Bot for Polymarket
What bots can do well
- Track odds and book depth on markets you are allowed to trade
- Enforce risk limits and paper mode before live size
- Automate exits and size rules you already believe
- Alert on book moves without pretending to be a better Bitcoin oracle
What bots should not pretend to do
- Be a better Bitcoin oracle than the market
- Ignore US vs International routing
- Treat Telegram “alpha” as a signal without a test harness
- Size into thin books as if they were perpetual futures
Liquidity reality check
Crypto-adjacent event markets can look liquid on a headline price and still be thin a few ticks away. Your bot’s edge dies in the book, not in the narrative. Read order book basics before you automate size.
Operator sequence for crypto-adjacent markets
- Confirm path — US vs International
- Model US fee guide at the prices you actually trade
- Paper with realistic fills — risk controls
- If you DIY, start with the Engineering Desk API note
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Fee references and product status updated October 7, 2026: Polymarket US fee schedule.
Part of the Polymarket trading bots handbook.