The short answer: there are four ways to get Kalshi activity pushed to you. Kalshi's own app covers basic price alerts; alerts.chat is the fastest Telegram setup for custom price triggers; the open-source Kalshi-Alerts-Telegram-Bot is free if you can self-host; and Kalmari (that's us) pushes researched trade ideas — picks with a thesis — rather than raw price pings. Setup for each is below.
| Option | What you get | Setup time | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kalshi app (native) | Price-threshold pushes, settlement notices | 1 minute | Free |
| alerts.chat | Custom price alerts in Telegram | 2 minutes | Free tier |
| Open-source bot | Self-hosted alerts over Kalshi's WebSocket | ~1 hour | Free (your server) |
| Kalmari | AI research picks with thesis + track record, in Telegram | 2 minutes | Free preview channel; paid for every pick |
Option 1: Kalshi's built-in alerts (start here)
Kalshi's app and website support price alerts natively: open any market, set a threshold on the Yes or No price, and Kalshi sends a push notification (mobile) or email when it crosses. In Settings → Notifications you can also enable alerts for when markets you hold positions in settle, plus deposit confirmations.
Limits: you configure alerts one market at a time, conditions are simple threshold-crossings, and the notifications arrive in Kalshi's app — not in Telegram where the rest of your trading chatter probably lives.
Option 2: alerts.chat — Telegram price alerts in two minutes
alerts.chat is a Telegram-native alert bot covering both Polymarket and Kalshi:
- Open the bot from the alerts.chat site and press Start.
- Type
/createand follow the prompts — pick the market and the price condition. - The bot messages you when it triggers.
It's the quickest path to customizable Kalshi price alerts inside Telegram, and the free tier is enough for casual use.
Option 3: self-host the open-source alerts bot
If you're comfortable with Python, Kalshi-Alerts-Telegram-Bot on GitHub is a clean, minimal implementation: it connects to Kalshi's WebSocket feed, lets you subscribe to markets by ticker or URL, stores subscriptions in SQLite, auto-reconnects, and pings your Telegram on meaningful price changes with a link back to the market.
You'll need Python 3.8+, a Telegram bot token from @BotFather, Kalshi API credentials, and somewhere for it to run continuously (a $5 VPS or a spare machine). The upside is total control — alert logic is a few lines of Python away. The downside is that you're now operating infrastructure.
Option 4: Kalmari — picks, not pings
A price alert tells you something moved. It doesn't tell you whether the move is noise, or what the right price would be. Kalmari approaches the problem from the other end: scheduled AI deep-research runs analyze Kalshi markets — resolution rules, order books, primary-source news — and publish picks: a side, a limit price, a one-line thesis, and the model's stated probability, delivered as Telegram messages you can copy in one tap (paper mode, or live via your own Kalshi API key).
Two honest caveats. First, Kalmari is not a price-alert tool — if you want "ping me when YES crosses 60¢," use options 1–3. Second, it's a paid product; the free tier is a preview channel with a sample of picks. What you can verify before paying is the part most signal services hide: every pick ever published, scored in public, including the strategies that lost money and got retired. The methodology docs are public too.
Which should you pick?
- Casual trader, few positions: Kalshi's native alerts are genuinely fine.
- Active trader who lives in Telegram: alerts.chat for price triggers.
- Developer: self-host the open-source bot and customize the logic.
- Want the research, not just the alarm: Kalmari's preview channel is the free way to judge whether the picks are worth paying for.
These stack — plenty of traders run native alerts on their open positions and a research feed for new ideas.
FAQ
Does Kalshi have official Telegram alerts? No. Kalshi's native notifications are app push and email only; Telegram delivery requires a third-party bot or a self-hosted one.
Can I get alerts for every Kalshi market at once? Not natively. The open-source WebSocket bot can subscribe broadly if you self-host, but you'll want filtering — thousands of markets produce a lot of noise.
Are Kalshi alert bots against the rules? Reading market data via Kalshi's public API and WebSocket is exactly what the API exists for. Trading automation is also permitted with your own API keys — see our Kalshi bot roundup for the current options.
What's the difference between alerts and signals? Alerts are mechanical (price crossed X). Signals are judgments (this market is mispriced, here's why). The first is free and instant; the second is only worth anything if the publisher's full track record is public.