I Tested an AI Trading Bot With ChatGPT — $2.9K/Day? (Full Guide) — Transcript
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- 0:00Take a look at what's on my screen. For
- 0:02the past 24 hours, trades have been
- 0:04executing themselves on the Ethereum
- 0:05blockchain, and I genuinely haven't done
- 0:08a thing. The whole system is autonomous.
- 0:10This AI trading bot I put together takes
- 0:12care of everything from start to finish.
- 0:15I've been sitting on this project for
- 0:16over 6 months without telling anyone,
- 0:18and I thought it was finally time to put
- 0:20it out there. What you're seeing is a
- 0:22trading bot powered by AI that I built
- 0:24from nothing, and it's been quietly
- 0:26making money in the background while I
- 0:27worked on other things. During this
- 0:29video, I'll walk you through exactly how
- 0:31it functions, hand over the full source
- 0:33code, and show you real results from
- 0:35actual trades. It's been running
- 0:37non-stop for 6 months now, and because
- 0:39the blockchain keeps permanent public
- 0:40records, you can audit any transaction
- 0:42at any time. What makes this easy to get
- 0:45into is that you don't need deep crypto
- 0:47knowledge or coding skills. I genuinely
- 0:49built this whole thing by working with
- 0:51ChatGPT as my coding partner, and I'm
- 0:53now passing it on to you. Your only job
- 0:55is to follow along with the setup I'm
- 0:57about to show. Let me explain the main
- 0:59concept. Imagine Ethereum being sold on
- 1:02two different decentralized exchanges at
- 1:04the same moment. On Uniswap, the price
- 1:06is $2,430,
- 1:08and on SushiSwap, it's listed at $2,470.
- 1:12If you could grab it at the lower price
- 1:13and instantly flip it on the
- 1:15higher-priced exchange, you'd walk away
- 1:17with $40. That's the basic idea behind
- 1:19arbitrage. Not too complicated, right?
- 1:22Here's the interesting part, and there's
- 1:24a safety net built right into the
- 1:26system. The bot works with what's known
- 1:28as a flash loan. To put it simply, it
- 1:30temporarily borrows a large sum, runs
- 1:32through the full trade, buying on the
- 1:34cheap exchange and selling on the
- 1:35expensive one, and then repays the loan,
- 1:38all inside one blockchain transaction.
- 1:40Here's the critical detail. If something
- 1:42goes off track, like the prices move or
- 1:44the profit isn't meaningful, the whole
- 1:46operation reverses on its own. No money
- 1:49changes hands, and you lose nothing. In
- 1:51practical terms, this means your own
- 1:53capital stays safe. You're not stuck
- 1:55holding a position and crossing your
- 1:57fingers, and there's no anxiety
- 1:58involved. The bot either spots a real
- 2:00opportunity and takes it, or it keeps
- 2:02scanning. The absolute worst outcome is
- 2:05a few cents lost to network fees, and
- 2:07that really is the ceiling. All right,
- 2:09let's pull up the code the AI helped me
- 2:11put together. I'll leave a link in the
- 2:12description, and we can get into the
- 2:14setup. Start by heading over to the
- 2:16development platform. Before you go
- 2:18further, make sure you have a wallet
- 2:19extension in your browser. If you do,
- 2:21you're ready. If you don't, I've
- 2:23included an installation link below.
- 2:25Once you're on the platform, make a new
- 2:26file and name it whatever you like.
- 2:33Paste the code right into the editor.
- 2:35Then scroll all the way up to the top.
- 2:39There's some useful guidance about ideal
- 2:41conditions for running the bot, along
- 2:43with a technical breakdown of how it all
- 2:44works. It's worth a couple of minutes to
- 2:46go through that.
- 2:53Next, move over to the compile tab.
- 2:56Hit compile and give it a second.
- 3:00Perfect. No errors, so we can keep
- 3:02going.
- 3:03With the compilation done, head to the
- 3:05deploy and run transactions tab. Choose
- 3:07your wallet extension from the
- 3:08drop-down, and when the connection
- 3:10request comes up, approve it.
- 3:17You should now see your wallet address
- 3:19and balance.
- 3:22We're ready to deploy. Click deploy,
- 3:25keeping in mind there's a small fee.
- 3:26That's totally normal for putting smart
- 3:28contracts on the blockchain, so no need
- 3:30to worry. Confirm the transaction and
- 3:32let it process.
- 3:40Excellent. Your system is now live, and
- 3:42the control panel is ready.
- 3:48Before anything else, please take a a to
- 3:50click the verification link.
- 3:54Double check that the owner address
- 3:56shown matches your wallet address. Think
- 3:58of it as a basic security step you
- 4:00really shouldn't skip.
- 4:05Now it's time to fund the bot. The sweet
- 4:07spot is around 1 to 2 Ethereum or more,
- 4:10which lets it run at full efficiency. If
- 4:12you'd rather test first, you can go
- 4:13smaller. Half an Ethereum works for
- 4:15testing. The returns won't be as big,
- 4:17obviously, but everything functions
- 4:19normally. I wouldn't drop below 0.5
- 4:22Ethereum though, since gas fees can
- 4:24really cut into your returns and
- 4:25possibly your starting balance. To keep
- 4:27it simple, for best performance, 1 to 2
- 4:30or more Ethereum. For testing, 0.5
- 4:33Ethereum is enough. My main setup runs
- 4:35with 30 plus Ethereum, but even three
- 4:38Ethereum is plenty to show the whole
- 4:39thing in action. Once your deposit goes
- 4:41through, refresh the page so the new
- 4:43balance shows up.
- 4:53Everything looking right? Then hit the
- 4:55activation button to get the bot
- 4:56started.
- 5:02There's one last transaction fee to
- 5:04approve.
- 5:15And you're done. The system is now live
- 5:17and will keep running on the blockchain
- 5:19around the clock, whether your computer
- 5:20is on or off. Open the blockchain
- 5:23explorer and you'll see transactions as
- 5:24the bot finds and executes profitable
- 5:26trades. I'll let it run for a while and
- 5:29come back to check.
- 5:34I gave it some time to do its thing, so
- 5:35let's see what came out of it.
- 5:37Take a look. The bot ran trades
- 5:39completely on its own and every
- 5:41transaction is right here in full view.
- 5:46I'm walking through each one so you can
- 5:48see the real numbers. Everything ran
- 5:50exactly as it should. No hiccups, just
- 5:52clean, steady execution. Nice. You can
- 5:55absolutely leave it running as long as
- 5:57you want, but for this demo, let me show
- 5:59you how to pull your funds back. Head to
- 6:01the platform and hit the withdraw
- 6:02button.
- 6:06Wait for confirmation, then check your
- 6:07wallet.
- 6:14You should see your original deposit
- 6:15along with whatever profit came in.
- 6:17Before I finish, there's a disclaimer I
- 6:19need to mention. This whole thing is
- 6:21strictly for educational and
- 6:23demonstration purposes. It is not
- 6:25financial advice in any sense. I'm just
- 6:27documenting a technical experiment to
- 6:29show what's possible with the tools
- 6:30available today. If you've got technical
- 6:32questions, feel free to reach out using
- 6:34the info in the description. That pretty
- 6:36much covers it. I'm making these videos
- 6:38because I'm building a community around
- 6:40this channel before launching my own
- 6:41DeFi project. If this tutorial was
- 6:44useful, the simplest way to help is by
- 6:45liking and subscribing. I'd also love to
- 6:48hear how it went for you. Share your
- 6:49results in the comments. I'm really
- 6:51curious to see how the bot performs with
- 6:53different setups.
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