Making your 1st trade

Your first trade on Maiga Markets is designed to be simple — even if you’ve never used DeFi or a prediction market before. You’ll pick a market, choose a side (YES/NO or Higher/Lower), enter an amount, and confirm after seeing a clear payout preview.


Step 1 — Deposit (USDT on BNB Chain)

  1. Go to Wallet → Deposit

  2. Select USDT (BEP-20)

  3. Copy your deposit address

  4. Send USDT using BNB Chain (BEP-20) from your wallet or exchange

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Only send USDT (BEP-20). Sending USDT from another network (ERC-20 / TRC-20) may result in lost funds.


Step 2 — Pick a Market

Go to Markets and choose something simple for your first try, like:

  • BTC 15-min Close: Higher or Lower

You’ll always see:

  • The market available

  • Expiry time

  • Current odds and payout preview


Step 3 — Choose Your Side

For most markets you’ll choose either:

  • YES / NO, or

  • HIGHER / LOWER

Example market:

“Will BTC close higher in the next 15 minutes?”

  • HIGHER means BTC’s close at expiry is higher than the reference price shown.

  • LOWER means BTC’s close at expiry is lower (or lower/equal depending on the rule).

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Some markets treat “exactly equal” as LOWER. Others may refund. The market Rules will state this.


Step 4 — Enter Stake Amount

Type how much you want to stake (e.g., 10 USD$, 20 USD$, 50 USD$).

Before confirming, you will see:

  • Your stake

  • Your chosen side

  • Your odds

  • Your potential payout if you win

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Start small (like 10–20 USD$) just to understand how prediction market works.


Step 5 — Confirm Your Trade

Once you confirm:

  • Your position is placed immediately

  • You can track it in Dashboard

  • The market will settle automatically at expiry


Step 6 — Settlement & Payout

At expiry, Maiga resolves the market using the listed data sources (e.g., Binance live feed API and/or Chainlink Data Streams).

  • If you win → payout is credited to your balance

  • If you lose → your stake is not returned

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If there’s a dispute caused by data quality issues for that specific market, Maiga will refund all bettors in that market.


Mini Case Study (Alice’s First Trade)

Alice is new to prediction markets. She:

  1. deposits 50 USDT (BEP-20) on BNB Chain

  2. opens BTC 15-min Close: Higher/Lower

  3. chooses HIGHER because BTC looks strong

  4. sees the payout preview and confirms

15 minutes later, BTC closes higher → Alice wins and her payout is credited automatically.

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