Trading Basics
Buying a contract is straightforward. Understanding what happens between the buy and the resolution is where most beginners get caught out — order types, bid-ask spreads, partial fills, exiting early and fees all change the result. This section explains the mechanics in plain terms, with concrete numbers wherever the maths matters. Educational only: nothing here is trading advice, and this site does not host markets.
Beginner Guide
How Prediction Market Settlement Works
How prediction market settlement works: how event outcomes are determined, what ‘settlement’ means, and a simple worked example showing payoffs.
October 26, 2026Beginner Guide
What Is Liquidity in Prediction Markets
Liquidity describes how much volume and available orders exist at given prices in a prediction market. It affects price stability, slippage, and how much your trade moves the market.
October 26, 2026Beginner Guide
What Happens When a Prediction Market Settles
When a prediction market settles, event contracts are converted to payouts (typically $1 or $0) based on the final outcome. This guide explains how settlement works and common issues.
October 26, 2026Beginner Guide
Event Markets for Beginners: Reading Contracts, Prices and Settlement
Learn how to read common event contract types (Yes/No, multi-outcome, range, index), interpret prices as probabilities or expected values, and check settlement rules before you trade.
October 22, 2026Beginner Guide
Prediction Market Ambiguous Outcome: Handling Ties
When a market outcome is tied or unclear, platforms follow written resolution rules, use resolvers or oracles, or cancel and refund. Learn how to read those rules before trading.
October 18, 2026Beginner Guide
Start prediction markets account: accounts, funds and platform basics
Step-by-step guide to opening a prediction market account, funding it with fiat or crypto, understanding settlement balances, fees, and basic safety checks before you trade.
October 15, 2026Beginner Guide
What happens when you place an order: the lifecycle of a prediction market trade
A practical guide to what happens after you submit a market or limit order on a prediction market: matching, price impact, confirmations, fees, settlement and common failures.
October 13, 2026Beginner Guide
Prediction Market Bid Ask Spread
The bid-ask spread is the gap between the highest price someone will buy a contract and the lowest price someone will sell. It measures liquidity and trading cost.
October 12, 2026Beginner Guide
What Is Market Depth in Prediction Markets?
Market depth shows the quantity available at each price on a prediction market. It determines how much your trade moves the price and how costly large trades are.
October 4, 2026Beginner Guide
What Is a Prediction Market Order Book?
An order book shows standing buy and sell orders for a prediction market. Learn how bids, asks, spread and depth signal price and liquidity for Yes/No contracts.
September 27, 2026Beginner Guide
What Is Volume in Prediction Markets?
Volume in prediction markets is the total trading activity over a period — usually the number or dollar value of contracts traded. Learn what it shows and what it doesn't.
September 20, 2026Beginner Guide
How to Trade Prediction Markets
Learn the basic steps to buy and interpret prediction market contracts, read prices as probabilities, and avoid common beginner mistakes.
September 13, 2026Beginner Guide
What Are Yes/No Contracts?
Yes/No contracts are event contracts that pay $1 if the event happens and $0 if it does not. They make market probabilities easy to see and trade.
August 30, 2026Beginner Guide
How Prediction Market Payouts Work
Learn what a payout is, how prices map to expected payouts, and a simple worked example showing the math when you buy a Yes contract.
August 14, 2026