Skinny-Diving
Skill vs luck
Skinny-Diving on Polymarket: 3 settled bets · won 33% (95% range 6%–79%) · profit −$3.5K. Skill vs luck: too few settled bets to tell. Copying the top 20% of Polymarket whales returned −11.1% on later weeks (all top whales, not this one). As of Oct 28, 2026.
Cite: Hopium Games, “Skinny-Diving: Polymarket record”, as of Oct 28, 2026, https://hopium.games/wallet/0xc3db6a07351313cc684759dee1722d2bb1e90f98. Data CC BY 4.0.
Skinny-Diving: −$3.5K on 3 settled Polymarket bets since Aug 20, won 33% (95% range 6%–79%). 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 3 bets held to the end. Profit counts its $1,000+ bets since Aug 20, marked against how each market resolved.
- Sep 6 – Sep 23
- −$3.5K
Latest captured bets
| When | Bet | Market | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27 | SELL No @ 95¢ | Will Likud win 30-34 seats in the 2026 Israeli legislative election? ↗ | $19K |
| Sep 20 | BUY No @ 52¢ | US x Iran ceasefire continues through October 31? ↗ | $2.3K |
| Sep 19 | BUY No @ 53¢ | US x Iran ceasefire continues through October 31? ↗ | $5.2K |
| Sep 18 | BUY No
@ 80¢
Will Trump meet with Netanyahu by September 30, 2026? |
Will Trump meet with Netanyahu by September 30, 2026? | $1.1K |
| Sep 17 | BUY Yes
@ 40¢
Will Likud win 20-24 seats in the 2026 Israeli legislative election? |
Will Likud win 20-24 seats in the 2026 Israeli legislative election? | $1.3K |
| Sep 17 | BUY No @ 75¢ | Will Likud win 25-29 seats in the 2026 Israeli legislative election? ↗ | $4.0K |
| Sep 16 | BUY Yes
@ 69¢
Saudi Oil Pipeline (East-West) restarts by September 30? |
Saudi Oil Pipeline (East-West) restarts by September 30? | $1.0K |
| Sep 8 | BUY No @ 13¢ | Israel x Iran ceasefire continues through September 30? ↗ | $2.7K |
Its last 8 captured bets of $1,000+ in the last 60 days, as of the last daily update. Individual fills, not combined.
The bigger picture: Does copying Polymarket whales pay? · Do Polymarket whales make money?