What it does
Research repo on pricing Kalshi's MLB contracts: a data pipeline rebuilt from public MLB and Kalshi APIs, a market-making simulator, a paper-trading bot and contract-math helpers. Its README reports mostly negative findings for the game-winner contract (author's own backtests, unverified). Places no real orders. See the source for setup, usage and current status.
Tools: PythonKalshi APIMLB Stats API
Difficulty: advanced
Platforms: Kalshi
FAQ
What is Kalshi MLB pricing research and paper-trading kit?
Research repo on pricing Kalshi's MLB contracts: a data pipeline rebuilt from public MLB and Kalshi APIs, a market-making simulator, a paper-trading bot and contract-math helpers. Its README reports mostly negative findings for the game-winner contract (author's own backtests, unverified). Places no real orders. It is listed under Data & analytics in this directory.
Does Kalshi MLB pricing research and paper-trading kit work with Kalshi or Polymarket?
According to its source, it works with Kalshi.
What tools or languages does Kalshi MLB pricing research and paper-trading kit use?
The source lists: Python, Kalshi API, MLB Stats API.
Who built Kalshi MLB pricing research and paper-trading kit and where is the source?
It was published by seannkim2-jpg. The public source is at github.com/seannkim2-jpg/kalshi-research.
How hard is Kalshi MLB pricing research and paper-trading kit to set up?
This directory rates it advanced (beginner, intermediate or advanced).
How many GitHub stars does Kalshi MLB pricing research and paper-trading kit have?
It had 0 GitHub stars as of Oct 15, 2026.
Is Kalshi MLB pricing research and paper-trading kit still maintained?
The repository was last updated on Oct 14, 2026, as checked on Oct 23, 2026. Check the source for current status.
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