Key Takeaways:
Moomoo's partnership with Kalshi brings CFTC-regulated event contracts to millions of retail traders, as prediction market volumes surge nearly 5x in eight months.
Prediction market volumes surged nearly 5x to $24 billion a month as Moomoo became the latest retail brokerage to integrate Kalshi's CFTC-regulated event contracts on Fed decisions, elections and the World Cup.
"Our focus is on providing investors with both access and understanding," Nate Palmer, president of Moomoo U.S., said. "Through event contracts and supporting educational resources, we're giving users additional tools to analyze and engage with significant real-world events."
Event contracts are exchange-listed derivatives priced from $0.01 to $1, reflecting the market's implied probability of an outcome. They are fully collateralized and sit alongside Moomoo's existing equities, options and ETF offerings. Combined monthly volume on Kalshi and Polymarket climbed from under $5 billion in September 2025 to about $24 billion by April 2026, according to industry data. Kalshi alone recorded $14.8 billion in volume in April and $52 billion in cumulative volume through March.
The partnership expands Moomoo's product ecosystem as it pushes deeper into alternative trading products. The company recently introduced direct crypto deposits and withdrawals and launched API Skills for AI-powered investing tools. Moomoo joins a growing list of brokerages — including Robinhood, which has traded 11 billion prediction contracts from more than 1 million customers — that are using Kalshi's infrastructure to offer event-driven trading.
Kalshi has emerged as the dominant US prediction market platform, with a distribution network that now includes Robinhood, Coinbase and Crypto.com. The CFTC-regulated exchange was valued above $20 billion in 2026, reflecting investor appetite for event-based derivatives that were once a niche forecasting tool.
The prediction market boom began after the 2024 US election and has since expanded beyond politics into sports, macroeconomic data and cultural events. The 2026 FIFA World Cup contracts available through Moomoo represent the latest category extension, following the addition of Federal Reserve decision contracts that allow traders to hedge or speculate on interest rate outcomes.
For Moomoo, the move differentiates its product lineup from traditional brokerages such as Schwab and Fidelity, which have yet to offer event contracts at scale. The partnership also deepens Moomoo's push into crypto-adjacent products — the platform now spans equities, options, ETFs, crypto and prediction markets under one interface.
The convergence of stock brokerages with prediction markets signals a structural shift in retail trading. Event contracts offer brokerages a new revenue stream with higher engagement frequency than traditional equities, as contracts settle in days or weeks rather than years. Kalshi's $20 billion-plus valuation and its expanding distribution network suggest the market sees prediction contracts as a permanent asset class rather than a political-cycle fad. For investors, the key question is which platforms can capture the recurring volume beyond election years — Moomoo's multi-product strategy positions it to test that thesis.
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice.
