All the Ad Settings Explained

Each ad has a settings panel — open it with the gear icon next to the ad's switches. The settings are grouped into three tabs: Positioning, Limit filter, and Competitor filter. This article explains every field.

If an AI agent is running a strategy on the ad, some of these fields are managed by the agent and shown as locked — that's expected. When no strategy locks a field, you set it here yourself.

Tab 1 — Positioning

This tab controls where your ad sits and how its price is calculated.

Auto mode

A switch at the top. When on, Pilotbot calculates the ad's price automatically from the market and your settings (this is the normal mode). When off, the ad is in manual mode and holds the price you set yourself.

Target position

The rank you want in the order book — 1 means first place, 2 second, and so on. Pilotbot prices the ad each cycle to reach that position, as long as staying there keeps it inside the safety corridor. It's a whole number (the default is 1). See target position in detail.

Overtake step

How far past the competitor ahead of you the bot goes when it takes a position — just enough to be clearly in front. The step must be a multiple of the market's minimum tick; the panel shows the minimum tick and example allowed values (for example 0.01, 0.02, 0.03…). A larger step gives a clearer lead but a slightly worse price.

Max deviation

The furthest the price may move from the calculated value, as a percentage. It's your personal guardrail inside the platform's hard corridor — a way to keep the bot from chasing the market further than you're comfortable with. (The hard ±19.9% corridor still applies on top of this.)

Tab 2 — Limit filter

This tab controls which competitor ads count when Pilotbot works out your position, based on their trade limits.

Limits from / to

The limit range you care about. Competitor ads whose limits fall in this band are the ones the bot considers when positioning you — so you compete against ads aimed at similar order sizes, not tiny or huge ones.

Minimum limit difference

Ignore competitors whose limits are too close to another ad's — it cuts out near-duplicate entries so your positioning is based on genuinely distinct competitors.

Tab 3 — Competitor filter

This tab lets you choose which competitors Pilotbot pays attention to.

Merchants only

A checkbox. When ticked, Pilotbot only counts verified exchange merchants when calculating your position — ignoring ordinary (non-merchant) ads. Useful when you only want to compete with serious, established sellers.

Ignore competitors

A list where you add specific trader nicknames to exclude. The bot won't factor those traders into your position — handy for ignoring a known bot or an aggressive outlier that would otherwise drag your price around.

Putting It Together

A typical setup: leave Auto mode on, set Target position to where you want to be, pick a small Overtake step, set a Max deviation you're comfortable with, and use the filters so the bot only competes against the ads that matter. Then turn the ad on with the In bot switch — see managing your ads.