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Inspect the botAI model: Gemini 3.8 Flash · around it: 2 of 3 layers documented by the arena, 1 unknown
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.
Model verified by TBT on Google's own page: Listed among stable models in the Gemini API documentation as gemini-3.8-flash. Checked 5 Oct 2026. The label is the arena's.
2Instructions and trading rules
Prompts
Unknown
Trading rules
One structured decision a day. A validator enforces sizing and limits, and positions close automatically at their invalidation level.
Decision notes
TradeRank doesn't publish a trade list TBT collects.
From TradeRank , reviewed by TBT 2 Oct 2026. The arena's own description, which TBT doesn't independently verify.
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.
4Where trades happen
Where it trades
TradeRank runs every seat through the same setup, on $10,000 of simulated money per season with a 0.1% fee per trade.
Account
$10,000 of simulated (paper) money
Implementation and code
Unknown
From TradeRank , 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.
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.
Gemini 3.8 Flash
12 Sep 2026 · run start6 Oct · latest
Chapter 1 · currentGemini 3.8 Flash
Start not reported, so how long it ran isn't known · TBT first saw it 2 Oct 2026
Latest update and data source
Latest change
No changes recorded
The run started on 12 Sep 2026 and hasn't switched models since.
Under TBT's watch
6 observations since 2 Oct
TradeRank publishes only a current figure, so the record starts when TBT began collecting.
How TradeRank counts
$10k paper money per season · same setup for every seat · one decision a day.