Learn How Polymarket Works

Which costs may apply and why they vary by market and order.

How to read a price as an implied probability, not a certainty.

Liquidity, loss, resolution, access and operational risks to consider.

How market rules, resolution and disputes affect the final outcome.

How markets turn a question into a tradable probability.

How an event contract settles when the stated outcome occurs.

Why Yes and No prices move and what each share can pay.

How price, stake and outcome affect a position’s payout.

How bids, asks and available orders shape a market price.

Why thin liquidity and wide spreads can change execution.

How USDC, Polygon and wallets relate to Polymarket.

The practical differences between prediction markets and betting.

The questions to separate before drawing a country-specific conclusion.

Why Polymarket US and Polymarket.com should not be treated as the same offer.

Account safety, scams and the checks worth making before you act.

How large orders and thin markets can distort a displayed price.

How political, sports, crypto and other market types can differ.

Short definitions for the terms used across Polymarket markets.

What public Polymarket APIs can show and what they cannot do.