Quadency review: a crypto trading powerhouse

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The team behind the project was brought together by the numerous inconveniences they had encountered using major cryptocurrency exchanges, and the mission of Quadency is to rid its users of having to deal with those inconveniences.

Quadency offers broad functionality for individual and institutional traders alike, as well as for crypto investors of any level. Some of the key features of Quadency are the support for multiple major exchanges and various trading bots.

Quadency is a smart trading & portfolio management service that allows users to trade on a variety of exchanges. It’s worth noting that Quadency itself is not an exchange or a brokerage firm (yet); it does not provide liquidity and does not hold your funds in custody. As of this writing, there are plans to implement a native Quadency Exchange with its own liquidity, the exact details are TBA.

The platform operates in all countries with no exceptions and is compliant with regulations in all 50 US states.

So far, the platform connects to AAX, Binance (including Binance.US), Bitfinex, Bittrex, CoinBase Pro, Gemini, HitBTC, Kraken, KuCoin, Liquid, Poloniex, and OKEx. Users can also request an exchange that’s not yet supported.

According to the official website, Quadency offers 4000+ trading pairs across all the supported exchanges.

To start using the platform, you need to register an internal account. The process takes a few clicks and requires you to state your email and come up with a password. Once done, a confirmation letter will be sent to your mail address, which you can use to activate your account. You can set up 2FA (Two-factor Authentication) in the profile settings if necessary.

Also, you can complete either of the 2 KYC levels to jump onboard the upcoming launch of the Quadency Exchange and be among the first to get exclusive perks.

Let’s break down the platform’s functionality step by step.

The Dashboard allows you to monitor your portfolios in-depth across all the connected exchanges.

Here, along with the portfolio performance chart, you can view a detailed breakdown of all your connected assets and sort them by Total Amount, USD Value, Total Return, Last Price & Average Cost Basis, as well as 24hr percentage change.

The Markets tab opens up a list of all available markets on all the connected exchanges.

Clicking on the coin’s name will open an asset profile page with a detailed breakdown of its key parameters such as rank, market cap, supply specifics, ROI estimates, and more.

You can also monitor your own interactions with the selected asset via the “My Holdings” button — your balance, open orders, history, trades, and transfers made with the asset are all visible here. All the asset profiles and metrics here are powered by the Messari screener.

In terms of trading functionality, Quadency offers a standard trading toolkit: a customizable TradingView chart, an order book, and, of course, an order placement window.

Apart from the trading pairs, you can seamlessly switch between the connected exchanges and your main and sub-accounts on those exchanges right in this window. Also, you can view the balances for the selected coin pair here.

You can place Market (taker), Limit (maker), and Stop orders here. Apart from placing the orders manually, you can also place advanced types of orders, such as trailing stop-loss and profit target, by running a Smart Order Bot (more on that below).

One interesting feature that’s not often met on most crypto exchanges is the modular layout: you can rearrange elements of the trading terminal in any way you like. You can even save your custom layouts and use them later.

Quadency trading bots are the flagship feature of the platform.

There’s support for 8 ‘simple’ bots and 4 pre-made advanced ones. You can run automated trading strategies in a few clicks or code your own strategies using Python (requires access).

The Quadency bots are both in-depth and accessible; you can use the pre-defined settings and/or tweak them in any way you like to achieve optimal performance. The platform allows you to run up to 20 bots at the same time with the option to increase the limit upon request. Mind that each bot is limited to one trading pair.

Let’s go through the bots offered here.

Simple:

1. Smart Order — this bot is specifically made for placing trailing or fixed stop-loss and profit target orders. It works by opening a position and constantly monitoring the market to mitigate your risks and ensure gains. It stops once the position is closed.
2. Accumulator — commonly known as DCA or dollar-cost averaging, this strategy implies periodically buying the asset in small, portioned chunks in order to achieve moderate profits and mitigate losses caused by volatility.
3. MACD — The MACD (Moving Average Convergence Divergence) indicator shows the relationship between two other moving averages of the coin’s price. This indicator is very popular and is at the foundation of technical analysis.
4. Mean Reversion — this bot is based on the RSI or Relative Strength Indicator level. This indicator shows when an asset is overbought or oversold (i.e. whether the demand for it is too high or too low). The bot buys when the coin is oversold and sells when it’s overbought. This one’s one of the most ‘surefire’ indicators out there.
5. Bollinger Bands — Bollinger Bands are both fun to look at and very efficient in trading. The bot buys when the price dips below the lower band level and sells when it’s over the above one (akin to the RSI strategy).
6. DMAC — The Dual Moving Average Crossover indicator tells when the two other moving averages of an asset’s price cross; that moment usually foretells a change in price dynamics, and is a strong indicator to buy. The bot enters a position when the Short Term Moving Average crosses above the Long-term one and closes the deal on a pre-set condition.
7. Multi-Lever RSI — this is a complex strategy that involves long positions, DCA, and shorting tactics — all revolving around the pre-defined RSI levels.
8. Market Maker — with this bot, you get to be a Market Maker and create market activity by placing both Buy and Sell orders on pre-set conditions and making profits on the bid-ask spread.

