) | 25% |
| Trail 20% from peak | remaining 25% |
If the token goes to 3× and then dumps, you locked 75% of the position at good prices and let the last 25% ride with protection.
Martingale
After each losing round trip, double the size on the next attempt to recover on a winner.
Configuration
- Token — target token
- Starting size — initial buy XNT
- Doubling depth cap — max number of doublings (hard-cap this, always)
- TP % / SL % — round-trip exit
- Wallet — execution wallet
Doubling depth compounds exponentially. Cap depth = 3 means one bad streak costs 1 + 2 + 4 = 7× your starting size. Cap depth = 5 costs 31×. Do not disable the cap.
Trend Following (experimental)
Honey Badger includes a rules engine for trend-following configs (moving-average crossover, breakout, etc.). It is available but experimental: today there are no active user configs and no signals in production. If you're curious, you can create a config and let it emit signals — but the surface has not been battle-tested.
We list it here because it exists in the dashboard, not because we recommend it yet.
Managing your automations
The Automations page in the dashboard lists every strategy you've configured, with status (running / paused / finished / errored), fill count, and PnL.
From Telegram:
/automations # list
/automations pause <id>
/automations resume <id>
/automations cancel <id>Cancel is destructive (state is deleted). Pause is soft — the strategy resumes exactly where it left off.
Strategy templates
To speed up setup, we ship a set of pre-configured strategy templates (currently 6) — for example "DCA daily into WXNT" or "TP-Ladder 4-rung standard." Pick a template on the Automations page, adjust the token and size, and go.