$118.6M IN BETS ON WHETHER CRYPTO GOES UP OR DOWN IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES. MY GROK DESK KEPT $635,329 OF IT, HALF A CENT ON EVERY DOLLAR
it wins 51.0% of tickets, close to a coin flip. the money comes from volume: 159,583 polymarket markets, $743 average ticket, each one priced about 1.78¢ in its favor.
six agents, one ticket at a time:
01 SPOTTER > reads the tape
02 PRIOR > prices the window
03 EDGE > passes the ticket on only if the gap holds
04 KELLY > sizes it, half kelly, capped at 3% of the book
05 TAKER > works the ask
06 CLOSER > settles and files the ledger
one ticket from the screen:
> btc up 5m
> fair 62.9¢ / book 60.6¢
> edge +2.3¢
biggest single win since april is $13.3K. everything else is small gaps stacked 159K times.
there's no cushion here. once fees or slippage cost more than 1.78¢ a ticket, the whole half cent goes with them.
would you run a desk that's wrong 49% of the time if it kept half a cent on every dollar?
$118.6M IN BETS ON WHETHER CRYPTO GOES UP OR DOWN IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES. MY GROK DESK KEPT $635,329 OF IT, HALF A CENT ON EVERY DOLLAR
it wins 51.0% of tickets, close to a coin flip. the money comes from volume: 159,583 polymarket markets, $743 average ticket, each one priced about 1.78¢ in its favor.
six agents, one ticket at a time:
01 SPOTTER > reads the tape
02 PRIOR > prices the window
03 EDGE > passes the ticket on only if the gap holds
04 KELLY > sizes it, half kelly, capped at 3% of the book
05 TAKER > works the ask
06 CLOSER > settles and files the ledger
one ticket from the screen:
> btc up 5m
> fair 62.9¢ / book 60.6¢
> edge +2.3¢
biggest single win since april is $13.3K. everything else is small gaps stacked 159K times.
there's no cushion here. once fees or slippage cost more than 1.78¢ a ticket, the whole half cent goes with them.
would you run a desk that's wrong 49% of the time if it kept half a cent on every dollar?
MY GROK DESK COSTS ABOUT 15 CENTS FOR THE TIME IT TAKES YOU TO WATCH THIS CLIP. IN 26 DAYS IT TOOK A $2.3K SEED TO $60,425
the bottom ticker counts the spend live while you watch. it's the smallest number on the screen and the one i look at most
the run so far:
> 26 days live
> 15,086 tickets on polymarket btc and eth up/down
> 48.0% win rate
> +1.78¢ average edge per ticket
> 4.2% max drawdown
6 agents, one order book:
SPOTTER > reads the tape
PRIOR > prices the window
EDGE > fair price vs book price
KELLY > sizes at a quarter kelly, capped at 3% of the book
TAKER > fills on the book
CLOSER > settles when the window ends
the kelly line is the one i'd copy into any bot. a quarter of the size the math suggests, never more than 3% of the book on one ticket. with that cap, a 48% hit rate still ended at a 4.2% max drawdown
the money side is thin. 1.78¢ a ticket works while fees and slippage stay under it, and 26 days is still a short sample
would you run quarter kelly or full kelly on a 48% bot?
MY GROK DESK COSTS ABOUT 15 CENTS FOR THE TIME IT TAKES YOU TO WATCH THIS CLIP. IN 26 DAYS IT TOOK A $2.3K SEED TO $60,425
the bottom ticker counts the spend live while you watch. it's the smallest number on the screen and the one i look at most
the run so far:
> 26 days live
> 15,086 tickets on polymarket btc and eth up/down
> 48.0% win rate
> +1.78¢ average edge per ticket
> 4.2% max drawdown
6 agents, one order book:
SPOTTER > reads the tape
PRIOR > prices the window
EDGE > fair price vs book price
KELLY > sizes at a quarter kelly, capped at 3% of the book
TAKER > fills on the book
CLOSER > settles when the window ends
the kelly line is the one i'd copy into any bot. a quarter of the size the math suggests, never more than 3% of the book on one ticket. with that cap, a 48% hit rate still ended at a 4.2% max drawdown
the money side is thin. 1.78¢ a ticket works while fees and slippage stay under it, and 26 days is still a short sample
would you run quarter kelly or full kelly on a 48% bot?
98,704 BETS ON WHETHER BITCOIN GOES UP OR DOWN IN THE NEXT 15 MINUTES. MY GROK DESK WON 51% OF THEM AND TURNED $4.1K INTO $514,089
that's close to a coin flip, and the desk doesn't try to beat the coin. it tries to pay less than the bet is worth
every ticket runs 6 stages:
01 SPOTTER > reads the btc tape
02 PRIOR > puts a fair price on up or down
03 EDGE > checks that price against the polymarket book
04 KELLY > sizes off the gap
05 TAKER > fills on the book
06 CLOSER > settles when the window ends
the live ticket on screen: fair 61.9¢, book 65.0¢. the book wants 3.1¢ more than the model thinks it's worth
across all 98,704 the desk averaged +1.78¢ in its favor, with a max drawdown of 4.2%
the catch is how thin that is. 1.78¢ a ticket holds up only as long as fees, slippage and a smarter model on the other side stay under it
would you bet on a 51% coin if you knew it was priced in your favor?
98,704 BETS ON WHETHER BITCOIN GOES UP OR DOWN IN THE NEXT 15 MINUTES. MY GROK DESK WON 51% OF THEM AND TURNED $4.1K INTO $514,089
that's close to a coin flip, and the desk doesn't try to beat the coin. it tries to pay less than the bet is worth
every ticket runs 6 stages:
01 SPOTTER > reads the btc tape
02 PRIOR > puts a fair price on up or down
03 EDGE > checks that price against the polymarket book
04 KELLY > sizes off the gap
05 TAKER > fills on the book
06 CLOSER > settles when the window ends
the live ticket on screen: fair 61.9¢, book 65.0¢. the book wants 3.1¢ more than the model thinks it's worth
across all 98,704 the desk averaged +1.78¢ in its favor, with a max drawdown of 4.2%
the catch is how thin that is. 1.78¢ a ticket holds up only as long as fees, slippage and a smarter model on the other side stay under it
would you bet on a 51% coin if you knew it was priced in your favor?