Creators Guide
This section is for creators who want to build, customize, and optimize trading strategies in OctoBot.
What You Can Create
- Trading Modes: Define complete trading strategies (when to buy, sell, and how much)
- Evaluators: Build custom market analysis tools (technical, social, AI-based)
- Strategy combinations: Mix and match evaluators into unique strategies
How Strategies Work
OctoBot strategies are built from three layers:
- Evaluators analyze the market and produce signals (-1 to +1 scale)
- Strategies combine evaluator signals into a trading decision
- Trading Modes execute trades based on strategy decisions
Built-in Trading Modes
OctoBot ships with several ready-to-use trading modes:
| Mode | Description |
|---|---|
| Grid Trading | Place orders across a price range |
| DCA | Dollar-cost averaging over time |
| Daily Trading | Signal-based daily decisions |
| Dip Analyser | Buy dips, sell on recovery |
| Index Trading | Track cryptocurrency indices |
| AI Trading | AI-powered trading decisions |
Browse all modes in the Trading Modes section.
Built-in Evaluators
| Category | Examples |
|---|---|
| Technical Analysis | RSI, MACD, Bollinger Bands, SuperTrend, EMA |
| Social | News sentiment, Fear & Greed Index, social scores |
| Real-Time | Instant fluctuation detection |
| AI | GPT-based evaluation |
Browse all evaluators in the Evaluators section.
Next Steps
- Trading Modes reference - Detailed docs for each mode
- Evaluators reference - All available evaluators
- Backtesting - Test strategies against historical data
- Custom Strategies - Build your own tentacles