Cruise Alpha
Cruise Alpha
200+ students building bots

Build the bot.
Keep the edge.

Learn to build your own Polymarket trading bot from scratch. No black boxes, no vendor lock-in. You write the code, you understand the strategy, you own the whole thing.

Free, no obligation · 15 min

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See what you'll build

A student's bot after week 3

Real dashboard. Real strategy. Built from scratch by a student.

The problem

Buying someone else's bot is a trap

You hand over money for a black box you don't understand, can't customize, and can't fix when it breaks. The real edge is knowing how to build one yourself.

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Black box strategies

You don’t know what it’s doing or why. When it loses money, you’re helpless.

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No customization

One-size-fits-all bots can’t adapt to your risk tolerance, goals, or market thesis.

Vendor lock-in

When the vendor disappears or raises prices, your entire strategy goes with them.

How it works

Three steps to your own trading bot

01

Book an intro call

15 minutes. We learn your background, goals, and experience level. We map out which track fits you best.

02

Follow the curriculum

Structured lessons take you from API basics to live strategies. Build, backtest, and iterate with guidance.

03

Deploy your own bot

Ship what you built to your own infrastructure. Your code, your keys, your strategy. No dependencies on us.

What you'll build

Every module, a working piece of your bot

Market Making Strategy

Learn to provide liquidity on both sides of a market. You'll build a bot that captures spreads, maintains delta-neutral positions, and adjusts quotes based on real-time order book depth.

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Risk Management

You'll implement every layer of capital protection yourself.

  • Position size limits
  • Max drawdown stops
  • Portfolio-level caps
  • Per-market exposure limits
  • Automatic de-risking
  • Configurable risk profiles

Arbitrage Detection

Build a cross-market scanner that finds price discrepancies between correlated events and executes before the spread closes.

Backtesting Engine

Build your own backtester using 18+ months of historical data. Validate strategies before risking real capital.

Real-Time Alerts

Wire up Telegram, Discord, and webhook notifications for trades, market moves, and system health. You'll build the whole pipeline.

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Docker Deployment

Learn to containerize and deploy your bot. Works on any VPS, home server, or cloud provider. You own the infra.

“The edge wasn't in buying a bot. It was in understanding how to build one.”

Why I teach this

I was the worst manual trader

Two years ago, I lost $12K trading prediction markets manually. Not because my analysis was wrong. I was right 63% of the time. But I'd enter late, exit early, and let fear override the math.

So I stopped trusting myself and started trusting code. I built a bot to execute my strategy without emotion. Within three months, the same strategies that lost money manually were producing consistent returns.

Then I realized: the most valuable thing wasn't the bot itself. It was everything I learned building it. Now I teach others to do the same.

The edge isn't in buying a bot. It's in knowing how to build one.

Student outcomes · course stats

68.4%

Avg win rate

200+

Students enrolled

3 wks

To first deploy

92%

Completion rate

Win rate based on student-built bot backtests. Individual results vary based on strategy and market conditions.

You own everything you build

Your code, your infrastructure, your keys. No vendor dependency.

Lifetime access to the curriculum

All lessons, updates, and community access. Learn at your own pace.

Student stories

They built it themselves

3 wksto first live bot

I had zero coding experience. By week 3 my bot was live on Polymarket and caught a 12% mispricing at 3am. The feeling of building something that makes money while you sleep is unreal.

Marcus T.

Former manual trader, now bot builder

100%code ownership

I'd bought two different trading bots before this. Both broke within months and the vendors ghosted. Now I understand every line of code in my system. When something breaks, I fix it myself in minutes.

Sarah K.

Crypto trader, 4 years experience

4custom strategies built

I'm a software engineer but knew nothing about trading systems. The curriculum clicked immediately. I run three strategies now and I'm already building a fourth one on my own.

James R.

Software engineer, cohort 2

FAQ

Common questions

Some basics help, but it's not required. The curriculum starts from scratch and walks you through Python fundamentals, API integration, and bot architecture step by step. Most students with zero coding background have a working bot by week 3.

Polymarket operates as a CFTC-regulated prediction market. Legality depends on your jurisdiction. We teach you how to build trading bots and you are responsible for ensuring compliance with your local laws.

All trading carries risk of financial loss. The course teaches systematic strategies with built-in risk management (position limits, max drawdown stops, diversification), but no system eliminates risk entirely. Never trade with money you can't afford to lose.

Lifetime access to the full curriculum, video lessons, code templates, a private community of other students, and ongoing updates as Polymarket's API evolves. You also get a 1-on-1 intro call to map out your learning path.

When you buy a bot, you get a black box. When it breaks, you're stuck. Here, you build the bot yourself and understand every line. You can customize it, fix it, and evolve it. No vendor dependency, ever.

Most students deploy their first bot within 3 weeks, spending a few hours per week. The full curriculum covers advanced strategies over 6-8 weeks, but you can go at your own pace.

Any Polymarket market. Political predictions, crypto prices, sports, world events. You'll learn to configure which categories and risk parameters fit your goals.

Yes. 30-day money-back guarantee, no questions asked.

Next cohort starts soon

Stop renting edge. Start building it.

Every day without your own system is another day depending on someone else's. Let's talk about where to start.

Free, no obligation · 15 minutes · No credit card required

You own the code30-day money-backLifetime accessNo vendor lock-in