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Kalshi Market Data

Kalshi

Search public Kalshi events and contracts with current prices, volume and lifecycle details.

Capability
Kalshi market data
Current price
$0.0013/result
Availability
Ready to run
Last accepted verification

What this API does

Read-only public prediction-market research. This route does not connect an account, place orders or provide financial advice.

Agents select this operation with tool ID kalshi.market-data, then inspect its current executable contract before a run.

Public input and output shape

Input

inputobject · required

Provider-specific public source, URL or search criteria.

maxItemsinteger · optional

Maximum number of records to return.

minimum: 1 · maximum: 100

Output

active_market_countnumber

Returned active market count value.

categorystring

Returned category value.

contractsarray

Returned contracts value.

event_subtitlestring

Returned event subtitle value.

event_tickerstring

Returned event ticker value.

event_titlestring

Returned event title value.

lifecyclestring

Returned lifecycle value.

querystring

Search terms used to find relevant records.

recent_volumenumber

Returned recent volume value.

retrieved_atstring

Returned retrieved at value.

series_tickerstring

Returned series ticker value.

series_titlestring

Returned series title value.

sourcestring

Returned source value.

source_updated_atnull

Returned source updated at value.

source_urlstring

Returned source url value.

total_market_countnumber

Returned total market count value.

Example request and output

This reviewed worked example is shared with inspect. Inspect also returns the current executable schema and price estimate before a paid run.

Request

{
  "tool_id": "kalshi.market-data",
  "input": {
    "input": {
      "queries": [
        "bitcoin"
      ],
      "maxResults": 2
    },
    "maxItems": 2
  }
}

Output

{
  "query": "bitcoin",
  "source": "kalshi",
  "category": "Crypto",
  "contracts": [
    {
      "title": null,
      "ticker": "KXBTC15M-26AUG200815-15",
      "volume": 1403565,
      "yes_ask": "0.0600",
      "yes_bid": "0.0600",
      "no_label": null,
      "opens_at": "2026-08-20T12:00:00Z",
      "closes_at": "2026-08-20T12:15:00Z",
      "yes_label": "Target Price: $71,859.88",
      "last_price": "0.0630",
      "resolution": null,
      "price_delta": 6,
      "previous_price": "0.0000",
      "expected_resolution_at": "2026-08-20T12:20:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "lifecycle": "active",
  "source_url": "https://api.elections.kalshi.com/v1/search/series",
  "event_title": "BTC 15 min · $71,859.88 target",
  "event_ticker": "KXBTC15M-26AUG200815",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-08-20T12:09:12.000Z",
  "series_title": "Bitcoin price up down",
  "total_volume": 701782,
  "recent_volume": 41436,
  "series_ticker": "KXBTC15M",
  "event_subtitle": "Aug 20 - 8:00AM EDT to 8:15AM EDT",
  "source_updated_at": null,
  "total_market_count": 1,
  "active_market_count": 1
}
Teaching errors and limitations

No listing-specific teaching errors are published. Inspect the tool before running to receive the current schema and error guidance.

Updated
21 August 2026

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