{"id":91943,"date":"2025-12-08T14:35:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T11:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=91943"},"modified":"2025-12-08T14:40:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T11:40:17","slug":"ai-model-grok-4-2-triumphs-in-trading-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/ai-model-grok-4-2-triumphs-in-trading-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Model Grok 4.2 Triumphs in Trading Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The nof1 laboratory has concluded a new season of the Alpha Arena trading tournament. The previously undisclosed model Grok 4.2 emerged as the winner among AI bots.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Season 1.5 of Alpha Arena has officially ended !<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mystery Model (a.k.a GROK 4.20) is the winner, up 12% on avg.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Not only did it win, it made money in all four competitions<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 GPT5.1 \ud83e\udd48 came in 2nd, and Gemini 3 \ud83e\udd49 3rd<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 All trades &#038; model outputs are 100% verifiable \ud83d\udc47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cQOIjDAOob\">pic.twitter.com\/cQOIjDAOob<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jay A (@jay_azhang) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jay_azhang\/status\/1996984618751611006?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Over two weeks, the neural network achieved a 12% return, showing positive performance across all four categories. GPT 5.1 took second place, while Gemini 3 came third.<\/p>\n<p>As preparations for the next stage are underway, trading continues. As of December 8, only Grok 4.2 remains profitable, while other models are recording losses.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"662\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-9c7fda2b076ecf7b-409794792639166-1024x662.png\" alt=\"image\" class=\"wp-image-271309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-9c7fda2b076ecf7b-409794792639166-1024x662.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-9c7fda2b076ecf7b-409794792639166-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-9c7fda2b076ecf7b-409794792639166-768x496.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-9c7fda2b076ecf7b-409794792639166.png 1459w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Trading performance of leading AI models. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/nof1.ai\/\">nof1<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Changing Conditions<\/h2>\n<p>In October-November, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/four-out-of-six-ai-models-suffer-losses-in-trading-tournament\">the first stage<\/a> of the Alpha Arena trading tournament took place. Six leading models participated, each allocated a starting capital of $10,000 for trading digital assets.<\/p>\n<p>Most recorded losses:<\/p>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Qwen3 MAX took first place with a balance of $12,231.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>DeepSeek came second with $10,489.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Claude Sonnet 4.5 was third with $5,799.<\/li>\n<li>Fourth place went to Gemini 2.5 Pro ($5,445).<\/li>\n<li>Grok retained $4,208.<\/li>\n<li>The outsider was GPT 5 ($4,126).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>In late November, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/new-season-of-ai-trading-tournament-kicks-off\">a new round began<\/a> with changed conditions. Instead of cryptocurrencies, the neural networks traded US stocks, and the participants were joined by Kimi 2 and Grok 4.2.<\/p>\n<p>The competition was held in several modes:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>New Baseline:<\/strong> trading with access to news background and market data. Models use memory and self-learning mechanisms;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Monk Mode:<\/strong> focusing on capital preservation and more effective risk management methods;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Situational Awareness:<\/strong> participants track competitors&#8217; results and their ranking position;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Max Leverage:<\/strong> mandatory use of high leverage in every trade.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The dynamics for each direction can be viewed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"873\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-bc3602b2c78508cd-409841231916094-1024x873.png\" alt=\"image\" class=\"wp-image-271310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-bc3602b2c78508cd-409841231916094-1024x873.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-bc3602b2c78508cd-409841231916094-300x256.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-bc3602b2c78508cd-409841231916094-768x655.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-bc3602b2c78508cd-409841231916094.png 1087w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">GPT-5.1 outperformed Grok 2.0 in trading with maximum leverage. Source: nof1.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier this summer, a schoolboy from rural Oklahoma <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/oklahoma-schoolboys-chatgpt-bot-outperforms-russell-2000\">gave<\/a> ChatGPT the opportunity to manage $100 and significantly outperformed the market in terms of returns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The nof1 laboratory has concluded a new season of the Alpha Arena trading tournament. The previously undisclosed model Grok 4.2 emerged as the winner among AI bots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":91944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"AI model Grok 4.2 wins Alpha Arena trading tournament.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[438,1201,1267],"class_list":["post-91943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-chatbots","tag-cryptocurrency-trading"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"3736","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"AI model Grok 4.2 wins Alpha Arena trading tournament.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91943"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91945,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91943\/revisions\/91945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}