Want to pause or stop a running bot, create a new one, or just aren't sure what happens after you stop it? This article explains the difference between Pause and Stop, how your assets are handled when you stop a bot, whether it costs anything, whether there's a cooldown period, and how the Break-even Price is calculated after you re-create a bot.
1. First, the basics: Pause and Stop are not the same thing
On the bot page, "Pause" and "Stop" are two different actions with very different effects:
Pause
Cancels all unfilled orders, but keeps your position and parameters unchanged
No settlement — assets are not returned to your Primary Account
Can be resumed at any time; resuming continues with the original parameters. A paused Futures Grid bot can also be set to restart automatically once the price reaches a trigger price you choose (see Bot Pause Feature).
Stop
Fully settles the bot — once your position is processed, assets are returned to your Primary Account
Cannot be resumed — to trade again, you'll need to create a new bot
Not every bot type supports Pause:
Bot Type | Supports Pause | Settlement on Stop |
Spot Grid | Yes | Choose to return your holdings as-is, or have the bot sell them for you |
Futures Grid | Yes | Closes the position directly — no option to return holdings as-is |
Spot Martingale | No — Stop only | Choose to return your holdings as-is, or have the bot sell them for you |
Futures Martingale | No — Stop only | Closes the position directly — no option to return holdings as-is |
Rebalancing Bot | No — Stop only | Choose to return your holdings as-is, or have the bot sell them for you |
The table above covers only Spot Grid, Futures Grid, Spot Martingale, Futures Martingale, and the Rebalancing Bot. For any other bot type — including Infinity Grid, Cross Margin Futures Grid, the Hedging Bot, Leveraged Grid, Margin Grid, Reverse Grid Bot, Futures Moon Bot, Signal Bot, Smart Trade Bot, and TWAP Bot — whether Pause is available isn’t covered by this table. Check the actual menu options (tap "More" on the bot’s order page) to see if a Pause option is offered for that bot, since only Stop may be available.
2. What always happens when you stop a bot
No matter which bot type, stopping a bot always:
Cancels all unfilled orders (this applies to every bot type, no exceptions)
Handles your position according to the rule for that bot type in the table above
3. Can you re-create it right away? Does it cost anything?
Can I re-create it right away? Yes. There's no cooldown period after stopping a bot — you can create a new one whenever you want, with no waiting required.
Does stopping or re-creating itself cost anything? Stopping a bot and creating a new one are both free actions on their own. Whether a fee applies depends on whether stopping triggers an actual trade:
If you choose to return your holdings as-is when stopping: no trade happens, so no fee applies
If you choose to have the bot sell your holdings (converted to USDT, or a futures position close): this is technically a trade, and the standard trading fee applies
In other words, the real question isn't "does stopping cost a fee" — it's "did this particular stop trigger a trade."
4. How the new bot's Break-even Price is calculated when you re-create it
What people often mean by "breakeven price" is what Pionex calls the Break-even Price — a field shown on futures grid–type bots (the ones with leverage and long/short positions): the price at which the order would neither profit nor lose.
The Break-even Price is calculated as:
Break-even Price = Current price of the pair + (−Current profit / Current position)
This value is calculated in real time — it moves with your current profit and current position, it isn't a fixed number that "carries over" to your next bot. So:
When you stop the old bot, its Break-even Price ends along with it — it doesn't carry over to a new bot
Once you create the new bot, it calculates a fresh Break-even Price based on its own price, profit, and position at that time — regardless of whether the old bot ended in profit or at a loss
5. When it's worth re-creating a bot
The most common scenario is: the market price has moved outside the bot's price range. At that point you have two options:
Stop the bot and create a new one with a new price range
Or skip re-creating it and just edit the current bot's price range instead
Either approach solves the "price out of range" problem — which one you pick comes down to preference, not a rule. Other situations (like feeling the parameters aren't quite right, or wanting to adjust the investment amount) can be handled the same way: if changing the parameters solves it, you don't necessarily need to re-create the bot.
If you only want to lock in part of the profit or cut part of the risk on a Futures Grid bot, you don't need to stop it: Partial TP/SL closes part of the position at the price levels you set while the bot keeps running (see How to Set Up Partial Take Profit and Stop Loss for Futures Grid Bot).
Exception — Futures Moon Bot: its price range and leverage can't be edited, and its range follows the price automatically (upward for Long, downward for Short). If the price moves outside the range, the bot resumes arbitrage on its own once the price comes back into the range or the range catches up, so no action is needed. If you'd like a different range, the only option is to stop the bot and create a new one.
6. How your Spot cost price works after a bot is closed and holdings are returned
When you close a bot and choose (Return holdings as-is), the bot places no buy or sell order on the exchange — it simply releases the coins it is holding back to your Spot account. Because no new trade is executed, this is not treated as a fresh purchase and does not trigger any recalculation of your cost price in the Funding Bill.
If you instead choose [Sell on your behalf] when closing, the bot converts the whole position to USDT and returns that; no coin position remains, so there is nothing to merge into your cost price.
This applies to the spot-type bots that can return the base coin as-is (see the table in Section 1). Futures bots close by directly closing the position and settle in the margin asset — they have no [return the base coin as-is] option, so Spot cost-price merging does not apply.
To learn how your Spot cost price is calculated and where to view or edit it, see [What is the Fund Statement?].