Sports · Signal-Driven#161

Injury-Report Wire Race

A star player being ruled out is worth several percentage points of win probability, and that news breaks on a small number of beat-reporter accounts minutes before it reaches the official injury report. You monitor those specific accounts plus league injury APIs, map each player to a pre-computed impact number, and fire orders on the affected game markets the moment a status changes. This is a pure speed play: the whole edge lives in the two-to-ten-minute window before the market absorbs it.

What you need to run it

Streaming monitor on league injury endpoints plus a curated list of beat reporters
Pre-computed per-player win-probability impact so no thinking happens at trade time
Automated order templates with strict latency budgets and a false-report kill switch

Where this applies

Markets on Polymarket where injury-report wire race is the natural play:

Will the Lakers beat the Nuggets tonight?
Will the Bills cover as favorites this week?
Will the Celtics win the 2027 NBA title?

Capabilities this demands

Low latencyFeed ingestionCustom code / API

At a glance

CategorySignal-Driven

MarketSports

Requirements3

CapabilitiesLow latency, Feed ingestion, Custom code / API

VenuePolymarket (CLOB, Polygon)

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