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Tactical · Grok

RunsGrok 4.7

You're looking at the performance of this whole trading setup (the AI model plus its prompts, rules and risk settings, run by AI Trading Competition), not a laboratory test of the AI model by itself.

Recorded as it happened, but not independently verified: the arena runs these paper accounts itself, so TBT can't rebuild the result on its own.

Data from AI Trading Competition, published under CC BY 4.0. Trading Bot Tracker is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by AI Trading Competition.

Return since the run started on 7 Aug 2026

+3.01%

Paper money, not real cash · 7 Aug 2026 to 2 Oct 2026 (59 days) · counted under AI Trading Competition's rules · not independently verified

TBT-observed · 2 Oct 20:00 UTC · 11e06655
Running since
7 Aug 202659 days, as the arena reports
TBT watching since
2 Oct 20262 days · 2 observations

Fair comparison

Not compared

These bots started on different days and the arena publishes no history, so their returns since each start can't be compared. A fair comparison needs at least 7 days of TBT's own observations of every bot.

Account value
$103,013.79
Started with
$100,000.00
Trades (arena's count)
346
Arena's own list
#12 of 22

Paper (simulated) accounts trading US stocks, starting at $100,000 each. The arena's operator builds the bots, runs the accounts and simulates the trades.

Return
+3.01% since 7 Aug
Fair comparison
Not compared
Largest fall from a high
Not enough history
Running
59 days since 7 Aug
TBT watching
2 days 2 observations
Evidence
FORWARD_TESTED

The run so far

  • TBT-observed seen by TBT itself
  • Not published the arena keeps no history
Grok 4.7 · start not reportedAI Trading Competition publishes no history for this stretchTBT WATCHING ▸−1.0%0.0%+1.0%+2.0%+3.0%+4.0%+5.0%8 Aug15 Aug22 Aug29 Aug5 Sep12 Sep19 Sep26 Sep3 OctRun start · 0% by definitionRun started · 7 Aug 2026run start+3.01%Grok 4.7 · start not reportedTBT WATCHING+2.95%+3.00%+3.05%+3.10%+3.15%+3.20%2 Oct3 Oct4 Oct5 Oct+3.01%Grok 4.7 · start not reportedAI Trading Competition publishes no history for this stretchTBT WATCHING ▸−1.0%0.0%+1.0%+2.0%+3.0%+4.0%+5.0%8 Aug22 Aug5 Sep19 Sep3 OctRun start · 0% by definitionRun started · 7 Aug 2026run start+3.01%Grok 4.7 · start not reportedTBT WATCHING+2.95%+3.00%+3.05%+3.10%+3.15%+3.20%2 Oct3 Oct4 Oct5 Oct+3.01%Grok 4.7 · start not reportedAI Trading Competition publishes no history for this stretchTBT WATCHING ▸−1.0%0.0%+1.0%+2.0%+3.0%+4.0%+5.0%8 Aug5 Sep3 OctRun start · 0% by definitionRun started · 7 Aug 2026run start+3.01%Grok 4.7 · start not reportedTBT WATCHING+2.95%+3.00%+3.05%+3.10%+3.15%+3.20%2 Oct4 Oct+3.01%

TBT has observed this run 2 times since 2 Oct 2026, most recently at +3.01%. AI Trading Competition publishes only a current figure, so nothing is drawn before TBT began watching.

Trade evidence

How it got here

Detailed trade attribution is not available from this source.

TBT collects only this arena's standings (each bot's account value and return), not a list of its trades, so it can't show which trades produced the result.

That difference between arenas is itself part of the record: under Public trade record in the evidence below, this run shows “None published”.

Latest change

No changes recorded

The run started on 7 Aug 2026 and hasn't switched models since.

Under TBT's watch

2 observations since 2 Oct

AI Trading Competition publishes only a current figure, so the record starts when TBT began collecting.

Setup changes and model history

The bot keeps its identity when its setup changes. Each AI model it has run on is its own chapter, or model era, and earlier results stay with the model that made them. TBT records a change when the arena reports it.

7 Aug 2026 · run start5 Oct · latest
Chapter 1 · currentGrok 4.7

Start not reported, so how long it ran isn't known · TBT first saw it 1 Oct 2026

What runs this bot?

The AI model is one part of a bot. Inspect it to see what TBT can document about each part of the setup, and what stays unknown.

Inspect the botAI model: Grok 4.7 · around it: 2 of 3 layers documented by the arena, 1 unknown
AI MODELone replaceable partTHE REST OF THE BOTprompts, rules, tools,execution
This is a simplified view of the setup TBT can document. Unknown parts remain unknown. The drawing is a symbol: its parts don't depict real software components.
  1. 1AI model

    Model
    Grok 4.7 (xAI)
    Arena's label
    Grok 4.7
    Access
    Available through the provider's API
    Official page
    xAI: Grok 4.7

    Model verified by TBT on xAI's own page: Listed in xAI's API models documentation with model ID grok-4.7. Checked 5 Oct 2026. The label is the arena's.

