How to Trade on Polymarket
Auto executes Polymarket trades through natural language. You can buy shares, sell shares, place limit orders, and manage open orders — Auto handles wallet setup, approvals, and funding automatically.
What Trading Actions Does Auto Support on Polymarket?
Auto supports the full range of Polymarket trading operations: buying YES or NO shares, selling existing positions, placing limit orders at custom prices, viewing and canceling open orders, and redeeming winnings after market resolution.
Buy YES shares
Buy NO shares
Sell shares you already own
Place limit orders (including post-only)
View open orders
Cancel orders
Redeem winnings after resolution
What Happens When Auto Places a Polymarket Trade?
Auto executes a four-step process for every trade: verifying your trading setup, checking your USDC balance, handling token approvals if needed, and placing the order. You don't interact with any of these steps directly.
Setup check
Auto verifies your Polymarket trading configuration is active
Fund check
Auto confirms you have enough USDC for the trade
Approval
Auto handles token approval if required
Trade execution
Auto places the buy, sell, or limit order
How Do I Buy Shares on Polymarket?
Buying shares means taking a position on YES or NO for a specific market outcome. Specify the market, the side (YES or NO), and the amount in dollars or shares — Auto finds the market, verifies setup, checks funds, and executes.
"Buy $5 of YES shares on the top active crypto market"
"Buy $2 of YES on an active geopolitics market"
"Buy YES shares on the Fed cutting rates market"
How Do I Sell Polymarket Positions?
Auto sells your existing Polymarket positions by market name, position size, or your instructions. Selling follows the same automated flow — setup verification, balance check, and execution.
"Show my Polymarket positions, then sell my smallest position"
"Sell my YES shares on the Bitcoin 150k market"
How Do Limit Orders Work on Polymarket?
A limit order is an order placed at a specific price that executes only when the market reaches that price. Unlike market-style orders that fill immediately at the current price, limit orders wait on the orderbook until another trader matches them.
Market-style buy/sell
Executes immediately at the current best price
Limit order
Waits on the orderbook until the market reaches your price
Post-only limit order
Guaranteed to rest on the orderbook (never fills immediately)
"Place a limit order to buy 20 YES shares at 0.40 on a crypto market"
"Place a limit order to buy 20 YES shares at 0.40 with post-only enabled"
Post-only orders guarantee your order rests on the book, which qualifies you for maker status and zero trading fees.
What Is the Difference Between Maker and Taker on Polymarket?
Maker and taker status determines the fees you pay. A taker order trades against an existing order on the book and pays a dynamic fee. A maker order rests on the book for someone else to trade against and pays zero fees.
Taker: Your order matches an existing order — you pay the taker fee
Maker: Your order rests on the book — you pay $0 fees
Post-only limit orders are the simplest way to ensure maker status. Maker orders also qualify for daily USDC rebates from Polymarket.
How Do I Manage Open Orders on Polymarket?
Auto displays all your open Polymarket orders and lets you cancel individual orders or all orders on a specific market.
"Show my open Polymarket orders"
"Cancel my oldest Polymarket order"
"Pull all my quotes from that market"
What Manual Steps Does Auto Automate?
Auto eliminates five categories of manual Polymarket setup: wallet configuration, API credential management, token approvals, USDC funding flows, and market search/selection.
Trading setup and wallet config
✅ Automatic
Token approval checks
✅ Automatic
USDC funding verification
✅ Automatic
Market search and selection
✅ Automatic
Order placement and routing
✅ Automatic
Open order management
✅ Automatic
If you don't have enough funds, Auto guides you through the funding flow before placing the trade.
What Does Auto Check Before Placing a Trade?
Auto validates four conditions before every trade: trading setup is active, sufficient USDC balance exists, token approvals are in place, and the target market is still open for trading.
Is trading set up and configured?
Do you have enough USDC funds?
Does token approval need to be handled?
Is the market still open for trading?
What Can I Do After a Polymarket Trade?
Auto supports post-trade actions including viewing your updated positions, checking open orders, tracking reward eligibility, and redeeming winnings when markets resolve.
"Show my updated Polymarket positions"
"Are my orders earning rewards?"
"Redeem my winnings"
Example Trading Prompts for Auto
"Search for an active crypto Polymarket market, then buy $5 of YES shares on the top result"
"Show my Polymarket positions, then sell my smallest position"
"Find an active geopolitics market on Polymarket and buy $2 of YES"
"Place a limit order to buy 20 YES shares at 0.40 on a crypto market with post-only enabled"
What Is a Good Approach for New Polymarket Traders?
Start with small position sizes and research the market before trading. A recommended first-trade workflow:
Ask Auto for market details and current odds
Review the orderbook for spread and depth
Buy a small YES or NO position
Track the position in your portfolio
Auto handles the full flow — research through execution — in a single conversation.
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