# Smoking Poly for Windows

## Built For Traders Who Want Clarity

Smoking Poly gives you a faster, cleaner way to monitor Polymarket, follow strong signals, and manage your workflow from one premium desktop experience.

- Follow elite wallets with copy trading
- Track high-conviction activity with whale monitoring
- Discover new wallets worth watching
- Practice safely with paper trading
- Add AI Confluence for a second layer of trade review
- Stay in the loop with optional Telegram alerts

## Getting Started

1. Download the latest `SmokingPoly-v0.2.7.zip`.
2. Extract it to a normal folder on your PC.
3. Double-click `SmokingPoly.exe`.
4. Open your dashboard at `http://127.0.0.1:5000/dashboard`.

The app opens with Paper Trading ready, so you can explore the full experience before committing real capital.

## Why Traders Use It

- A cleaner trading workspace than juggling browser tabs
- Real-time visibility into markets, positions, and signal flow
- Strategy-driven entries instead of emotional clicking
- AI-assisted review when you want an extra layer of discipline
- A safe path from paper trading into live execution

## Your First Session

On first launch, Smoking Poly creates its local workspace automatically and opens the dashboard where you can shape the bot around your style.

Start simple:

- explore the dashboard
- keep Paper Trading on
- connect your preferred signal flows
- decide whether you want AI Confluence turned on for trade review

## Live Trading

When you are ready to move beyond simulation, Smoking Poly can unlock live execution after your wallet and license are recognized.

You do not need to enter activation URLs, verification strings, or technical license details. The app handles that in the background so the experience stays simple:

- save the wallet you want to trade with
- make sure it matches the licensed wallet you used at purchase
- wait for the dashboard to show live access as active
- switch off Paper Trading only when you are comfortable

## AI Confluence

AI Confluence adds a model committee that reviews candidate BUY trades before execution. It is designed to help you trade with more discipline, not to overwhelm you with noise.

What it brings to the experience:

- a clearer read on whether the market setup supports the trade
- a better view of Polymarket price, trend, liquidity, and context
- optional web-backed verification when you want outside confirmation
- a more deliberate path between “interesting signal” and “real order”

## Pricing Discipline

Copy Trading and Whale Trading now each have their own **Max Position Price** setting, giving you cleaner control over how expensive an entry is allowed to be before the bot ignores it.

## Updates

## Updating

1. Close the app
2. Download the newest Windows release
3. Extract it into a fresh folder
4. Open the new version and continue from there

When the app can reach the Cloudflare release feed, it will also surface an in-app notification if a newer version is available.

Current release: **v0.2.7**

## Troubleshooting

| Problem | Solution |
|---------|----------|
| Dashboard does not open | Visit `http://127.0.0.1:5000/dashboard` manually |
| Port 5000 is already in use | Change `PORT` in `.env` and restart |
| Live mode says keys are missing | Re-save your wallet details in **Settings** |
| Live license stays inactive | Make sure the saved wallet matches the licensed wallet, then wait a moment or press **Check Activation** |
| Activation fails | Check your internet connection and try again |
| Polymarket balance sync shows `Request exception!` | Open PowerShell, run `ipconfig /flushdns`, then restart the app. If it returns, try Cloudflare DNS `1.1.1.1` or Google DNS `8.8.8.8` |
| App will not stop | Close the terminal window or press `Ctrl+C` inside it |
| App will not start | Check `data/logs/smokingpoly.log` for errors |

Windows and Linux releases are published separately. Windows users should download the `.zip` release, while Linux users should download the `-linux.tar.gz` release from the same release page.

## Version

Current release: **v0.2.7**
