# DeskBot for Kalshi: safety score, pricing, live vs paper

> DeskBot for Kalshi: AI can trade directly. Live and paper or demo trading. Safety 44% (partial). $19.99/month, first month $1. Sourced, checked 2026-10-26.

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# DeskBot for Kalshi

It can place orders without you approving each one. Paper trading is available.

[**44****Safety score**44% of the points we could check · partialWhat the tool itself can do with your money: who places orders, paper mode, withdrawals. Higher is safer.](#safety)

Last checked **2026-10-26****3** official sources linked[How we score](https://tradingagentstack.com/methodology/)[Incident tracker](https://tradingagentstack.com/incidents/)

Can trade unattended**From our listing**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…

Category[Prediction markets](https://tradingagentstack.com/prediction-market-apis/)
Pricing$19.99/month, first month $1
Best forPrediction 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)
Verified2026-10-26

[Visit DeskBot for Kalshi](https://tradingagentstack.com/go/deskbot-for-kalshi/?from=/tool/deskbot-for-kalshi/)

Official site (source): [https://deskbot.store/](https://deskbot.store/)

## Safety score

[Safety 44% (partial)](https://tradingagentstack.com/safety-score/) Can trade unattended. Partial score: some inputs are missing from our listing, so we show points out of the inputs we have instead of guessing. Not a ranking; affiliate links never affect it. [How it's calculated](https://tradingagentstack.com/safety-score/)

Based on 5 of 7 inputs we could verify.

| 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](https://deskbot.store/pages/how-it-works) | 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](https://deskbot.store/products/deskbot-kalshi-bot) | 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](https://deskbot.store/pages/get-deskbot) | 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](https://deskbot.store/products/deskbot-kalshi-bot) |

## 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](https://deskbot.store/products/deskbot-kalshi-bot)

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