Kalshi Market Intelligence & AI Signal Analyst 📈

Most scrapers tell you "what" the price is. This tool tells you what it means.

The Kalshi Market Intelligence & Signal Analyst is a high-performance financial tool designed for the Apify $1M Challenge to extract and interpret real-time data from Kalshi. It identifies Smart Money movement by tracking volume deltas, liquidity depth, and narrative signals across the world’s premier prediction market.

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🚀 Why choose this Analyst over a standard scraper?

While other tools return messy, raw text, this Actor provides a structured Intelligence Layer:

• Discovery Mode (Zero-Config): Automatically finds the top trending markets, intelligently filtering out "sports noise" to focus on high-signal Politics, Macro, and Tech.
• Stateful Trend Detection: It remembers! Using a built-in trend database, it identifies if a market is Rising, Falling, or Flat based on volume shifts since your last run.
• Universal BYOK AI Integration: Plug in your own key from Google, OpenAI, Claude, Grok, DeepSeek, etc.. It generates a one-sentence "Trader's Bottom Line" for every result.
• Free-Plan Optimized: Engineered to run on 1 CPU / 1GB RAM. It uses network-interception to bypass heavy UI rendering, making it one of the fastest and cheapest financial tools on the platform.

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🛠 How to Start

1. Define your Mode: Paste 1-5 specific Kalshi URLs for a surgical audit, or leave blank to use the Discovery Mode for global signals.
2. Configure AI (Optional): Select your provider (Google, OpenAI, Claude, or Custom) and paste your API key.
3. Run & Analyze: Export your data to Excel, JSON, or CSV to identify mispriced opportunities.

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🔑 How to get your AI API Key (BYOK)

Not a developer? No problem. To activate the AI Intelligence Layer, you just need to paste a "Key" from your favorite AI provider. Here is where to get them:

• OpenAI (GPT-4o/5+): Create a key at platform.openai.com.
• Anthropic (Claude 4/4.5): Create a key at console.anthropic.com.
• Google Gemini (3.0 Pro/Flash): Create a key at aistudio.google.com (Select Custom in the Actor provider menu).
• DeepSeek: Create a key at platform.deepseek.com (Select Custom in the Actor provider menu).
• Grok (xAI): Create a key at console.x.ai (Select Custom in the Actor provider menu).

Security Note: Your keys are processed in-memory during the run and are never stored or logged by the Actor or the platform.

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📺 Demo Video: Find Your Edge

Watch the full walkthrough of how to use the Kalshi Signal Analyst to discover alpha and configure your AI Intelligence Layer:

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📊 What data can you extract from Kalshi?

The Analyst provides institutional-grade data points formatted for quantitative analysis:

Data Point	Description
Market Title	The name of the prediction event.
Sentiment Signal	Bullish, Bearish, or Neutral based on price probability.
Volume Trend	Direction of trading activity (Rising/Falling/Flat).
Liquidity	Current market depth in USD.
Open Interest	Total active contracts held by traders (Institutional Commitment).
AI Summary	One-sentence strategic brief from your chosen LLM.

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💰 How much will scraping Kalshi cost?

This Actor is designed to be fair, predictable, and optimized for both independent traders and institutional firms. We use a Pay-per-Event model with deep discounts for higher Apify subscription tiers.

Tiered Pricing Structure

Apify Plan	Actor Start Fee	Per Analyzed Result
Free / No Plan	$0.10	$0.05
Starter	$0.08 (20% Off)	$0.04 (20% Off)
Scale	$0.05 (50% Off)	$0.03 (40% Off)
Business	$0.02 (80% Off)	$0.01 (80% Off)

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Cost Examples (Intelligence Reports)

To help you manage your budget, here is what a standard Discovery Run (10 Markets) costs across different plans:

• Free Plan: $0.10 + (10 × $0.05) = $0.60 total
• Starter Plan: $0.08 + (10 × $0.04) = $0.48 total
• Scale Plan: $0.05 + (10 × $0.03) = $0.35 total
• Business Plan: $0.02 + (10 × $0.01) = $0.12 total

Why this model?

Instead of charging a flat monthly fee, you only pay for the Intelligence you consume. The "Start Fee" covers the initialization of our stateful trend database, while the "Result Fee" covers the surgical data extraction, signal processing, and AI orchestration for each market.

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⚖️ Is it legal to scrape Kalshi?

Our scrapers are ethical and do not extract any private user data. They only extract publicly available trade data that Kalshi shares on its public interface.

"Personal data is protected by the GDPR in the European Union and other regulations around the world. You should not scrape personal data unless you have a legitimate reason to do so. If you're unsure whether your reason is legitimate, consult your lawyers. You can also read our blog post on the legality of web scraping."

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📖 Input & Output Examples

Input Sample

{
  "marketUrls": [],
  "llmApiKey": "your-api-key",
  "llmProvider": "openai",
  "modelId": "gpt-5"
}

Output Sample (Intelligence Layer)

Title	Category	Trend	Sentiment	Volume	AI Summary
Fed Rate Hike?	Macro	Rising	Bearish	1.2M	"Rapid volume spike at 20¢ suggests the market is hedged against a surprise hawkish move."
SpaceX Launch?	Tech	Flat	Bullish	450k	"Pricing reflects high confidence; current 85¢ YES is efficient given recent test successes."

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❓ FAQ

Can I use Chinese AI models like DeepSeek? Yes. Select "Custom" as the provider and enter the DeepSeek API Base URL in the configuration.

Why use this on the Apify Platform? By running this Actor on Apify, you gain access to automated scheduling, API integration, and email monitoring alerts—turning a simple scraper into a fully automated trading analyst.

Is my API key safe? Absolutely. Your keys are processed in-memory during the run and are never stored or logged by the Actor.

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📜 Version History

Version 1.0 (Current)

• Reliable Market Signals: Now pulls data directly from official data sources for faster, more accurate results.
• Live Momentum Detection: Identifies markets where real money is moving right now, with clear Rising / Flat / Falling trends.
• Flexible AI Analysis (BYOK): Works with OpenAI, Claude, Grok, DeepSeek, and Google models for optional AI-driven insights.
• Professional-Grade Metrics: Includes real traded volume, liquidity depth (USD), and open interest for each market.
• Built to Scale: Configurable discovery limits — analyze anywhere from a handful to thousands (1,000) of markets per run.
• Marketplace-Ready Pricing: Supports tiered pricing with significant discounts for high-volume and business users.