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# Resolution and Payouts

### What is resolution?

Resolution determines the outcome of a market using its published rules. Those rules, rather than an AI alert or an individual user's loss, determine which shares are eligible for payout.

### Read these fields before trading

| Field              | What to check                                                           |
| ------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Instrument         | Exact asset, pair, venue, chain, or event                               |
| Trigger            | Threshold, direction, and whether equality counts                       |
| Observation window | Start, end, time zone, and any relevant trading sessions                |
| Measurement        | Touch, close, average, cumulative duration, or another defined test     |
| Source             | Named price feed, exchange data, on-chain record, or official evidence  |
| Exceptions         | Missing data, outages, corrections, cancellations, and other edge cases |
| Finalization       | How the result becomes final and when claims become available           |

### How outcomes are determined

Price-based markets can use automated data processing from their specified sources. Event markets may require team review of evidence against the published criteria. The market page identifies the method that applies.

An observation window ending does not necessarily mean the result and payout are immediately available. Data publication, verification, review, or network conditions may affect finalization.

Do not assume a universal two-hour deadline or a standard on-chain challenge process for every market. Any formal dispute period must be explicitly described for the relevant market or resolution mechanism.

### Requesting a review

If you believe a result conflicts with the published rules, contact the official support channel with the market link, the relevant rule, the disputed observation, and supporting evidence with timestamps.

A support review request does not itself reverse a finalized on-chain result. Review handling and possible remedies depend on the applicable process and market state.

### Claiming a payout

After finalization, open Portfolio, locate an eligible position, and use Claim. Check the confirmed amount credited to your account.

For an ordinary two-outcome result, payout-eligible shares redeem for 1 USDT each and non-payout shares redeem for zero. If a market supports a void or split outcome, follow its stated payout treatment. A 50/50 settlement, where explicitly applicable, pays 0.50 USDT per share on each side; it does not refund each holder's entry cost.

### Timing and your underlying position

A hedge payout may arrive after a loss, margin call, or liquidation elsewhere. Holding outcome shares does not add collateral to another exchange or prevent that exchange from liquidating a position.