Inca Gold Grid AI Pro – Parameters Overview

Presets

Inca Gold Grid AI Pro offers a full professional parameter set grouped into clear sections for fast setup and precise control.
You can run it plug-and-play using optimized Presets, or switch to Custom for manual tuning (recommended when matching a specific broker/spread/leverage profile).

Key built-in control layers include:

• Volatility-adaptive spacing (Manual ATR / Fixed / Progressive, plus Auto ATR Regime)
• Anchor-based grid placement (EMA / VWAP / Donchian / Hybrid)
• Direction control (Both/Buy/Sell + Auto direction with EMA + deadzone)
• Basket management (TP/Cut + optional stop-trading until end of day)
• Risk guardrails (daily stop, equity DD circuit breaker, floating DD, margin buffer, max trades/day, max volume, spread filter)

All parameters below are applied only for Preset = ‘Custom’

Presets

Presets are ready-to-use configurations tuned for typical account conditions and risk styles.
They are designed to get you trading quickly with stable baseline logic.

• Custom — full manual configuration of all parameters (advanced users).
• LowRiskGold — wider safety margins, slower growth, smoother curve.
• HighRiskGold — faster cycle, higher exposure, deeper drawdowns.
• Silver — tuned for XAGUSD behavior and price scale.

Rule of thumb:
Lower risk preset → fewer “stress moments”, smaller swings.
Higher risk preset → more capture, but you must rely on risk guardrails.

Session

Controls when the bot is allowed to trade and how exposure is handled around daily boundaries.

Use Trading Window – restrict trading to a defined UTC session.
Impact: ON = cleaner execution (liquid hours), fewer random fills; OFF = more trades, more overnight exposure.

Start Trading Hour (UTC) – earlier start increases activity; later start reduces it.
Impact: earlier = more opportunities + more volatility events; later = fewer trades, often cleaner.

End Trading Hour (UTC) – earlier close reduces exposure; later close allows more grid cycles.
Impact: shorter window = more conservative; longer window = more profit potential + more risk time.

Session Exit Mode – defines what the bot does when the trading window ends (end-hour boundary).
Impact:

• Hold / Block Entries = keeps existing positions running, stops new entries → maximum profit continuity, higher carry risk.
• Close Positions = closes active positions at session end → cleaner daily exposure, may exit before basket completion.
• Close + Cancel Pendings = closes positions and removes grid/limit orders → strictest session discipline, avoids after-hours fills.

Close End of Day (EOD) (flatten) – closes all positions and pendings at EOD time.
Impact: strongest safety switch (no overnight holding), but may cut profitable baskets early.

Close EOD Hour (UTC) – defines the EOD flatten time.

Grid

Defines the grid’s profit mechanics: spacing, depth, per-level TP/SL, rebuild behavior, and side logic.

• TP per Level (pips) — per-position take profit.
  Impact: lower TP = faster exits, more cycles; higher TP = fewer closes, higher profit per close.
• SL per Level (pips) — per-position stop loss (0 = disabled).
  Impact: smaller SL = less drawdown, but more “premature” stops; bigger SL = more tolerance, more risk.
• Levels per Side — how deep the grid can scale per direction.
  Impact: fewer levels = less exposure and faster reset; more levels = higher capture power but higher trend risk.
• Rebuild Missing Orders — automatically restores missing pending levels.
  Impact: ON = grid stays complete (more consistent behavior); OFF = manual control, less order activity.
• Skip Passed Levels (Anti-Instant Fill) — prevents the bot from placing limit orders at prices the market has already crossed (or too close to current Bid/Ask), reducing accidental instant fills, slippage spikes, and “dirty” grid placement after fast moves.
  Impact: ON = cleaner execution + more realistic grid around the anchor. OFF = maximum grid coverage but higher chance of immediate fills in volatile moments.
• Grid Side Mode (Both/Buy/Sell/Auto)
  • Both — classic two-sided grid around anchor
  • BuyOnly / SellOnly — directional grid
  • Auto — trend-filtered direction using EMA slope + deadzone (can skip flat conditions)
    Impact: Both = more fills, more exposure; Directional/Auto = cleaner, more “trend-respecting” behavior.

Grid Spacing Control

This is where Inca becomes “smart”: you control how spacing is chosen.

Grid Spacing Control

• Manual — spacing is exactly what you choose (ATR / Fixed / Progressive).
  Impact: predictable behavior for optimization and stable setups.
• AutoAtrRegime — the bot switches spacing behavior based on volatility regime (low/neutral/high).
  Impact: more robust when volatility shifts (especially gold news spikes), less need to babysit spacing.

Grid Manual Spacing

Grid Spacing Mode

• AtrAdaptive — step is calculated from ATR × multiplier.
  Impact: adapts naturally to changing volatility (recommended baseline for XAUUSD).
• FixedPips — fixed grid step.
  Impact: very predictable, but can become too tight in high volatility or too wide in low volatility.
• Progressive — distance grows/shrinks by a geometric factor per level.
  Impact: lets you shape exposure: widen deeper levels to reduce “runaway density”, or tighten in calm regimes.

Parameters

• ATR Period — ATR lookback.
  Impact: shorter = more reactive spacing; longer = smoother and slower adjustments.
• ATR Multiplier → Step — multiplies ATR into step size.
  Impact: lower = tighter grid (more trades, higher risk); higher = wider grid (fewer trades, safer).
• Fixed Grid Step (pips) — used only in Fixed mode.
  Impact: lower = more fills + more exposure; higher = less activity + more safety.
• Spacing Growth Factor (g) — used only in Progressive mode.
  Impact:
  • g > 1 = wider spacing deeper into grid (safer under pressure, slower recovery)
  • g < 1 = tighter spacing deeper into grid (faster averaging, higher risk)

Grid Auto Spacing (ATR Regime Engine)

This block makes the spacing “regime-aware”: Inca compares current ATR to its average and chooses the effective mode.

