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Day Trading with an AI Trading Bot: AI Agent Build Guide — Transcript

by David Paul · 1,044 words · 173 segments · language en · Watch on YouTube

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  1. 0:00In today's video, I'm walking through
  2. 0:02the AI trading bot I put together that
  3. 0:04silently stacks up passive income for me
  4. 0:07around the clock. Over the years, I've
  5. 0:09stress-tested a mountain of make money
  6. 0:11online methods and side hustles.
  7. 0:13Basically, everything that's ever landed
  8. 0:15on a best side hustles list. And
  9. 0:17deploying this AI agent is without
  10. 0:19question the strongest performer I've
  11. 0:22ever run. And here's the reason this
  12. 0:24setup is so beginner-friendly. I never
  13. 0:26wrote a single line of source code
  14. 0:28myself. The entire algorithmic trading
  15. 0:30engine was authored by artificial
  16. 0:32intelligence, and I've saved every
  17. 0:34resource in the description, so you can
  18. 0:36rebuild or tweak the trading bot
  19. 0:37yourself. Zero programming experience?
  20. 0:40Doesn't matter. The AI automation
  21. 0:42handles all the complicated logic under
  22. 0:44the hood. So, how does this automated
  23. 0:47trading setup actually earn its keep? At
  24. 0:49its heart, it's a day trading strategy
  25. 0:51engineered to chase down tiny price gaps
  26. 0:53across the Ethereum network. Put simply,
  27. 0:56it keeps tabs on pending token swaps as
  28. 0:58they roll through the top decentralized
  29. 1:00exchanges. When the script catches a
  30. 1:02massive buy order waiting in that queue,
  31. 1:04it runs its whole trading sequence in
  32. 1:05milliseconds. It pays a touch more in
  33. 1:07gas fees, so our buy squeezes in a split
  34. 1:10second ahead of the target transaction,
  35. 1:13then drops in a sell order the instant
  36. 1:15that buyer pumps the price higher. That
  37. 1:17split-second combo scoops up clean
  38. 1:19arbitrage profit from the price movement
  39. 1:21the original buyer created. It's
  40. 1:23algorithmic trading cranked to maximum
  41. 1:26speed. And honestly, now that AI agents
  42. 1:28using Claude AI and ChatGPT have gotten
  43. 1:31this advanced, it finally clicked for
  44. 1:33me. Automating creative arbitrage
  45. 1:35strategies is one of the sharpest ways
  46. 1:37how to make money online right now.
  47. 1:39Learning to make money with AI at this
  48. 1:41level flips the whole script. If you
  49. 1:43follow crypto news even casually, you
  50. 1:45already know the staggering amounts of
  51. 1:47money moving through these networks
  52. 1:48every single day. This bot simply lets
  53. 1:50you claim your slice of that volume. All
  54. 1:53right, enough theory. Time to build.
  55. 1:55Step one, you'll need a standard Web3
  56. 1:57wallet and any of the big name options
  57. 1:59will do the trick. From there, swing
  58. 2:01over to the development site. Every
  59. 2:03official link you need is tucked into
  60. 2:04the description below this video. Kick
  61. 2:06things off by firing up a new workspace
  62. 2:08file and giving it a simple one-word
  63. 2:10name. Then snag the main source code,
  64. 2:12which is also linked below, and for full
  65. 2:15transparency, the script is fully open
  66. 2:17source, comments and all.
  67. 2:25Drop the code straight into your file.
  68. 2:35Next, jump into this tab on the left
  69. 2:37side of the navigation menu. Click this
  70. 2:39button to keep moving.
  71. 2:47Now we've got to hook up our wallet.
  72. 2:48Heads into this tab, set the environment
  73. 2:50drop-down to this option, and connect.
  74. 3:03Your active address will appear on the
  75. 3:05interface straightaway.
  76. 3:07Go ahead and press this button. This is
  77. 3:08the moment the AI agent goes live on the
  78. 3:10Ethereum blockchain and it barely sets
  79. 3:12you back anything, just a small network
  80. 3:14gas fee, usually under a buck.
  81. 3:28Soon as the deployment's cleared, the