Advanced:

1. Grid Trader — grid trading is a fairly common practice in algo trading. In it, you set up a grid of orders placed at even intervals, thus taking advantage of any price movement, whether it’s up or down.
2. Portfolio Rebalancer — this approach is about creating a diversified portfolio and setting its allocation limits. The bot will dynamically monitor market conditions, adding more of some assets and getting rid of others.
3. Market Maker Plus — basically an advanced version of the Market Maker bot that’s capable of handling up to 200 orders at once and has other features.
4. TradingView Bot — allows you to hook up your TradingView account and execute buy & sell orders based on the signals your set there.
5. Strategy Coder — this is a tool for coding your own strategies using Python. You need to request access before being able to use it.

Each bot has a variety of features and signals that you can set up and adjust; you can also save multiple configurations of a single bot, seamlessly cycle between them, and choose which one to launch.

You can run each bot straight away or backtest it, i.e. run it retrospectively in emulated past market conditions. You can wait and see how the market behaves first, backtest the bot, then gauge its performance and make some adjustments before running it live.

Mind that as of March 2022, due to data amount restraints only MACD, DMAC, Mean Reversion & Multi-Level RSI, Bollinger Bands, and Accumulator bots are available for backtesting.

If you’re having a hard time trying to decide which bot to launch, you can also copy an existing strategy made by another user. All the copy strategies are algorithmically assessed by the platform’s own engine and are essentially the best-performing backtested bots from all across Quadency. All the copy trades can be filtered by Return, Average Daily Return, Daily Trades, and their test period. Mind that Quadency makes no claims about the efficiency of the copy trades; use them at your own risk.

If you have any questions about how the bots work, there is a “learn more” button for each of them leading to an official page with a detailed description of every parameter and how to use it. Also, check out this Quick Start Guide if you need help setting up your first bot.

The Quadency DEX tab — the platform’s most recent addition — takes you to the local SushiSwap-powered swap protocol where you can instantly swap tokens between the Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain (BSC), and Polygon networks.

To be able to swap tokens on Quadency, you first need to connect one of the following crypto wallets:

• Metamask
• WalletConnect
• KeyStone
• Lattice
• Coinbase Wallet
• Fortmatic
• Portis
• Binance
• Torus
• Clover

Aside from swapping tokens, on Quadency DEX you can also become a liquidity provider and add any token pair available on the selected network. You can also join an existing liquidity pool here.

A number of advanced settings are also available here, such as slippage tolerance, transaction deadline, no multihops (only direct pairs) and expert mode (bypass confirmation modals).
As per the official site, Liquidity Providers earn 0.25 of trading fees plus a share of 228,571 QUAD tokens each week when locking up QUAD/ETH or QUAD/USDC.

QUAD is the native cryptocurrency of Quadency. It draws its value from its potential utility and can be bought directly on the built-in swap and further traded on SushiSwap.

The token gives its holders discounted trading fees, governance credentials (feature proposal & voting), as well as passive rewards for staking. At the time of this writing, the APY for staking QUAD is 64% (mind that it’s subject to change over time). QUAD staking is passive and requires no action from the user except holding the tokens on their Quadency account.

For mobile users, there’s also a Quadency app available on both iOS and Android. Its functionality largely mirrors that of its web counterpart.

The platform also has 24/7 live chat support where you can get general knowledge and assistance.

As of March 2022, the platform is currently in transition between the past paid subscription model and a new DAO-like one with flexible trading fees and pricing plans. Until further notice, the platform is 100% free to use for all users.

Quadency has already made itself a name ever since its launch in 2018. With a comprehensive list of supported exchanges and a wide array of trading bots, the platform can cater to the needs of traders and investors of all levels. For those seeking to invest in new projects, Quadency might prove a worthy consideration with the recent launch of the QUAD token and the upcoming launch of the native exchange.