Rules checked against Polymarket’s documentation and help on 13 October 2026. Wallet numbers from polyfees checks up to 13 October 2026.
The short answer
Polymarket pays daily rewards to traders who keep limit orders waiting close to the market price, whether or not those orders trade. In 187 public wallets we checked, 54 received such rewards in 30 days; the typical one got $49.66, and the most was $6,680.36. For most of these wallets the rewards were small next to the fees they paid: about 8% of their fees for the typical one.
To see what Polymarket paid your wallet back in the last 30 days — rewards, fee returns and the rest — next to the fees you paid, type your @name or paste your address into the free check above.
How the rewards work
- Who gets them: anyone whose limit orders wait in a market that pays rewards. There is nothing to join.
- How close and how big: each market sets how far from the middle price an order can be and the smallest size that counts. Orders closer to the middle score more.
- Both sides pay more. Orders on both sides of a market score more than one side. When the middle price is below 10¢ or above 90¢, orders on both sides are required.
- How it is counted: the order book is sampled once a minute, at a random moment; orders must wait at least 3.5 seconds to count.
- Paid daily, around midnight UTC, only if the day’s amount reaches $1; smaller amounts do not carry over.
- Where to see them: polymarket.com/rewards shows the day’s earnings and which markets pay.
Four kinds of money Polymarket pays back
| Payment | For what | Wallets that got $1+ in 30 days | Typical amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fee return | Part of the fee on instant trades, by level | 112 of 187 | $69.75 |
| Share for limit orders | Part of other traders’ fees, when your waiting order trades | 104 of 187 | $94.47 |
| Liquidity rewards | Keeping orders near the price, traded or not | 54 of 187 | $49.66 |
| Holding rewards | Holding positions in certain long-running markets (3.25% a year) | 27 of 187 | $79.61 |
Typical amount = the middle value among the wallets that got the payment. None of this money is in the profit figure on a Polymarket profile. More: does Polymarket give any fees back?
What the numbers say
- Rewards rarely cover the fees. Of the 54 wallets with liquidity rewards, 11 received more in rewards than they paid in fees in the same 30 days.
- Only orders near the price count. Orders far from the middle price or outside the market’s size limits earn nothing.
- A waiting order can still trade. When it does, you hold the position at that price, with its risk; the reward is not a payment for free.
We don’t give advice on how to farm rewards or what to trade. These are the rules and what real wallets received.
Questions
What are Polymarket liquidity rewards?
Daily payments to traders who keep limit orders waiting near the market price in markets that pay rewards. Closer and larger orders, and orders on both sides, earn more. Paid around midnight UTC once a day’s amount reaches $1.
How much do Polymarket liquidity rewards pay?
In 187 public wallets we checked, 54 received them over 30 days; the typical amount was $49.66 and the largest $6,680.36.
Are liquidity rewards the same as the share for limit orders?
No. The share for limit orders (Polymarket calls it the maker rebate) is paid only when your waiting order trades, out of the fees paid in that market. Liquidity rewards are paid for keeping orders near the price, whether they trade or not.