Shane Sigsbee

Founder and CEO @imawhalepm. Real Estate Investor. Entrepreneur. Christian. Husband. Dad. Golfer. Fort Worth. Maui. Alabama.

[Shane Sigsbee @ssigsbee]

Imawhale is going all-in on prediction markets.

$500M+ in volume
#1 on Kalshi volume leaderboard (opt ins)

This is just the starting point.

We’re building the leading PM trading platform.

Strategic partners + hires:
https://t.co/3dr3jdp5jp

[Shane Sigsbee @ssigsbee]

@LoganPredicts @astraffon @ImawhalePM Ty! The intent of that is to say we are really passionate and focused on market making single events both pre and live. Lot of large and great RFQ players out there too.

[Shane Sigsbee @ssigsbee]

Today we @ImawhalePM crossed 1B in lifetime volume traded on Kalshi.

8 months ago this was just an idea.

A few things about us:
• We’re a delta-neutral, opinionless market making operation
• Our focus is tight spreads, fast pricing, and deep liquidity across fragmented event markets
• None of this volume came from RFQs
• We make markets across everything from Cricket and Esports to NFL and WNBA
• We recently tripled the size of our trading team
• 2 months ago we launched a live trading division
• We’re still a tiny team relative to the opportunity

Most importantly, we definitely do not have all the answers yet.

We’ve had wins, mistakes, painful lessons, and plenty of volatility along the way. But this is the most intellectually fun problem any of us have ever worked on.

Excited for the next 1B to come a lot faster.

[Shane Sigsbee @ssigsbee]

@BenbaLamb Nicest thing you’ve ever said to me, by 10x

[Shane Sigsbee @ssigsbee]

@AndrewMarotta8 @ImawhalePM Send us an email at [email protected], would love to have a chat

[Shane Sigsbee @ssigsbee]

@yizzle_ev @Novig If they aren’t, we are 😀

[Shane Sigsbee @ssigsbee]

Wild day on Kalshi’s IPL market.
Ended up doing roughly one-third of the entire market’s volume: ~$9M traded out of ~$27M total.

[Shane Sigsbee @ssigsbee]

We’re building fast.

In April, we pushed:
• $256M in Kalshi volume
• Doubled the trading team
• Launched our live trading arm
• Rolled out internal trading software

In May, we’re accelerating:
• 3 new exchange launches
• Training the next wave of traders
• Expanding live coverage

https://t.co/QBVtcYk3tc

[Shane Sigsbee @ssigsbee]

@golfodds DM me an email address, would love to chat

[Shane Sigsbee @ssigsbee]

@Flupnolide Loved reading this Flup

[Shane Sigsbee @ssigsbee]

Can’t discuss the specifics of the Kalshi MM program (or any other MM programs) but some early learning curves combined with delta neutral arbs elsewhere led to some early hurdles dating back to January. That’s been turned around and we feel confident in our continued profitability MMing hundreds of markets across multiple exchanges.

[Shane Sigsbee @ssigsbee]

Imawhale is going all-in on prediction markets.

$500M+ in volume
#1 on Kalshi volume leaderboard (opt ins)

This is just the starting point.

We’re building the leading PM trading platform.

Strategic partners + hires:
https://t.co/3dr3jdp5jp

[Shane Sigsbee @ssigsbee]

@radarmentions Possibly! Send us an email on our website, happy to look at it!

[Shane Sigsbee @ssigsbee]

@Garrrry23 There’s a link on the website you can send an email to, thanks!

[Shane Sigsbee @ssigsbee]

@OlympusBets Would love to look at it, send us an email from our contact us link on our website!

[Shane Sigsbee @ssigsbee]

@Bettingdaddy10 There’s a link on the website you can send an email to, thanks!

[Shane Sigsbee @ssigsbee]

I would develop some sort of alpha. It could be anything, but maybe you’re the best live Esports trader, and then as you meet people lead with your alpha. It’s just a very competitive environment and any networking is going to have to feel mutually beneficial. Until then, consume as much PM content as you possibly can and work on edges on low hanging fruit.

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@RufusPeabody #1 of Opt Ins for both 🙌

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@DCat7 There’s a link on the site, I guess we should clarify the roles we are currently hiring for 😂

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@goldenpants013 @mweav27 40c

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@benwfreeman1 This is a great write-up!