If entry conditions decide when your bot opens a position, the grid of orders decides how it enters and averages. This is the heart of a DCA bot: a series of orders that buy more as the price moves against you, lowering your average entry so the position can recover sooner. This guide explains exactly how the grid is built.
These are the settings in the Entry Orders section when you build a bot — see How to Create Your First DCA Bot for the full flow.
Key Takeaways
- The grid is a series of orders that buy more as price moves against you, lowering your volume-weighted average entry.
- Each order has a Distance % (how far from market it sits) and a Volume % (its share of your capital) — and the volumes must total exactly 100%.
- The first order is the Entry order (it can't be deleted); the rest are averaging orders. A bot can have up to 40 orders.
- You set each order's distance yourself when building the grid, and each order can be a market or limit order.
- Pre-placed orders control how many sit on the exchange at once (up to 10), and Compound Returns mode rolls each deal's net result into your next deal's size at a rate you choose.
The Entry Order Type
Your first order — the Entry — opens the position. You choose how it's placed:
- Market (0%) — enters immediately at the current price.
- Limit (X%) — places the order a set percentage away from market for a better fill.
For a first bot, a market entry keeps things simple. The Entry order is special: it can't be deleted, because it's the order that actually opens the deal.
The Grid of Orders
Below the entry sit your averaging orders — together they form the grid (shown in the app as "Grid of Orders" under Advanced Order Management). As price moves against your entry and these orders fill, they pull your average price toward the current market, so a smaller recovery turns the deal profitable.
Each order in the grid has two settings:
| Per-order setting | What it controls |
|---|---|
| Distance % | How far from the market price the order sits (its price offset) |
| Volume % | The share of your capital this order uses — all orders must total 100% |
Distance %: Where Each Order Sits
Distance is the price offset relative to the market. The first averaging order might sit 1% away, the next 3%, and so on — deeper orders catch bigger moves. A rule the app enforces: an averaging order's distance can't be smaller than the entry order's distance.
Volume %: How Much Each Order Buys
Volume % is each order's slice of your capital, and all your orders must add up to exactly 100%. The builder shows you the running total — "75% configured, 25% remaining," "Perfect! All orders total exactly 100%," or "Volume exceeds 100% — reduce by X%." Putting more volume into deeper orders means you buy more at cheaper prices, lowering your average entry faster — at the cost of needing more capital to reach those levels.
An Auto-Revert Volume Validation safeguard helps keep your grid valid, so an invalid change doesn't silently break the 100% total.
Setting Your Order Distances
You set each order's Distance % as you build the grid — there's no preset that auto-fills the spacing. A common shape is tighter spacing on the early orders and progressively wider gaps deeper down, so you average down meaningfully without running out of capital too soon. Choose distances that match how far you expect price to move against you in the markets you trade.
Note: Freya does offer Conservative / Modest / Aggressive presets, but those are for your entry conditions — the indicator filters that decide when a deal starts — which is a different setting from the order grid. See Entry Conditions and the Trigger System.
Entry vs Averaging Orders
In the order list, order #1 is the Entry (the first order, which opens the deal and can't be deleted), and the rest are averaging Orders. The app even labels each row by type — Entry or Order — so you always know which is which.
Pre-placed Orders
Not every order in your grid has to sit on the exchange at once. Pre-placed orders control how many of your grid orders are actually placed on the exchange immediately (up to 10), with the rest managed and placed as needed. This keeps your open-order count manageable while still running a large grid.
Compound Returns Mode
With Compound Returns mode on, your bot's trading amount automatically updates after each completed deal: a share of the deal's net result — at a rate you choose from 1% to 100% — is added on a profit and subtracted on a loss, so your next deal's size adjusts to your last result rather than staying fixed. It's an advanced option for traders who want their position size to evolve with performance. See Compound Returns Mode for the full behavior.
Fund the Whole Grid
A bot can have up to 40 orders. The more orders and the larger your volumes, the more capital you need available — if price falls far enough to fill the entire grid, all of it must be funded. The builder shows your deposit remaining as you go. Always size your capital for the full grid; see How Much Capital You Need for Bot Trading.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the grid of orders?
It's the series of orders a DCA bot uses to enter and average a position: an entry order plus averaging orders at progressively further prices. As the averaging orders fill, they lower your volume-weighted average entry, so the market doesn't have to return to your first entry for the deal to profit.
What's the difference between Distance % and Volume %?
Distance % is where an order sits — its price offset from the market. Volume % is how much of your capital that order uses. Every order has both, and your Volume %s across all orders must total exactly 100%.
Why must the volumes total 100%?
Because Volume % allocates your capital across the grid — together the orders represent your whole position, so they have to add up to 100%. The builder shows your running total and flags it if you go over or under, and an auto-revert safeguard helps keep it valid.
What's an Entry order versus an averaging order?
The Entry order is the first order — it opens the deal and can't be deleted. The averaging orders (labeled "Order") are the ones that fill at further prices to lower your average entry. A bot can have up to 40 orders in total.
What are pre-placed orders?
A setting that controls how many of your grid orders are actually sitting on the exchange at once — up to 10 — while the rest are placed as needed. It lets you run a large grid without keeping every order live on the exchange simultaneously.
What is Compound Returns mode?
An advanced option where your bot's trading amount automatically adjusts after each deal: a share of the net result, at the rate you choose (1–100%), grows your amount on a win and shrinks it on a loss, so your next position size reflects your last result instead of staying fixed.
How many orders can my bot have?
Up to 40. Remember that a larger grid needs more capital — if price falls through the whole grid, every order needs funding — so size your account for the full grid before launching.