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Kalshi and Polymarket, explained.
Plain-English answers to the questions people ask before trading prediction markets, or before handing the trading to a bot.
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- Kalshi vs Polymarket. Who can use each venue, how funding works, and how their fees compare.
- Kalshi fees explained. The trading fee formula, worked examples, maker fees and deposit costs.
- Polymarket fees explained. Taker fees by market category, maker rebates, and what deposits cost.
- How to automate Kalshi trading. API keys, the demo environment, rate limits and the risk controls a bot needs.
- Daily loss limits for trading bots. What a daily loss cap does, what it does not, and how to pair it with sizing.
- Are prediction market bots allowed? What each venue's API is for and the rules a bot still has to follow.