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Unusual Whales Extends Insider Radar to Prediction Markets With “Unusual Predictions”

Tuesday, 20/01/2026 | 17:48 GMT by Jared Kirui
  • In partnership with Polymarket, the platform now tracks large traders and shows their past trading results.
  • It also flags unusual activity that may resemble insider trading.
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Unusual Whales a trading surveillance platform with over 3 million followers on X, has introduced a new analytics suite for prediction market traders. It extends its surveillance‑style approach from stocks and options to Polymarket.

Branded “Unusual Predictions,” the product targets retail users who want to monitor outsized and potentially informed bets in a market where information timing can rapidly move prices.

“Unusual Predictions has been created to help our community spot potential insiders, track smart money, and follow unusual whale trades across prediction markets,” the analytics platform posted on Discord.

Insider-Style Signals for Prediction Markets

The core feature of Unusual Predictions is a tool that flags activity which may resemble insider trading on prediction markets.

Unusual Whales mentioned that it is extending its years of experience in flagging potential insiders in options flow and politician trading disclosures to prediction markets, rolling out similar analytics through collaborations with platforms such as Polymarket and Hashdive.

Alongside the anomaly detector, the release includes a whale‑tracking module that focuses on the behaviour of large traders on Polymarket.

Continue reading: Prediction Markets Hit Record $702 Million Daily Volume Amid Regulatory Pressure

The tracker also surfaces the historical record of these big accounts so that smaller traders can assess whether following them would have been profitable in the past.

‘Smart Money’ Lens Across Niches

A separate “Smart Money” feature highlights top performers across different segments of the prediction market landscape. The tool lets users filter accounts by niche, including sports, finance and politics, before drilling into current market positioning and historical performance for each profile.

According to the firm, Traders can then treat these accounts as potential signals or benchmarks in their chosen area.

Unusual Predictions sits on top of Unusual Whales’ existing analytics platform for retail traders, which already covers derivatives and equities flows. The firm offers tools such as stock screeners and options trading calculators that target users who follow order flow and positioning data.

Interestingly, insider trading allegations recently reignited debate over the integrity and regulation of prediction markets.

Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour has seized on the recent Polymarket insider trading controversy to underscore a growing rift between regulated and offshore prediction markets.

In a public statement, he used the incident to draw a firm distinction between Kalshi’s federally supervised operations and the practices of unregulated competitors.

Unusual Whales a trading surveillance platform with over 3 million followers on X, has introduced a new analytics suite for prediction market traders. It extends its surveillance‑style approach from stocks and options to Polymarket.

Branded “Unusual Predictions,” the product targets retail users who want to monitor outsized and potentially informed bets in a market where information timing can rapidly move prices.

“Unusual Predictions has been created to help our community spot potential insiders, track smart money, and follow unusual whale trades across prediction markets,” the analytics platform posted on Discord.

Insider-Style Signals for Prediction Markets

The core feature of Unusual Predictions is a tool that flags activity which may resemble insider trading on prediction markets.

Unusual Whales mentioned that it is extending its years of experience in flagging potential insiders in options flow and politician trading disclosures to prediction markets, rolling out similar analytics through collaborations with platforms such as Polymarket and Hashdive.

Alongside the anomaly detector, the release includes a whale‑tracking module that focuses on the behaviour of large traders on Polymarket.

Continue reading: Prediction Markets Hit Record $702 Million Daily Volume Amid Regulatory Pressure

The tracker also surfaces the historical record of these big accounts so that smaller traders can assess whether following them would have been profitable in the past.

‘Smart Money’ Lens Across Niches

A separate “Smart Money” feature highlights top performers across different segments of the prediction market landscape. The tool lets users filter accounts by niche, including sports, finance and politics, before drilling into current market positioning and historical performance for each profile.

According to the firm, Traders can then treat these accounts as potential signals or benchmarks in their chosen area.

Unusual Predictions sits on top of Unusual Whales’ existing analytics platform for retail traders, which already covers derivatives and equities flows. The firm offers tools such as stock screeners and options trading calculators that target users who follow order flow and positioning data.

Interestingly, insider trading allegations recently reignited debate over the integrity and regulation of prediction markets.

Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour has seized on the recent Polymarket insider trading controversy to underscore a growing rift between regulated and offshore prediction markets.

In a public statement, he used the incident to draw a firm distinction between Kalshi’s federally supervised operations and the practices of unregulated competitors.

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