Work
Run trading-bot ideas through a paper-MVP gate before you build
People pay thousands to build a trading bot before anyone checks if the idea can paper-trade one strategy.
What hurt
@Predicat_ tip: before paying a developer, paste the trading-bot idea into Grok Bot as a technical co-founder paper-MVP gate — simplest end-to-end paper trade of ONE strategy, low-cost stack, build/data cost estimates, small steps, flag vanity features, force kill-switch + position-size cap. Extra rule: refuse any live account until the paper journal has 30 closed trades. Author-quoted English prompt. Not affiliated with xAI. Not financial advice.
What to install or create
Paste idea + author prompt → paper-MVP plan → journal paper trades → hard gate at 30 closed before live talk.
Bots
No new bot. Follow the first-run steps.
Plugins
None on day one. Follow the first-run steps.
Files
paper-journal.md — closed paper trades with outcome notes (gate: 30 before any live talk).
Routines
None on the first run. Watch one manual pass first.
The prompt
Trading-bot idea through a paper-MVP gate (author-quoted)
Quoted from @Predicat_ — as published. Do not invent a second system prompt.
Last line is our approval fence: Never send, post, spend, or buy without my explicit yes.
I'm thinking of building [trading bot idea]. Act as a technical co-founder for an AI trading desk. Identify the simplest MVP that can paper-trade ONE strategy end-to-end. Recommend a low-cost stack (data feed, backtester, broker in paper mode). Estimate build time and monthly data costs. Break it into small steps. Flag features that look cool but don't move results. Force a kill-switch and position-size cap into the plan. Focus on launching something that can place and journal one paper trade as fast as possible. Never send, post, spend, or buy without my explicit yes.
First run
- 1Read https://x.com/Predicat_/status/2118136110073204832 (credit @Predicat_).
- 2Paste the author paper-MVP prompt with your [trading bot idea] filled in.
- 3Review the proposed stack, costs, steps, vanity-feature flags, kill-switch, and position-size cap.
- 4Require a paper journal; refuse any live-account talk until 30 closed paper trades are logged.
- 5Approve build steps one at a time — wire no money and place no live orders yet.
Approval fence
Plan and paper-trade only — never open a live account, wire funds, or place a real order without your yes.
What to tweak
Steal the paper-MVP gate + 30-trade live refusal; cool indicators can wait.
Source
Predicat_ @Predicat_ · Original post
Not affiliated with xAI. We did not write this prompt. Third-party template terms still apply.
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