Prediction Market Trading Bots
Runbot brings the same pro-grade strategy engine used for perpetual futures to short-term Up/Down prediction market contracts, on Polymarket, OddsFi and more.
What are Up/Down prediction market contracts?
Up/Down contracts are short-term binary markets on the direction of an asset such as BTC or ETH. Each contract asks a simple question: will the price be higher or lower at the end of the window than at the start? Shares of the winning side settle at 1, the losing side at 0, and the price you pay for a share reflects the market's implied probability of that outcome.
Because windows are short and outcomes are binary, these markets reward disciplined, rules-based execution, which is exactly what trading bots are good at.
How Runbot prediction market bots work
- Signals on the underlying asset. Use indicators, order flow and candle patterns on the underlying market to decide when a contract is mispriced.
- Rules built for Up/Down contracts. Dedicated trading rules for Up and Down positions, including limits on the price you are willing to pay per share.
- High-frequency execution. Bots react within the window, which matters when a contract only lasts 20 seconds or a few minutes.
- Natural language creation. Users can simply describe a strategy to the AI Agent, which turns it into rules, backtests it and deploys it.
Supported timeframes
Runbot supports the main Up/Down contract durations:
- 20 seconds
- 1 minute
- 15 minutes
- 1 hour
- 4 hours
- 1 day
Backtest before you risk capital
Every strategy can be backtested on historical data before going live, so users can check win rate, drawdown and expectancy against the prices they would actually have paid. Our step-by-step guide explains how to backtest a Polymarket Up/Down strategy.
Offer prediction market bots under your brand
Prediction market bots are included in the Runbot white-label platform. Platforms and communities can offer automated Polymarket and OddsFi strategies to their users under their own brand, alongside perpetual futures bots and the shared strategy marketplace.
Frequently Asked Questions
Polymarket and OddsFi are integrated today. Kalshi is coming soon.
Runbot supports Up/Down contracts on 20-second, 1-minute, 15-minute, 1-hour, 4-hour and 1-day timeframes.
Yes. You can describe the strategy in plain English to the Runbot AI Agent or build it in the visual strategy editor. No code is required.
No. Prediction markets carry a risk of partial or total loss, and past backtest results do not guarantee future performance. Read our risk disclaimer before trading.
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