Telegram is the fastest, most reliable channel for delivering real-time prediction-market signals to a copy-trader. The Rivo Telegram bot sends every qualifying whale alert from Polymarket and Kalshi directly to your Telegram chat, with no app to install and no notification fatigue from unfiltered noise. This page covers how the bot works, how to set it up, and what to expect once it is running.
Why a Telegram bot for prediction-market copy-trading
The case for Telegram as the primary alert channel for copy-trading rests on three properties of the platform that competitors do not match.
The first is delivery speed. Telegram messages are pushed through a dedicated message infrastructure that consistently delivers in under two seconds end to end. Email is slower, SMS is slower and unreliable across countries, and in-app notifications require the user to have the app open. Telegram delivery latency is competitive with native push, and the channel works on any device the user has Telegram installed on.
The second is filter discipline. A Telegram bot can deliver strictly the alerts that pass all five filters in the Rivo pipeline, with no ads, no upsells, and no engagement manipulation. The signal-to-noise ratio of the channel is determined by the bot, not by the platform.
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.
Setting 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. The free trial 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, and you will begin receiving alerts as new qualifying whale trades print.
The link is persistent across sessions. There is no need to reauthenticate unless the user explicitly unlinks the integration. Multiple Telegram accounts can be linked per user; the bot will deliver to all linked chats.
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.
- Headline reasoning: a one-line summary of why the trade cleared the pipeline filters.
Each alert includes a link to the relevant Polymarket or Kalshi market for one-click navigation to execute the copy-trade. The copy-trader handles the execution in their own account; the bot never holds funds or signs transactions.
How the bot decides which trades to send
The Rivo pipeline applies five filters before an alert is sent through the Telegram bot. Each filter eliminates a specific class of low-quality signal.
Trades below our size threshold are excluded as retail-scale or market-making activity. Trades on contracts where the YES price is above 0.75 are excluded as effectively decided. Trades on books too thin to support the executed size at the moment of entry are excluded as fake-whale activity on illiquid markets. Sell trades, which represent exits rather than directional opening positions, are excluded from the alerting pipeline. The remaining trades pass to an AI quality judge that evaluates market context and produces a send-or-skip decision.
The result is a strict filter that surfaces approximately one in twenty whale-sized trades as an actionable alert. A typical day produces between five and twenty alerts across both platforms, depending on market activity. Heavy news days produce more; quiet weekends produce fewer.
The Telegram bot for Kalshi specifically
Kalshi alerts are particularly valuable on Telegram because Kalshi is the only legal U.S. prediction-market venue at scale. A U.S.-based copy-trader receives the same alert delivery experience for Kalshi trades as for Polymarket trades, with all category filters available independently per platform. A user who wants only Kalshi alerts can disable Polymarket in the alert preferences; a user who wants both gets both. For the legal context of each platform, see our legal status article.
How the bot 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 the filter discipline, the AI quality judge, the inclusion of Kalshi alongside Polymarket, and the methodology transparency.
Raw trade feeds, often offered free, surface every trade above some basic size threshold without any quality filtering. The signal-to-noise ratio is low, and the user spends more time triaging alerts than executing trades. Heavily filtered services that send only one or two alerts a week often miss the bulk of actionable whale activity. The Rivo pipeline targets the middle: a tight filter that produces a manageable daily volume of genuinely actionable signals.
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 web push and in-app notifications, see our alerts page.
Frequently asked questions
What is the Rivo Polymarket Telegram bot?
The Rivo Telegram bot is a copy-trading signal service that delivers real-time whale alerts from Polymarket and Kalshi directly to your Telegram chat. Every alert includes the platform, market, side, size, and entry price of the whale trade, with no execution involved on the bot's side. The copy-trader executes the trade manually in their own Polymarket or Kalshi account.
How do I set up the Polymarket Telegram bot?
Sign up for a Rivo account, navigate to the Telegram settings in your dashboard, click 'Link Telegram', and follow the prompt to start a chat with @RivoMarketsBot. The bot will confirm the link and immediately begin sending qualifying whale alerts to your Telegram. Total setup time is under two minutes.
Is the Telegram bot free?
Rivo offers a free trial that includes Telegram alerts. After the trial, the Telegram bot is included with any paid subscription. There is no separate fee for Telegram access; it is part of the standard alert delivery infrastructure.
Does the bot execute trades for me?
No. The bot delivers signals only; it never executes trades. The copy-trader sees the side, size, and entry price, then takes the trade manually in their own Polymarket or Kalshi account. This keeps the copy-trader in full control of their funds and keeps Rivo outside the regulatory perimeter of automated execution.
How fast do the Telegram alerts arrive?
Alerts typically reach Telegram within five to fifteen seconds of the underlying whale trade printing on Polymarket or Kalshi. The exact latency depends on the platform polling cycle, the alert pipeline processing time, and the Telegram API response. The system is engineered for alerts to arrive before the line shifts in response to the whale's print.
Can I customize which alerts the bot sends me?
Yes. Each user can configure alert preferences in the dashboard, including category filters (politics, sports, crypto, macro), minimum trade size above our default whale threshold, and platform restrictions (Polymarket only, Kalshi only, or both).