Trigger Markets

Triggers when a trade happens on a specific Kalshi market. Useful for monitoring market activity and reacting to trades in real time.

At a Glance

FieldValue
Trigger IDkalshi-market-trade
CategoryMarkets
Tagskalshi, prediction-market, trading, market-monitoring, websocket, real-time

Trigger Configuration

FieldTypeRequiredDescription
tickerstringYesMarket ticker to monitor for trades
minCountnumberNoMinimum number of contracts in the trade to trigger
takerSidestringNoFilter by taker side (optional)

Trigger Result

FieldTypeRequiredDescription
triggeredAtstringYes-
tradeobjectYes-

Workflow Root Example

json
{ "nodes": { "root": { "type": "kalshi-market-trade", "payload": { "ticker": "example-ticker" }, "children": [ "log_event" ] }, "log_event": { "type": "log", "payload": { "message": "Triggered at {{$trigger.triggeredAt}}" }, "children": [] } }}

Downstream nodes can use {{$trigger.triggeredAt}} and any result fields listed above. Event triggers usually expose the raw source payload under a field such as event, body, trade, or raw.