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Kalshi edge calculator

The whole discipline is one subtraction: your probability minus the price you pay, after fees. Enter an honest estimate — not a hopeful one — and see whether the trade clears the floor this toolkit insists on.

Market implies
55%
Your edge
10.0 pts
Taker fee
$1.74
EV / contract
+$0.0826
EV total
+$8.26
Quarter-Kelly stake
$556
If your estimate is optimistic
as entered: $0.0826
−5 pts: $0.0326
−10 pts: $-0.0174

In this toolkit's own record, estimates in the 50–85% band predicted 73% and won 44%. Run your number through this row before you size anything.

Clears the floor. A 10.0-point edge is above the 5-point minimum this toolkit insists on. Full Kelly would size 22.2% of bankroll; the toolkit uses a quarter of that.

Why the estimate is the hard part

A calculator cannot tell you whether you are right — only what follows if you are. The measured failure mode in this toolkit was overconfidence: in the 50–85% band, predictions of 73% won 44% of the time. If your estimates carry that bias, every positive number here is fictional. Shrink your estimate before you size anything.

Measure first. Trade second.

The free playbook covers the setup traps. The full guide covers spend control, API drift, the dashboard, the paper-first protocol, edge mirages, and pricing resolution-source markets.