Trading on Event Contracts and Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is with Kalshi Co-founders Tarek Mansour and Luana Lopes Lara
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Horacio sat down with Tarek and Luana, co-founders of Kalshi. Kalshi is the only CFTC-approved event contract platform allowing users to make bets on real-world outcomes. Tarek and Luana are driving Kalshi to be a paradigm-shifting exchange for events on par with exchanges for stocks and commodities.
Discussion topics include:
Kalshi is an exchange that trades on events in the form of event contracts
Being the first event contract platform federally regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
The “Kalshi behavior” of thesis-driven investments on specific events
Roles as founding partners and their working dynamic
Determining the questions for the event contracts, including relevancy, volume, structure, expiration, and settlement sources
The yes and no proposition of the questions as the heart of the event contracts
Turnaround from the idea of a contract to putting it on the platform
People with greater interest in real events than traditional financial assets
Expanding Kalshi predictive markets into other events
The trading mechanics of each event contract
Surprising predictions from the Kalshi market
The importance of having clear rules for contract settlement
Kalshi’s future and fulfilling its mission
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