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Market Categories

Market Categories

The five market categories used to classify and filter prediction markets in Sona Engine — ELECTION, CRYPTO, SPORTS, MACRO, and OTHER.

Categories

Every market in Sona Engine is classified into one of five categories. Use market_category in Engine A requests to filter signals to a specific vertical.

ValueDescription
ELECTIONPolitical events — presidential races, referendums, policy votes
CRYPTOCrypto markets — Bitcoin, Ethereum, DeFi protocol events, token listings
SPORTSSporting events — NBA, NFL, soccer, esports outcomes
MACROMacro economics — Federal Reserve decisions, GDP data, global geopolitical events
OTHEREverything else that doesn't fit the above
ALLNo filter — returns signals across all categories (default)

Filtering by Category

Pass market_category as a string in your request body:

POST /v1/signals/smart-money
 
{
  "market_id": "...",
  "market_category": "CRYPTO"
}
GET /v1/signals/latest?market_category=CRYPTO

market_category is supported in the Engine A on-demand endpoint, and also in GET /signals/latest.

Use Cases by Category

CRYPTO — DeFi agents monitoring on-chain prediction markets can subscribe to crypto-category signals as a macro alert layer.

ELECTION — Political prediction markets around polling releases, debates, and election events.

MACRO — Fed meetings, CPI data releases, and geopolitical developments surface here.

SPORTS — Intraday markets around games, tournaments, and sports outcomes.