Glossary
Core terms for Polymarket.com, Polymarket APIs, and HolyPoly. Each entry links to relevant pages inside HolyPoly and official Polymarket documentation where helpful. Educational only; not financial advice.
- Polymarket
A prediction market platform (polymarket.com) where traders buy and sell outcome shares on events; prices reflect implied probabilities and can change quickly. HolyPoly reads public Polymarket data to power analytics and playbooks—you still execute trades on Polymarket unless you use the HolyPoly bot.
External
Positions in an outcome’s YES or NO side. Prices are typically quoted between $0 and $1 and represent market-implied odds before fees, slippage, and your own execution.
On HolyPoly
- CLOB (central limit order book)
Polymarket’s order book: resting bids and offers. Tighter spreads and deeper books usually mean cheaper round-trips and more liquidity near the mid. The CLOB API (clob.polymarket.com) exposes order books, prices, and order placement for traders and bots.
External
- Gamma API
Polymarket’s market discovery API (gamma-api.polymarket.com): events, markets, metadata, search, and tags. HolyPoly uses it for Movers, Events, market search, and market context.
On HolyPoly
External
- Data API
Polymarket’s data API (data-api.polymarket.com): public endpoints for positions, activity, closed positions, leaderboard, and more. HolyPoly uses it for wallet playbooks, win rate, PnL, and leaderboard rankings.
On HolyPoly
External
- Condition ID vs token ID
Condition IDs identify a market condition (0x + 64 hex). Token IDs are used on the CLOB for trading and can differ in format. Some Data API routes expect condition IDs; using the wrong ID type can cause errors (e.g. holders). HolyPoly maps markets to the right identifiers where the API requires them.
On HolyPoly
External
- Liquidity
How much size can trade near the top of book without moving price sharply. Low liquidity can mean higher slippage. Gamma and CLOB APIs expose liquidity and depth signals HolyPoly surfaces in discovery and context.
On HolyPoly
- Leaderboard (HolyPoly)
HolyPoly ranks Polymarket proxy wallets using Data API public data (e.g. PnL, win rate, trade counts) with filters and edge scoring. It is a research surface, not a ranking of future performance.
On HolyPoly
- Flow (HolyPoly)
Net dollar flow into YES versus NO over a recent window (typically 24–48 hours). It shows where money moved—not a guaranteed price forecast.
On HolyPoly
- Movers
HolyPoly surfaces large 24h price moves on Polymarket using Gamma market data. Often free to browse without a subscription—check the live product for access rules.
On HolyPoly
- Events (HolyPoly)
Event discovery and grouping: politics, crypto, sports, and themed feeds. Powered by Gamma event/market data and HolyPoly routing.
On HolyPoly
- Playbook (HolyPoly)
Copy-ready instructions derived from a wallet’s activity: market, side, entry context, size, and exit cues. You execute on Polymarket unless you use the separate HolyPoly bot.
- Edge score (HolyPoly)
A ranked signal combining win rate, sample size, and PnL context to surface wallets worth reviewing—statistics, not a promise of future results.
On HolyPoly
- PnL
Profit and loss: how much a wallet or position gained or lost over a period. HolyPoly displays PnL from public Polymarket data with the usual caveats (timing, fees, resolution).
On HolyPoly
- Win rate
Share of closed positions that were profitable over a sample. Higher win rate with tiny sample size can be misleading—HolyPoly encourages filters like minimum trade counts.
On HolyPoly
- Spread & spread scanner
The gap between best bid and best ask. HolyPoly’s tight spread scanner highlights opportunities with tighter bid–ask liquidity (CLOB-aware context).
On HolyPoly
- Market search (HolyPoly)
Keyword search over Polymarket markets/events via HolyPoly’s `/api/markets/search` route backed by Gamma-style discovery. Use `?q=` on the page URL to prefill a query.
On HolyPoly
- Resolution
How a market’s outcome is determined and settled under Polymarket’s rules and oracle process.
External
- Proxy wallet
The Polymarket trading identity HolyPoly analyzes when showing leaderboards and playbooks (public leaderboard and wallet data).
On HolyPoly
- HolyPoly bot
Pro feature: an AI-assisted, multi-market Polymarket engine with a funded account, performance reporting, and a live terminal—separate from manual copy trading. Uses authenticated CLOB flows where applicable.
- Order types (CLOB)
Common Polymarket CLOB order modes include GTC (good till cancelled), GTD (good till date), FOK (fill or kill), and FAK (fill and kill). Bots and advanced users pick types based on urgency and partial fills.
On HolyPoly
External
- WebSocket (CLOB)
Real-time channel for order book and order updates (wss://ws-subscriptions-clob.polymarket.com/ws/). Useful for low-latency displays; HolyPoly may use polling or WebSockets depending on feature.
External
- Polymarket developer docs
Official API references for CLOB, Gamma, Data API, authentication, and glossaries. Start from the LLM-friendly index to discover endpoints before deep linking.