Kalshi - 'Win-rate' vs. Expected Value when pricing contracts?

asked by u/ren5 · 6d · 1 answers

Been dabbling with Kalshi a bit and I'm trying to get my head around how the pros are thinking about these contracts. I get that if a contract settles at $1, and I buy it at $0.40, I'm making money if I'm right. But how do you guys balance a high 'win-rate' strategy (say, buying lots of contracts that look like 70%+ probabilities but only offer a small return) against a lower win-rate but higher payout opportunity? Is it just pure expected value modeling on an aggregate, or do you factor in variance/drawdown risk differently given the binary nature of these payouts? Basically, I'm trying to figure out if there's a consensus on focusing on perceived high-probability, low-return trades vs. the riskier, higher-payout ones for portfolio construction on Kalshi. What's the general approach you've found most effective?

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  • u/bilal.sharma· 1 pts· 6d

    This is a really interesting question. I've been wondering the same thing about balancing the number of 'wins' with the size of the payouts. Does anyone primarily focus on one over the other, or is it always a mix depending on the market?

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