Price markets

Price markets are recurring Up/Down markets on the price of a crypto asset. Each market asks one simple question: will the price at the end of a fixed window be at or above where it started? If yes, Up wins; if not, Down wins.

You'll find them under the Recurring tab on the markets list. The window length is fixed per series — 5, 10, or 15 minutes are typical — and each series (e.g. "BTC 15m") shows one live card at a time. Past and upcoming windows are one tap away from the market page.

#How the target works

• The target is the asset's price at the moment the window starts. It's provided and cryptographically signed by the RedStone oracle.
• Every market opens for trading one window early. During that phase the target shows as -- — it hasn't been set yet.
• The target locks the moment the market's own window starts, and never changes afterward.
• The market page shows the target and the live current price side by side, so you always see how far the price is from the line that decides the outcome.

#How resolution works

Resolution is automatic and on-chain — no one on the operations team enters the outcome:

1. When the window ends, the settlement contract compares the price at the window's end against the target.
2. End price at or above the target → Up wins. Otherwise Down wins. An exactly equal price resolves Up.
3. Settlement completes shortly after the window ends — typically under a minute. Once resolved, winning shares redeem for USDT like any other market.

Both prices are signed by the RedStone oracle and verified on-chain by the settlement contract (the RedStone Adapter) — see contract addresses.

#Windows & schedule

• Windows run back-to-back: the moment one window ends, the next one starts.
• Because each market opens one window early, the next window's market is already tradable while the current one is still running — you never have to wait for a new market.
• The market page shows a countdown to the window's end. When it reaches zero, trading stops and the market resolves.
• Past results (green/red dots) and neighboring windows are navigable from the chips below the chart.

#Next concepts

• Resolution — how outcomes are finalized on other market types
• Prices — why an outcome's price is a probability