hey is somenone using claude ia code along with the API to create his own bot to start trading?? i have mine but i'm testing it out for 2 weeks simulating like if he has money, I will like to know is somebody else is using it an tell me how is it working for him
Been trading on Polymarket for a while now, went through the full cycle — early wins, overconfidence, a painful drawdown, slow rebuild. Along the way I joined a few trading communities and noticed the same mistakes come up over and over. Here's what actually costs people money:
1. Treating every market like a coin flip New traders see 60/40 and think "easy edge." They ignore that the 60% side is already priced in. The question isn't "who will win" — it's "is this probability wrong?"
2. No position sizing Going all-in on one high-conviction market. One bad resolution, one "that's unexpected" moment, and you're back to zero. Even on 80% markets.
3. Ignoring liquidity Entering a $500 position on a low-volume market, then watching the spread eat you alive when you try to exit early.
4. Holding through resolution instead of taking profit A market at 92% still has 8% of pure downside. Locking in 85% and moving on is often the better trade.
5. Trading sports markets without understanding frontrunning Odds move faster than you can react. By the time you see the line, someone already got there.
Learned most of this the hard way. Happy to discuss any of these — what mistakes would you add?
So weeks ago I bought shares for both "NO" on June 30 and May 31 if "Powell departs as fed chair by" (if Powell officially steps down as pro chair tempore). I'm still confused since the AI support told me that each date serves as a "cutoff" meaning if Powell transitions between may 17 - 31 ( May 31 position), my "No" position for June 30 will Win it's "No" resolution and vice versa ( if Powell steps down between June 1 - 30) my "No" position for May 31 will win and the position will be resolved to "No" and June 30 will resolve as yes . I would like to get educated on this before I lose a crap ton of money in the future. I would love for a newbie such as myself to get enlightened by any knowledgeable one out there if what the AI told me about the cutoff rule is correct. I don't get the rules at all.
Went to bed last night with bets on all the Asian high temperature markets. Woke up this morning and my portfolio is virtually zero, all the bets have disappeared, and all the high temperature markets are saying "this event has been archived".
Does anyone know what's going on?
I’ve been trying different wallet tracking platforms for Polymarket lately, and most of them honestly feel either delayed or way too cluttered once you start actively tracking traders. The better tools make it easier to follow timing, sizing patterns, consistency, and overall trader behavior without overwhelming you with random data everywhere. For me, the biggest advantage of real-time wallet tracking is spotting patterns early instead of reacting after markets already move. Curious what platforms people here actually use and trust for this.
I’ve been trying different wallet tracking platforms lately and honestly most of them start feeling noisy after a while. A lot of tools show raw trades and profit screenshots, but they don’t really help you understand trader behavior over time.
The better platforms seem to focus more on consistency, patterns, sizing, and overall trading behavior instead of just a few winning trades. Curious what wallet analytics tools people here actually use regularly.
Hi, does anyone found a way to handle with the time it takes to send an order (buy/sell)?
it takes my code around 1500-2000 ms when im running it on eu-west-1, and I need it to be much much faster.
I already pre sign the order before I send it so this is the time from the moment I actually send the request till it is submitted and I get Error, since I send FAK and not GTC.
I am using python, can switch to different language if it might help
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I’ve been noticing more and more apps moving toward chatbot-style interfaces lately instead of the usual dashboards and menus. Sometimes it feels more natural and easier to use, especially for quick tasks, but other times it honestly feels slower than just clicking through a normal UI.
I can’t tell if this is genuinely a better experience or if every platform is just following the AI trend right now.
Curious what people here think after using both styles for a while.
I've been checking out different prediction market platforms lately, and honestly most leaderboards feel kind of misleading. Usually it's just big profit numbers, but that doesn't really show whether someone is consistently good or just got lucky on one huge trade.
I find stuff like win rate, consistency, trading patterns, and activity over time way more interesting than raw PnL alone.
Curious what people here actually pay attention to when looking at trader leaderboards.
Hey guys,
We've been working for some time on a polymarket extension product to help increase the expected value upside of any bets made. Would love some feedback on the concept if it is within this subreddit's rules to allow for such feedback.
Thanks
"I was so fed up doing that usual analyzing stuff like we had to check all the latest news on different sites and most of them only gave the flashy headlines and not the real updates and idea about the market. idk this caught my eye Polycool
this helped me in getting all the updates before the actual news popped over the internet and haha it's more like insiders hub lol. it's much better than these flashy headlines sites and seems to be reliable and trusted as well."
