--- title: 'I Live Traded Kalshi for 14 Days… Here’s What Happened' source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=Yi2C5zTXh5Y' video_id: 'Yi2C5zTXh5Y' date: 2026-08-19 duration_sec: 447 channel: 'OddsJam: Sports Betting, Free Picks & Best Bets' --- # I Live Traded Kalshi for 14 Days… Here’s What Happened > Source: [I Live Traded Kalshi for 14 Days… Here’s What Happened](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Yi2C5zTXh5Y) ## Summary The video documents a 14-day live trading experiment on Kalshi, a prediction market, using a cross-market EV (expected value) strategy. The creator funded an account with $1,000, executed 181 trades, and achieved a 5.79% ROI, demonstrating that profitable trading is accessible to non-professionals. The video provides a step-by-step walkthrough of using OddsJam's arbitrage tool to identify and execute these trades. ### Key Points - **Experiment Setup** [00:03] — The creator funded a Kalshi account with $1,000 and traded live for 14 days using a simple cross-market EV strategy, aiming to test if non-professionals can profit. - **Results** [00:45] — Over 14 days, the creator achieved a 181-83 record, making 16.5 units ($164.92) with a $10 unit size, resulting in a 5.79% ROI. - **Variance and Discipline** [01:12] — The creator shows their Picket calendar, noting hot starts and a sour ending, emphasizing that variance is expected but a real edge leads to long-term profitability. - **The Edge: Cross-Market EV** [02:06] — The strategy involves using OddsJam's arbitrage tool to find live arbitrage opportunities between Kalshi and FanDuel, taking the Kalshi side when its line is worse. - **Settings and Execution** [03:12] — The creator recommends selecting 'stoppage' only for live plays, using Kalshi and FanDuel as the two books, and using the one-click bet feature to execute trades quickly. - **Line Movement Rule** [04:35] — A 40-cent rule is used: if the line moves more than 40 cents from the identified play, the trade is skipped to avoid unfavorable odds. - **Strategy Simplicity** [05:40] — The strategy is straightforward: use OddsJam, select live arbitrage, set Kalshi and FanDuel, and take the Kalshi side of arbitrage plays. No advanced trading knowledge is required. - **Final Tips** [06:30] — Start small, be patient with fast-moving markets, and don't be discouraged by losing days—variance is part of positive EV trading. ### Conclusion The experiment proves that anyone can profit from prediction markets like Kalshi with a simple cross-market EV strategy and the right tools, regardless of experience level. Discipline and understanding variance are key to long-term success. ## Transcript and the results honestly shocked me. Prediction markets have absolutely exploded in 2026 and every day on Twitter I saw people posting massive wins live trading the sports markets on Koshi. But here's what my question was. you need to be some advanced professional trader to get results? Well, I decided to test it out for myself. I funded a Koshi account with $1,000, live traded for 14 straight days, and utilized one simple strategy, crossed market EV trading. And what happened next completely exceeded all of my expectations. Let's start with the numbers. Across 14 days, I had a 181 and numbers. Across 14 days, I had a 181 and 83 record, making 16.5 units of profit or $164.92 with my $10 unit size on my $1,000 bankroll. And that was good for a 5.79% ROI. There was no crazy risk, no guessing, all just disciplined crossmarket EV trades. Now, here's the important part for you. This wasn't some lucky 14-day heater that I went on. This was high volume, systematic execution, and variance absolutely showed up along the way. Let me show you my full picket month to show you exactly what I mean. Here's my February calendar on Picket. Now, ignore the first and the third of the month as those were using completely different recreational strategies. The 4th through the 17th marks my 14-day challenge on Koshi. And as we can see, things started out hot, but as we can also see, the 14th day ended on a pretty sour note. This is all to be expected when you're volume EV trading. Not every you're going to hit rough stretches. But if you have a real edge, you're going to come out on top. That's exactly what positive EV trading is going to look overnight, but as your volume increases, as long as you have an edge, you're going to end up profitable. And my entire goal of this 14-day challenge was simple. Do you have to be a professional trader, or can anyone make profits on Kian prediction markets? And the answer to that question is that you do not need to have trading experience or highlevel trading knowledge to be successful here. Anyone can do this as long as you know where to find your edge. So, now let's talk about the edge and how I utilize crossmarket EV trading to get these show you how you actually find this edge. Once you get on OddJam, the first thing you're going to do is head to the arbitrage tab. Now, if you guys don't know the premise of crossmarket EV betting, make sure you go back and check our recent video as I broke