- Between Polymarket and Kalshi alone, there can be over 100,000 active markets. That’s too much for one prediction market trader to juggle on her own.
- From using AI bots to purchasing an antenna, traders rely on tools and peculiar methods to compete against others. It’s enough motivation for some to trade on the platforms full-time.
It’s been less than a year since 26-year-old Logan Sudeith became a full-time trader on prediction markets and in one month alone he managed to collect $250,000.
That doesn’t happen from simply checking the odds of an event contract on the platform, he said. A clever trade requires tools.
“For the Super Bowl I bought an antenna, so that I could watch the commercials,” he said, noting online streaming services could face lags. Sudeith was able to quickly trade on what companies would show ads during the largest televised U.S. sporting event, or what would be said during those commercials. “I wanted to have the lowest latency access to those.”
Between Polymarket and Kalshi alone, there can be more than 100,000 active markets. That’s too much for traders like Sudeith to juggle on their own. And that’s why they don’t.
CNBC spoke to several active traders on prediction market exchanges about how they gain an edge. From using AI bots to purchasing an antenna, traders rely on tools and peculiar methods to compete against others, and it’s enough motivation for some to trade on the platforms full-time.
And while hedge funds and large institutional trading desks are known for using complicated tools that help them win in the market, these traders are often just one person doing the work from their homes.
Not every trader has the capacity to make custom workflows. That’s why some platforms are offering more advanced technology to speculators, so that they don’t have to build it all on their own.
Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/01/traders-go-full-time-on-prediction-markets-using-ai-bots-and-antennas.html