I’ve been researching prediction market platforms lately and one thing I keep noticing is how important the UI/UX side is for keeping users engaged. Most tools either look too generic or feel overly complicated. Are there any good UX design platforms, inspiration sites, or tools specifically useful for Polymarket-style trading apps/projects? Curious what people here actually use for layouts, dashboards, flows, and overall user experience ideas
I’ve been spending a lot of time lately going through trader profiles on Polycool trying to understand what makes the difference between consistently profitable wallets and people who just hit one lucky market. Most profitable traders I saw followed similar patterns of disciplined sizing, staying within certain categories, avoiding emotional decisioned trades, etc. But one wallet genuinely caught my attention.
The trader is called matanovik, and the stats honestly look pretty unrealistic at first glance. Huge trade volume, extremely consistent performance, and one of the cleanest long-term PnL curves I’ve seen so far. What stood out to me wasn’t even the profit itself, but how steady the strategy seemed over time instead of relying on one giant lucky hit.
Another interesting thing is that a lot of the activity seems focused on markets most people barely pay attention to. That made me wonder if the real edge in prediction markets comes from finding overlooked categories with inefficient pricing rather than chasing crowded political narratives everyone talks about.
I know stats alone don’t tell the whole story, but this is one of the first wallets I’ve looked at where the trading behavior actually feels systematic instead of random gambling.
Curious if anyone else here has been tracking wallets like this on Polycool or has noticed similar patterns among top traders.
Used this app Zayn Predictions to do research but I really hope it pays off.
This is not an ad just wondering if anyone else has had success with the predictions it makes. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/zayn-predictions/id6766944131
i am planning to create bot but initially i wanted to start with just 20$ so if i place order of 0.1$ with bot then can it get rejected or 0.1$ bet will be placed and executed successfully.
Been copy-trading on Polymarket for a while now and got frustrated that the UI gives you basically nothing useful about a trader's actual history. So I built my own analyser.
What it does:
It completely changed how I evaluate wallets before copying. You can actually see if someone fits your criteria or if they just had one lucky month. The Polymarket UI hides all of this.
Ran it on a few top leaderboard wallets this week and some look way less impressive once you see the full picture.
Happy to answer questions if anyone's curious how it works.
Hey everyone, I just published a full beginner tutorial on building a Polymarket trading bot..and it's 100% free. I'm not selling anything.
Upfront disclaimer: this is not a profitable bot out of the box. don't expect to clone it, run it, and print money. what it is is a solid step-by-step foundation (the wallet setup, the API plumbing, the order management, the risk controls, the execution loop) that you can build your own custom strategy on top of. the signal engine in the guide is intentionally simple so you understand the shape of one. the real edge is whatever you bring to it.
I wrote it because there's just not enough quality information out there on this topic. you can either find sketchy GitHub repos with no docs and no idea what they're actually doing, or people selling bots with zero proof or verification that they work. nothing in the middle that just walks you through how to build one yourself and understand every piece. that's the gap I'm trying to fill.
an automated bot that trades the BTC Up/Down 15M market. every 15 minutes it wakes up, looks at where BTC has been moving, decides if it wants to bet UP or DOWN, places an order, and waits for the next cycle. simple loop, real money (eventually), real feedback.
I picked this market because it's a great teacher. fast cycles mean you see your bot's behavior in minutes instead of days. it's binary, so the logic stays clean. and the stakes per cycle are small enough that the learning experience doesn't have to be expensive.
once you've built it for BTC 15M, the same patterns transfer to any other time frame if you want to stick to crypto up/down markets or maybe try something different like sports, or weather.
a few years ago, building this would've been a longgg project. you'd need trading infrastructure experience and a lot of patience reading API docs that assumed you already knew everything.
Today, that's changed:
It's an 8-step guide with copy-pasteable agentic prompts for each section.
Paper trading mode is in the guide for a reason. flip a setting and the bot runs the full loop but simulates fills instead of placing real orders. let it run for a few hours, look at the logged PnL, and you'll know whether your signal is doing anything before you commit real money. it's the best feedback loop in the whole tutorial.
When you do go live, the guide recommends starting with $2 max trades and a 3% daily loss limit. day one isn't about making money. it's about confirming the plumbing works in production. once you've seen it work with real (tiny) money, scaling up is the easy part.
If this sounds like something you're interested in trying out, I'll drop the link in my profile. It's 100% free! I don't want to get flagged or banned for promotion unless a mod says I can post the link directly in the comments.
I'm happy to answer any questions in the comments, hope this helps some of you!
Post V2 changes the private key only signs one half of the contract. Polymarket doesn't document this at all in the docs. Accounts prior to the changes work fine but new accounts that need onboarding can't sign CLOB transaction through API requests. I've tried every combination EOA, email, gnosis-safe signing on my behalf. Has anyone encountered this issue or something similar to it and figured out how to simply place a order using CLOB.