down that strategy in depth for you. For now, just pick it up. The first thing you're going to want to do is switch over to live arbitrage. We're only looking to get live plays using this Koshi strategy. settings and clear out the books that you're using. The only two books you want for this strategy are going to be Khi, which is the prediction market we're looking to take all the action on, and FanDuel, a sharper book that we're going to pair with KSHI. Now, a lot of times Khi and prediction markets and betting exchanges are extremely sharp. However, in a live setting, they often lag behind sports books in terms of their odds. And FanDuel is a book that has shown to be sharper than Koshi in a live setting. The next setting you're going to want to change is we're only going to select stoppage. Once you get experience with this, you can definitely toggle on live to get even more plays. However, to start out, it's much more manageable to only take live ARBs and live crossmarket EV plays when the game is stopped. The odds move slower. It gives you a better chance to learn the strategy. Now, you're going to hit show results. And here we go. We see a play pop up right away. So, this would be an you bet the FanDuel side and traded the Koshi side, you'd be guaranteed to make a risk-free profit, no matter whether Monmath or UNCC Willington win this Monmath or UNCC Willington win this game. However, with crossmarket EV, we only want to take the more profitable side of this arbitrage bet, and that take advantage that Khi's line is going to be worse in this arbitrage bet than FanDuel's. And [music] remember, with every arbitrage bet, one of these two bets has to be profitable. We're going to assume that FanDuel being a sharper book is going to have the sharper line in this, which would then allow us to get on call sheet. Now, when you see a play like this pop up, what you want to do is use the odds jamm one-click bet feature, click on the call sheet side, and go make that trade on call sheet. Now, one important thing to note since we are using the live feature on this lines move extremely fast. [music] So, if this trade says minus 251 odds right now, I wouldn't go and make this trade if the odds had changed to minus400 by the time I actually went to get my trade same odds or similar odds to the ones that are listed on odds jam when you identify the play. I usually use a rule of 40 cents. If this line's changed more in, I'm not going to touch it. So, if I see this line at 251 and when I get on to KHI, it's at minus 263. I'm comfortable with that. I'll still take that knowing I'm still getting similar value to the value I thought I would be getting when I identified the play. However, like I said, if it's - 330, -400, I'm going to leave that alone and move on to the next play. As you continue to refresh, especially during busy slates, you'll see new plays heart of a college basketball slate one time. You will have ample opportunity to [music] land these cross market EV plays on Kshi. So, don't stress if you miss a play. Don't get frustrated. It's part of the game. It's what all of us go through. So, as you can see, the strategy is not difficult. It's simply go to the Odds Jam arbitrage tool. Go to live arbitrage. put Khi and FanDuel as your two books and take the Khi side of arbitrage plays that pop up. And this is one of those things, the more you do it, the more comfortable you get with it and the faster you'll be able to make these trades and the more profit you'll be able to make. Now, as you can tell from that walkthrough, you do not need to be some advanced trader to execute this strategy. You simply just need to know where to look and have a tool that makes this possible. And as we saw, the OddsJam arbitrage tool is what I use to find every crossmarket play between Koshi and FanDuel. And if and get started today, make sure you jump on OddsJam now and use promo code Takes for a free week trial and 35% off your first month. And my personal recommendation as you get started is start small and get a feel for things. As you saw when we were on OddJam, markets move incredibly fast. The first couple days can be very frustrating if you're not getting down the exact trades personally experienced, the more you do it, the more comfortable you get with the market and the easier the market becomes to read. The last tip I'll give is don't be frustrated with losing days as you're positive EV trading. They are bound to happen. There's no crystal ball for positive EV trading that's going to day. And as we saw in my picket, I had backto-back losing days. I had a 5 unit loss on day 14, but it doesn't discourage me. Variance is part of this, but if you have an edge, you can set yourself up for long-term profitability. I hope this breakdown can help you show that anybody can start making money on prediction markets like Khi in 2026. Prediction markets are the hot market to be in right now, and it doesn't matter your experience level. So follow these steps to start making trades on Koshi today and start making yourself today and start making yourself long-term profits.