# Buy Options

> Source: https://www.archr.bot/docs/buy-options
> Section: Trading
> Last updated: 2026-07-27

## Manual Buying

- **Buy by Token Address**: Paste a token contract address or use `/buy`
- **Custom Amount**: Specify exact SOL amount or percentage of balance
- **Default Amount**: Use your configured default buy amount
- **Slippage Control**: Adjustable from 1-100% (recommended: 15-25%)

## Buy Amount Priority

Buy amounts follow a priority chain — more specific settings override more general ones:

1. **Per-signal buy amount** (set in Signal Preferences per channel/signal) overrides global
2. **Per-wallet buy amount** (set in Wallet Management per wallet) overrides per-signal
3. **Global default** (set in Settings → Buy Amount) applies when no override is set

If a per-wallet or per-signal amount is left on "Global," your main settings apply.

## Auto-Buy System

### Auto-Buy Control Panel

Tap **🤖 Auto** on the main menu to open the **Auto-Buy Control Panel**. It shows whether auto-buy is actually **ACTIVE**, **partially configured (SETUP)**, or **OFF**, plus a **Diagnostics** view with specific blockers.

Main menu label meanings:

| Label | Meaning |
|-------|---------|
| **OFF** | Global Auto-Trade is disabled |
| **SETUP** | Auto-Trade is on, but at least one required gate is still off |
| **ACTIVE** | At least one signal or copy-trade path is fully ready to fire |

### Signal Auto-Buy (call channels + DEX)

Three gates must all be ON for signal auto-buys to execute:

1. **Global Auto-Trade** (master switch — Auto-Buy panel or Settings)
2. **Per-signal auto-buy** (Signal Preferences → channel/signal → Auto-Buy)
3. **Execution wallet auto-buy** (Manage Wallets → wallet → Auto-Buy)

With **Multi-Buy** enabled, all wallets with auto-buy ON receive signal buys. Otherwise, only the **active wallet** must have auto-buy ON.

### Other signal auto-buy features

- **Per-Channel Amounts**: Set different buy amounts for each call channel or DEX signal
- **Filtering Integration**: Respects all configured filters (global or per-channel) unless Golden Ticker bypass enabled
- **Cooldown Protection**: Prevents duplicate purchases of same token (configurable via ABP Override per channel)
- **Low-Balance Protection**: Soft-pauses auto-buys when the wallet wouldn’t keep enough SOL for sell fees on open positions after the next buy — resumes automatically; settings unchanged. See [Trading Settings](/docs/trading-settings).
- **Queue Management**: Handles rapid succession alerts efficiently

## Copy Trading Auto-Buy

When copy trading is enabled for a tracked wallet, the bot automatically buys when the wallet buys. Three toggles must all be ON:

1. **Auto-Trade** (master switch)
2. **Copy Trading auto-buy** (Auto-Buy Control Panel → Copy Auto-Buy)
3. **Copy Trade** toggle on the specific tracked wallet

Copy trades execute from your **active wallet** (they do not require execution-wallet auto-buy toggles).

Each tracked wallet can have its own buy amount, filters, and exit strategy. See [Copy Trading](/docs/copy-trading) for full details.