FT Analysis: Polymarket account “swisstony” has earned approximately since April and has earned approximately 12000000 USD
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PANews cited the Financial Times as saying that the anonymous Polymarket account “swisstony” has profited since 2026 year April and has earned 12000000 USD。
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Polymarket's most profitable account is the sports prediction trader “swisstony,” earning approximately 12000000 USD
PANews October 28 According to a report citing analysis by the Financial Times, Polymarket's best-performing account is the anonymous sports betting account “swisstony,” which has earned since 2026 year April and has earned 12000000 USD. The account employs a high-frequency strategy, establishing 113112 positions across 184000 markets, with cumulative bets of 657000000 USD, and an average return per bet slightly below 2%. Among the top 10 accounts, another account profited by relying on a small number of large bets, often exceeding 1000000 USD。FT The analysis also found that among users who bet more than 100 USD, 68%were at a loss, of whom 4%lost their entire principal. Sports betting remains Polymarket's primary source of revenue, while crypto price betting also became an important driver, with betting volume reaching 5100000000 USD. Polymarket said it monitors large positions, paying particular attention to markets with a higher risk of manipulation, and screens for sanctioned...
Key points
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PANews said its information came from Financial Times analysis.
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The report described “swisstony” as an anonymous sports betting account and said it was Polymarket's best-performing account.
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The report said the account has profited since 2026 year April and has earned 12000000 USD。
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The report said the account employs a high-frequency strategy, establishing 113112 positions across 184000 markets, with cumulative bets of 657000000 USD, and an average return per bet slightly below 2%。
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The report said that among users who bet more than 100 USD, 68%were at a loss, of whom 4%lost their entire principal.
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The report said sports betting remains Polymarket's primary source of revenue, while betting on crypto prices reached 5100000000 USD。
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Polymarket said it monitors large positions, paying particular attention to markets with a higher risk of manipulation.
AI-assisted interpretation
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This report illustrates the coexistence of a small number of highly profitable accounts and losses among most users in prediction markets. “swisstony” accumulated profits through a large volume of frequent trades rather than relying on a high return per bet.
Why it matters to readers
These data reflect the scale of trading on Polymarket, differences in user profits and losses, and the platform's attention to large positions and the risk of market manipulation.
Highly profitable individual cases do not mean that ordinary users can replicate them. The proportion of users at a loss reported in the article indicates that participating in prediction trading may result in the loss of part or all of one's principal.
Risks and unknowns
The content is PANews' account of Financial Times analysis and does not provide the full original analysis.
The original text is truncated at “and screens for sanctioned...”; the platform's complete measures cannot be confirmed.
“swisstony” is an anonymous account, and the identity of its actual controller cannot be confirmed.
The statistical methodology, sample scope, and profit calculation method are not fully specified in the available evidence.
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