Specialist#022

Election-Night Live Trading

On election night you trade the race live as results come in, using your own county-level model that knows the expected vote share and reporting order for each area. When early returns look scary or rosy, you judge whether Polymarket is over- or under-reacting given which places have actually reported. The edge is interpreting partial returns faster and more accurately than the panicking crowd, which requires acting in seconds via a pre-built decision tree.

What you need to run it

  • County-level model with expected vote shares and reporting order
  • Real-time scraping of AP/NYT/Decision Desk results
  • Pre-built decision tree so you can act in seconds, not minutes

Where this applies

Markets on Polymarket where election-night live trading is the natural play:

  • Will Republicans win the 2026 Georgia Senate race?
  • Will Democrats hold the House in the 2026 midterms?
  • Will Republicans win the 2026 Pennsylvania governorship?

Capabilities this demands

Data ingestionModel / quantLow latency

At a glance

CategorySpecialist
Requirements3
CapabilitiesData ingestion, Model / quant, Low latency
VenuePolymarket (CLOB, Polygon)

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