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Infinity grid bot: how a grid with no upper limit works

BotIndex editorial team · Updated 11 Nov 2026 · Editorial policy

SHORT ANSWER

An infinity grid bot is a grid with a lower limit but no upper limit. It keeps the value of your coin holding roughly constant: as price rises it sells a small slice, and as price falls it buys a slice back. It keeps running in a rally where a normal grid would stop, but it captures less of the rise than holding.

How an infinity grid bot works

A normal grid bot trades between a lower and an upper price. An infinity grid drops the upper limit. You set a lowest price and a profit per grid, and the bot trades for as long as price stays above that floor.

The rule behind it is simple: keep the value of your coin holding constant. The Pionex.US help centre gives an example where the bot makes sure the BTC holding “always maintain[s] a value of around 450 USDT”, with the rest of the investment kept as USDT. Gate’s guide says the same: assets “always maintain their initial value.”

So the bot works like this:

  • Price rises one grid step: the holding is now worth more than the target, so the bot sells the excess and moves it to USDT.
  • Price falls one grid step: the holding is worth less than the target, so the bot buys coins with USDT to top it back up.
  • Price falls to the lower limit: the bot stops. KuCoin’s guide says it stops trading at the lower limit and resumes once price is back above it. Gate says its version is terminated automatically.

Your profit has two parts. KuCoin splits it into grid profit (closed sell-then-buy cycles) and floating profit or loss (the coins you still hold, valued at today’s price). Total profit is the sum, and the second part can easily outweigh the first.

Worked example: 1,000 USDT, no upper limit

Example only, with made-up round numbers and fees ignored. You start an infinity grid with 1,000 USDT on a coin priced at 100 USDT:

  • The bot buys 500 USDT of the coin (5 coins) and keeps 500 USDT in cash.
  • Target: keep the coin holding worth 500 USDT.
  • Profit per grid: 1%. Lowest price: 60 USDT.

First step up. Price rises 1% to 101. The 5 coins are now worth 505 USDT, so the bot sells about 5 USDT worth (about 0.05 coin) and holds 500 USDT of coin again. Cash is now about 505 USDT.

First step down. Price falls back to 100. The holding is worth about 495 USDT, so the bot buys about 5 USDT of coin. The round trip leaves you about 0.05 USDT better off. That is the grid profit: small, because each trade is only about 1% of the holding.

In a rally: infinity grid vs spot grid

Now say the coin climbs from 100 to 150 in small steps.

  • Infinity grid: it sells about 5 USDT at every 1% step, about 40 sales in total. That adds up to roughly 203 USDT moved into cash. You end with 500 USDT of coin and about 703 USDT of cash, about 1,203 USDT, or +20%.
  • Normal spot grid, 80–120 range, same 1,000 USDT: it sells all its coins on the way from 100 to 120, ending with about 1,050 USDT. Above 120 it holds only USDT and stops trading.
  • Buying 1,000 USDT of the coin and holding: 1,500 USDT, +50%.
  • Holding 500 USDT of coin and 500 USDT of cash, untouched: 1,250 USDT, +25%.

The infinity grid keeps working after the spot grid has sold out, which is its main selling point. But it trails even the simple half-and-half hold, because it keeps selling coins that later rise further. In a straight rally, a constant-value strategy always gives up some of the move.

In a crash: what the bot keeps buying

Now say the coin falls from 100 to 50.

  • Infinity grid: it buys at every step down to keep 500 USDT of coin. By the 60 USDT floor it has spent about 255 USDT of its cash. Then it stops. At 50, the coins are worth about 417 USDT and cash is about 245 USDT: about 662 USDT, or −34%.
  • Normal spot grid, 80–120: it spends its whole cash reserve buying between 100 and 80 and ends with about 10.5 coins. At 50 that is about 530 USDT, or about −47%.
  • Holding 1,000 USDT of the coin: 500 USDT, −50%.

The infinity grid lost less here mainly because it still had cash left when it hit its floor. Set the floor much lower and it keeps buying all the way down. Its many small sales during earlier rises do not offset a large fall in the coin it holds.

