Prediction Market Trading Examples
These examples show how Auto trades on Polymarket, a decentralized prediction market platform where users buy YES or NO shares on real-world event outcomes. Each multi-turn conversation demonstrates a complete workflow — from discovering markets to placing trades, managing positions, and earning liquidity rewards.
What Prediction Market Tasks Does Auto Support?
Auto executes all Polymarket operations through natural language. The table below lists common tasks and the exact prompts to use.
Discover markets
"What is trending on Polymarket?"
Check odds
"What are the odds on BTC hitting 150k?"
Buy shares
"Buy $10 of YES"
Sell part of a position
"Sell 40% of my shares"
Check portfolio
"Show my Polymarket positions"
Provide liquidity
"Provide liquidity with 5 shares per side"
Check rewards
"Am I earning rewards?"
How to Find a Polymarket Prediction and Buy YES Shares
This example shows the beginner workflow: browsing trending markets, selecting one, checking odds, and placing a first trade.
You: What is trending on Polymarket right now?
Auto: I can show featured events, big movers, and hot topics in one view so you do not have to search market by market.
Featured events
Big markets on the homepage
Breaking news
Largest recent moves
Hot topics
Topics getting the most attention
You: I want a Bitcoin market.
Auto: I found active Bitcoin markets. If you want, I can open the one about BTC hitting a specific price target and show the current YES and NO odds.
You: Check the odds on Bitcoin hitting 150k.
Auto: I found the market and checked the live price. I can also show spread and recent price history if you want more context.
You: Just buy $10 of YES.
Auto: I will set up trading first if needed, check your Polymarket balance, and then place the order.
You: Go ahead.
Auto: Your YES order was placed. I can show your updated position now.
How to Check Your Polymarket Portfolio
This example demonstrates viewing all open positions and identifying specific holdings for management.
You: Show my Polymarket positions.
Auto: I can list your current holdings and any recent activity.
Bitcoin 150k
YES
Live
Live
Fed cuts market
NO
Live
Live
You: Which one is my smallest position?
Auto: I can identify that and help you trim or exit it.
How to Sell Part of a Polymarket Position
This example shows partially exiting a prediction market position by selling a percentage of your shares.
You: Sell 40% of my YES shares in the Fed rate cut market.
Auto: I will check your current position size first so I can calculate the right amount.
You: Okay.
Auto: I found the position. I can now sell 40% at market price and then show what remains.
You: Do it.
Auto: The sale went through. I can show your updated shares and remaining value.
How to Place a Limit Order on Polymarket
This example demonstrates placing a limit order — an order that executes only when the market reaches your specified price — with post-only mode to ensure maker pricing.
You: Place a limit order to buy 100 YES shares at 0.42 on the SOL 300 market.
Auto: I found the market. I can place that order and then show your open orders.
You: Make it post-only.
Auto: Good choice. Post-only is the simple way to stay maker-only.
You: Submit it.
Auto: Your limit order is live. I can show the order in your open orders list.
How to Discover a Market, Buy Shares, and Track the Position
This example shows a complete beginner flow: finding the top crypto market, buying shares, and verifying the position.
You: Find the top crypto market on Polymarket.
Auto: I found the leading active crypto market by volume.
You: Buy $5 of YES on it.
Auto: I will check trading setup, confirm you have enough funds, and place the buy order.
You: Confirm.
Auto: Done.
You: Show me the position.
Auto: I can show the market, side, shares, and current value in one view.
How to Provide Liquidity on Polymarket
This example demonstrates market-making on Polymarket: finding a market, placing two-sided quotes (bid and ask orders), and managing those quotes. Providing liquidity means placing buy and sell orders on both sides of a market.
You: I want to provide liquidity on Polymarket. How do I start?
Auto: I can help you find an active market, split funds into both sides if needed, place two-sided quotes, and later pull those quotes.
You: Find a popular market with good volume.
Auto: I found one. If you want, I can provide liquidity with a small size first.
You: Use 5 shares per side and a 4 cent spread.
Auto: I can place a bid and an ask around the market midpoint.
You: Do it.
Auto: Your two quotes are live. I can also show your open orders for that market.
You: Pull all my quotes from that market.
Auto: I cancelled the open orders for that market.
How to Find Polymarket Markets With Liquidity Rewards
This example shows discovering markets that pay incentives to liquidity providers and evaluating which ones fit a small account.
You: Which Polymarket markets are paying the best liquidity incentives?
Auto: I can show markets with active reward programs and sort them by daily reward rate.
Market A
Live
Live
Live
Market B
Live
Live
Live
Market C
Live
Live
Live
You: Which one is easiest for a small account?
Auto: I would start with the market that has a lower size requirement and enough volume to support tighter quotes.
How to Check If Your Polymarket Orders Are Earning Rewards
This example demonstrates verifying whether your open orders qualify for Polymarket's reward scoring system.
You: Are my Polymarket orders scoring for rewards?
Auto: I can check your open orders and see whether they are eligible for reward scoring.
You: What if they are not?
Auto: Then I will tell you what to change, usually order size, spread, or whether you need resting limit orders.
How to Earn Holding Rewards on Polymarket
Polymarket offers holding rewards on select markets — passive incentives earned by simply holding shares. This example shows checking your reward eligibility and estimating daily earnings.
You: Do I earn anything just by holding Polymarket positions?
Auto: Some markets offer holding rewards. I can check your reward summary and show any daily estimate.
You: Show my reward estimate.
Auto: I can break it into holding rewards and liquidity reward eligibility if you also have open orders.
How to Combine Trading, Limit Orders, and Liquidity Provision on Polymarket
This advanced example combines multiple Polymarket strategies in one session: buying a position, placing a limit order, providing liquidity, checking rewards, and reviewing the full portfolio.
You: Show me crypto markets on Polymarket with good activity.
Auto: I found active markets and can point out any with liquidity rewards.
You: Pick one with rewards.
Auto: I found a reward-eligible market with clear volume and quoting rules.
You: Buy $10 of YES first.
Auto: Done. Your position is open.
You: Now place a post-only limit order below the market too.
Auto: I can place that as a maker order so it rests in the book instead of crossing immediately.
You: Also provide liquidity with 5 shares per side if that still works.
Auto: I can do that workflow too and then help you check whether the orders are scoring for rewards.
You: Great. After that, show my portfolio.
Auto: I'll show positions, open orders, and any reward estimate together so you can see the full picture.
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