Moomoo Integrates Kalshi Event Contracts as Prediction Markets Accelerate Into Retail Brokerage Platforms
Alina Collins
Futu's Moomoo is adding CFTC-regulated event contracts from Kalshi, letting users bet on Fed decisions, elections, and more alongside stocks and ETFs — a sign that prediction markets are becoming standard retail brokerage products.
What exactly is an event contract?
An event contract — a listed derivative that lets you bet on whether a specific outcome happens — trades between $0.01 and $1.00, with the price itself reflecting the market's implied probability.
In plain terms = spend a few cents on a contract; guess right and collect $1, guess wrong and lose your stake. Your cost is your maximum risk.
The first batch covers Fed rate decisions, inflation data, elections, and the 2026 FIFA World Cup — spanning macro, politics, and culture.
Why does the Moomoo + Kalshi pairing matter?
Moomoo already offers stocks, options, and ETFs. With Kalshi plugged in, event contracts sit inside the same trading interface — no new account needed.
This means → customer-acquisition costs for prediction markets drop sharply: Kalshi taps Moomoo's existing user base, while Moomoo gains a differentiated product line.
Moomoo US president Nate Palmer said the focus is on "access and understanding," with educational resources launching alongside the contracts.
How fast is the prediction-market space growing?
Combined monthly volume on Kalshi and Polymarket jumped from under $5 billion in September 2025 to roughly $24 billion in April 2026 — nearly a 5× increase in under eight months.
This reflects a post-2024-US-election shift: prediction markets have moved from a niche forecasting tool to one of the fastest-growing categories in retail trading.
Contract types are expanding too — from politics into sports, macro data releases, and cultural events, drawing billions of dollars in new volume.
What does this mean for ordinary investors?
Event contracts use full collateral — you risk only what you put in, with no margin calls. That is far simpler than traditional options leverage.
This means → it works more like an "opinion-expression tool": if you think the Fed will cut in June, buy the contract directly — no need to express that view indirectly through stocks or options.
Moomoo recently added crypto deposits/withdrawals and an AI-investment-tool API — event contracts are the latest step in its platform expansion.
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