Kalshi ETH Staking Yield Trader

This is a template. The default signal uses a static 4% staking yield as a price floor -- remix it with live Lido/Rocket Pool yield data, validator queue depth, or MEV reward estimates. The skill handles all the plumbing (market discovery, trade execution, safeguards). Your agent provides the alpha.

Strategy Overview

ETH staking yields approximately 4% APR, creating a fundamental floor for ETH price. Rational stakers will not sell below the yield-implied value. This skill computes that floor for each market's time horizon and trades when Kalshi prices imply ETH below the floor.

Key advantages:

Fundamental floor -- staking yield provides a minimum return that supports price
Time-adjusted -- yield floor scales with days to market resolution
Conservative model -- only accounts for yield, not price appreciation upside

Signal Logic

Yield Floor Model

Fetch active ETH price markets from Kalshi
Extract price target from each market question
Compute yield floor: floor = base_price * (1 + yield% * days/365)
Compute fair probability based on target vs floor relationship
Trade when |fair - market| >= entry_edge

Example (with defaults, base=$3500, yield=4%)

Market	Target	Days	Floor	Fair P	Market P	Action
ETH above $3000	$3000	30	$3511	85%	72%	BUY YES
ETH above $4000	$4000	30	$3511	40%	45%	Hold
ETH above $5000	$5000	30	$3511	15%	28%	BUY NO

Conviction-Based Sizing

conviction = min(|edge| / entry_edge, 2.0) / 2.0
size = max($5.00, conviction * MAX_POSITION_USD)

Remix Ideas

Live yield API: Pull real-time staking yield from Lido/Rocket Pool
Validator queue depth: Queue length affects future yield expectations
MEV rewards: Include MEV as additional yield component
Macro overlay: Adjust floor based on Fed rate decisions

Risk Parameters

Parameter	Default	Notes
Entry edge	8%	Min model-vs-market divergence to trade
Exit threshold	45%	Sell when position price reaches this
Max position size	$5.00 USDC	Per market
Max trades per run	3	Rate limiting
Staking yield	4.0%	Annual staking yield assumption
Base ETH price	$3500	Current ETH price baseline

Installation & Setup

clawhub install kalshi-eth-staking-yield-trader

Requires: SIMMER_API_KEY and SOLANA_PRIVATE_KEY environment variables.

Cron Schedule

Cron is set to null -- the skill does not run on a schedule until you configure it in the Simmer UI.

Safety & Execution Mode

The skill defaults to dry-run mode. Real trades only execute when --live is passed explicitly.

Scenario	Mode	Financial risk
`python trader.py`	Dry run	None
Cron / automaton	Dry run	None
`python trader.py --live`	Live (Kalshi via DFlow)	Real USDC

The automaton cron is set to null -- it does not run on a schedule until you configure it in the Simmer UI. autostart: false means it won't start automatically on install.

Required Credentials

Variable	Required	Notes
`SIMMER_API_KEY`	Yes	Trading authority. Treat as a high-value credential.
`SOLANA_PRIVATE_KEY`	Yes	Base58-encoded Solana private key for live trading.

Tunables (Risk Parameters)

Variable	Default	Purpose
`SIMMER_ETH_STAKE_ENTRY_EDGE`	`0.08`	Min divergence to trigger trade
`SIMMER_ETH_STAKE_EXIT_THRESHOLD`	`0.45`	Sell position when price reaches this level
`SIMMER_ETH_STAKE_MAX_POSITION_USD`	`5.00`	Max USDC per trade
`SIMMER_ETH_STAKE_MAX_TRADES_PER_RUN`	`3`	Max trades per execution cycle
`SIMMER_ETH_STAKE_SLIPPAGE_MAX`	`0.15`	Max slippage before skipping (15%)
`SIMMER_ETH_STAKE_MIN_LIQUIDITY`	`0`	Min market liquidity USD (0 = disabled)
`SIMMER_ETH_STAKE_YIELD_PCT`	`4.0`	Annual staking yield assumption
`SIMMER_ETH_STAKE_BASE_PRICE`	`3500`	Current ETH price baseline

Dependency

simmer-sdk is published on PyPI by Simmer Markets.

PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/simmer-sdk/
GitHub: https://github.com/SpartanLabsXyz/simmer-sdk
Publisher: hello@simmer.markets

Review the source before providing live credentials if you require full auditability.