$40+ billion traded on prediction markets in 2025.
Election outcomes. Fed decisions. Bitcoin prices. Sports. Culture. Everything is a market now.
Most traders lose money because they bet on opinions. Winners trade on edges.
This playbook shows you how to find them.
๐ฏ The Fundamentals
How prediction markets actually work
Why prices = probabilities
Platform comparison (Polymarket vs Kalshi vs others)
Getting started step-by-step
๐ Reading Markets
Price vs probability analysis
Finding mispriced markets
Volume and liquidity signals
Time decay and resolution mechanics
๐ก Trading Strategies
Event arbitrage (same event, different prices)
News trading (speed wins)
Contrarian betting (fading the crowd)
Base rate analysis (history as your edge)
Correlation trading (connected markets)
๐ฌ Advanced Tactics
Order book analysis
Whale tracking on-chain
API trading basics
Building simple bots
Multi-market portfolios
โ ๏ธ Risk Management
Position sizing for binary outcomes
The Kelly Criterion for predictions
Correlation and portfolio risk
Resolution risk (markets can resolve wrong)
๐ค The AI Edge
Using LLMs for probability estimation
News sentiment analysis
24/7 monitoring advantage
Building your edge with AI