Originally Posted by edgeprod

The "up" and "down" don't really matter -- the volatility does. What my bots do with the various currencies are they buy in at X amount, and then sell at X+Y. If it drops by Z, they sell at a stop-loss price. They then wait for the coin to drop by W (or rise by V) to buy back in, and the cycle repeats. This happens a bunch of times per day (a lot more for volatile coins, or for busy days), and the +Y adds up over the course of the day.