Get your bot's trades in Telegram the second they happen

Telegram is one of the fastest ways to receive real-time prediction-market signals away from the terminal. The Rivo Telegram bot sends alerts from the traders you copy and summaries from your signal bots directly to your Telegram chat. This page covers how the bot works, how to set it up, and what to expect.

Why send bot trades to Telegram

Telegram keeps followed-trader activity close at hand when the terminal is not open.

Messages are delivered shortly after Rivo processes a matched followed-trader event. Telegram works across mobile, desktop, and web, while the in-app inbox remains the durable record of the alert and any later trading-status update.

The second is explicit control. Telegram receives activity from the traders the user follows and the signal bots they build, with no broad whale-alert firehose.

The third is portability. Telegram is available on iOS, Android, desktop, and web. A copy-trader receives the same alerts on any device with the app installed, with no additional integration work. The bot works for users inside and outside the United States identically.

Set up the Polymarket Telegram bot

Setup is a four-step process that takes under two minutes.

• Sign up for a Rivo account on the sign-up page. A subscription includes Telegram alerts.
• Open the dashboard and navigate to settings. Locate the Telegram integration card and click the link button.
• Telegram will open with a chat to @RivoMarketsBot. Send the prefilled link command to authenticate the connection.
• Return to the dashboard. The Telegram link will show as active. Build a bot that copies a trader, or a signal bot, to begin receiving its updates.

The link persists across sessions until the user disconnects Telegram from settings.

What an alert looks like

Each Telegram alert from the Rivo bot contains the following information, in order:

• Platform: Polymarket or Kalshi, with a venue badge.
• Market title: the contract being traded, with category tag.
• Side and size: YES or NO, dollar size of the position.
• Entry price: the price at which the whale executed, expressed as a decimal between 0 and 1.
• Wallet context: the trader identifier, with a resolved PnL summary where available.
• Context: a one-line summary of the market and trade.

Each alert opens its market in the Rivo terminal. When a supported venue account is connected, the user can start a one-off copy order, choose the amount, and confirm it against the current market. Rivo never takes custody of venue funds.

Choose the updates you want

Real-time trade alerts are sent only for accounts the user explicitly follows with alerts enabled. Each followed trader has their own settings for entry price, size, sport and alerts per day; the Kalshi and Polymarket alerts guide walks through every one.

Signal bots record every match. Choose daily summaries to follow the overall record. Choose every-trade notifications to receive each match plus the daily summary.

Topic, league and size filters shape Live in the terminal. They never create general alerts.

The Telegram bot for Kalshi specifically

Kalshi alerts carry the same trader, market, side, size, and entry context as Polymarket alerts. A copy-trader receives the same delivery experience for followed Kalshi traders as for followed Polymarket traders. Cross-venue signal bots can also summarize matches from both platforms. For the legal context of each platform, see our legal status article.

How it compares to other Polymarket alert services

Several services offer some form of Polymarket alerting, ranging from raw trade feeds to filtered signal services. The differentiators of the Rivo Telegram bot relative to alternatives are explicit trader bots, signal bot summaries, Kalshi coverage alongside Polymarket, and methodology transparency.

Raw trade feeds surface every trade above a size threshold. Rivo keeps broad activity in the terminal under Live and Market Moves. Notifications go to the traders you copy and your signal bot summaries.

What to read next

For the broader copy-trading framework, see our complete copy-trading guide. For the underlying whale-tracking methodology, see our Polymarket whale tracker page. For all alert delivery channels available, including in-app notifications, see our alerts page.

Turn the activity into your own bot

Rivo connects the trades you research to the bot you build. Start with a template or build from scratch. Choose a venue and category. Set a source trade size and entry price range. Use keywords or specific markets to focus the signal.

Set a fixed stake or a percentage of the source trade with a dollar cap. The backtest applies your sizing to recorded matches. Review the return and the settled trades behind it. Signal backtests split the history into training and validation periods so you can compare how the idea performs across both.

Run the bot on paper to track new activity. Open its card to inspect the trades and edit the signal. Choose daily summaries or every-trade updates. Follow individual traders for alerts independently.

Choose supported live execution when you want the bot to place qualifying orders. Connect your own account and set your limits. Rivo logs each execution and skip so you can review the decisions. Paper results use recorded entry prices. Live results reflect actual fills and venue fees.

Build your bot and keep its signal and record in one workspace.

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