  82. 3:29trading control panel pops up on the
  83. 3:31left with four straightforward buttons.
  84. 3:34Don't touch anything yet, though. First,
  85. 3:36run a quick verification by pressing
  86. 3:38this button.
  87. 3:45Check that the address displayed lines
  88. 3:47up with the exact one inside your wallet
  89. 3:49extension. That's your proof of full
  90. 3:51ownership and control over the AI
  91. 3:53agent's contract address. And as you can
  92. 3:56clearly see, mine are a perfect match.
  93. 3:58Next on the list, feeding the trading
  94. 4:00engine. The sweet spot sits between 2
  95. 4:03and 10 ETH. You can absolutely run
  96. 4:05bigger or smaller, but return efficiency
  97. 4:07starts to flatten out below about 1 ETH
  98. 4:10and past roughly 50 ETH.
  99. 4:13Personally, I wouldn't fire this thing
  100. 4:15up with anything less than 0.5 ETH.
  101. 4:17Worth remembering before you fund it.
  102. 4:20Grab your freshly deployed agent address
  103. 4:22with this button. Make sure you've got
  104. 4:24your liquidity ready plus a small buffer
  105. 4:26for Ethereum gas fees, then hit send.
  106. 4:29Choose ETH.
  107. 4:32Paste in the contract address, type in
  108. 4:34your amount, and authorize the transfer.
  109. 4:53Once the block fully confirms, click
  110. 4:55here to double-check the balance in the
  111. 4:56control panel.
  112. 5:02That's everything synced and ready.
  113. 5:04Now I'm going to wake up the AI agent up
  114. 5:06with this button and sign off on the
  115. 5:08transaction.
  116. 5:23And just like that, the bot is live
  117. 5:25trading. Ear to the order book in real
  118. 5:27time.
  119. 5:28I'll leave it grinding away in the
  120. 5:29background and swing back around a bit
  121. 5:31later.
  122. 5:32Back in a bit.
  123. 5:38Okay, I'm back.
  124. 5:40Let's tap here for a status update.
  125. 5:51>> Not bad at all. There's already some
  126. 5:53solid positive movement on the board.
  127. 5:54Just remember, daily earnings scale with
  128. 5:57network congestion, gas prices, and
  129. 5:59trading volume across decentralized
  130. 6:01exchanges. I'm leaving this crypto
  131. 6:03trading bot running untouched for a full
  132. 6:0524 hours so we can gather more
  133. 6:07comprehensive data.
  134. 6:08Catch you tomorrow.
  135. 6:16A full day later and the AI agent has
  136. 6:18been executing on chain that entire
  137. 6:21time.
  138. 6:22I'm going to freeze the bot with this
  139. 6:24button.
  140. 6:25Let's bring the complete performance
  141. 6:26numbers up one final time by clicking
  142. 6:28here.
  143. 6:30And there it is. The figures tell the
  144. 6:32whole story. The balance has climbed
  145. 6:34beautifully. Notice how the console log
  146. 6:36captures every single routing split,
  147. 6:38block number, and swap transaction your
  148. 6:40trading bot contract fires off
  149. 6:42automatically.
  150. 6:43That's total visibility over your funds
  151. 6:45around the clock. No praying that some
  152. 6:47closed source black box plays nice.
  153. 6:51With the live trading test behind us,
  154. 6:52pulling out your liquidity and
  155. 6:54accumulated profit couldn't be simpler.
  156. 6:56Just hit this button, approve the final
  157. 6:58transaction inside your wallet, and let
  158. 7:00the network confirm.
  159. 7:20And boom. Every last bit is routed back
  160. 7:22safe and sound.
  161. 7:24One quick note before we call it a day.
  162. 7:26This video exists for educational
  163. 7:28purposes only. I'm not a financial
  164. 7:30advisor and nothing I've said is should
  165. 7:32be treated as professional financial
  166. 7:34advice. I'm simply documenting my own
  167. 7:36cryptocurrency trading experiments. If
  168. 7:38questions come up, my contact details
  169. 7:41are waiting down in the description. If
  170. 7:43you got something out of this showcase,
  171. 7:44do me a favor, smash that like button
  172. 7:46and subscribe for more. Catch you in the
  173. 7:48next one.

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