# ClydeScan

> 84% of Polymarket traders lose money. ClydeScan puts you in the profitable 16% with 3 battle-tested strategies, <1s Rust WebSocket execution, and aligned incentives, we only profit when you do.

ClydeScan is a SaaS trading platform that automates prediction market trading on Polymarket. It uses a Rust WebSocket core for real-time market streaming and AI-powered strategies to identify mispricings and execute trades without manual intervention.

## Why ClydeScan

- **84% of Polymarket traders are unprofitable**, only 2% have ever made more than $1,000 (Sergeenkov Research, April 2026)
- **Most bots charge per trade, win or lose**, they profit from volume, not your success
- **ClydeScan aligns incentives**, Free tier takes 1% of profits only; paid plans are flat monthly fees. We share our edge instead of keeping it secret.

## Active Strategies

- **Wallet Copytrading**: Tracks the most profitable wallets on Polymarket by ROI, win rate, and sizing quality, mirrors their highest-conviction plays in real time
- **Pulse Trap**: Microstructure strategy that detects liquidity traps from rapid order book changes and trade flow patterns, trading the snap-back before correction
- **Insider Wallet Detection (Sentinel)**: Profiles every wallet, scores suspicious activity on a 10-point index, and mirrors informed trades at reduced size

## Key Facts

- Scans 200+ active Polymarket markets
- <1s execution via Rust WebSocket engine
- Built-in risk management: Kelly criterion sizing, correlation clustering, liquidity checks, circuit breakers
- Free tier available, 1% of profits only
- Website: https://clydescan.com

## Blog Articles

The ClydeScan blog covers prediction market trading strategies, education, and research:

- [The Complete Beginner's Guide to Prediction Market Trading (2026)](https://clydescan.com/blog/beginners-guide-to-prediction-market-trading): Step-by-step guide covering how Polymarket works, reading odds, first trades, and beginner strategies.
- [How AI Is Changing Prediction Market Trading in 2026](https://clydescan.com/blog/how-ai-is-changing-prediction-market-trading): How AI bots, LLM-powered analysis, and automated execution are reshaping prediction markets.
- [5 Polymarket Strategies That Actually Work in 2026](https://clydescan.com/blog/polymarket-strategies-that-work-2026): Strategies ranked by difficulty, expected edge, and capital requirements.
- [Prediction Market Arbitrage, Explained Simply](https://clydescan.com/blog/prediction-market-arbitrage-explained): How logical arbitrage works when YES + NO doesn't equal $1.00.
- [The Math Behind Prediction Market Pricing](https://clydescan.com/blog/math-behind-prediction-market-pricing): Expected value, Kelly criterion, and probability calibration for prediction market traders.
- [Polymarket vs Kalshi: Which Prediction Market Should You Trade?](https://clydescan.com/blog/polymarket-vs-kalshi-which-prediction-market-to-trade): Fees, liquidity, market selection, and regulation compared.
- [How Insider Trading Actually Works on Polymarket](https://clydescan.com/blog/how-insider-trading-works-on-polymarket): Analysis of suspicious trading patterns and smart money detection.
- [Why Weather Markets on Polymarket Are (Almost) Free Money](https://clydescan.com/blog/why-weather-markets-are-free-money): How NOAA forecasts create exploitable gaps in weather market pricing.
- [FedWatch Arbitrage: Trading the Gap Between Wall Street and Polymarket](https://clydescan.com/blog/fedwatch-arbitrage-rate-decisions): Institutional futures data vs retail sentiment on rate decisions.
- [How We Trade Esports on Polymarket 60 Seconds Faster Than Everyone Else](https://clydescan.com/blog/esports-flash-alpha-polymarket): Live esports data feeds and speed advantage in match markets.
- [The Resolution Timing Strategy: Profiting From Markets That Already Have an Answer](https://clydescan.com/blog/resolution-timing-strategy-polymarket): Capturing the final spread on markets awaiting resolution.
- [Overreaction Fading: How to Profit When Prediction Markets Panic](https://clydescan.com/blog/overreaction-fading-prediction-markets): Mean-reversion strategy for volatility spikes.
- [How We Lost $2,000 in One Day on Polymarket (And What We Learned)](https://clydescan.com/blog/how-we-lost-2000-on-polymarket): Transparent postmortem of the worst trading day and risk management lessons.