Recalculate a Polymarket trader's real profit after fees
MilesKetcham checked a much-shared wallet on Polymarket's public data. The claimed +$178,739 was trading profit before fees (about $186K now), fees took about $122K, and Polymarket's own leaderboard shows +$63.7K.
Source
@MilesKetcham on X · 2026-10-19
Written in our own words. Credit to the original author. Link checked 2026-10-24.
What they did
MilesKetcham checked a much-shared wallet on Polymarket's public data. The claimed +$178,739 was trading profit before fees (about $186K now), fees took about $122K, and Polymarket's own leaderboard shows +$63.7K.
Result (as claimed)
The real number behind a headline profit claim.
Tools they used
Cost: Pricing depends on the tools you pick; check each official pricing page.
Set it up
Gather your sources
Collect the papers, notes, links or files you want to work from in one place.
Load them into the tool
Open Polymarket and add your sources. Keep the original files so you can check claims later.
Ask focused questions
Ask for summaries, comparisons or connections with citations to the source passages.
Verify and save
Spot check claims against the sources, then save the output as notes you can reuse.
Copy the full setup prompt
Paste into your agent and it will walk you through the setup, asking before anything that sends, posts or spends.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Claude Code. Goal: Recalculate a Polymarket trader's real profit after fees What the original author did: MilesKetcham checked a much-shared wallet on Polymarket's public data. The claimed +$178,739 was trading profit before fees (about $186K now), fees took about $122K, and Polymarket's own leaderboard shows +$63.7K. Reported result (as claimed by the author): The real number behind a headline profit claim. Source: https://x.com/MilesKetcham/status/2112235808904106108 Tools they used: Polymarket Category: Research & learning Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Codex. Goal: Recalculate a Polymarket trader's real profit after fees What the original author did: MilesKetcham checked a much-shared wallet on Polymarket's public data. The claimed +$178,739 was trading profit before fees (about $186K now), fees took about $122K, and Polymarket's own leaderboard shows +$63.7K. Reported result (as claimed by the author): The real number behind a headline profit claim. Source: https://x.com/MilesKetcham/status/2112235808904106108 Tools they used: Polymarket Category: Research & learning Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Grok Bot. Goal: Recalculate a Polymarket trader's real profit after fees What the original author did: MilesKetcham checked a much-shared wallet on Polymarket's public data. The claimed +$178,739 was trading profit before fees (about $186K now), fees took about $122K, and Polymarket's own leaderboard shows +$63.7K. Reported result (as claimed by the author): The real number behind a headline profit claim. Source: https://x.com/MilesKetcham/status/2112235808904106108 Tools they used: Polymarket Category: Research & learning Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
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How to track smart-money wallets and copy trade with AI · How to build a Polymarket bot with AI (and Kalshi) · How to research memecoins and crypto with AI agents · How to build AI trading and investing agents
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