diff --git a/prediction_market_agent/agents/arbitrage_agent/data_models.py b/prediction_market_agent/agents/arbitrage_agent/data_models.py
index 06f143f7..4ef91682 100644
--- a/prediction_market_agent/agents/arbitrage_agent/data_models.py
+++ b/prediction_market_agent/agents/arbitrage_agent/data_models.py
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ class CorrelatedMarketPair(BaseModel):
     def __str__(self) -> str:
         return f"main_market {self.main_market.question} related_market_question {self.related_market.question} potential_profit_per_unit {self.potential_profit_per_bet_unit()}"
 
+    @property
+    def main_market_and_related_market_equal(self) -> bool:
+        return self.main_market.id.lower() == self.related_market.id.lower()
+
     def potential_profit_per_bet_unit(self) -> float:
         """
         Calculate potential profit per bet unit based on high positive market correlation.
diff --git a/prediction_market_agent/agents/arbitrage_agent/deploy.py b/prediction_market_agent/agents/arbitrage_agent/deploy.py
index 201a0043..7b174a82 100644
--- a/prediction_market_agent/agents/arbitrage_agent/deploy.py
+++ b/prediction_market_agent/agents/arbitrage_agent/deploy.py
@@ -125,6 +125,11 @@ def get_correlated_markets(self, market: AgentMarket) -> list[CorrelatedMarketPa
         print(f"Fetched {len(omen_markets)} related markets for market {market.id}")
 
         for related_market in omen_markets:
+            if related_market.id.lower() == market.id.lower():
+                logger.info(
+                    f"Skipping related market {related_market.id} since same market as {market.id}"
+                )
+                continue
             result: Correlation = self.chain.invoke(
                 {
                     "main_market_question": market,
@@ -185,6 +190,11 @@ def build_trades(
         trades = []
         correlated_markets = self.get_correlated_markets(market=market)
         for pair in correlated_markets:
+            if pair.main_market_and_related_market_equal:
+                logger.info(
+                    "Skipping market pair since related- and main market are the same."
+                )
+                continue
             # We want to profit at least 0.5% per market (value chosen as initial baseline).
             if pair.potential_profit_per_bet_unit() > 0.005:
                 trades_for_pair = self.build_trades_for_correlated_markets(pair)