# Algorithmic crypto trading: how to run a rule set on ripr

> Algorithmic crypto trading is a written rule set, followed every time. Here are the five parts of one and how to set each up on ripr.

- URL: https://ripr.trade/blog/algorithmic-crypto-trading
- Publisher: ripr (https://ripr.trade)
- Author: ripr Editorial Team
- Published: 2026-11-11
- Category: Guides

Algorithmic crypto trading means writing your trading rules down first, then following them the same way every time. On ripr a rule set has five parts: a screener filter that decides which coins you even look at, one fixed entry check, one fixed trade size, take-profit and stop-loss lines that sell for you while the app is open, and a profit-and-loss review that judges the rules rather than the last trade. None of it needs code — only numbers you have written down.

## What is algorithmic crypto trading?

Algorithmic crypto trading is any approach where a rule decides the trade instead of how the chart feels at that moment. The rule set is the algorithm, and large desks hand theirs to software. You can run the same five parts yourself, with ripr's filters, warnings and chart lines doing the repetitive work.

ripr's help-centre guide to [trading more safely](https://ripr.trade/support/how-can-i-trade-more-safely) puts it in one line: use a disciplined process every time, and start with a small test trade.

| Part | What you decide | Where it lives on ripr |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Universe | Which coins qualify at all | Explore screener filters |
| Entry | What must be true before you buy | The coin page: warnings and holder shares |
| Size | How much goes into one trade | The pre-filled buy amount and slippage settings |
| Exit | Where you take profit and where you stop | Take-profit and stop-loss lines on the chart |
| Review | When you judge the rules | Portfolio profit and loss over 7 or 30 days |

*Table 1. The five parts of a rule set and where each one lives on ripr*

Write every number down before you open a coin: a rule you invent halfway through a trade is not a rule.

## Step 1: Turn your universe rule into a ripr screener filter

Your universe rule is the list of coins you will even consider, and on ripr it is a set of filters on [Explore](https://ripr.trade/explore). The screener filters Solana coins by trading venue and by launchpad, with ranges for market cap, liquidity, holders, age and the last 24 hours of transaction, buy and sell counts.

Write the rule as numbers. "Liquidity above $25,000, at least 300 holders, more buys than sells over 24 hours" gives you the same shortlist twice in a row. "Decent volume" gives you whatever mood you are in.

Two of ripr's own behaviours belong in the rule. Sort by market cap and the screener leaves out coins under $5,000 of liquidity or with fewer than 100 holders unless you set those bounds yourself, so the list you start from still trades. Explore also carries a Hide warnings filter that drops the coins ripr has flagged; it is off by default, so turn it on if your rule excludes them.

ripr's Trending list ranks coins on how fast trades, volume and distinct buyers are growing, and pushes down activity that looks manipulated, which makes it a reasonable momentum input. Anything that passes the filter but not your entry check goes on a watchlist rather than into a trade.

## Step 2: Run the same entry check on every coin

On ripr the entry check happens on the coin's own page: read the same fields in the same order every time.

1. **The contract address.** A contract address, or mint, is the string that identifies one coin on Solana and nothing else. ripr searches by name, ticker or full contract address, and the full address is the lookup a copycat with the same name and picture cannot answer. It is a public record you can also read on [Solana's block explorer](https://explorer.solana.com/).
2. **The warnings.** The app shows rule-based warnings for known rug patterns — a creator holding unlocked liquidity, liquidity that has already been pulled, a coordinated launch — on the coin page and again in the buy flow, and it says plainly that the absence of a warning is not a clean bill of health.
3. **Who holds the supply.** Each coin page shows what share of the supply the top 10 and top 50 holders and the creator hold, with pools and vaults left out. Set a ceiling in your rule and keep to it.
4. **Both sides of the tape.** The 24-hour buy and sell counts you filtered on belong here too: they tell you whether anyone is trading the other side of your exit.

A worked example from ripr's own market data: one coin showed roughly $33,000 of liquidity, about 1,500 holders and a top-10 wallet share near 26%. Against the rule above it clears the liquidity and concentration tests, so it goes on the watchlist until the entry condition fires.