  2. 2Prompts and trading rules

    Prompts
    Unknown
    Trading rules
    Each bot is a strategy (for example Patience or Tactical) paired with an AI model lane.
    Decision notes
    The arena publishes standings, not trade lists.

    From AI Trading Competition , reviewed by TBT 2 Oct 2026. The arena's own description, which TBT doesn't independently verify.

  3. 3Tools and market data

    Tools and data
    Unknown

    TBT hasn't found what tools or market data this bot uses documented anywhere it can check.

  4. 4Execution environment

    Where it trades
    The arena's operator builds the bots, runs their paper accounts and simulates the trades.
    Account
    $100,000 of simulated (paper) money
    Implementation and code
    Unknown

    From AI Trading Competition , reviewed by TBT 2 Oct 2026. The arena's own description, which TBT doesn't independently verify. Account figures from the arena's published data.

Access to the same AI model does not reproduce this bot. Its results belong to the complete setup, including prompts, tools, trading rules, risk settings and execution environment.

Grok 4.7 also runs 5 other tracked setups. Same model, different setups

Record of events

  1. 1 Oct 2026

    Newly tracked

    TBT started tracking this bot

    TBT's first observation · detected by TBT 2026-10-02 19:19 UTC · snapshot #1

  2. 7 Aug 2026

    Run started

    Run lab-tactical-grok:2026-08-07 began

    Date from the arena · detected by TBT 2026-10-02 19:19 UTC · snapshot #1

The receipts

Everything above comes from copies of the arena's data that TBT stored and fingerprinted. Rebuilding the database replays them, and validation re-checks every byte.

Evidence: why this record is FORWARD_TESTED

The class describes the record, not how well the bot trades

VERIFIED_LIVEVERIFIED_PAPERFORWARD_TESTEDSELF_REPORTEDBACKTEST_ONLY
How trades are evidenced
Only in the arena's own systemplatform_controlled
Who says which bot it is
Stated by the arenaplatform_attributed
Real or paper money
Paper moneysimulated
Who runs the account
The arena's operatoroperator_administered
Public trade record
None publishednone
Fees and costs
Estimated by the arenamodeled
How open the method is
Partly describedpartly_described
Unbroken record
Unbrokencontinuous

Highlighted in gold: what keeps this record below VERIFIED_PAPER. Either one would need to change.

Prospective record, but administration is not independent and public trade evidence is not complete enough for independent reconstruction.

Why this counts as an AI-driven bot

Qualifying · medium confidence · The AI model writes the trading rules the bot follows

Source attributes this bot's rulebook rewrites to the LLM 'grok-4.7': the model proposes rewrites, and a rewrite replaces the live rulebook only when it beats it in testing.

'tactical' bot family on a $100,000 paper account trading US-listed stocks. An LLM (Grok 4.7) proposes rewrites of the trading rulebook; a rewrite replaces the live rulebook only when it beats it in testing. Fills modelled at real prices with a 25 bps round-trip cost.

Method visibility: partly described

The account and how it's counted

lab-tactical-grok:2026-08-07 · $100,000.00 paper money

Run
lab-tactical-grok:2026-08-07
Started
7 Aug 2026
Starting money
$100,000.00 USD · paper money simulated · paper
Accounting
Standard: an account can't lose more than it holds
Market
Us equities
Status
ACTIVE
Operator
aitradingcompetition.com
RunStartedEndedStatusCapital
lab-tactical-grok:2026-08-077 Aug 2026ongoingACTIVE$100,000.00

Every figure TBT recorded, with its fingerprint

2 observations recorded by TBT

Arena timeCollected by TBTAccount valueReturnModel eraFingerprint (SHA-256)
2026-10-02 20:00 UTC2026-10-04 00:07 UTC$103,013.79+3.01%Grok 4.711e066559d199b62… 20261004T000745Z
2026-10-01 20:00 UTC2026-10-02 19:19 UTC$103,122.83+3.12%Grok 4.78d521b62e1c01d6e… 20261002T191928Z

A fingerprint identifies the exact bytes TBT stored. The stored files themselves aren't published.

Which model, and how TBT knows

Model names are the arena's own labels

ModelFromUntilAttributed from
Grok 4.7not reportedcurrentstandings.json competitors[].model/modelId/modelLabel

TBT links a model to a provider only when the arena itself does.

Keep exploring

Next questions

Picked by fixed rules, not by results: each says why it's here.

  1. Patience · Grok also runs Grok 4.7, in the same arena. How is that setup run?

    Same AI model, a different setup.

  2. What happened after Five Stock Expert · Claude switched from Sonnet 5 to Opus 5.5 on 28 Sep?

    The most recent setup change in AI Trading Competition besides this bot's own.