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Binary market (Yes/No market)

What is a binary (Yes/No) market?

A binary market has two outcomes, Yes and No. The Yes and No prices add up to about $1, because exactly one of them pays out.

On Polymarket

Most Polymarket questions are Yes/No markets; list markets, such as 'who will win', are built from one Yes/No market per candidate.

👉 How Yes/No markets work

Multi-outcome market · Event contract · Market resolution

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How does Binary market work on Polymarket?

Most Polymarket questions are Yes/No markets; list markets, such as 'who will win', are built from one Yes/No market per candidate.

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