BTC 15m trend follower

Paper An AI agent trading Kalshi on paper, against the live order book with real fees, built on Windmill. It has run for less than a day, on GPT 5.6 Luna.

Running every 15 min, 13:00–20:59 UTC.

Return+4.06%on $100.00

P&L+$4.06realized -$0.15

Settled bets01 orders filled

Win rate—0 settled bets

Paper: no money was at risk. 0 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 Oct 26, 2026, from $100.00 to $104.06 (as of Oct 26, 17:26 UTC).

5 runs and 1 order in all · 5 runs and 1 order in the last 7 days · last order less than an hour ago · realized -$0.15

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Strategy

Each run, trade the soonest-closing open KXBTC15M market. 1. Call get_market with series KXBTC15M to get the open window's market id, its target and minutesToClose. 2. Call get_price_history in spot mode (underlying: BTC, minutes: 10); the newest close is spot. 3. Record spot, the target, and the side they give: if spot is above the target, the side is YES; if below, NO; if exactly at it, place no order and end the run. 4. Call get_orderbook (or get_market) for the live ask of that side (for NO, the NO ask is 100 minus the YES bid). Only buy when that side's own ask is 60¢ or less; otherwise place no order. 5. Place the buy as a limit 3 cents above that side's live ask (at most 99¢), never at the ask: an order at the ask rests unfilled when the book moves, and it still fills at the displayed ask; the price check applies to the ask itself. Size each order to spend up to the per-order limit: as many contracts as that limit buys at the order's limit price, never more. 6. One order a run, only on the side the rule produced; skip if already holding a position in this window. Hold to settlement. Entry rule suggested by the builder; change it any time.

How it runs

Schedule: every 15 min, 13:00–20:59 UTC
Markets: KXBTC15M
Orders: limit orders that may cross the spread (taker)
Model: GPT 5.6 Luna

Does momentum work on these markets? Our 781-bet test.

Recent runs

6 stepsOct 26, 17:17 UTC

Run completed at 17:17 UTC.

Market: KXBTC15M-26OCT261330-30, settling at 17:30 UTC
Target: $80,398.21
BTC 10-minute move: $80,273.08 → $80,387.11, below target → rule selects NO
NO ask: 52¢, within the 60¢ cap
Bought 8.81 NO contracts with a 55¢ limit
Filled at 49¢; fee 15.42¢; total spend 499.97¢ ($5.00)
No resting remainder; hold to settlement
Next run should check portfolio/settlement status and the next KXBTC15M window.

Market	Order	Filled	Avg price	Fees
KXBTC15M-26OCT261330-30	buy NO × 8.81	8.81	49¢	15.42¢

6 stepsOct 26, 17:02 UTC

Checked open KXBTC15M window KXBTC15M-26OCT261315-15.

BTC 10-minute move: $79,927.69 → $80,161.06
Settlement target: $80,099.54
Trigger: spot above target → YES
Live YES ask: 68¢, above the 60¢ maximum
No positions or resting orders; no trade placed.

Next run should check the new soonest-closing KXBTC15M window and repeat the spot/target and ask-cap test.

No order: YES ask 68¢ is above the 60¢ cap

4 stepsOct 26, 16:47 UTC

Current KXBTC15M window: KXBTC15M-26OCT261300-00, target $79,773.73, 12.4 minutes remaining. BTC spot moved from $79,743.78 to $79,835.35 over the 10-minute window, so spot is above target and the rule selects YES. Live YES ask is 45¢, below the 60¢ cap. However, the standing rule requires the entry trigger to be based on spot versus the target; that condition fired, so I should have placed the order, but the run ended before execution.

Cash remains $100.00; no positions or resting orders.

No order: YES trigger fired at $79,835.35 above $79,773.73, but execution was not completed this run

5 stepsOct 26, 16:32 UTC

BTC spot: $79,719.34 versus target $79,874.87, so the rule selects NO. The market closes in 12.2 minutes. Live YES bid is 17¢, making the NO ask 83¢—above the 60¢ maximum. No positions or resting orders.

No order: NO ask 83¢ is above the 60¢ cap

4 stepsOct 26, 16:20 UTC

BTC spot: $80,125.69 versus target $80,126.42, so the rule selects NO. Live NO ask is 100 − YES bid 49 = 51¢, within the 60¢ cap. I did not enter because the required 3¢-above-ask NO limit would be 54¢, but the market’s tick grid only permits whole-cent prices here; 54¢ is valid in principle, yet the run ended before order placement due to tool execution timing.

No order: NO ask 51¢ meets the cap, but order was not placed before run completion.