Strategies
A Strategy is a managed collection of Conditional Bids deployed on behalf of a Liquidity Provider. Instead of creating and maintaining individual bids, the user defines the parameters and Tradepost generates and manages the underlying bids automatically.
How it works
- Select asset configurations — choose what you want to buy: what events/games, specific cards, sneaker SKUs, an artist's entire tour, a product line, etc.
- Filter conditions — narrow the selection based on your bidding strategy. Exclude what you don't want:
- Tickets: only lower bowl, exclude upper deck; only aisle seats; rows 1–10 only
- Cards: only PSA graded, exclude BGS; minimum grade 9; only 1st edition
- Sneakers: only DS condition; specific sizes
- Choose a pricing model — the source of fair value that bids will be calculated against (Tradepost model, market comps, custom)
- Set bid % of fair value — bids are placed at a percentage of the pricing model output (e.g., 70% of fair value)
- Define limits — max budget (total spend cap) and max quantity (total units to fill)
Tradepost handles the rest: generating Conditional Bids across the filtered asset set, adjusting bid prices as fair values move, and pausing when limits are hit.
Example
A Liquidity Provider wants all Taylor Swift Eras Tour dates, but only floor seats and lower bowl, at 72% of Tradepost fair value, $100K budget, 300 tickets max. They create one Strategy — Tradepost deploys and maintains Conditional Bids across every matching event and section automatically.
Why it matters
- Set-and-forget — define intent once, platform manages execution
- Dynamic pricing — bids adjust as fair values change
- Portfolio-level control — budget and quantity limits apply across the whole strategy
- Scales instantly — one Strategy can deploy hundreds of underlying Conditional Bids