We just shipped v0.5.5 with a major update to the Strategy Editor and several Grid Mode improvements.
**Strategy Editor — Tab navigation**
The editor is now organized into 6 focused tabs:
• ⚙ General — strategy name, timeframe, pair, fees, trade amount
• 📊 Indicators — EMA, Slope, RSI, MACD, Volume, Heikin Ashi (each with its own toggle)
• 🛡 Risk — Take Profit, Stop Trail, Stop Loss with SL Override
• ⚡ Grid — Grid Mode, Auto Range (ATR), TC Guard
• 📈 Rules — Buy and Sell rules
• 🌐 System — Regime Watcher and Spike Detector
All settings are now grouped by context. No more scrolling through a single collapsed panel.
**Grid Mode — TC Guard**
New momentum filter for grid orders: before placing a BUY or SELL at a grid level, TC Guard checks the current trade count. If momentum is too high (tc ≥ maxTc), the order waits until the market calms down, then executes — or cancels if the price moves back through the level.
**Grid Mode — AutoRange**
Several AutoRange improvements: fee-aware minimum step, multi-level execution per tick, fix for "Close all grid" button, and smoother activation without reinitializing the current grid.
** Advanced Debug **
in browser console you can enable Grid or Rule debug by typing:
window.gridDebug = true
or
window.ruleDebug = true
to see realtime process data and parsing values
A step-by-step tutorial is now live at /tutorial. It covers all 8 key steps: requesting access, creating an instance, the bot dashboard, the side menu, the Strategy Editor, Settings & API keys, the Log viewer, and Regime Analysis.
New features in this release:
Grid Trading Mode — new switch in the strategy editor that activates an asymmetric grid strategy: each cell buys at level L_i and sells at L_i+1, generating profit equal to one step per cycle. Parameters: price high/low, grid count, total capital. State is persisted across restarts.
Live chart candles — the dashboard chart now updates the latest candle on every refresh via the database, staying in sync with real-time Kraken data (no WebSocket required).
Heikin-Ashi candlestick style — experimental chart rendering in test on v0.5.4.
Grid chart overlay — grid levels shown directly on the chart (orange: free levels, green: bought levels).
Force close grid — dedicated button to close all open grid positions at once.
Push notifications for grid trades — BUY shows target sell level, SELL shows PnL per level.
boTTero is a self-hosted crypto trading bot for Kraken, built around a fully customizable strategy engine. This first public release includes:
Trend-following strategy engine with configurable indicators (EMA, MACD, RSI, Bollinger Bands, ATR) and rule-based entry/exit logic
Regime Watcher — automated market regime detection (bullish/bearish/sideways/recovery) with auto strategy switching
Spike Detector — detects anomalous price movements and sends push notifications (experimental)
Push notifications for trades, take profit, trailing stop and regime changes
Strategy editor with customizable rule-based logic and preset management
Heikin-Ashi chart with real-time candlestick rendering (experimental, not yet validated in live trading)
PWA-ready — installable on iOS and Android as a standalone app