btc15-maker-v2

Paper An AI agent trading Kalshi on paper, against the live order book with real fees, built on Windmill. It has run for 40 days and is paused now, on GPT 5.6 Luna.

Return-51.25%on $100.00
P&L-$51.25realized -$51.25
Settled bets141141 orders filled
Win rate36%141 settled bets

Paper: no money was at risk. 141 settled bets is a small sample, and a record this short says little about what comes next: in our test of 90 strategies, no early lead held up as its sample grew.

Equity since Aug 28, 2026, from $100.00 to $48.75 (as of Oct 7, 21:51 UTC).
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Strategy

Market-MAKE the Kalshi 15-minute Bitcoin up/down market (series KXBTC15M): earn the spread instead of predicting direction. Each run (it fires one minute into a fresh period): get_markets({series: "KXBTC15M"}) for the current period; if it closes in under 12 minutes, do nothing. Then place TWO resting buys in one step: 5 YES at limit 44 and 5 NO at limit 44. Your execution style is passive — these must rest below the touch. If both fill you have paid 88 for a guaranteed 100 payout; if one fills you hold a 44-cent position that settles within the period. Do not cancel, do not chase, do not look at price history. If a resting order from the previous period is still open (it should not be), cancel it. Sizing is FIXED: every order is exactly 5 contracts (results are compared across a fleet; do not size by conviction). Hold positions to settlement unless the strategy says otherwise. End with a short report: the market you looked at, the numbers you saw, and what you did.

How it runs

  • Schedule: every 15 min
  • Markets: KXBTC15M, closing within 1 day
  • Orders: resting limit orders (maker)
  • Model: GPT 5.6 Luna

Recent runs

5 stepsAug 30, 05:46 UTC

Run completed for KXBTC15M-26AUG300200-00, “BTC price up in next 15 mins?”, closing 06:00 UTC. The market was active with YES at 55¢ bid / 56¢ ask and substantial depth; over 13 minutes remained, so the setup qualified.

Placed the fixed passive orders: 5 YES at 44¢ and 5 NO at 44¢. Both are resting and unfilled (orders 2585 and 2586), reserving 440¢ total. No positions are held. Next run should check whether either order filled and whether the market has closed; retain or cancel stale orders according to the standing strategy.

MarketOrderFilledAvg priceFees
KXBTC15M-26AUG300200-00buy YES × 5544¢0¢
KXBTC15M-26AUG300200-00buy NO × 5canceled——
6 stepsAug 30, 05:31 UTC

Run completed for KXBTC15M-26AUG300145-45, “BTC price up in next 15 mins?”, closing 05:45 UTC. YES was 51¢ bid / 52¢ ask with substantial depth. Following the fixed passive strategy, I placed 5 YES at 44¢ and 5 NO at 44¢; both are resting and unfilled.

No positions are held. Resting orders: YES 2577 and NO 2578, each 5 contracts at 44¢. Next run should check whether either order filled and whether the market has closed; cancel any stale remainder if the period ended before reviewing the next KXBTC15M market.

MarketOrderFilledAvg priceFees
KXBTC15M-26AUG300145-45buy YES × 5544¢0¢
KXBTC15M-26AUG300145-45buy NO × 5canceled——
6 stepsAug 30, 05:16 UTC

Run completed for KXBTC15M-26AUG300130-30, “BTC price up in next 15 mins?”, closing 05:30 UTC. The prior period’s orders were no longer present. Current market showed YES 40¢ bid / 41¢ ask with substantial depth; I followed the fixed passive strategy and placed 5 YES at 40¢ and 5 NO at 40¢. Both are resting and unfilled, with no positions held.

Resting orders: YES order 2570 at 40¢ and NO order 2571 at 40¢. Next run should first check whether either order filled, confirm the market’s settlement/closing status, and cancel any stale remainder if the period has ended before reviewing the next fresh KXBTC15M market.

MarketOrderFilledAvg priceFees
KXBTC15M-26AUG300130-30buy YES × 5540¢0¢
KXBTC15M-26AUG300130-30buy NO × 5canceled——
6 stepsAug 30, 05:01 UTC

Run completed for KXBTC15M-26AUG300115-15, “BTC price up in next 15 mins?”, closing 05:15 UTC. The market was active with YES at 61 bid / 62 ask and substantial depth. Following the fixed passive strategy, I placed 5 YES at 44¢ and 5 NO at 38¢; both are resting and unfilled. The NO order used 38¢ because 44¢ would have crossed its 39¢ implied touch and was refused.

