Don Gillies writes about market structure, regulation and how to trade prediction markets across every category. His work covers the mechanics that decide outcomes — how contracts price and resolve, which sources settle disputes, and how markets behave around big events.
He also tracks the fast-moving legal picture across US states and internationally, and writes the category guides, from politics and economics to sports, crypto and weather. His aim is to make the machinery of these markets clear and usable, explaining order books, resolution rules and tax treatment in plain language so readers can trade with their eyes open.
Don’s starting point is that most trading mistakes come from misunderstanding the rules rather than the markets, so his guides spell out exactly how a contract settles, which source decides a disputed outcome, and where the legal lines fall — the unglamorous detail that separates a sound trade from an avoidable loss.
What Don covers
Don Gillies writes primarily about Prediction-market structure, Market resolution and settlement, Prediction-market regulation, Trading strategy, Financial education. Start with these:
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