Open a market

Put money behind a take and let traders compete to prove it.

1. Write the take

   One line, up to 100 characters, as a claim: Memory chips stay tight through earnings. Or describe your view in your own words and tap Pick stocks for me: an agent rewrites it as a take and picks up to four stocks, each with a reason. You can change anything it suggests, or undo it.

2. Choose the stocks

   Up to four from the stock list. Search by name or ticker. The stocks you choose set the stake tier traders need, so a market with Coinbase asks more of its traders than one on the S&P 500.

3. Set the money and the length

   The USDC you put up is split evenly between the traders who join. Choose 10 minutes, an hour, a day or a week, and 2 to 5 trader slots.

4. Open it

   One transaction escrows your money and fixes the stock list. The market takes traders for an hour, then starts on its own.

What you get back

Your money back plus 70% of any profit the traders make. Losses come out of the traders’ stakes first; you only lose money if a trader’s loss is bigger than their collateral. See Liquidation and settlement.

Fewer, related stocks make a sharper market. The agent is told the same thing: fewer is better than padding.