Modes — The 9 Pre-Built Strategies

Complete guide to the 9 pre-built modes shipped with unCoded. What each does, when it fits, what capital it needs, and how to choose.

unCoded ships 9 pre-built modes — fully encoded strategies you can run immediately without authoring anything yourself. Each mode specifies a complete buy ladder, sell ladder, trailing-stop policy, and risk caps. Pick one, allocate capital, and the TradingBot enforces the rules. No code, no graph, no learning curve.

What a “mode” is

A mode is a complete strategy specification packaged as a JSON file inside the TradingBot’s image. It encodes:

• The buy ladder — how many splits, what triggers each, how much capital per split.
• The sell ladder — the rungs at which the bot takes profit, in what percentages.
• The trailing stop — whether/when one is armed, the activation distance, the cancel distance.
• The hard stop-loss — the maximum drawdown the bot tolerates before closing.
• Risk caps — capital sizing, min-notional handling, time-based decay (where applicable).

The 9 modes shipped today have been hand-tuned by the unCoded team and validated extensively. They span a range of risk profiles, capital requirements, and market-regime fits. There’s a mode for almost every operator profile.

The 9 modes at a glance

#	Mode	Capital	Best for	Trailing stop	Quick character
4	BasicMode*(default)*	~$20,000	Sideways/lightly trending	No	7-split grid, predictable
1	FullBullMarket	~$20,000	Sustained uptrends	Yes	Wider targets, fewer round-trips
2	LongTimeLongMoreProfit	~$20,000	Patient, larger profits	Yes	Extended hold times
3	LongTimeLong	~$25,000	Most patient	Yes	Slowest trader, biggest moves
5	LowMoney	~$3,000	Smaller capital	No	Adapted for $3,000–$5,000
6	MinimalMoney	~$1,500	Minimum viable	No	The starter mode
7	Tsl2Sell	~$10,000	Trending instruments	Yes	Trailing-stop-driven
1001	MarketMaker	$20,000+	FDUSD pairs only	N/A	Maker-rebate strategy
1002	MarketMakerMinimal	~$5,000	FDUSD learning	N/A	Smaller MM variant

Choosing a mode

If you're new to unCoded

BasicMode (Mode 4) on BTCUSDT with $15,000–$25,000.

This is the most-tested combination, the most-documented behaviour, and the most-validated mode-symbol pairing. There is no better starter for almost any operator.

Run for 1 month before considering any change. The first month is paid education — feel the rhythm before you tune.

If your starting capital is below $5,000

LowMoney (Mode 5) for $3,000–$5,000 or MinimalMoney (Mode 6) for $1,500–$3,000.

Each mode’s split count is tuned so per-split sizing comfortably clears exchange min-notional floors. Running BasicMode at $3,000 would produce per-split orders below the $10 floor — the bot would skip orders.

If you've identified a sustained trending regime

FullBullMarket (Mode 1) with ~$20,000.

Fewer round-trips than BasicMode but holds positions for longer rallies. Underperforms BasicMode in chop; outperforms in clear up-trends.

Caveat: regime-calling is hard. If you’re not confident the trend is sustained, BasicMode handles trending markets adequately without the regime-mismatch risk.

If you want minimal trading frequency

LongTimeLongMoreProfit (Mode 2) for ~$20,000, or LongTimeLong (Mode 3) for ~$25,000.

Patient modes with extended hold times and wider profit targets. Suitable for operators who don’t want frequent activity. Mode 3 is even more patient than Mode 2.

If your symbol is clearly trending

Tsl2Sell (Mode 7) with ~$10,000.

Trailing-stop-driven exits. Optimized for instruments where letting the trailing stop catch the move is more valuable than a fixed sell ladder. Suitable for trending instruments where the next high is unpredictable but durable.

If you want to do market-making on FDUSD

MarketMaker (Mode 1001) with $20,000+, or MarketMakerMinimal (Mode 1002) with ~$5,000 for learning.

Specialty modes for Binance’s FDUSD-quoted markets, which have a maker-rebate fee structure. Posts maker-only orders on both sides of the book, profiting from rebates rather than directional moves.

Only viable on Binance FDUSD pairs. Don’t run on other quote assets.

Capital requirements explained

Why capital affects whether a mode can trade

Each mode has a buy ladder of N splits. Each split is approximately total_capital / N. The exchange enforces a minimum-notional floor (Binance: $10 for most majors).

If total_capital / N is less than min-notional, the mode cannot place per-split orders the exchange will accept. The bot skips orders, logs the reason, fill rate collapses.

The recommended capitals are calibrated so each mode’s split count produces orders comfortably above the min-notional, with headroom for symbols whose floor is higher than the typical $10.

