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Updated September 25, 2026 · facts checked against the dated sources listed below
Polymarket lists its newest markets on a New page and lets you sort its market list by newest, and this site keeps a weekly list of new markets with a free JSON file. Before you trade one, read the rules and resolution source, look at the order book and note the end date, because a young market often has a thin book and wording nobody has tested yet.
Polymarket's New page, at polymarket.com/new, lists the most recently opened events first. Its main market list can also be sorted by trending, volume, liquidity, newest or ending soon, and Polymarket says each listing shows the current probability, total volume, daily volume and available liquidity, which is a quick first filter.
Users cannot create markets themselves, but Polymarket's help center encourages them to suggest ideas, for example by tagging @polymarket on X, with a proposed title, the resolution source and evidence that people want to trade it.
See also: New Polymarket markets this week
Our new-markets page lists the markets whose start date falls in the last seven days, most traded first by 24-hour volume. It leaves out recurring series such as crypto up-or-down, daily price and temperature markets, and single games, and it is refreshed twice a day.
The same list is free as JSON at /api/v1/new-markets.json, with each market's title, links, leading outcome, probability, opening time, 24-hour volume and end date, under CC BY 4.0 with credit. To pull new events yourself, Polymarket's Gamma API documents a list-events endpoint with a start_date_min filter, a closed flag and order and ascending parameters for sorting.
See also: Free Polymarket odds API
Polymarket's documentation says every market has written rules that set the resolution source, the end date and the handling of edge cases, and it warns that the title only describes the question while the rules decide the result. A new market deserves a slow read, since nobody has argued over its wording yet.
Check what exactly counts, such as an announcement, an official result or a reported figure; the deadline and its time zone; and what happens if the event is canceled or has no clear answer. Some rules send that case to a 50-50 resolution, which pays $0.50 a share, and our guides below cover the variants.
See also: How Polymarket markets resolve · What happens when a market is canceled · What “Other” means
The rules name where the answer will come from, such as an official announcement or a specific website. Open that source before trading, confirm it publishes the figure the question asks about on the schedule the market assumes, and note any fallback the rules give if it does not.
The source matters most when a result is contested. Anyone can challenge a proposed result during a two-hour window, a second challenge sends the question to a vote of UMA token holders, and Polymarket's documentation puts a disputed resolution at four to six days in total, against about two hours for an undisputed one.
See also: Resolution source · Dispute
A new market starts with no price at all: according to Polymarket, the first trade happens when an order to buy Yes and an order to buy No add up to $1. Until depth arrives, the headline number can mislead, because Polymarket displays the midpoint of the best bid and ask, or the last trade when the spread is wider than 10 cents.
Polymarket sets no trading size limits, but its help center says there is no guarantee you can trade the amount you want without moving the price, or at all if nobody takes the other side. Open the order book, look at the spread and at how many shares sit near the best prices, and note that its documentation says a market can exist before its order book opens.
See also: How to read a Polymarket order book · How to spot a thin order book
The end date is when a market becomes eligible for resolution, not the day you are paid. A market can resolve earlier once its result is clear, and in our resolution-time study of markets that closed between September 25, 2025 and September 24, 2026, 20% resolved before their end date.
A distant end date also ties up your money for months. Our APY calculator turns a price and a date into a yearly return, and our calendar lists the markets ending each month.
See also: How long does Polymarket take to resolve? · Polymarket calendar · APY calculator
Rules can gain clarifications after trading starts. Polymarket's help center says a clarification clears the order book and cancels every resting order, so re-read the rules and re-check your orders when one appears.
Fees can differ between look-alike markets. Polymarket applies each category's taker fee only to markets created on or after that fee's start date, so a new market can charge a fee that an older one on the same topic does not. In sports markets, resting limit orders are canceled when the game starts.
Finally, an early price may rest on a few small trades. Wait for the book to fill in before reading it as the crowd's view, and compare a new market's rules with any similar older market before assuming the two should trade at the same price.
See also: Polymarket fees by category
On Polymarket's New page, which lists recently opened events first, or by sorting its market list by newest. Our new-markets page and its JSON file list the week's new markets, most traded first, without recurring series and single games.
No. Polymarket lists markets itself; its help center invites suggestions that include a title, a resolution source and evidence of demand.
Its order book may be thin, so small orders move the price, and when the spread is wider than 10 cents Polymarket shows the last trade instead of the midpoint.
Not necessarily. The end date is when the market becomes eligible for resolution, and it can resolve earlier if the result is known. Settlement takes about two hours after an undisputed proposal, or four to six days in total if disputed.
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