In a sideways market

In a range, a normal grid usually does better. With the same 1,000 USDT and 1% lines across 80–120, a spot grid has about 40 lines and about 25 USDT per line, so each round trip earns about 0.25 USDT. The infinity grid in our example trades about 5 USDT per step and earns about 0.05 USDT per round trip. KuCoin and Pionex both pitch the infinity grid for rising markets, and Gate calls it suitable for “moderately bullish markets.”

Which platforms offer an infinity grid

In our data, four exchanges list an infinity grid, and all four are free to run:

Platform Bot name Base spot fee Where it is closed (our data)
Pionex Infinity grid 0.05% / 0.05% UK, US, Canada, Singapore; Germany unconfirmed
KuCoin Infinity Grid 0.10% / 0.10% US, Singapore; EEA users move to KuCoin EU, where we found no bots
Gate Infinite grid 0.10% / 0.10% US, UK, Canada, Singapore, Germany, France, Netherlands
HTX Infinity Grid Not verified (fee page needs a login) US, UK, Singapore, the EU

None of these bots carries a separate bot fee in our data. For Gate, a 2024 announcement cut the fee on BTC/USDT, ETH/USDT and ETH/BTC for spot and infinite grids from 0.2% to 0.05%. That notice is old, so check the current rate in the bot before you rely on it. Most third-party bot platforms we review list spot and futures grids only.

Costs: why fees matter more here

Each infinity grid trade is small, and every fill pays a trading fee. In our example a round trip earns about 1% of a 5 USDT trade. At 0.10% on the buy and the sell, fees take about a fifth of that grid profit. At Pionex’s 0.05% they take about a tenth.

That is why the profit-per-grid setting matters. KuCoin says it “typically ranges from 0.2% to 10%” and is shown excluding fees. At 0.2% per grid and 0.10% per side, you earn nothing. Gate requires more than 0.4% per grid, with the fee included, so at 0.10% per side half of each 0.4% goes to fees. Wider grids trade less often but keep more of each trade. Our grid profit calculator shows the same trade-off for normal grids.

When not to use an infinity grid

  • In a long downtrend. Gate’s help centre says the bot “should be terminated timely” when the token keeps declining, because it suits slow bullish markets.
  • On a coin you would not hold for months. The bot always holds a fixed value of the coin, so you carry its full downside to your floor.
  • For trading a clear range. A normal spot grid earns more per swing with the same money. If you are choosing between grid and averaging strategies, see grid vs DCA bot.
  • With a profit per grid close to your fees. Check the fee for your exact pair first.
  • With money you may need soon. The bot can sit at its floor holding coins for a long time.

Set the lowest price at a level where you would genuinely accept holding the coin, and decide in advance when you would stop the bot. Our risk management guide covers sizing and exits.

FAQ

What is the difference between an infinity grid and a spot grid?

A spot grid trades inside a range you set and stops trading when price leaves it. An infinity grid has only a lower limit, so it keeps selling small slices as price climbs. In a range, a normal grid with the same budget usually trades bigger amounts per line and earns more per swing.

Does Pionex have an infinity grid bot?

Yes. Pionex lists an infinity grid among its grid types in our data, and its bots carry no bot fee, with spot trading at 0.05% / 0.05%. The Pionex.US help centre describes the bot as keeping your coin holding at a fixed value as long as price stays above your lowest price. Pionex's global terms exclude the UK, US, Canada and Singapore.

What happens when price falls below the lower limit?

It depends on the platform. KuCoin's guide says the bot stops trading at the lower limit and resumes once price is back above it. Gate's help centre says its infinite grid is terminated automatically when the last price breaks below the lower limit.

Is an infinity grid bot profitable?

Not reliably. Grid profit from completed trades can be positive while the coin you hold loses value. In a crash the bot keeps buying until it reaches the lower limit, so total profit can be negative even after many small sales.

Sources

Not financial advice. Trading bots do not remove market risk.