You stop a grid bot and see that profits were heavily reduced by fees. This is common. The main issues are in two places: the trading fees themselves and the "Reserved Fee" held while the grid is running.
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Below we explain step by step how to check both amounts.
Step 1: Check how much the grid earned and which fees were deducted
There is a gap between the "profit" the grid earns and the "net return" you actually get: trading fees.
[What to do]: Check the grid strategy's "Grid Profit" and "Total Profit."
[How to do it]: In the app or website, go to Trading Bots → Spot Grid and open the details of the strategy you stopped. The page shows "Realized Grid Profit." This is the money the bot earned from each buy-low-sell-high trade, already after deducting the buy and sell fees. If you enabled BNB fee deduction, the fees deducted from this profit are already discounted.
[Done when]: You can see "Grid Profit" (fees already deducted) and "Total Profit" (Grid Profit plus or minus floating P&L). You clearly know how much the bot itself actually earned.
Step 2: Check the reserved fee that may have been deducted earlier
When you stop a grid bot, you may notice the money returned to your account is a little less than expected. That may be a "Reserved Fee" that has not yet been returned.
[What to do]: Confirm whether the grid has a "Reserved Fee" balance.
[How to do it]: On the grid's details page, look at the breakdown of "Current Balance" or "Total Assets." This amount was set aside when you started the grid to pay for future trading fees. When the grid stops, the used part is deducted, and the unused part goes back to your spot account.
[Done when]: You find the "Reserved Fee" amount and confirm it has returned to your spot account.
Step 3: Check the source to reduce fee pain in the future
After reviewing the past, it is more important to save in the future. The core factors that affect fees are: which trading pair you chose and how many grids you set.
[What to do]: Review the trading pair and grid count you used for the grid bot.
[How to do it]: First look at the pair. Major coins such as BTC/USDT and ETH/USDT have better liquidity and smaller slippage, so the actual slippage cost is lower. Then look at grid count. The tighter the grid, the more often trades happen, so total trading fees add up faster. If the pair itself has higher trading fees, such as no BNB discount or not part of a zero-fee promotion, then it is normal for profits to be eaten.
[Done when]: You understand that for a high-frequency strategy like grid trading, even a 0.1% fee can grow into a large cost after many repeated buys and sells.
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How to Verify After You Finish
Go to your spot account's transaction history and find the record for "Grid Termination" or "Bot Transfer." Check whether the final returned amount equals "Grid Profit + initial investment - reserved fee." If the numbers match, then all the costs are accounted for.
