Joyful-Catastrophe
Skill vs luck
Joyful-Catastrophe on Polymarket: 7 settled bets · won 14% (95% range 3%–51%) · profit +$199. Skill vs luck: too few settled bets to tell. Copying the top 20% of Polymarket whales returned −8.2% on later weeks (all top whales, not this one). As of Oct 18, 2026.
Cite: Hopium Games, “Joyful-Catastrophe: Polymarket record”, as of Oct 18, 2026, https://hopium.games/wallet/0x6a7447d219a409806db7b49cdaca57534395ae4b. Data CC BY 4.0.
Joyful-Catastrophe: +$199 on 7 settled Polymarket bets since Aug 20, won 14% (95% range 3%–51%). Skill or luck: too few bets to judge.
Skill or luck? Too few bets to judge. We compare how often its bets won with the odds it paid for them, over 1 bets held to the end. Profit counts its $1,000+ bets since Aug 20, marked against how each market resolved.
- Oct 3 – Oct 18
- +$199
Latest captured bets
| When | Bet | Market | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18 | SELL No
@ 89¢
Will Gimcheon Sangmu FC win on 2026-10-18? |
Will Gimcheon Sangmu FC win on 2026-10-18? | $2.8K |
| Oct 17 | SELL Down
@ 99¢
Bitcoin Up or Down - October 17, 2:05PM-2:10PM ET |
Bitcoin Up or Down - October 17, 2:05PM-2:10PM ET | $1.8K |
| Oct 17 | SELL Yes @ 99.9¢ | Will Paris Saint-Germain FC win on 2026-10-17? ↗ | $3.0K |
| Oct 17 | BUY No
@ 92¢
Will Alanyaspor win on 2026-10-17? |
Will Alanyaspor win on 2026-10-17? | $2.6K |
| Oct 17 | SELL Up
@ 99.9¢
Bitcoin Up or Down - October 17, 2:40AM-2:45AM ET |
Bitcoin Up or Down - October 17, 2:40AM-2:45AM ET | $1.0K |
| Oct 17 | SELL Down
@ 99.9¢
Bitcoin Up or Down - October 17, 2:30AM-2:35AM ET |
Bitcoin Up or Down - October 17, 2:30AM-2:35AM ET | $1.0K |
| Oct 17 | SELL Yes
@ 99.9¢
Will Auckland FC win on 2026-10-17? |
Will Auckland FC win on 2026-10-17? | $1.0K |
| Oct 17 | SELL No
@ 99.9¢
Will Club Puebla win on 2026-10-16? |
Will Club Puebla win on 2026-10-16? | $1.4K |
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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