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Expert Opposing volume is totaled over a fixed window of 5 seconds to 1 hour. When the window closes, Volume Response executes once, with strength set by a curve you define.

The response curve in the Sonar app: linear or exponential, with a strength at each end.

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When To Use It

Good For

  • Selling into demand and buying into sell-offs
  • Trading in proportion to market activity

Watch Out For

  • Trading in proportion to market activity
  • Quiet markets can mean few executions.

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How It Works

  • Windows with total volume below Activation Volume are skipped.
  • Between Activation Volume and Curve Ends At, strength follows your curve.
  • A cap limits the value of any single execution.
Change the incoming trade and the curve.

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Set It Up

1

Open Create Strategy

Pick the chain, choose Buy or Sell, then Expert and Volume Response. Add a name if you like, and press Continue.
2

Pick The Token And Size

Select the token and how much to trade, the source if more than one holds it, and the counter asset: the chain’s native token or a stablecoin.
3

Shape The Response Curve

Linear or exponential. Set the volume range, from where it starts replying to where the curve ends, and the strength at each end.
4

Set Execution Controls

Volume is totalled over a recurring window. Add a minimum price move, and a cap on the largest single trade per window.
5

Add Optional Parameters

Extra parameters, such as limits or a scheduled start. Skip them to run on defaults.
6

Set Strategy

It starts right away, or at your scheduled start.

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FAQ

Trades smaller than the start size are skipped.
No. The per-execution cap limits the largest single reply per window.
Volume executes against each incoming order at one fixed strength. Volume Response totals a window of opposing volume and executes once against it, at a strength your curve sets.

Volume

Trade into real market orders at a fixed share.

RSI Oscillator

Sell the spikes and buy the dips in a sideways market.