Kalshi Trader

Query Kalshi, the CFTC-regulated US prediction market for economics, politics, and event contracts.

About Kalshi

Kalshi is the first legal, regulated prediction market in the United States, approved by the CFTC. It offers event contracts on:

• Federal Reserve interest rate decisions
• GDP and economic indicators
• Inflation (CPI) data
• Political events
• Weather and natural events

Commands

Federal Reserve Markets

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/kalshi.py fed [limit]

Get Fed interest rate prediction markets (KXFED series).

Economics Markets

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/kalshi.py economics [limit]

Get GDP, CPI, and other economics markets.

Trending Markets

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/kalshi.py trending [limit]

Get high-volume trending markets.

Search Markets

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/kalshi.py search "<query>" [limit]

Search markets by keyword.

Get All Series

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/kalshi.py series

List all available market series.

Output Format

Results include:

• Market title/question
• YES price (probability)
• Trading volume
• Market ticker
• Status (open/closed)

Key Market Series

Series	Description
KXFED	Federal Reserve interest rate decisions
KXGDP	US GDP predictions
KXCPI	Consumer Price Index / Inflation
KXBTC	Bitcoin price brackets

Example Usage

User: "What are the Fed rate predictions?"

Assistant: I'll fetch the Federal Reserve markets from Kalshi.

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/kalshi.py fed

User: "Search for inflation markets"

Assistant: Let me search Kalshi for inflation-related markets.

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/kalshi.py search "inflation"

API Information

• Base URL: https://api.elections.kalshi.com/trade-api/v2
• Authentication: Not required for read operations
• Rate Limits: Standard API rate limits apply
• Documentation: https://docs.kalshi.com

Notes

• This tool is read-only (trading requires API key authentication)
• Prices shown as decimals (0.75 = 75% probability)
• Volume represents total contracts traded
• Markets settle to $1.00 (YES) or $0.00 (NO)
• US-regulated, available to US residents