Re:Nothing Ever Happens: Polymarket bot that always buys No ...
by traderj0e on Monday April 13, 2026 @02:01PM
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It's not. But also a lot of those stats thrown around are misleading.
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Re:Nothing Ever Happens: Polymarket bot that always buys No ...
by pinkmuffinere on Monday April 13, 2026 @02:08PM
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If the average no costs less than 73 cents, but the 73% of all polymarkets resolve to No, that would imply that the nothing-ever-happens strategy here is profitable. Are you claiming that it is profitable? Or are one of those premises incorrect?
Edit: conversely, if the average no costs _more_ than 73 cents, but the 73% of all polymarkets resolve to No, that would imply that an everything-always-happens strategy is profitable (neglecting slippage)
Re:Nothing Ever Happens: Polymarket bot that always buys No ...
by traderj0e on Monday April 13, 2026 @02:14PM
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From what I've seen and tested, it's been profitable, for the reason you said. Variance and other caveats caused me to not pursue it further. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47754918
Re:Nothing Ever Happens: Polymarket bot that always buys No ...
by Majromax on Monday April 13, 2026 @08:28PM
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> Edit: conversely, if the average no costs _more_ than 73 cents, but the 73% of all polymarkets resolve to No, that would imply that an everything-always-happens strategy is profitable (neglecting slippage)
Or just the bid-ask spread; price no at 73.25 and yes at 27.5 and you have a profitable but theoretical mid-market price.