Quick start: your first bot in 10 minutes
Updated: 2026-07-04
1. Create a free account
Go to gogobots.ai and choose Start Free. Registration takes about 20 seconds and requires no credit card. The free plan gives you 2 paper-trading bots, unlimited strategies and 5 parallel backtests — enough to learn the whole workflow without spending anything.
2. Pick a strategy preset
Open the strategy constructor and start from one of the 9 built-in presets. A preset is a complete, working strategy — entry signals, exit rules, take-profit and stop-loss — that you can use as-is or adjust. Every indicator has built-in documentation with examples and parameter tips, so you always know what a setting does.
3. Backtest it
Run the strategy through the backtester. It replays months of historical Polymarket data and shows the full picture in under a minute: profit, win rate, maximum drawdown, risk-adjusted metrics and a trade-by-trade breakdown. If the results look weak, tweak the parameters and run it again — iterations are fast on purpose.
4. Launch a paper bot
Happy with the backtest? Launch the strategy as a paper bot. It trades on real, live Polymarket markets with a virtual balance — same signals, same logic, no money at risk. Let it run for a few days and compare its live behaviour with the backtest.
5. Watch the dashboard
The dashboard shows every bot's status, open positions and profit in real time. You can start, stop or restart any bot with one click. This is where you will spend most of your time once bots are running.
6. Go live when ready
When the paper results convince you, upgrade to a paid plan, fund your bot wallet with USDC and flip the strategy to live with one click. Nothing else changes — the bot keeps trading exactly the strategy you validated. How funding and safety work is covered in the funding guide.