The Risk Takers Podcast RFQ Lesson from Top Kalshi "Combo" Market Marker w/ Egzee | Ep 143
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Feb 18, 2026 Eric (Egzee), a college junior and top prediction-market trader who built automated scraping and market-making systems for Kalshi. He describes building live bots, automating RFQ combos, and running a large solo market-making operation while managing latency, sizing bugs, and exploiters. He also covers balancing school with a major internship decision and scaling a high-frequency trading setup.
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Rocky Start To A Big Run
- Eric started with PrizePicks and early small bankrolls, lost a $2,000 withdrawal due to bank flagging.
- He then rebuilt using family accounts and scaled to consistent winnings while still in high school and college.
Learn Coding By Building A Real Bot
- Learn by building: Eric switched to computer science after coding an initial bot and advises to build something to learn.
- Trial-and-error coding taught him more than classes did for practical betting automation.
Speed And Automation Create Edge
- Courtsiding revealed the prize: speed and automation beat manual takers on Kalshi.
- Eric found RFQ/combos attractive because they're high-margin, low-competition, and technically fun to build for.