polymarket-fast-loop

What This Skill Does

The Polymarket FastLoop Trader is a specialized automation agent designed to execute high-frequency prediction trades on Polymarket's 5-minute and 15-minute crypto markets. Unlike standard trading bots that rely on slow-moving market data, FastLoop monitors CEX (Centralized Exchange) price momentum—specifically Binance BTC/USDT klines—as a leading indicator to predict short-term price movement on Polymarket. It performs real-time market discovery by querying the Polymarket Gamma API directly, allowing it to identify and enter sprint markets as soon as they appear. The system acts as an execution bridge: it consumes external momentum data, validates the opportunity against your configured thresholds, and automates order placement via the Simmer API.

Installation

To install this skill, run the following command in your terminal: clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/adlai88/polymarket-fast-loop. After installation, you must configure your environment variables. First, obtain your Simmer API key from the Simmer dashboard under the 'SDK' tab and set it as SIMMER_API_KEY. For live trading, you must provide your Polymarket wallet private key as WALLET_PRIVATE_KEY. Ensure these are stored securely. Finally, configure your default parameters such as asset (BTC, ETH, or SOL), max position size, and your preferred trade window (5m or 15m) through the CLI interface.

Use Cases

This skill is engineered for power users who want to capitalize on short-term crypto volatility. Common use cases include:

• Automated Scalping: Leveraging micro-trends in BTC/ETH/SOL to trade binary outcome markets on Polymarket.
• Momentum Following: Programmatically responding to rapid price spikes detected on Binance by taking a position on Polymarket before the wider market reacts.
• Sprint Market Trading: Automating entries into time-limited prediction windows that are otherwise impossible to track manually.

Example Prompts

1. "OpenClaw, install the Polymarket FastLoop trader and configure it for ETH 5-minute markets with a $10 position limit."
2. "Show me the current status of my FastLoop agent and check if it has found any new BTC 15-minute markets today."
3. "Enable live trading mode for the FastLoop skill using my existing environment credentials and set the entry threshold to 10 cents."

Tips & Limitations

⚠️ Important Risk Warning: Standard Simmer risk monitoring (Stop-Loss/Take-Profit) DOES NOT work on sub-15-minute markets. Because these markets resolve rapidly, the safety checks performed every 15 minutes will never trigger. You are responsible for sizing positions appropriately and accepting the inherent risk of high-frequency trading. Furthermore, remember that Polymarket enforces a 10% fee on these markets, which you must account for when calculating your profit edge. Always start with a dry run using the default configuration to ensure your strategy signals perform as expected before deploying real USDC capital.