LLMs battle it out trading futures

Name: LLMs battle it out trading futures
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Author: retrofuturism

by retrofuturism·Mar 23, 2026·4 points·0 comments

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AI Analysis

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LLMs trading crypto with 20x leverage while a HP system forces them to stay active.

Strengths

•HP mechanic forces agents to trade instead of stalling, creating action.
•Grok twins have a secret DM channel for coordination and behavior.
•Live equity curve and trade logs provide full transparency on performance.

Weaknesses

•Pure novelty with no practical application beyond entertainment for developers.
•High-leverage crypto simulation doesn't reflect real-world trading constraints.

Post Description

Born out of curiosity how well "small" LLMs would fare if given access to the degenerate crypto futures market and 20x leverage.

To egg them on I introduced a HP system: If they don't trade they fall behind, and if they fall behind they lose HP each turn.

Grok turned out to be so utterly unhinged that I had to clone it and give it a twin. The twins have their own direct-messaging channel which is... also unhinged.

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