Grok × Polymarket 4-Step Multi-Agent Trading Desk: SCAN · VERIFY · EXECUTE · EXIT Pipeline That Filters Out 90% of Bad Trades
The best agent on a quantitative trading desk has never placed a trade — its entire job is to say NO. Learn how to replace fragile single-prompt FOMO bots with an institutional 4-Agent Desk (SCAN -> VERIFY -> EXECUTE -> EXIT) for Polymarket CLOB & crypto markets: run free deterministic code filters first, invoke Grok `x_search` only on survivors, size off live cash + pool depth, and enforce 5 pre-written exit rules (`exits.py`) with full `tasks.csv` skip auditing.
3-Minute Beginner Pre-Flight Checklist
- ✓An xAI Grok API Key from console.x.ai (with
x_searchকপি enabled for live X sentiment and fake-news verification) - ✓A dedicated Polymarket sub-wallet via https://poly.market/p_day (run
PAPER = Trueকপি for the first 7 days before touching live funds) - ✓A Linux VPS (e.g., RAKsmart) where API keys are written via
read -rsকপি into achmod 600 .envকপি file, never pasted into chat logs
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.pyকপি) scripts: Type nano bot.pyকপি and hit Enter → Right-click to paste the code → Press Ctrl + O then Enter to save → Press Ctrl + X to exit → Run nohup python3 bot.py > bot.log 2>&1 &কপি so your bot keeps running 24/7 even after you close your laptop!# 1. Update Ubuntu packages and install Git, Curl, and Python3
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docker compose version
# ==============================================================================
# poly_grok_desk.py — 4-Agent Quantitative Trading Desk (SCAN·VERIFY·EXECUTE·EXIT)
# Philosophy: "The best agent on a trading desk has never placed a trade.
# Its whole job is to say NO."
# Safe Setup (Never echo API keys into terminal history):
# mkdir -p /workspace/desk && cd /workspace/desk
# read -rs -p "xai key: " K && printf 'XAI_API_KEY=%s\n' "$K" > .env && unset K
# chmod 600 .env
# ==============================================================================
import csv, json, os, time
from collections import Counter
# 1. CONFIG (You edit this file. The bot NEVER edits config constants itself.)
MODEL = "grok-4.7"
PAPER = True # Paper mode first: real orderbooks, real prices, simulated fills
START_BALANCE = 1000.0 # Dedicated sub-wallet bankroll ($1,000 USDC)
SCANNERS = ["SCAN-1", "SCAN-2", "SCAN-3", "SCAN-4"]
LEADS_PER_RUN = 12 # Cap per 5-min run so a busy minute never burns API budget
SKIP_IF = {
"min_liquidity_usd": 50_000, # Pool liquidity < $50k -> instant free SKIP
"max_spread_cents": 2.2, # Bid-Ask spread > 2.2¢ -> instant free SKIP
"min_age_min": 30, # Market too fresh / unindexed -> SKIP
"max_hours_to_resolve": 168, # Capital efficiency: skip dead-money > 7 days out
"max_ticket_share": 0.01, # Your order size is NEVER > 1% of orderbook liquidity
}
MIN_X_CONFIDENCE = 0.72 # Grok x_search confidence below 0.72 -> SKIP
SIZE_PCT = 0.15 # Bet 15% of current available cash (capped at $200 & 1% of pool)
MIN_TICKET, MAX_TICKET = 20.0, 200.0
MAX_OPEN = 5 # Max 5 concurrent slots (5 × $200 = $1,000)
SESSION_LOSS_HALT_PCT = 15.0 # Circuit breaker: down 15% from session start -> halt new entries
EXIT = {
"hard_stop_pct": -18.0, # Price drops 18% -> exit 100% immediately
"ladder": [(15.0, 0.50), (35.0, 0.50)], # Take profit ladder: +15% sells half, +35% sells rest
"trail_pct": 12.0, # After first take: exit if price pulls back 12% from peak
"time_stop_min": 720, # 12h flat (< +2%) -> free the slot ("Dead money is a loss")
"time_stop_min_pct": 2.0,
"liq_drop_pct": 40.0, # Orderbook depth drops 40% since entry -> exit 100% now
}
# 2. VERIFY STEP: Free Deterministic Code Checks FIRST, Paid Grok X-Read LAST
X_READ_PROMPT = """
You are VERIFY, the final gatekeeper on a Polymarket quantitative desk.