The 50% reserve recommendation

On top of trading capital, hold approximately 50% of that amount as reserve in your exchange account but not allocated to any active mode.

Concrete sizing: BasicMode on $20,000 trading capital + ~$10,000 reserve = ~$30,000 total exchange balance.

The reserve covers drawdown averaging, occasional re-entries, fees, and operational headroom. Operating without a reserve means running at 100% deployed — uncomfortable in any market regime.

Capital scaling — when to scale up

Don’t scale capital in your first month. Mode dynamics need a month to reveal themselves. After 1+ month of stable operation:

• If results match expectations → can scale up 1.5x to 2x.
• If you’re confident → can scale further.
• If results are below expectations → tune the mode or symbol selection before adding more capital.

Scaling capital does not change strategy quality — it just amplifies the same dynamics. A losing strategy with 2x capital is a 2x losing strategy.

Mode interactions with the kill switch

The kill switch is a global flag that prevents new buy orders across all modes. When set:

• ✅ No new buy orders are placed by any mode on any pair.
• ✅ Existing positions continue to manage to closure — sell ladders fill, trailing stops trigger.
• ✅ You can flip back ON at any time to resume normal operation.

This means the kill switch is a global pause, not a global close. To close existing positions, you do that manually via the venue’s UI or the Dashboard’s per-position close action.

Common mode-changing mistakes

❌ Changing modes mid-trade without understanding in-flight behaviour

When you change a pair’s assigned mode, already-open positions continue under the previous mode’s rules — the sell ladder is already on the exchange, the trailing stop is already armed.

New positions opened after the change use the new mode. So for a few hours/days, you have a mix of “old mode” positions winding down and “new mode” positions starting up.

Best practice: wait for in-flight positions to close before changing the mode, or close them manually if you want a clean cutover.

❌ Running BasicMode at $3,000

BasicMode has 7 buy splits. At $3,000 capital, each split is ~$430. That’s well above min-notional, so it works. But the buy ladder is only fully invested when 7 splits trigger — meaning your effective deployment is gradual.

The recommended $20,000 for BasicMode is calibrated so the ladder behaviour matches the mode’s intended use. At very low capital, the bot’s behaviour is technically valid but the strategy dynamics differ from the intended pattern.

Better choice for $3,000: LowMoney (Mode 5), tuned specifically for that capital level.

❌ Running MarketMaker on USDT pairs

MarketMaker (Mode 1001) and MarketMakerMinimal (Mode 1002) depend on the maker-rebate structure of Binance’s FDUSD-quoted markets. On regular USDT pairs, makers don’t earn rebates — they pay reduced taker fees but no positive yield.

Running these modes on non-FDUSD pairs produces poor economics. The fee structure that makes the strategy profitable doesn’t exist there.

Use these modes only on Binance FDUSD pairs.

❌ Running FullBullMarket in chop

FullBullMarket is optimized for sustained up-trends. In sideways/choppy markets, it under-trades and underperforms BasicMode.

The challenge: regime-calling is hard. Most operators who think “we’re in a bull market” are wrong some of the time.

Better default: BasicMode handles both chop and gentle trends. Switch to FullBullMarket only with high regime confidence.

❌ Running LongTimeLong with $5,000

LongTimeLong’s recommended capital is $25,000. The mode is designed for substantial capital with patient hold times. At $5,000, the per-split sizing is too small for the mode’s intended dynamics.

Better at $5,000: LowMoney (Mode 5) or MarketMakerMinimal (Mode 1002 on FDUSD).

How modes interact with custom strategies

The 9 modes are independent of the SignalEditor’s custom strategies. You can run:

• Modes only — pick a mode, run it. The simplest setup.
• Modes + strategy gating — a mode runs continuously, with canBuy toggled by SignalEditor strategies based on conditions you author.
• Modes per-pair customization — different pairs assigned to different modes for different behaviours.

Most operators run modes-only for the first month, then explore strategy gating once they have intuition for the modes’ behaviour.

What’s next

BasicMode (Mode 4)

The recommended starter — 7-split grid, no trailing stop, predictable.

FullBullMarket (Mode 1)

For sustained up-trends with trailing-stop arming.

LongTimeLong (Mode 3)

The most patient mode for substantial capital.

LongTimeLongMoreProfit (Mode 2)

Patient mode with wider profit targets.

LowMoney (Mode 5)

Adapted for $3,000–$5,000 capital.

MinimalMoney (Mode 6)

The minimum-viable starter mode at $1,500.

Tsl2Sell (Mode 7)

Trailing-stop-driven exits for trending instruments.

MarketMaker (Mode 1001)

FDUSD-only maker-rebate strategy.

MarketMakerMinimal (Mode 1002)

Smaller-capital FDUSD market-making variant.

Strategy Recipes

Custom strategies you can build in the SignalEditor.