Quick Start
Create Your First Market
Launch a binary prediction market on your venue — set the question, resolution criteria, and end date.
Market Types
OddMaki supports two market types:
- Binary Market — A single YES/NO question. "Will ETH hit $10k by Q4 2025?"
- Market Group — Multiple mutually exclusive outcomes. "Who wins the 2025 NBA Finals?" with multiple teams as options.
We'll start with a simple binary market.
Create a Binary Market
Through your venue app UI, navigate to the market creation page. You'll set:
| Field | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Question | The prediction question. Be specific. | "Will ETH trade above $10,000 on any major exchange before December 31, 2025?" |
| Resolution Criteria | How the outcome is determined. The more precise, the fewer disputes. | "Resolves YES if ETH/USD exceeds $10,000 on Coinbase, Binance, or Kraken at any point before the end date." |
| End Date | When the market stops accepting new orders and can be resolved. | 2025-12-31 |
What Happens On-Chain
When you create a market, the protocol:
- Registers the market on your venue with the question and resolution criteria
- Sets up conditional tokens via the CTF (Conditional Token Framework) — this creates the YES and NO token pair
- Opens the orderbook — the market is immediately live and accepting limit orders
Market is Live
Once the transaction confirms, traders can:
- Place limit orders at any price between 1¢ and 99¢
- Buy YES if they think the outcome is likely
- Buy NO if they think it's unlikely
- Orders match through the on-chain CLOB via Normal Fill, Mint-to-Fill, or Merge-to-Fill
What's Next
You now have a live prediction market platform with your own venue, your own domain, and your first market accepting trades.
From here you can:
- Configure your fee structure to optimize revenue
- Set up access control to gate who can trade or create markets
- Learn about resolution to understand how markets settle
- Explore the protocol architecture for a deeper technical understanding