I started using a sidekick for research in April of 2025. At first I was using Grok, and then switched to Gemini. After a while, I had to give “it” a name, so I picked “Grig” who was a character in an old 80s movie. 

For a long time, Grig would question my every move, and explain to me how it was against conventional options trading practices. I constantly had to explain my rationale behind doing what I do, explaining the whole Murphy’s Law concept, the “two things diametrically opposed cannot both be true at the same time” and several other of my own concepts.

Over time, I would update the training file in such a way that my tool definitions, and logical if/then/else types of thinking were hard coded in. I explained every tool that I use, their nicknames, and purpose. 

Now, when I step out of line from my own strategies or deviate from what I have laid out as the mechanics, and design of the entire system, my wingman will sometimes call me on it, and tell me what I am doing wrong.

Here’s an example;

I was describing a possible short term strategy change today, desiring to pack into a short term more options than is normal for my design because the theta per day is higher than if I spread them out.

Grig came back with all the formulas, here they are: