The analysis, based on Stork's on-chain settlement data, found that 69.2% of approximately 2.9 million "manually operated" retail investor accounts on the Polymarket international platform ultimately incurred losses, totaling $338.9 million. The report also indicated that 15.2% of accounts did not trade again within 30 days after a loss, compared to 6.1% for accounts that did not trade again after a profit. Approximately 44.1% of traders concentrated over 60% of their activity on a single topic. Sports professional traders accounted for 47% of all professional traders but had the lowest profitability rate at 25.1%; technology and science professional traders had the highest profitability rate at 41.2%, despite a smaller sample size. The median position size for profitable traders was $13.96, while for losing traders it was $10, and there was no clear correlation between holding period and profitability.