Aster's "Human vs AI" Season 1 Live Trading Competition Concludes

2026-01-15 06:20

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Despite human trader ProMint winning the championship with a positive net profit, the AI team, on the other hand, demonstrated more consistent performance overall.

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Human Trader ProMint Wins Championship, AI Demonstrates Outstanding Risk Management

Supported by YZi Labs, Aster, a decentralized on-chain trading platform focusing on high performance and privacy, has announced the final results of its "Human vs AI" live trading competition. In a two-week period marked by high market volatility, this event clearly showcased the stark differences between human subjective trading and AI-driven strategies.

Despite human trader ProMint winning the championship with a positive net profit, the overall ROI of the human trading team was -32.22%, reflecting significant performance variations among participants. In contrast, the AI team demonstrated more stable overall performance, with a total loss of around $13,000 and an overall ROI of -4.48% for all participating AI strategies.

Trading Insights: Stability vs Asymmetric Opportunities

The competition data highlighted a significant difference in risk behaviors between human traders and AI. During the competition, 43% of human participants were liquidated, while all 30 AIs did not experience any liquidations, achieving a 100% survival rate.

Aster pointed out that the results suggest: in a stable, risk-controlled market environment, AI-driven strategies, with systematic execution and disciplined risk management, possess structural advantages that help reduce significant drawdowns. At the same time, research also shows that in environments dominated by human emotions, rapid market shifts, and nonlinear price movements, human traders with excellent judgment and narrative cognitive abilities can still capture asymmetric opportunities and outperform purely systematic approaches.

Future Competitiveness Lies in Collaboration, Not Replacement

The data shows that the performance variation among human traders is more significant: the highest individual profit exceeded $19,000, while the largest loss was close to $18,000, leading to higher overall return volatility.

Aster emphasizes that the purpose of this "Human vs AI" showdown is not to determine superiority or inferiority, but to clarify the evolving roles of both in the trading ecosystem. AI is increasingly becoming a foundational tool for execution and risk management, while human traders continue to contribute judgment, situational awareness, and narrative interpretation in complex market environments. Therefore, Aster believes that future competitiveness will stem from the collaboration between humans and AI, rather than confrontation.

Aster: Treating the Market as a Real-World Experiment

Aster stated that the purpose of hosting this live trading battle was to observe the performance of different trading participants in real market conditions, based on the same decentralized infrastructure, rather than relying on backtesting or simulated data.

As the decentralized derivatives market continues to develop, Aster will continue to explore infrastructure designs that better serve the needs of professional traders, allowing strategy formulation, risk management, and trade execution to achieve higher on-chain determinism.

"This is not a match with preconceived conclusions, but a starting point." Aster CEO Leonard stated in a post-match summary, "As the market becomes more complex, traders need not just a single tool, but an integrated system that can evolve together with the market."

The next trading battle will commence on January 22

Aster has confirmed that the next live trading battle will officially begin on January 22 and will take place on the Aster Chain testnet.

The upcoming event will be open to a broader global community of traders, including professional participants, allowing them to engage in live competitive trading on the Aster testnet environment.

For more details on the competition rules, rewards, and participation criteria, please refer to the official competition announcement published on the Aster platform.

About Aster

Aster is an on-chain trading platform that offers high-performance perpetual and spot contracts, featuring MEV-aware trading mechanisms, advanced order types (such as hidden orders), and a cross-chain protected trading mode (Shield Mode). In addition to trading services, Aster enhances capital efficiency through "Trade & Earn" and supports ecosystem growth through "Rocket Launch," connecting real traders with early liquidity opportunities. Aster is supported by YZi Labs and is building its proprietary Aster Chain, currently undergoing multi-stage airdrops and incentive programs to empower the global community.