Signal-Driven#006

News-Event Reaction Trading

You wire up fast news feeds (wire services, X) and pre-stage orders so that the instant a market-moving story breaks, your trade fires before most humans have even read the headline. The edge is pure speed: prediction-market prices take seconds to minutes to catch up to fresh news, and you capture that lag. A classifier maps each headline to the specific market it affects so the right order goes out automatically.

What you need to run it

Low-latency news API (Reuters, AP, benzinga, X firehose, etc.)
Keyword/LLM classifier mapping stories to specific markets
Pre-approved order templates with tight execution SLAs

Where this applies

Markets on Polymarket where news-event reaction trading is the natural play:

Will there be a Gaza ceasefire in place by August 31, 2026?
Will the May 2026 CPI print come in below 3.0%?
Will OpenAI release a new flagship model in Q3 2026?

Capabilities this demands

Feed ingestionLow latencyCustom code / API

At a glance

CategorySignal-Driven

Requirements3

CapabilitiesFeed ingestion, Low latency, Custom code / API

VenuePolymarket (CLOB, Polygon)

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