Caliper Trading
BlogAbout

Blog

Lessons

Intro to pred markets

Intro to Prediction Markets, Part 0: What are Prediction Markets?

A prediction market is a venue where people buy and sell contracts whose payoff is determined by the outcome of a specified future event. The event in question…

5 min read

Intro to pred markets

Intro to Prediction Markets, Part 1: Comparison to Other Markets, Especially Derivatives

Prediction markets share many features of other financial derivatives. First among them is the idea of an underlying quantity, from which the contract's value…

4 min read

© 2026 Caliper Trading