🚀 Polymarket Trading Bot

Automated Prediction Market Trading • Copy Trading • Strategy Engine

Polymarket Trading Bot is a production-ready, open-source automated Polymarket trading bot built for prediction market trading, copy trading, and algorithmic strategies using the Polymarket CLOB API. It supports real-time orderbook trading, wallet copy trading, risk-managed execution, and pluggable strategies, making it one of the most advanced Polymarket bots available on GitHub.

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📞 Telegram Contact:: https://t.me/@SmartLead007

🔥 Why This Polymarket Trading Bot?

This project is designed to rank for and solve real use cases related to:

• Polymarket trading bot
• Polymarket copy trading bot
• Prediction market automation
• Polymarket CLOB API trading
• Automated trading strategies for Polymarket

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✨ Key Features

🤖 Automated Polymarket Trading

• Trade YES / NO tokens automatically
• Uses Polymarket CLOB (Central Limit Order Book)
• Limit-order–only execution (no blind market orders)

🧠 Copy Trading Engine

• Monitor selected wallets
• Mirror trades proportionally
• Configurable delay, size scaling, and filters
• Avoid frontrunning and over-exposure

📊 Strategy Framework

• Plug-and-play strategy system
• Multiple strategies can run in parallel
• Easy to add your own custom logic

Included strategies:

• Spread arbitrage
• Momentum / flow trading
• Copy trading (leader-follower)

⚡ Real-Time Market Data

• Live orderbook via WebSocket
• Best bid / ask tracking
• Spread & liquidity analysis
• Volume imbalance detection

🛡️ Risk Management (Critical)

• Max position per market
• Max daily loss
• Trade cooldowns
• No trading near market resolution
• Automatic stale-order cancellation

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🏗️ Architecture Overview

polymarket-bot/
├── src/
│   ├── api/              # Polymarket REST + WebSocket clients
│   ├── market/           # Market scanner & orderbook engine
│   ├── strategy/         # Trading & copy strategies
│   ├── trader/           # Order, position & risk managers
│   ├── config/           # Environment & constants
│   ├── utils/            # Logger, math helpers
│   └── index.ts          # Bot entry point
├── .env.example
├── package.json
└── README.md

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🚀 Quick Start

1️⃣ Requirements

• Node.js 18+
• Polymarket API access
• Polygon wallet private key

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2️⃣ Installation

git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/polymarket-trading-bot.git
cd polymarket-trading-bot
npm install

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3️⃣ Configuration

Create .env from the example:

PRIVATE_KEY=your_private_key_here
POLYMARKET_API_KEY=your_polymarket_api_key
RPC_URL=https://polygon-rpc.com

# Risk controls
MAX_POSITION_USD=100
MAX_DAILY_LOSS_USD=50
MIN_SPREAD=0.03

# Copy trading
COPY_WALLETS=0xabc...,0xdef...
COPY_RATIO=0.5

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4️⃣ Run the Bot

🧪 Paper Trading (Recommended First)

npm run start -- --mode=paper

🔴 Live Trading

npm run start -- --mode=live

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📈 Trading Strategies

🔁 Copy Trading Strategy

• Tracks trades from selected wallets
• Mirrors entries and exits
• Adjustable risk scaling
• Optional execution delay

📉 Spread Arbitrage

Enter trades when YES / NO prices are mis-priced:

YES_ASK < (1 - NO_BID - FEES)

📊 Momentum Strategy

• Detects price acceleration
• Confirms with volume
• Uses trailing stops for exits

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🔐 Safety & Risk Disclaimer

⚠️ This software is for educational and research purposes only.

Prediction markets involve financial risk. You are fully responsible for:

• API keys
• Private keys
• Capital usage
• Legal compliance in your jurisdiction

Always test in paper mode before trading real funds.

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

What is a Polymarket trading bot?

A Polymarket trading bot is an automated program that trades prediction market contracts on Polymarket using predefined strategies or copied trades.

Does this support real-time trading?

Yes. The bot uses WebSocket feeds for real-time orderbook updates and fast execution.

Can I add my own strategy?

Absolutely. Create a new file under src/strategy/ implementing the base strategy interface.

Is this a copy trading bot?

Yes. It includes a wallet copy trading engine in addition to algorithmic strategies.

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🧩 Roadmap

• ✅ Core trading engine
• ✅ Copy trading
• ✅ Risk management
• 🔜 Backtesting engine
• 🔜 Strategy performance analytics
• 🔜 Telegram / Discord alerts
• 🔜 Web dashboard (Next.js)

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🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome:

• New strategies
• Bug fixes
• Performance improvements
• Documentation updates

Open an issue or submit a pull request 🚀