Grid Trading Bots Surge as Traders Adapt to Choppy Markets

[madtrader]

Cryptocurrency traders increasingly turned to automation in 2025 as volatile but range-bound markets made directional trades harder to sustain. According to a year-end recap from HTX, the use of grid trading bots surged across its spot platform, with grid trading volume up 97% year over year and capital allocated to these strategies doubling.

The trend was strongest in stablecoin trading pairs, where grid volumes jumped 352%, far outpacing growth in major crypto pairs. HTX said traders favored grid bots to capture small, repeated price movements rather than betting on long, sustained rallies — a strategy well suited to sideways markets.

[johnblockbuster]

not gonna lie grids saved me from overtrading in 2025, boring but at least i wasn’t doom clicking charts