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LatticeStrategy

A 10×10 grid of stop-entry levels arms around a start price anchor. Each level fires a single fixed-R trade, with optional stop-loss recovery to claw back losses when the move keeps going.

Fully Auto
Execution
10
Long Levels
10
Short Levels
Fixed-R
Risk / Trade

What You Need

🖥️

Quantower

Windows trading platform

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License Key

Included with subscription

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Data Feed

Real-time futures data

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Any Instrument

Works on any chart

How It Works

1

Anchor the Start Price

When the strategy arms, the current price becomes the start price anchor. Ten long stop-entry levels are placed above and ten short stop-entry levels below — each spaced by Max Risk × 2 ticks, with the first level offset by Max Risk × R:R × 0.5 ticks.

L10
L9
L8
L7
L6
L5
L4
L3
L2
L1
START
S1
S2
S3
S4
S5
S6
S7
S8
S9
S10
10 Long + 10 Short Stop-Entry Levels
2

Levels Fire Fixed-R Trades

When price trades through a level, a market order fires and the position is bracketed immediately. Each level fires at most once — SL is Max Risk ticks, TP is Max Risk × R:R ticks. Your risk is known and identical on every trade.

Take Profit
+ Max Risk × R:R
Entry
Level Price
Stop Loss
− Max Risk
3

Optional Recovery + Session Guardrails

If a level's stop is breached by a full Max Risk, Stop Loss Recovery can fire a smaller counter-direction trade to claw back the loss. Throughout the session, the trading window, P&L limits, and flatten-on-close guardrails keep the strategy within the rules you set.

The 10×10 Lattice

Two knobs — Max Risk and R:R — define the entire grid. Every level, bracket, and spacing derives from them.

Level Spacing

Each level is spaced by Max Risk × 2 ticks from the next. The first long level sits above start, the first short level sits below, each offset by Max Risk × R:R × 0.5 ticks.

First offsetMax Risk × R:R × 0.5
Step sizeMax Risk × 2

Fixed-R Bracket

Every level uses the same bracket. Stop loss is Max Risk ticks. Take profit is Max Risk × R:R ticks. Bump R:R to widen targets, bump Max Risk to take bigger swings with more spacing between levels.

TP distanceMax Risk × R:R
SL distanceMax Risk
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Example: Max Risk = 20 ticks, R:R = 1.5

Each trade risks 20 ticks to make 30 ticks. Levels are spaced 40 ticks apart. The first long level sits 15 ticks above the start price anchor; the first short sits 15 ticks below.

First offset
15 ticks
Level spacing
40 ticks
Bracket
+30 / −20

Stop Loss Recovery

When a level is stopped out and the move keeps running, fire a smaller counter-direction trade to claw back the loss.

1

A level is stopped out

The bracket hits the stop loss. You're out of the trade at −Max Risk.

2

Price continues another full Max Risk

The strategy watches for the move to extend a full Max Risk beyond the stop. If it does, recovery arms.

3

Counter-direction market trade

A recovery trade fires in the direction the move is actually going, bracketed at a tighter profile:

Recovery TP
0.6 × Max Risk
Recovery SL
0.4 × Max Risk

Direction filters apply to recovery trades too — if shorts are disabled, no short recovery fires.

Two Ways to Anchor the Start Price

Run the strategy once and keep one lattice — or get a fresh one every session.

Strategy Start

Default

The lattice anchors at the price when you start the strategy and stays put. Best when you want to drop the strategy at a specific moment — a key level, a session open — and let the grid ride from there.

Set Start Price at Trading Window Open = Off

Window Open

Fresh each session

The lattice anchors at each trading window open and resets on window close. Leave the strategy running 24/7 — every session gets a fresh lattice at the price it opened at.

Set Start Price at Trading Window Open = On

Session Guardrails

Optional boundaries around the strategy so a single bad session can't run away from you.

Trading Window

Start and stop times in Eastern Time. Outside the window the strategy sits idle and places no new trades.

DefaultOff
Default hours10:00–16:00 ET

P&L Limits

Daily max profit and max loss with auto-flatten. When either is hit, open positions close and new entries pause for the session.

DefaultOff
Default caps±$500
New in 2.0.1

Flatten on Close

When the trading window closes, auto-flatten any open positions and cancel pending orders — no overnight exposure from an intraday session.

DefaultOn
Applies whenWindow enabled

Every Setting at a Glance

All parameters organized into logical groups. Sensible defaults included — adjust to fit your instrument and style.

General
License Key
Symbol
Account
Lattice
Max Risk
R:R
Number of Contracts
Enable Stop Loss Recovery
Use Trailing Stop
Set Start Price at Trading Window Open
Direction
Allow Long Positions
Allow Short Positions
Trading Window
Enable Trading Window
Start Time (HH:mm, Eastern)
Stop Time (HH:mm, Eastern)
Flatten on Trading Window Close
P&L Limits
Enable Max Profit/Loss
Max Profit
Max Loss
Debug
Debug Mode

Features

  • 10×10 Mean-Reversion LatticeCaptures a start price anchor and arms 10 long and 10 short stop-entry levels spaced by Max Risk × 2 ticks, with the first level offset by Max Risk × R:R × 0.5 ticks.
  • Fixed-R Trades Per LevelEach level fires at most once. Stop loss = Max Risk ticks. Take profit = Max Risk × R:R ticks. Your risk is known and identical on every trade.
  • Stop Loss RecoveryOptional counter-direction market trade (SL 0.4×, TP 0.6× of Max Risk) after a level's stop is breached by a full Max Risk — claw back losses when the move continues against you.
  • Start Price Anchored at Window OpenOptional toggle anchors the lattice at each trading window open (instead of at strategy start) and resets on window close — a strategy left running 24/7 gets a fresh lattice each session.
  • Trailing StopPlatform-managed trailing stop when enabled — let winners run with Quantower's native trailing.
  • Trading WindowConfigurable start/stop times in Eastern Time. Outside the window the strategy sits idle. Optional auto-flatten on window close.
  • P&L LimitsDaily max profit and max loss with auto-flatten. Protect your account from runaway sessions.
  • Direction FiltersAllow or disallow longs and shorts independently — the same filter gates recovery trades.

Ready to Drop the Lattice?

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