More Than 80% Of Kalshi Trading Volume Was On Sports Last Week

That number increased to more than 90% for trading just on Saturday and Sunday.

More than 80% of contracts traded at Kalshi involved sports last week, with that percentage rising to more than 90% over the weekend.

Here’s a look at the top 20 markets by trading volume at Kalshi from May 19-25:

Some notes about the data:

• The top five markets for the week were all based on sports; only eight of the top 20 markets involved non-sports markets.

• Betting on single NBA games during the conference finals was far and away the most popular market to trade via Kalshi

  • Robinhood recently added markets for NBA and NHL futures and single-game markets (moneyline equivalents).

  • Baseball single-game markets, which had started slowly, are now one of the most traded markets on Kalshi.

• The Indy 500 was the second-most traded market on Sunday, behind the NBA single-game markets.

• WNBA single-game markets, which launched just last week, immediately moved into the top 20.

A rundown of other markets appearing in the top 20:

• What will the Federal Reserve do with interest rates? (KXFEDDECISION)

• Bitcoin price today at x time (KXBTCD)

• S&P price today at x time (KXINXU)

• NASDAQ price today at x time (KXNASDAQ100U)

• Gas price this month (KXAAAGASM)

• Bitcoin price range at x time (KXBTC)

• Lilo & Stitch Rotten Tomatoes score (KXRTLILOANDSTITCH)

• High temperature in New York (KXHIGHNY)

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In case you missed it on Memorial Day, I published this about a gubernatorial candidate in California betting on himself at Kalshi: