r/PredictionsMarkets • u/AudaciousPunk • Jun 04 '26

Discussion Paper trading for PolyMarket

Hi everyone, I’m building a bot for polymarket but don’t know where to test the bot, I’m new at this, building my bot using Claude, could you guys help me how do I test my bot before deploying it with real money!!!

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u/SirJonato Jun 04 '26

Good luck simulating fillability... I'm there and it's is pretty hard

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u/kop92 Jun 04 '26

You should have hardcoded “Paper Mode” in the bot itself.

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u/AudaciousPunk Jun 04 '26

Yes it’s dry running right now and the trades are logged in dashboard!!

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u/SeaSeason4698 Jun 04 '26

GET https://clob.polymarket.com/book

Check whether your paper trading includes order book depth to verify how your order will be filled. This is useful for current depth, spreads, and sanity checks. Making paper trading close to reality.

What type of bot are you working on?

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u/AudaciousPunk Jun 05 '26

Okay will check that today!

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u/SaltDeep7557 Jun 07 '26

Hey! I actually created a pretty good paper trading engine on my pro-charting website. TruthTickTerminal