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Negative risk (neg risk)

What is negative risk (neg risk)?

Negative risk describes multi-outcome markets where only one outcome can win, which lets an exchange treat a No share on one outcome as equivalent to Yes shares on all the others. That links the prices of the outcomes together.

On Polymarket

Polymarket marks such events as negative-risk markets; this is why the prices of all candidates in a 'who will win' market move together.

👉 How multi-outcome markets work

Multi-outcome market · Arbitrage · Order book

Frequently asked questions

How does Negative risk work on Polymarket?

Polymarket marks such events as negative-risk markets; this is why the prices of all candidates in a 'who will win' market move together.

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