## Step 3: Fix your size and slippage before you trade

Size and slippage are what make two trades comparable, so set them once on ripr rather than per trade. On desktop web the chart's buy button trades in one click at your last buy amount, or $10 the first time, so keeping one size takes less effort than changing it. Choosing that number is covered in [how much to invest in meme coins](https://ripr.trade/blog/how-much-to-invest-in-meme-coins-position-sizing).

Slippage is the maximum price change you accept between the quote and the fill. ripr's Auto slippage sets that maximum from how much the coin moved in the last five minutes, between 3% and 15%, and you can set a figure yourself instead. The help centre's guide to [what slippage is and how to set it](https://ripr.trade/support/what-is-slippage-and-how-should-i-set-it) puts it in one line: lower protects the price, higher fills more often.

A large order moves the quoted price more than a small one, so the help centre's note on [how your buy and sell size affect price](https://ripr.trade/support/how-do-my-buy-size-and-sell-size-affect-price) suggests breaking a big trade into steps and re-reading the estimate.

Before your wallet signs, the app checks the prepared transaction on your device against the amount, slippage and fee limits you set, and refuses it if anything differs, so what you sign is the size you chose. On iOS and Android the trade sheet lists the network fee, any router fee and the refundable account deposit before you confirm. Keep a little SOL spare for network fees.

## Step 4: Set take-profit and stop-loss levels on ripr's chart

On ripr you set your exits by dragging take-profit and stop-loss lines onto a coin's chart, and they sell automatically while the app, or the coin page on desktop web, is open. An exit rule only counts if it is placed before you need it, and the lines run inside the app, so keep it open while one is armed.

The iOS and Android charts carry tick and 1-minute to 1-day ranges, a price or market-cap view, your entry line and markers for your own trades, so you can see your stop against your average. On desktop web the chart adds 31 drawing tools and four technical indicators if your rule reads a level rather than a percentage.

Write both levels as percentages of your entry and keep them for the whole test. Moving a stop while a trade is open is the surest way to turn a rule set back into a feeling, and [when to sell meme coins and take profits](https://ripr.trade/blog/when-to-sell-meme-coins-take-profits) goes deeper into choosing the levels.

## Step 5: Review the rules, not the trades

Review is the step that tells you whether your rule set is any good, and on ripr you read it from your profit and loss: the iOS and Android apps show realized and open P&L over the last 7 or 30 days, worked out from the trades ripr has indexed for your account.

Judge a batch of trades rather than the last one, then change one rule at a time: the liquidity floor, or the stop, never both. That is the only way to know which change did what, so keep the size small while a rule set is young.

## Frequently asked questions

### Do you need to code for algorithmic crypto trading?

No. Algorithmic crypto trading needs rules written as numbers, not software: a liquidity floor, a holder-concentration ceiling, a fixed trade size, a take-profit and a stop. On ripr those numbers go into the Explore screener filters and into the take-profit and stop-loss lines on a coin's chart, so the app repeats the mechanical parts.

### What is the difference between algorithmic trading and a trading bot?

Algorithmic trading is the rule set: the conditions, the size and the exits you chose in advance. A bot is software that submits the orders. The rules are the part that decides the outcome, and on ripr they live in your screener filter, your entry check on the coin page, and the exit lines on the chart.

### Can you test a trading rule set on ripr?

You test a rule set on ripr with your own trades at a small size. Portfolio on iOS and Android shows realized and open profit and loss over the last 7 or 30 days, and each coin's chart loads the 300 most recent candles for the interval you pick, updating live. Read a batch of trades before you touch a rule.

### How much does each trade cost?

ripr's help centre puts trading at a total 1% swap fee on every buy and sell — 0.75% to the platform, 0.25% to the coin's creator — plus the Solana network fee, which matters more to a rule set that trades often. On iOS and Android the trade sheet itemises the network fee, any router fee and the refundable account deposit before you confirm; the help centre lists [what fees are charged during trading](https://ripr.trade/support/what-fees-are-charged-during-trading).

## Start with one rule set

Pick one filter on Explore, one entry check, one size, one pair of exit levels, and run them for a few weeks at an amount you would not mind losing. Then read the profit and loss, change one number, and run it again. [A Solana meme coin trading strategy](https://ripr.trade/blog/solana-meme-coin-trading-strategy) is a worked example to start from.

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*Last verified 3 November 2026. This article is published by ripr, which builds an app for trading Solana coins. Nothing here is financial advice.*