This market already passed all hard code checks (liquidity >= $50k, tight spread, valid window).
Search X (Twitter) for the event and audit the UMA Resolution Rules. Judge ONLY what code cannot see:
1. Ambiguous / subjective UMA resolution criteria (wordplay risk or disputed oracle source)
2. Coordinated bot hype on X (dozens of fresh accounts posting identical fake breaking news)
3. Whether the official primary source (Fed / AP / League scoreboard) has actually confirmed
RETURN ONLY JSON: {"verdict": "GO" | "SKIP", "confidence": 0.0-1.0, "why": "one concise line"}
Unsure is SKIP. Anything not valid JSON is SKIP.
"""
def hard_skip(f: dict) -> str | None:
"""Facts are code. A missing field is ALWAYS a skip, never a guess."""
req = ["price", "liq_usd", "spread_cents", "age_min", "hours_to_resolve", "uma_disputed"]
if any(f.get(k) is None for k in req): return "missing_data"
if f["uma_disputed"]: return "uma_dispute_active"
if f["liq_usd"] < SKIP_IF["min_liquidity_usd"]: return "thin_liquidity"
if f["spread_cents"] > SKIP_IF["max_spread_cents"]: return "wide_spread"
if f["age_min"] < SKIP_IF["min_age_min"]: return "too_fresh"
if f["hours_to_resolve"] > SKIP_IF["max_hours_to_resolve"]: return "dead_money_horizon"
return None
def size_order(cash_usdc: float, liq_usd: float) -> float:
"""Sized off the balance you have NOW + capped at 1% of pool depth."""
usd = cash_usdc * SIZE_PCT
usd = min(max(usd, MIN_TICKET), MAX_TICKET, liq_usd * SKIP_IF["max_ticket_share"])
return round(usd, 2)
# 3. EXIT STEP: Written BEFORE Entry (Runs every 5 minutes on all open positions)
def evaluate_exit(pos: dict, cur_price: float, cur_liq: float, now_ts: float) -> tuple[float, str] | None:
if cur_price <= 0:
return (1.0, "market_halted")
peak = max(pos["peak"], cur_price)
pct = (cur_price / pos["entry"] - 1.0) * 100.0
age_min = (now_ts - pos["opened_ts"]) / 60.0
if cur_liq < pos["liq0"] * (1.0 - EXIT["liq_drop_pct"] / 100.0):
return (1.0, "liquidity_pulled_40pct")
if pct <= EXIT["hard_stop_pct"]:
return (1.0, "hard_stop")
if pos["steps"] < len(EXIT["ladder"]):
target_pct, frac = EXIT["ladder"][pos["steps"]]
if pct >= target_pct:
return (frac, f"take_profit_+{target_pct:.0f}pct")
if pos["steps"] > 0 and cur_price <= peak * (1.0 - EXIT["trail_pct"] / 100.0):
return (1.0, "trailing_stop_from_peak")
if pos["steps"] == 0 and age_min >= EXIT["time_stop_min"] and pct < EXIT["time_stop_min_pct"]:
return (1.0, "time_stop_dead_money")
return None
if __name__ == "__main__":
sample_lead = {"slug": "fed-cuts-25bps-nov", "price": 0.984, "liq_usd": 420_000,
"spread_cents": 0.4, "age_min": 1440, "hours_to_resolve": 18, "uma_disputed": False}
skip_reason = hard_skip(sample_lead)
ticket_usdc = size_order(1000.0, sample_lead["liq_usd"]) if not skip_reason else 0.0
print(f"[VERIFY] hard_skip={skip_reason} -> Survivor sent to Grok X-Read | Ticket=${ticket_usdc} USDC")
Line-by-Line Plain-English Code & Command Breakdown
| Code / Command Line | Plain-English Explanation (What Does This Do?) |
|---|---|
read -rs -p "xai key: " K && printf 'XAI_API_KEY=%s\n' "$K" > .env && unset K
|
Zero-echo secret injection: writes your xAI key into .envকপি without echoing to terminal history or AI chat transcripts. |
SKIP_IF = {"min_liquidity_usd": 50_000, "max_spread_cents": 2.2, ...}
|
