What to choose: signals, Grid or DCA

Sync has three ways to trade automatically: repeat a trader's signals from a channel, run a grid of orders inside a range (Grid), or average a position and take profit (DCA). They can be combined — but on the same keys only one of them works on a given pair.

Comparison

	Signals from a channel	Grid bot	DCA bot
Who decides when to enter	The channel's trader	The price: the bot buys lower and sells higher inside the range	The bot enters at market right away or on a condition: RSI, a moving average, the price, an external signal
Market where it works best	Any — it depends on the trader	Sideways, with swings inside the range	Pullbacks with the price coming back; a long trend against the position is dangerous
Spot / Futures	Both; on spot Long only	Both; Short, Neutral, leverage and trailing — futures only	Both; Short, leverage and SL Timeout — futures only
What you set	Trading settings: amount, leverage, stop, distribution across entries and targets	The range, the number of levels, the amount per level, the grid mode, the leverage	The amount per cycle and a preset, or your own parameters: orders, step, TP, SL, leverage
Where the stop and targets come from	From the signal; if there is no stop — from your policy	You set the Stop-Loss price yourself; there are no targets — profit comes from each level	Take-Profit and Stop-Loss as a percentage from the average price or from the first entry
Main risk	The quality of the signals and the leverage taken from the signal	The price leaving the range and a strong trend	A long fall: the funds are frozen, and the stop closes at a loss
Built-in protections	Open trade limit, pair blacklist, default protective settings	Leaving the range, a crash, margin overload, closeness to liquidation	Stops in a row, leverage × orders, a series of errors, a sharp price move
What it needs from you	A subscription to the channel and Auto-trade switched on	A 6-step wizard and a balance for the whole grid plus 10 %	A 6-step wizard and an amount from 10 USDT plus 10 %

When to choose what

• Signals — if you trust a particular trader and do not want to place orders by hand. The bot repeats the trader's entries, targets and stop on your account with your amounts. Start with connecting to a channel and the trading settings.
• Grid — if the pair has been moving in a corridor for a long time and you are ready to set its bounds. The profit is made of many small trades; the more swings inside the range, the better. For beginners: the Neutral direction with a wide range and coins that move sideways. How grid trading works.
• DCA — if you want to average the entry without watching it by hand: the bot buys more as the price falls and closes everything with one target from the average price, then starts a new cycle. Start with the Conservative preset and a small amount. How averaging works.

What all three need

1. An exchange bot with API keys: a separate one for spot and for futures. Exchange bot and API keys.
2. On futures — the One-Way position mode. One-Way mode.
3. A connected notification bot, otherwise you will not see a single event. Notification bot.
4. A free slot in the plan: every bot takes a slot, the exchange bot included. Plans and bot limit.

Example with a calculation

A balance of 300 USDT on futures, the BTCUSDT pair, leverage 1x.

• Signals. The “Balance percentage” setting at 10 % → each trade uses 30 USDT, while the entries, targets and stop are taken from the signal.
• Grid. The range 60000–70000, 20 levels, 6 USDT per level → 120 USDT in the grid; creating it needs about 132 USDT: the grid amount plus a 10 % buffer.
• DCA. The amount per cycle is 100 USDT, the Conservative preset: 3 orders, multiplier 1.5, step 1.5 %, Take-Profit 1 %, Stop-Loss 5 % from the first entry. Creating it needs about 110 USDT.

If there is not enough money, the bot refuses, for example: “Insufficient balance for the Grid. Required: ~132 USDT (with 10% safety buffer for fees and slippage) for the whole grid, available: 100 USDT.”