Get set up to tail Erik’s bets

This page is just for you. It walks you through making two sets of keys, and the bot uses them to place bets on your Kalshi account and post from your X account. Takes about 10 minutes.

What you get

Every time Erik places a bet, a card for it shows up in your @DDKTailBot chat on Telegram, with the legs, odds and game start time.
You decide whether to tail it. Tap ✅ Approve, type how much you want to bet, check the preview, then tap ✅ Confirm bet. You can also set the worst price you’ll take.
The bot places it on your own Kalshi account. It never bets without your tap, and never pays more than your price.
After it fills you get a ticket. Tap 🐦 Post to X to quote-tweet Erik’s post with your ticket, from your own X account. You see the post before it goes out.

Already messaged @DDKTailBot and got this link from the bot? Good, that’s step zero. If not, open Telegram and send the bot a message first.

1. Kalshi API key Required

Log in at kalshi.com on a computer (the phone app doesn’t make API keys).
Click your profile, then Account & security, then scroll to API Keys.
Click Create key. Name it DDKTailBot.
Kalshi shows you a Key ID (looks like 1a2b3c4d-5e6f-…) and downloads a private key file. That file only downloads once, so don’t lose it.
Paste the Key ID below and pick the file (or open it and paste the text).

Key ID Private key · starts with -----BEGIN

Only keep in Kalshi what you want to bet with. You can delete this key on Kalshi any time and the bot loses access instantly.

2. X (Twitter) keys Optional

Only needed for the 🐦 Post to X button. Skip it if you just want to bet. You can come back to this link later.

Show the X steps

Go to developer.x.com and sign in with the X account you want to post from. Sign up for developer access if it asks.
In the developer console, create a Project set to Production, and an App inside it.
Add pay-per-use credits to the account (a few dollars covers a lot of posts). Without credits X refuses posts from new apps.
Open the app, then Settings → User authentication settings → Set up. Choose Read and write, type Web App, Automated App or Bot, and put https://x.com for both the callback URL and website. Save.
Go to Keys and tokens. Copy the API Key and API Key Secret (hit Regenerate if they aren’t shown).
Under Access Token and Secret, hit Generate (or Regenerate if you made them before switching to Read and write; old ones stay read-only). Copy both.
Paste all four below. The Bearer Token isn’t needed.

API Key · also called Consumer Key API Key Secret Access Token · starts with numbers and a dash Access Token Secret

Your keys are locked in this browser before they’re sent. The website can’t read them; only Erik’s office computer can unlock them. It checks them with Kalshi and X, stores them in an encrypted vault under your name only, and wipes the copy on the web server. Your keys are never shown in a chat.

Erik invited you to tail his bets