Hard deterministic filter thresholds that kill 90%+ of low-quality markets for free before calling Grok. |
def hard_skip(f: dict) -> str | None:
|
Enforces 'facts before opinions' — any missing field or thin orderbook returns a final SKIPকপি. |
usd = min(max(usd, MIN_TICKET), MAX_TICKET, liq_usd * SKIP_IF["max_ticket_share"])
|
Sizes each survivor off current cash while capping exposure at $200 and 1% of orderbook liquidity. |
if cur_liq < pos["liq0"] * (1.0 - EXIT["liq_drop_pct"] / 100.0): return (1.0, "liquidity_pulled_40pct")
|
Pre-written exit trigger: dumps 100% of the position immediately if orderbook depth drops 40% from entry. |
if pos["steps"] == 0 and age_min >= EXIT["time_stop_min"] and pct < EXIT["time_stop_min_pct"]:
|
Time-stop exit: frees the slot if a position stays flat for 12 hours ('Dead money is a loss too'). |
[!] Top 3 Beginner Pitfalls & Troubleshooting Guide
✕ Pitfall 1: Sending Every Raw Scanner Lead Directly to Grok x_searchকপি
The bill must scale with survivors, not with leads. Always run free hard_skip()কপি checks first so 90% of bad markets die for free.
✕ Pitfall 2: Letting the Bot Edit config.pyকপি Risk Constants on Its Own
Only humans edit config.pyকপি. Never let an autonomous routine widen stop-losses or raise MAX_TICKETকপি.
✕ Pitfall 3: Re-Running a Rejected Market Until the LLM Says GOকপি
A skip is final. Re-prompting VERIFY to get the answer you want turns your desk back into FOMO with an API key.
Part 1: Why Single-Prompt Bots Fail — Replace FOMO with a 4-Agent Trading Desk
Everyone's first bot is the same: one agent, one prompt ('find a market, check news, buy, sell the top'). That's not a quantitative agent — that's your FOMO with an API key. A real trading desk splits every trade into four strict roles inside one codebase: SCANকপি (finds leads from Polymarket Gamma / whale wallets without opinions), VERIFYকপি (whose default answer is SKIPকপি), EXECUTEকপি (sizes survivors off current cash and pool depth), and EXITকপি (enforces pre-written stops and ladders).
Part 2: Funnel Economics — Free Deterministic Code Skips First, Paid Grok x_searchকপি Last
Your AI API bill should scale with survivors, not with leads. In verify.pyকপি, hard_skip()কপি runs free deterministic checks first (liquidity < $50k, spread > 2.2¢, missing fields -> instant SKIPকপি). Only the 5% of leads that survive every hard rule trigger a Grok API call with x_searchকপি enabled to check for coordinated X bot hype or ambiguous UMA Resolution Rules.
Part 3: Write the Exit Before the Entry (exits.pyকপি) — Dead Money Is a Loss Too
Most retail traders decide when to sell while staring at a green or red candle. On this desk, five exit triggers exist before entry: 40% liquidity drop pull-out, hard stop, stepped profit ladder, peak trailing stop, and a time stop that frees flat capital slots.
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Part 4: Auditing tasks.csvকপি vs trades.csvকপি, Zero-Echo Key Setup & Paper-to-Live Fences
Deploy on an isolated RAKsmart Linux VPS ↗, inject keys via read -rsকপি into a chmod 600 .envকপি file so secrets never land in chat transcripts, run PAPER = Trueকপি for 7 days on Polymarket ↗, and verify that tasks.csvকপি logs 90%+ skips before enabling live execution.
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