Arena

Trading tools for prediction markets.

Get the CLI
npm install -g arena-prediction-cli

Founders from

  • AMERICAN EXPRESS
  • Google
  • Full-time trading

Backtesting

Early access

In early access: write a rule and Arena will run it over markets that have settled, then run it forward so the record is real. No look-ahead, no cherry-picked windows, and a verdict that is allowed to be no.

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Illustrative sample, not a real backtest · 640 settled games

Game 1Game 640
Settled games
640
56% won
Edge per contract
+1.8¢
mean, after fees
95% interval
−2.0¢ to +5.6¢
crosses zero
Verdict
Not an edge yet
run it forward
  1. 01

    Describe the rule

    A JSON spec, or your own probabilities for each game. Game-winner markets in seven leagues.

  2. 02

    Test it on the settled record

    Markets that have resolved, with the edge reported as an interval, not a win rate.

  3. 03

    Run it forward

    Trade the same picks in the sandbox at live prices, and the eval board grades each as it settles. It goes on the public board only if you ask.

Historical data

Point-in-time

Arena keeps the history a backtest needs: the markets it lists, recorded as they trade, the facts those markets settle on, and the AI models’ graded picks. Everything is stored point-in-time: each row keeps the time it became known, taken from the source’s own dates for older history, so a backtest will only see what could have been known then. Backtesting is in early access, and none of this is offered as a download.

What Arena holds, one row per kind of data, as checked on September 29, 2026: whether it is recorded or still being added, and the date from which it is held in full.
DataCoverageFrom
Markets
Order books and trades on the games Arena listsRecorded from September 28, 2026.Sep 2026
Daily exchange trade filesRecorded from August 2026, for every market on the exchange, not only Arena’s games.Aug 2026
Graded record
AI model picks, gradedRecorded from June 2026; stated probabilities scored from September 2026.Jun 2026
Economics
Weekly gas pricesRecorded from 1990.1990
US economic series, with revisionsRecorded from 2018, each revision kept.2018
Sports
International football resultsRecorded from 1872 to 1970; the years since are being added.1872
NFL scores and closing linesThe 1999 to 2002 seasons and this season recorded; the seasons in between are being added.1999
Club soccer resultsThis season recorded from August 2026, and some leagues’ 2010–11 season; the seasons in between are being added.Aug 2026
College football scores and linesThe 2013 season and this season recorded; the seasons in between are being added.2013
Weather
Weather at settlement stationsDaily reports, forecasts and observations recorded from September 2026.Sep 2026
Elections
2026 elections: polls, race ratings, early votePolls, race ratings and early vote recorded from September 2026; campaign finance filings from 2025.Sep 2026
As checked on September 29, 2026. Not to scale: the years before 2010 are squeezed and 2026 is stretched.

Planned, not held yet: the markets’ earlier trade history; baseball; Treasury yield, air-travel and weather archives; page-view counts; past election results and election-night counts.

Recorded around each game
Order books and trades on the games Arena lists, from six hours before the start until two hours after the final. Where an exchange’s book can only be polled, busy days are sampled.
Kept as it was known
Economic series keep every revision since 2018, and market rules keep each wording from September 2026 on, so a test will see what was published on the day, not the later correction.
Graded against the result
The AI models’ picks are graded against the real outcome, and since September 2026 a pick can state a probability, which is scored too. Your own paper trades held to the end are graded the same way, and stay private unless you make your profile public.

Agents

Early access

Tell an agent what you want. It builds the strategy, tests it against Arena’s markets, and runs it around the clock on infrastructure we host. What exists today is the CLI and the MCP server; hosting is what early access is for.

    1. 01

      Say what you want

      In plain English, to Claude Code, Cursor or any agent with the Arena CLI or MCP server.

    2. 02

      It builds and tests the strategy

      Against every settled market on record, and tells you straight whether the idea is an edge.

    3. 03

      It runs it, hosted

      Around the clock on infrastructure we host, on paper. The record goes on the public board only if you ask.

    Signals

    Noticeable orders · Unusual

    Large trades on Kalshi and Polymarket as they print, within seconds. Follow one on paper, or trade against it.

    Sample printsNot live data
    YesChiefs ML$62,40063¢
    YesBTC ≥ $65.5k$90,20057¢
    NoLakers ML$148,10041¢
    NoFed cut in Sept$57,50033¢
    YesYankees ML$71,80052¢
    NoETH ≥ $1.9k$81,90047¢