DeskBot for Kalshi
It can place orders without you approving each one. Paper trading is available.
Can trade unattended
From our listingClosed-source desktop app for Mac and Windows that runs on your computer with your own Kalshi API key and trades 15-minute contracts automatically once a market is switched to live, with no per-trade…
- Category
- Prediction markets
- Pricing
- $19.99/month, first month $1
- Best for
- Prediction markets · Kalshi 15-minute up/down markets: 9 crypto (BTC, ETH, XRP, SOL, DOGE, HYPE, ZEC, NEAR, BNB), 5 metals, oil, natural gas and 3 currency pairs, Kalshi multi-leg combos and parlays, Polymarket 15-minute crypto Up/Down markets (on your own Polymarket account)
- Verified
- 2026-10-26
Safety score
| Input | From our listing | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Can it place live orders unattended? | Once you switch a market to live, DeskBot places trades on its own with your Kalshi API key; there is no per-trade approval source | 0 / 25 |
| Order approval or confirmation options | No per-trade approval; only limits: a daily loss limit that pauses new live entries ($15 by default), plus stake, daily budget and open-position caps (official docs) source | 8 / 15 |
| Paper, demo or testnet mode | Starts in paper mode (simulated trading on all 19 markets) until you arm it; each market has its own live switch (official docs) source | 15 / 15 |
| Withdrawal permission needed or allowed | Missing: our listing doesn't say | — / 15 |
| Scoped keys, permission scopes or IP whitelisting | Missing: our listing doesn't say | — / 10 |
| Open source or audited | No public source code in our listing | 0 / 10 |
| Sourced and verified facts | Facts from the vendor's official docs | 10 / 10 |
| Total | 44% of the points we could check | 33 / 75 |
Full facts
| Category | Prediction market APIs & agents |
|---|---|
| Assets | Kalshi 15-minute up/down markets: 9 crypto (BTC, ETH, XRP, SOL, DOGE, HYPE, ZEC, NEAR, BNB), 5 metals, oil, natural gas and 3 currency pairs, Kalshi multi-leg combos and parlays, Polymarket 15-minute crypto Up/Down markets (on your own Polymarket account) |
| Live vs paper | live on your own Kalshi account (and optionally Polymarket); starts in paper mode with simulated trading until you arm each market |
| Order approval / safety | closed-source desktop app for Mac and Windows that runs on your computer with your own Kalshi API key and trades 15-minute contracts automatically once a market is switched to live, with no per-trade approval; controls are a master switch, a live switch per market, stake, daily budget and open-position caps, and a daily loss limit that pauses new live entries ($15 by default); the main lane buys favorites priced around 90-95¢, so one loss can cost as much as a dozen or more wins; a copy mode mirrors a lead account's fills into other accounts; DeskBot never holds your money (funds stay in your Kalshi account); its 'Official coin' page says no DeskBot coin has launched yet and that a copycat 'Desk Bot Kalshi' coin is fake |
| Pricing / free tier | $19.99/month, first month $1; card required, renews monthly, no refunds once access is delivered; needs a funded Kalshi account (Kalshi trading fees apply) |
| Rate limits | n/a (Kalshi API limits apply); your computer must stay on while it runs |
| Official / community | official |
| Last checked | 2026-10-26 |
| Source | deskbot.store |
Change log
- 2026-10-26 · Added (vendor submission, verified against DeskBot's own pages): closed-source desktop bot that trades Kalshi 15-minute markets with your API key, $19.99/month, starts in paper mode.
Recent changes
- 2026-10-26 New listing New listing: DeskBot for Kalshi, a closed-source Mac and Windows app that trades Kalshi 15-minute markets automatically with your own API key once you switch a market to live (no per-trade approval; a daily loss limit pauses new entries). It starts in paper mode, costs $19.99/month (first month $1) and never holds your funds; DeskBot says it has not launched a coin and that a 'Desk Bot Kalshi' coin is fake. Source