152 public wallets checked on polyfees by 13 October 2026, each over the 30 days before its check, from Polymarket’s own public records. Polymarket’s monthly leaders are left out.
The short answer
How you trade on Polymarket makes a big difference to your fees. Traders who mostly wait for their price with limit orders paid about 0.08% of the money they bet; traders on 5-minute crypto rounds paid about 2.95%, and traders who buy long shots at 20¢ or less about 3.46%. Two things drive it: instant buys and sales, which pay the fee, and the price you buy at.
To see what your own style costs, type your Polymarket @name or paste your address into the free check above.
Five trading styles
Each wallet gets one style, checked in this order: waits for its price (30% of the money or less went in instantly), then 5-minute crypto, betting during the game, betting before the game, markets without a start time (each: half or more of the money).
| Style | Wallets | Fees, % of money bet | Ahead: profile → after fees |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waits for its price | 27 | 0.08% | 19 → 18 |
| No start time: politics, weather, events | 44 | 1.03% | 27 → 26 |
| Before the game | 15 | 1.77% | 10 → 9 |
| During the game | 23 | 1.99% | 10 → 10 |
| 5-minute crypto | 38 | 2.95% | 13 → 8 |
Fees are the typical (middle) wallet in each group. “Ahead” counts wallets above zero on the Polymarket profile, which is before fees, and after fees. 5 more wallets fit no style.
By price and by selling
These groups cut across the styles: a wallet can be in a style above and in one or more groups here.
| Group | Wallets | Fees, % of money bet | Ahead: profile → after fees |
|---|---|---|---|
| Favorites: half the money at 85¢+ | 26 | 0.12% | 19 → 18 |
| Sells early: 60% of the money | 44 | 1.58% | 29 → 26 |
| Long shots: 30% of the money at 20¢ or less | 21 | 3.46% | 9 → 8 |
What the numbers have in common
- Instant trades pay, waiting orders don’t. The styles that pay most put almost all their money in at the screen price; the one that pays least does the opposite, and Polymarket paid most of those wallets back more than their fees.
- Price matters. For every style, cheap shares pay the biggest fee as a share of the bet and shares near $1 the smallest.
- Fast rounds add up. On 5-minute crypto, fees turned 5 of 13 profitable months into losses; in no other style did fees turn more than 1.
Read this with care
These are public wallets checked on polyfees, not all of Polymarket. The numbers describe what each style paid in 30 days, not that a style wins, and we don’t give advice on how to trade. Polymarket’s monthly leaders are in a study of their own.
Questions
Which trading style pays the least in fees on Polymarket?
Waiting for your price with limit orders: about 0.08% of the money bet for the typical wallet among 27 we checked. A limit order that waits pays no fee and gets a share of other traders’ fees.
Which style pays the most?
Buying long shots at 20¢ or less (about 3.46% of the money bet) and trading 5-minute crypto rounds (about 2.95%), both mostly with instant buys.
How do I find my own style?
Run the free check on your address: it shows your fees for 30 days to the cent, what Polymarket shows for your month and your month after fees. Compare your fees as a share of what you bet with the table above.