PolySwarm: A Multi-Agent Large Language Model Framework for Prediction Market Trading and Latency Arbitrage
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Abstract (arXiv)
This paper presents PolySwarm, a novel multi-agent large language model (LLM) framework designed for real-time prediction market trading and latency arbitrage on decentralized platforms such as Polymarket. PolySwarm deploys a swarm of 50 diverse LLM personas that concurrently evaluate binary outcome markets, aggregating individual probability estimates through confidence-weighted Bayesian combination of swarm consensus with market-implied probabilities, and applying quarter-Kelly position sizing for risk-controlled execution. The system incorporates an information-theoretic market analysis engine using Kullback-Leibler (KL) divergence and Jensen-Shannon (JS) divergence to detect cross-market inefficiencies and negation pair mispricings. A latency arbitrage module exploits stale Polymarket prices by deriving CEX-implied probabilities from a log-normal pricing model and executing trades within the human reaction-time window. We provide a full architectural description, implementation details, and evaluation methodology using Brier scores, calibration analysis, and log-loss metrics benchmarked against human superforecaster performance. We further discuss open challenges including hallucination in agent pools, computational cost at scale, regulatory exposure, and feedback-loop risk, and outline five priority directions for future research. Experimental results demonstrate that swarm aggregation consistently outperforms single-model baselines in probability calibration on Polymarket prediction tasks.
Key facts. Cited by 3 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026). Placed in Financial trading and forecasting agents, one of 16 directions in LLM agents and tool use. Builds on 24 of its 52 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 4 Apr 2026.
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