Prove it on paper then switch it on
Every bot earns its record before it touches your money. Replay it on markets that already settled, then run it on paper against live trades and watch every entry, open position and result. When the record earns it, promote the same bot to Autopilot from its own page with the trader or signal and the size carried over. Practice first with Kalshi paper trading or test a rule with backtesting.
How Autopilot protects your money
- Your account, your keys. Orders go through your own Kalshi API key or connected account, encrypted at rest. There is no Rivo wallet and no way for Rivo to withdraw.
- Limits that fail closed. A maximum per trade and per day, per bot and across the account. If the spend so far cannot be confirmed, the order does not go out.
- A deliberate switch. Going live takes an explicit confirmation, so nothing trades real money because a default was left on.
- It pauses itself. Three failed orders in a row pause the bot and tell you why. A thin book or a price past your limit does not count.
- No stale orders. Every order is checked with the exchange, and an entry still resting after fifteen minutes is canceled.
- Every decision on record. Each trade it takes and each one it skips is logged with the reason.
Who Autopilot is for
- People with a day job. The best Kalshi traders bet during your meetings, your commute and your sleep. Autopilot takes their trades the moment they land, so your schedule stops costing you entries.
- Sports bettors who already follow sharp money. If you read a winning trader's bets and wish you had been quicker, Autopilot is the quicker. It copies them within seconds at the price they paid, every time.
- Traders with a rule that works. You have a signal you trust, large NFL buys at value prices or longshots with serious size behind them. Autopilot runs it every minute of every day, without fatigue or second-guessing.
- Anyone who wants discipline built in. A maximum per trade and per day, exits set in advance and a record of every decision. Autopilot keeps the plan you made when you were calm.
Exits on autopilot too
An entry without an exit is half a strategy. Give any position a stop-loss, a take-profit or a trailing stop that follows the high, and Rivo marks it against the live bid roughly every 45 seconds and sells when your line is crossed, whether or not you are at the screen.
A day on Autopilot
Say you copy two Kalshi traders, one who wins on the NFL and one who wins on college football, at $25 a trade with a $150 daily ceiling, and you run a longshot signal on paper beside them.
Overnight your college football trader buys a Saturday underdog. Autopilot takes the same side within seconds at $25, and a notification is waiting when you wake up, with the price they paid and the price you got. Mid-morning the NFL trader opens a position while you are in a meeting. Same story: bought at your size, logged, and on your phone. That afternoon the college football trader trims the position, and because you turned on sell when the trader sells, your share is sold too.
In the evening a fourth trade would have pushed the day past your $150 ceiling, so Autopilot skips it and tells you why. Your longshot signal, meanwhile, recorded three paper trades you can check once those markets settle. You did not open the terminal once, and every decision is there to read.
What happens in the seconds after a trade prints
A trade from a trader you copy reaches Rivo through the live market feed and is matched against every bot that could act on it. Kalshi entries run on a dedicated fast path with an age gate: a trade already older than the window you would have entered in is skipped rather than chased at a price that has moved. If the same trade fits two of your bots, each one places its own order.
Frequently asked questions
What is automated prediction market trading?
Automated prediction market trading means a bot places your trades for you when something you defined happens. Rivo Autopilot copies a winning trader or acts on a signal you built, with real orders on your own Kalshi or Polymarket account, inside a maximum per trade and per day that you set.
Which prediction markets does Autopilot trade on?
Kalshi through your own Kalshi API key, and Polymarket through your own connected Polymarket US account. Gemini runs live too where enabled. The builder shows which venues can run your bot live.
Which bots can run on Autopilot?
A bot that copies a trader and a bot that runs a signal both place real orders through your connected account. A market bot, which trades one market's price by a rule you set, keeps a paper record and places no order.
Can I test an automated strategy before using real money?
Yes. Every bot can be replayed on markets that already settled and run on paper against live trades first. You promote the same bot to Autopilot from its own page when its record earns it.
Is automated trading allowed on Kalshi?
Yes. Kalshi issues every member their own API keys so they can place orders from a program, and Autopilot uses yours. Each order goes to Kalshi as one of your own trades, under your account and Kalshi's normal rules and fees.
How much money do I need to start Autopilot?
As little as you like. You choose the amount per trade and the daily ceiling, and the presets start at $5 a trade with a $25 daily limit. Many people run a bot on paper first and go live small once the record looks right.
Does Autopilot keep trading when my computer is off?
Yes. Autopilot runs on Rivo's side, not in your browser, so it keeps watching and trading while your laptop is closed and your phone is in your pocket. You get a notification for each trade it takes.
Does Rivo hold my trading funds?
No. Live orders run through your own connected venue account. Your funds stay with the prediction market, and you can pause the bot or disconnect the account at any time.
How do I limit how much Autopilot can spend?
You set an amount per trade and a maximum per day, per bot and across the account. The daily ceiling fails closed: if the spend so far cannot be confirmed, the order is not placed.
Can Autopilot close positions as well as open them?
Yes. A bot that copies a trader can sell when the trader sells, and any position can carry a stop-loss, take-profit or trailing stop. Rivo marks open positions against the live bid roughly every 45 seconds and sells when one of your thresholds is crossed.
What happens if an Autopilot order does not fill?
Every order is reconciled with the exchange. An order still unsettled after five minutes is checked directly and marked filled, partially filled or canceled, and an entry still resting after fifteen minutes is canceled rather than left to fill into a market that has moved.
Can I see why Autopilot did not take a trade?
Yes. Every evaluation is recorded with the reason attached, including the ones that resulted in no order, so you can tell whether a bot picked badly or simply never fired.