Polymarket Arbitrage & Trading Bots: Building a High-Performance Automated System for 5-Minute Markets

Introduction Prediction markets like Polymarket are evolving rapidly, offering unique opportunities for traders to leverage short-term inefficiencies and probabilistic pricing. However, manual trading in fast-paced environments—especially in 5-minute crypto markets—is inherently limited. To address this, I’ve developed a suite of high-performance, automated trading bots designed specifically for Polymarket. These systems combine real-time data streaming, quantitative logic, and robust risk management to operate efficiently in high-frequency environments. This article provides an overview of these bots, their core strategies, and how they can be applied in real-world trading. Repository Explore the full implementation and codebase here: 👉 https://github.com/Gabagool2-2/polymarket-trading-bot-python Core System Overview The trading system is built in Python and designed with the following principles: Real-time execution via WebSocket orderbook streaming Gasless L2 trading for fast and ef