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What Is Polymarket?

Polymarket is a prediction market platform where people trade on the outcomes of real-world events — politics, economics, crypto, sports, culture, and more. Each market poses a clear question with a defined resolution, and users buy and sell shares in the possible outcomes.

Trading on real-world outcomes

For a market like “Will X happen by a certain date?”, you can buy “Yes” or “No” shares. If the event resolves the way you backed, your shares settle in your favor; if not, they don’t. The interplay of buyers and sellers sets a live market price for each outcome.

Prices as implied probabilities

As with any prediction market, a Polymarket price can be read as an implied probability. A Yes share trading near $0.70 implies roughly a 70% chance in the eyes of the market. See How to Read Prediction Market Odds for the details and caveats.

How DePredict uses Polymarket

DePredict reads public Polymarket market data (via Polymarket’s public Gamma API) and normalizes it into the same format as other sources so you can compare markets at a glance. See the Sources page for exactly which fields we use and how.

Not affiliated — verify at the source

DePredict is an independent information tool and is not affiliated with Polymarket. Figures shown here may lag or differ from the platform, so always verify prices and market rules on Polymarket before acting. Nothing here is financial advice.

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