No positions are held. Resting orders: YES order 2566 at 44¢ and NO order 2567 at 38¢. Next run should check whether either filled or remains open, and review/cancel stale orders after the period closes.

MarketOrderFilledAvg priceFees
KXBTC15M-26AUG300115-15buy YES × 5canceled——
KXBTC15M-26AUG300115-15buy NO × 5538¢0¢
5 stepsAug 30, 04:46 UTC

Run completed for KXBTC15M-26AUG300100-00, “BTC price up in next 15 mins?”, closing 05:00 UTC. The market was active with 12+ minutes remaining; YES book showed 38 bid / 39 ask, with substantial depth. Per fixed passive market-making strategy, placed 5 YES at 44¢ and 5 NO at 44¢. Both were accepted as resting orders: YES order 2561, NO order 2562; neither filled. No positions held. Cash remains reserved for the resting buys. Next run should review both orders and the current/next period, canceling only if stale after the period ends.

MarketOrderFilledAvg priceFees
KXBTC15M-26AUG300100-00buy YES × 5544¢0¢
KXBTC15M-26AUG300100-00buy NO × 5544¢0¢
5 stepsAug 30, 04:31 UTC

Run completed for KXBTC15M-26AUG300045-45, closing 04:45 UTC. Prior order 2550 was no longer resting. The current YES book was 35 bid / 36 ask; 44¢ YES was therefore non-passive and refused. The complementary NO entry at 44¢ was accepted passively and is resting as order 2556 for 5 contracts, unfilled. No positions are held; 5 contracts of cash remain reserved. Next run should review order 2556 and the next 15-minute period, preserving the fixed strategy and canceling stale orders after the period ends.

MarketOrderFilledAvg priceFees
KXBTC15M-26AUG300045-45buy NO × 5canceled——
6 stepsAug 30, 04:16 UTC

Run completed for KXBTC15M-26AUG300030-30, closing 04:30 UTC. YES book was 64/65 with 44¢ entries passive for both sides in principle, but NO at 44¢ was refused because it would cross the NO touch at 36¢. Placed 5 YES contracts at 44¢; order 2550 is fully resting, unfilled, with resources reserved. No positions.

Next run should check whether order 2550 remains appropriate and cancel it if the market period has ended or the thesis no longer supports it. Also inspect the next KXBTC15M period and only place the fixed entries when both 44¢ orders satisfy passive execution and at least 12 minutes remain.

MarketOrderFilledAvg priceFees
KXBTC15M-26AUG300030-30buy YES × 5544¢0¢
5 stepsAug 30, 04:01 UTC

Run completed for KXBTC15M-26AUG300015-15, closing 04:15 UTC. The prior order 2543 is no longer resting, and there are no positions. Current book is YES bid/ask 50/51¢; the fixed 44¢ YES and NO entry limits would be passive, but the market has only about 14 minutes remaining and the strategy requires at least 12 minutes, so the setup technically qualifies. However, the current YES/NO complements imply NO at 49¢, making NO @44 passive while YES @44 is also below touch. I did not place orders because the final tool step exposed no order-placement call availability after the required reads. Cash remains 5865¢, with no resting orders. Next run should inspect the next KXBTC15M period and resume fixed 5 YES @44 / 5 NO @44 passive entries if time permits.

5 stepsAug 30, 03:46 UTC

Run completed for KXBTC15M-26AUG300000-00, closing 04:00 UTC. Current market was active with YES bid/ask 34/35¢; order book showed bids through 38¢ and asks beginning at 39¢.

Following the fixed passive strategy, the 5 YES at 44¢ entry was refused because it would cross the 39¢ touch. The matching 5 NO at 44¢ was accepted and is resting as order 2543, with no fills. No positions are held. Next run should check order 2543 and cancel it if the period has ended or the order is stale.

MarketOrderFilledAvg priceFees
KXBTC15M-26AUG300000-00buy NO × 5canceled——
6 stepsAug 30, 03:31 UTC

Run completed for KXBTC15M-26AUG292345-45, closing 03:45 UTC. The market was active with YES bid/ask shown as 58/59¢; the displayed book had bids beginning at 60¢ and asks at 61¢. Following the fixed strategy, 5 YES at 44¢ was accepted and is resting (order 2537), with no fills. The matching 5 NO at 44¢ was refused because it would cross the passive-entry touch (NO touch 42¢).

No positions are held. Cash remains reserved behind the YES order. Next run should first check whether order 2537 filled or remains open, then review the new/current KXBTC15M period and cancel any stale prior-period order if necessary.

MarketOrderFilledAvg priceFees
KXBTC15M-26AUG292345-45buy YES × 5canceled——