Resolution guide

How to read Polymarket resolution rules before trading.

Learn how Polymarket resolution rules, primary sources, deadlines, revisions, cancellations and disputes determine market payouts.

Reviewed August 10, 2026 · Educational content · Not financial advice

The market title is not the complete rule

The headline makes a market easy to scan, but the resolution text controls settlement. Read the named source, qualifying event, deadline, time zone and any cancellation or revision clauses before treating the displayed outcome as straightforward.

Five details that commonly change the result

  1. Primary source: an official agency, league, oracle, exchange, publication or named data set.
  2. Cutoff: the exact date, time zone and measurement window.
  3. Definition: what counts as approval, launch, resignation, ceasefire, landfall or another event.
  4. Revisions: whether the first release or a later corrected result controls.
  5. Exceptions: postponements, cancellations, ties, abandoned events and unavailable data.

Category-specific examples

Sports: check whether overtime counts and how postponements or stat corrections are handled.

Crypto: use the named oracle and timestamp rather than a chart from another exchange.

Politics: distinguish media projections, concessions and certified official results.

Weather and economy: verify the station or agency, units, rounding and whether revisions count.

Use the score as a prompt, not an answer

99market's automated score can flag objective sources or vague wording, but it cannot interpret every rule or real-world edge case. Review the rule-quality score methodology and then open the original market before making a decision.