modbender Trading Tournament 🏆
Run autonomous multi-agent trading competitions where AI strategies compete against each other with real market data.
What It Does
- 5 agents compete simultaneously on OKX Demo (or Live)
- Every 5 minutes: each agent analyzes candles, indicators, and decides to enter/exit
- Daily evolution at 07:00: top 2 survive, bottom 2 get replaced by better strategies
- Exchange-level stop-losses: positions are protected even if the bot crashes
- 3-layer position sizing protection: unknown assets skipped, 50% equity cap, $500 hard max
Architecture
┌─────────────┐
│ Competition │ ← runs every 5 minutes
│ Manager │
└──────┬──────┘
│
┌────┼────┬────┬────┐
│ │ │ │ │
v v v v v
Agent1 Agent2 Agent3 Agent4 Agent5
(S&D) (RSI) (S&D) (RSI) (RSI)
│
v
┌─────────┐
│ OKX API │ ← real-time prices, order execution
└─────────┘
Strategies Included
- Supply & Demand — Identifies accumulation/distribution zones, enters on retests
- RSI Mean Reversion — Overbought/oversold with EMA trend filter
- RSI Fast Confirm — 1-bar bounce confirmation with tight EMA alignment
- RSI Trend Filter — Long-period EMA filter with standard RSI levels
Safety Features
| Layer | Protection | What Happens |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CT_VALS lookup | Unknown asset → SKIP (never enter blind) |
| 2 | 50% equity cap | Max position = half of agent's capital |
| 3 | $500 hard cap | Absolute maximum notional per trade |
| 4 | Exchange SL | Stop-loss on OKX itself (survives bot crash) |
| 5 | Guardian | Windows Task checks every minute, restarts if dead |
Setup
Prerequisites
- OKX account (Demo or Live)
- API Key + Secret + Passphrase
- Node.js 18+
Quick Start
- Copy
bybit-trading/folder to your workspace - Create
.secrets/okx.env:
OKX_API_KEY=your_key
OKX_API_SECRET=your_secret
OKX_PASSPHRASE=your_passphrase
- Edit
agents_config.jsonwith your preferred strategies and assets - Run:
node competition_manager_okx.js
Cron Setup (recommended)
Add a Guardian cron or Windows Task that checks competition_log_okx.txt freshness every minute. If log hasn't updated in 6 minutes → kill and restart.
Evolution Rules
Daily at 07:00:
- 🥇 Rank 1 → Survives (strategy + assets)
- 🥈 Rank 2 → Survives (strategy + assets)
- 🥉 Rank 3 → Strategy stays, assets rotate to better performers
- 4️⃣ Rank 4 → Fully replaced from best_strategies pool
- 5️⃣ Rank 5 → Fully replaced from best_strategies pool
Criteria for new agents: PF > 1.5, DD < 25%, min 5 backtested trades.
Live Trading Checklist
Before going live with real money:
- 7 days continuous run without crashes
- P&L > 15% on demo
- 30+ trades for top 3 agents
- Max drawdown < 10%
- 0 sizing bugs
- Exchange-level SL verified on all new positions
Built With
- Node.js + OKX REST API
- Technical indicators (EMA, RSI, ATR, Supply/Demand zones)
- Evolutionary selection algorithm
- Real-time Telegram alerts