Streaming Polymarket data, trading bots, and the mempool edge.https://polyflux.io/https://polyflux.io/blog/polymarket-forgotten-wallets/https://polyflux.io/blog/polymarket-forgotten-wallets/A census of Polymarket's 3.09M traders: 350× growth in three years — and $48.4M sitting in trading wallets that have been silent for over three months.Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://polyflux.io/blog/polymarket-trading-2026/https://polyflux.io/blog/polymarket-trading-2026/Polymarket traded $26.8B in the first 218 days of 2026. Daily volume, what drove every peak, the category rotation, and the 3.5% of wallets behind 88% of fills.Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://polyflux.io/blog/polymarket-arbitrage/https://polyflux.io/blog/polymarket-arbitrage/The three real kinds of Polymarket arbitrage — YES+NO mispricing, negative-risk sets, cross-platform spreads — what they pay, and why bots win them.Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://polyflux.io/blog/copy-trading-polymarket-whales/https://polyflux.io/blog/copy-trading-polymarket-whales/How to copy-trade Polymarket whales: find wallets worth following, vet their history, see their trades seconds early, and know when not to follow.Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://polyflux.io/blog/polymarket-realtime-data-vs-subgraphs/https://polyflux.io/blog/polymarket-realtime-data-vs-subgraphs/Polymarket's own websockets are real-time but partial. Subgraphs have the data but index late. Node streams are fast but costly. A comparison.Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://polyflux.io/blog/polymarket-wallet-level-order-flow/https://polyflux.io/blog/polymarket-wallet-level-order-flow/On Wall Street, who traded is a secret or a quarterly filing. On Polymarket every fill has a wallet attached — if you connect the right way. A comparison.Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://polyflux.io/blog/polymarket-panic-sell-strategy/https://polyflux.io/blog/polymarket-panic-sell-strategy/When someone market-sells a big Polymarket position into a thin book, the discount goes to whoever had resting bids. Here is how that strategy works.Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://polyflux.io/blog/polymarket-panic-selling/https://polyflux.io/blog/polymarket-panic-selling/One Polymarket wallet built 'no war' positions for four months and panic-sold them three times. The order book charged ~$62K for the urgency.Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://polyflux.io/blog/polymarket-uma-resolution-disputes/https://polyflux.io/blog/polymarket-uma-resolution-disputes/Polymarket outcomes are decided by UMA's Optimistic Oracle: a $750 bond, a 2-hour challenge window, and — if disputed — a 2–4 day tokenholder vote.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://polyflux.io/blog/polymarket-deposits-30-days/https://polyflux.io/blog/polymarket-deposits-30-days/We classified a month of on-chain deposits into Polymarket accounts: 29,368 deposits, $38M+, and a handful of wallets whose funding patterns tell stories.Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://polyflux.io/blog/polymarket-p2p-transfers-wallet-clusters/https://polyflux.io/blog/polymarket-p2p-transfers-wallet-clusters/On July 28, 2026, $606K moved directly between Polymarket wallets in 10,335 transfers. We mapped every flow — and the wallets cluster into clear hub-and-spoke shapes around a handful of high-volume traders.Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://polyflux.io/blog/polyflux-vs-running-polygon-node/https://polyflux.io/blog/polyflux-vs-running-polygon-node/DIY Polymarket data means terabyte disks, mempool peering, protocol decoding, and a maintenance treadmill of hardforks. Here's the honest build-vs-buy math.Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://polyflux.io/blog/polymarket-trading-strategies/https://polyflux.io/blog/polymarket-trading-strategies/Copy trading, momentum, arbitrage, market making, mean reversion, news trading — how each classic strategy works on Polymarket and the data it needs.Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://polyflux.io/blog/polymarket-wallet-analysis/https://polyflux.io/blog/polymarket-wallet-analysis/A wallet's trade history tells a story — entries, exits, discipline. Here's how to collect Polymarket trades per wallet and read behavior, not just P/L.Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://polyflux.io/blog/polyflux-client/https://polyflux.io/blog/polyflux-client/The official Polyflux Python library: typed real-time trades with auto-reconnect, plus a MarketCatalog that resolves any asset_id to its market in O(1).Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://polyflux.io/blog/polymarket-api-vs-trade-streaming/https://polyflux.io/blog/polymarket-api-vs-trade-streaming/Polling Polymarket's API for wallet positions lags 3–120 seconds. Streaming trades and applying them locally keeps positions current in real time.Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://polyflux.io/blog/polymarket-orderbook-websocket/https://polyflux.io/blog/polymarket-orderbook-websocket/Polymarket's API streams live order book updates — but book deltas can't tell you if a trade happened or an LP moved. Here's what the book hides.Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://polyflux.io/blog/polymarket-wallet-types/https://polyflux.io/blog/polymarket-wallet-types/Polymarket has three account types — EOA, Magic (email) proxy, and Gnosis Safe proxy. Here's how each works and which signature_type your bot needs.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://polyflux.io/blog/first-polymarket-trading-bot/https://polyflux.io/blog/first-polymarket-trading-bot/Set up a Polymarket account, export your Magic wallet key, and build a primitive Python bot that watches the live feed and copies a whale's trades.Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://polyflux.io/blog/stream-polymarket-python/https://polyflux.io/blog/stream-polymarket-python/Connect to the Polymarket mempool feed and read every trade the millisecond it happens — with the polyflux-client library or a raw WebSocket.Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://polyflux.io/blog/manual-vs-automated-polymarket-trading/https://polyflux.io/blog/manual-vs-automated-polymarket-trading/Manual trading means you watch and click; automated trading means a bot reacts for you in milliseconds, 24/7. Here's the real difference and when each wins.Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://polyflux.io/blog/what-is-the-polymarket-mempool/https://polyflux.io/blog/what-is-the-polymarket-mempool/The Polymarket mempool is where trades wait before confirming on-chain. Seeing it live gives traders a ~3-second head start. Here's how it works.Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://polyflux.io/blog/what-is-polymarket/https://polyflux.io/blog/what-is-polymarket/Polymarket is an on-chain prediction market where you trade shares in real-world outcomes. Here's how it works — the order book, USDC, and Polygon settlement.Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT