What is "Unmatched Orders PnL" and why does it look so bad? 📊

My bot shows -$7.92 in "unmatched orders PnL" today. People ask me if this means the bot is losing money.

It doesn't. Here's the explanation:

How a grid bot places orders:

When you launch a grid bot, it places BUY orders below current price and SELL orders above. Each pair earns a small profit when completed.

What "unmatched" means:

A BUY order that hasn't found its matching SELL yet is "unmatched." The bot bought SOL at, say, $88 — but if SOL is now at $94, that position shows a temporary paper gain. However if the bot placed the buy at $91 and price moved to $94 without the sell triggering yet, it shows an unrealized cost.

In my case right now:

65 buy orders are sitting between $65–$93. SOL is at $94. Those orders haven't been matched yet → they show -$7.92 on paper.

What happens next:

When SOL pulls back to $90, $88, $85 — each buy order activates, finds its matching sell, and that -$7.92 converts into realized profit.

The key insight:

Unmatched PnL is not a loss. It's deferred profit waiting for price to return.

My real scorecard this cycle: $9.06 in matched (locked) profit and counting. ✅

Does this make sense? Questions welcome 👇

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