• Regime Lookback (bars) — baseline ATR window for comparison.
  Impact: smaller = faster regime switching; larger = more stable regime detection.
• Low Vol Ratio (<=) — threshold for “low volatility”.
  Impact: more sensitive (closer to 1.0) = more time in low-vol mode; lower threshold = stricter low-vol classification.
• High Vol Ratio (>=) — threshold for “high volatility”.
  Impact: lower threshold = triggers wide mode more often; higher threshold = only widens in true spikes.
• Narrowing g (<1) — progressive factor used in low volatility mode.
  Impact: tightens/compacts the grid behavior when the market is calm.
• Widening g (>1) — progressive factor used in high volatility mode.
  Impact: widens spacing under stress to reduce dense stacking.
• Neutral Mode — what happens between low/high (mid regime).
  • AtrAdaptive = balanced adaptive behavior
  • FixedPips = stable/constant mid-regime spacing
• Log Regime Changes — prints regime switches.
  Impact: useful for debugging and optimization reviews.

Anchor

Anchor defines where the grid is centered. This is a key “professional” component: you are not building around randomness — you’re building around a market reference.

• Anchor Mode
  • EntryPrice — uses basket average entry (when flat uses current price).
    Impact: grid stays centered on real exposure.
  • SessionVWAP — anchors to VWAP since session start.
    Impact: great for intraday structure.
  • DailyVWAP — anchors to VWAP since day start.
    Impact: more stable reference across the day.
  • EmaMean — anchors to EMA mean-reversion center.
    Impact: “mean” framework; helps avoid drifting anchor.
  • DonchianMid — anchors to mid of Donchian range.
    Impact: range-based reference.
  • HybridEntryVwap — blend between Entry and VWAP.
    Impact: smoother transitions when exposure changes.
• Anchor EMA Period — EMA period for EmaMean anchor.
  Impact: smaller = faster anchor movement; larger = slower, more stable anchor.
• Donchian Period — lookback for Donchian range.
  Impact: smaller = more reactive; larger = more structural.
• Hybrid Entry Weight (%) — weighting between Entry and VWAP (0 = all VWAP, 100 = all Entry).
  Impact: higher Entry weight = tighter link to basket; higher VWAP weight = more “market reference”.
• Log Anchor on Build — prints anchor used when grid is built/rebuilt.
  Impact_REL: visibility for optimizations and live debugging.

Volume

Controls how exposure scales across levels — and this is one of the biggest drivers of drawdown behavior.

• Base Volume (lots) — initial size.
  Impact: smaller = safer and smoother; larger = faster PnL swings.
• Max Total Volume (lots) — hard cap on total exposure (positions + pendings).
  Impact: your main “circuit breaker” against runaway grids. Lower cap = safer.
• Volume Multiplier per Level — geometric scaling per level.
  Impact:
  • closer to 1.0 = slow scaling (safer)
  • higher values = faster scaling (more recovery power, more risk)

Seed

Seed rules control how the bot starts a new grid cycle when it’s flat.

• Auto Seed When Flat — opens a seed trade if there are no positions and no pendings.
  Impact: ensures the strategy actually starts; turning it OFF makes the bot more passive.
• Seed Only Inside Session — seeding happens only during session window.
  Impact: avoids “random” off-hour starts.

(When GridSide = Auto, seeding is aligned with the resolved direction; neutral conditions can be skipped.)

Basket

Basket logic is your “professional exit layer”: it manages the grid as a system, not as random single trades.

• Basket TP (money) — closes the entire basket when combined profit reaches X money.
  Impact: very clear and stable target behavior across volatility.
• Basket TP (pips vs avg) — closes basket when price moves X pips away from VWAP/average while basket is positive.
  Impact: adapts profit-taking to movement rather than currency value.
• Close Losing Basket at -Money (Basket CUT) — closes basket when loss reaches X money.
  Impact: hard stop to prevent “hope mode” in trends.

Important behavior: after Basket TP/CUT, the bot can stop trading until end of day (prevents immediate re-entry and overtrading).

Risk Management

• Max Trades Per Day — limits daily trade openings.
  Impact: reduces churn and overtrading in noisy days.
• Daily Loss Limit (%) — daily stop based on balance change from day start.
  Impact: strong daily protection; lower values = safer but may stop too early.
• Max Drawdown (Start Equity) (%) — equity circuit breaker from start equity.
  Impact: “hard kill-switch” if equity falls too far — maximum safety layer.

Risk Management Pro

• Floating Drawdown Limit (%) — stops when open DD exceeds threshold (Equity vs Balance).
  Impact: reduces runaway floating loss in trends.
• Min Free Margin After Order (%) — margin buffer required after placing a new order.
  Impact: prevents margin collapse during expansion (very important for grids).
• Time Stop (Losing Positions) — optionally closes losing positions after a time limit.
  Impact: reduces “stale” exposure and long-held losers; can cut recoveries if too aggressive.
• Max Holding Time (min) — time limit for the loss time-stop.
  Impact: smaller = stricter cleanup; larger = gives grid time to recover.

Execution

• Max Spread (pips, 0=off) — blocks trading when spread is too wide.
  Impact: protects entries during illiquid spikes; can reduce activity.
• On Max Spread
  • BlockNewOrders — pauses new orders, keeps pendings.
  • BlockNewAndCancelPendings — cancels pendings and waits until spread normalizes.
    Impact: second option is stricter and cleaner in news/spread events.

General

• Label — trade label for basket tracking and multi-instance separation.
  Impact: must be unique per instance if you run multiple bots on the same account/symbol.