Kalshi launches Pro desktop terminal for multi-market trading and perpetual futures
Kalshi launched Kalshi Pro, a desktop trading terminal now in public beta. The platform targets active traders who work across multiple markets simultaneously or need resting order support. The terminal includes advanced order management, a market screener, and integrated perpetual futures. Kalshi said its heaviest users have encountered problems on the existing platform. The company described active traders as already trading prediction markets and perpetuals like Wall Street trades equities and bonds.
Kalshi Pro is built for the institutional desks that DRW, Wintermute, and IMC recently established. These firms need professional interfaces to manage risk across event contracts and perpetual futures at once. The terminal arrives after Kalshi added CFTC-regulated perpetual futures and hedge fund clearing access.
Adoption in the next 60 days will determine whether the tool converts recent monthly volumes into stickier, higher-frequency activity. If the desks embrace it, Kalshi tightens its hold on the institutional segment Polymarket is courting with its own margin-trading filing. If not, Kalshi risks remaining a retail venue with institutional announcements.