Stimulating-Power
Skill vs luck
Stimulating-Power on Polymarket: 11 settled bets · won 100% (95% range 74%–100%) · profit +$527. Skill vs luck: can't be told from luck. Copying the top 20% of Polymarket whales returned −11.2% on later weeks (all top whales, not this one). As of Oct 24, 2026.
Cite: Hopium Games, “Stimulating-Power: Polymarket record”, as of Oct 24, 2026, https://hopium.games/wallet/0x502b532f55778c0985846dc53a9bc71eb4f33b15. Data CC BY 4.0.
Stimulating-Power: +$527 on 11 settled Polymarket bets since Aug 20, won 100% (95% range 74%–100%). Skill or luck: indistinguishable from luck.
Skill or luck? Indistinguishable from luck. We compare how often its bets won with the odds it paid for them, over 11 bets held to the end. Profit counts its $1,000+ bets since Aug 20, marked against how each market resolved.
- Aug 20 – Sep 5
- +$39
- Sep 5 – Sep 21
- +$71
- Sep 21 – Oct 7
- +$268
- Oct 7 – Oct 24
- +$148
Latest captured bets
| When | Bet | Market | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23 | BUY Up @ 98¢ | Bitcoin Up or Down - October 23, 4:30PM-4:45PM ET ↗ | $4.1K |
| Oct 19 | BUY Yes
@ 94¢
Paris curfew by October 21? |
Paris curfew by October 21? | $1.0K |
| Oct 14 | BUY No @ 92¢ | 2026 Balance of Power: R Senate, R House ↗ | $5.0K |
| Oct 5 | BUY Down
@ 99¢
Bitcoin Up or Down - October 5, 7:45AM-7:50AM ET |
Bitcoin Up or Down - October 5, 7:45AM-7:50AM ET | $1.9K |
| Oct 3 | BUY Up
@ 99¢
Bitcoin Up or Down - October 3, 6:30PM-6:45PM ET |
Bitcoin Up or Down - October 3, 6:30PM-6:45PM ET | $4.2K |
| Sep 24 | BUY Down
@ 99¢
Bitcoin Up or Down - September 24, 7:45PM-7:50PM ET |
Bitcoin Up or Down - September 24, 7:45PM-7:50PM ET | $1.5K |
| Sep 22 | BUY Down
@ 98¢
Bitcoin Up or Down - September 22, 5:05PM-5:10PM ET |
Bitcoin Up or Down - September 22, 5:05PM-5:10PM ET | $3.7K |
| Sep 21 | BUY Up
@ 98¢
Bitcoin Up or Down - September 21, 4:10PM-4:15PM ET |
Bitcoin Up or Down - September 21, 4:10PM-4:15PM ET | $3.4K |
Its last 8 captured bets of $1,000+ in the last 60 days, as of the last daily update. Individual fills, not combined.
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