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Will the Republican Party win the OH-09 House seat?

4 of 5 top Polymarket traders hold No (80%) · No at 82¢ · $521 held · ends Nov 4

Yes19¢No81¢Ends Wed, Nov 4, 2026View on Polymarket
SIGNAL

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Neutral

No

Consensus Traders

5

No 80%

Total Value

$521.17

Combined PnL

-$8.11

Smart Money Entry

77.1¢ → 81.5¢

+6% since entry · 4 traders

Research grade

NeutralNo at 82%

No measured edge, which here means a loss: the plain consensus (5+ holders, 60 %+, held to resolution) lost −3.0 % a trade after costs out of sample in the full-year test (n 86,296, 95 % CI −3.6 to −2.4 %).

  • Favourite (60–95¢)Full year, out of sample: 0.70–0.90 lost −0.9 % a trade (n 26,050, 95 % CI −1.5 to −0.3): the least bad band, still a loss. The Oct 22 backtest's +0.4 % (n 4,327) was not confirmed.

The rules come from our Oct 22 2026 backtest (one entry per market, held to resolution, after a 1¢ half-spread and Polymarket's taker fees). Our full-year test without hindsight (Oct 26 2026) found none of them profitable out of sample, and the plain consensus lost −3.0 % a trade. The grade describes the market; it is not a forecast, not an edge and not advice.

Smart Money Signal

No

4 of 5 top traders (80%)1 holds an outcome priced under 50%2 small positions dimmed (<$100 invested)

Market Activity

Outcome Probabilities

Yes19%
No82%

Smart Money Breakdown by Outcome

No4 traders
Total Value$441.85
Total Shares545
Combined PnL+$21.11
Yes1 trader
Total Value$79.32
Total Shares417
Combined PnL-$29.22
No — 80%Yes — 20%

Signal Intelligence

Momentum

Flat

+0 pts consensus

Breadth

4 traders

Top 2 hold 86%

Freshness

Fresh

9h old

Flip Quality

Clean

0 consensus flips

Breadth vs concentrationCrowded

80% of non-arb traders are on No. Concentration is driven by the top two positions owning 86% of that side's value.

Cohort consensusHand-picked vs top 1000 · whales, sharps, snipers, contrarians
The hand-picked list (1 on Yes) and the top 1000 (4 on No) disagree here.
whaleYes 100% · 1
Diverging
ctrNo 50% · 2
Aligned
Hand-pickedYes 100% · 1
Diverging
Top 1000No 100% · 4
Aligned

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EV Calculator

Consensus % is how many tracked traders hold a side, not a win probability.

Break-even chance83.1%

81.5¢ price + 1.0¢ spread + 0.6¢ fee (Politics 4%). Win more often than this and the bet pays.

Expected Value—
Expected ROIenter your estimate
Max Profit
+$20.37
Max Loss
-$100.00
Shares
120.4

A market order pays the taker fee and crosses the spread (assumed 1.0¢); a limit order pays no fee but may not fill. The fee category is a guess from the title.

Market Info

Condition ID
0x69366045...7dc9e8
Slug
will-the-republican-party-win-the-oh-09-house-seat
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