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thinkpixeliab/polymarket-ai-trading

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156HTMLAudience · vibe coderComplexity · 3/5Setup · moderate

TLDR

A paper-trading dashboard that simulates three AI trading strategies against live Polymarket prediction market data, no real money involved.

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    What it does
      Paper trading simulation
      Live Polymarket data
      Three risk personalities
    Tech Stack
      Node.js
      SQLite
      Docker
      OpenAI
    Use Cases
      Study trading strategies safely
      Compare risk models
      Watch live dashboard
    Audience
      Vibe coders
      Quant researchers

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Study prediction-market trading strategies with simulated money instead of real funds

USE CASE 2

Compare Conservative, Moderate, and Aggressive mean-reversion trading approaches side by side

USE CASE 3

Watch live Polymarket signals and model performance on a web dashboard

USE CASE 4

Deploy a hosted, always-on version of the trading dashboard for around $7 a month

What is it built with?

Node.jsExpressSQLiteOpenAIDocker

How does it compare?

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LanguageHTMLHTMLHTML
Setup difficultymoderateeasyeasy
Complexity3/51/52/5
Audiencevibe codervibe codervibe coder

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 30min

Requires Docker and an OpenAI API key for the AI-assisted scoring features.

License terms are not stated in the provided README excerpt.

In plain English

Polymarket AI Trading System is a paper-trading research tool for Polymarket prediction markets, markets where people bet on the outcomes of real-world events. The emphasis on "paper trading" means all trading in this system is simulated: no real money moves by default, making it a safe environment to study and experiment with trading strategies. The system pulls live market data from Polymarket's order book API and runs three parallel simulated trading "personalities", Conservative, Moderate, and Aggressive, all using the same underlying mean-reversion strategy (the idea that market prices that have moved far from their historical average tend to drift back). The three models differ mainly in how aggressively they size positions and how strong a signal they require before acting. An optional OpenAI integration can provide AI-assisted analysis and market quality scoring. All activity is logged to a local SQLite database (a simple, file-based database), and a web dashboard shows live signals, model performance statistics, and AI analysis panels. The dashboard is hosted as a static site and talks to a backend server running as a Node.js application. Running the full system locally requires Docker. A hosted example dashboard and backend are publicly accessible. For always-on hosting, the README describes deploying to Render for approximately $7 per month. The full README is longer than what was provided.

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Prompt 1
Explain how the mean-reversion strategy in this Polymarket paper-trading system decides when to act
Prompt 2
Walk me through setting up this project locally with Docker and an OpenAI API key
Prompt 3
Explain the difference between the Conservative, Moderate, and Aggressive trading models in this repo
Prompt 4
Show me how to deploy this Polymarket trading dashboard to Render for always-on hosting

Frequently asked questions

What is polymarket-ai-trading?

A paper-trading dashboard that simulates three AI trading strategies against live Polymarket prediction market data, no real money involved.

What language is polymarket-ai-trading written in?

Mainly HTML. The stack also includes Node.js, Express, SQLite.

What license does polymarket-ai-trading use?

License terms are not stated in the provided README excerpt.

How hard is polymarket-ai-trading to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.

Who is polymarket-ai-trading for?

Mainly vibe coder.

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