FAQ

Common questions about Hedge Layer, market intelligence, liquidity provision, and how the platform works.

Do I need an account?

Yes — you need to sign in to save conversations and market briefs. Creating an account is free and takes seconds via passwordless email.

What is a Market Brief?

A Market Brief is Hedge Layer's structured intelligence output. It includes a thesis, the most relevant prediction markets with probabilities, causal reasoning linking each market to your topic, and coverage gaps where no good market exists. Briefs are saved and can be revisited anytime.

How does the AI find relevant markets?

The AI agent uses real-time web research (via Perplexity) to understand current events and causal chains, then searches Polymarket using keyword matching, category browsing, and related-market discovery. It scores markets for interestingness — volume spikes, price dislocations, catalyst windows, asymmetric setups — and filters out noise.

What signals does the system track?

Hedge Layer scores markets across several signal types: volume spikes, price dislocations, contrarian setups, catalyst windows (imminent resolution), asymmetric opportunities (low price + real liquidity), momentum shifts, and quality edges. These signals help surface markets worth paying attention to.

Can I act on the intelligence?

Yes. Every market in a brief links directly to Polymarket, where you can trade. Hedge Layer focuses on the intelligence layer — researching, discovering, synthesizing, saving markets, and dry-running liquidity allocation plans — so you can act with a clear thesis. Hedge Layer does not place live trades or hold funds.

What are bookmarked markets used for?

You can save markets from search and feed results, revisit them from the Bookmarks page, and use them as a preference signal for future AI market discovery.

Does the allocator place trades?

No. Allocator cycles are dry-run only. They plan candidate allocations and quote regimes from feed results, but live trade execution remains outside the allocator.

How does liquidity provision work?

Hedge Layer screens markets for potential maker opportunities using rewards, spread, fill likelihood, depth, volatility, time to resolution, and market quality. The dry-run allocator applies strategy caps, then returns decisions, target capital, safety checks, rationale, and passive order levels. These are planning outputs, not executed trades.

What topics can I explore?

Anything that Polymarket has markets on: geopolitics, elections, policy decisions, crypto, climate, natural disasters, economics, sports, science, and culture. The AI will tell you honestly if there aren't suitable markets and will suggest causal-chain angles or proxy markets instead.

Are there usage limits?

Hedge Layer does not use paid message tiers for access to the intelligence tools. Normal abuse-prevention rate limits still apply to protect the service.

How does Hedge Layer make money?

Hedge Layer has no tool subscription, management fee, deposit fee, or withdrawal fee. When users opt into liquidity strategies, Hedge Layer takes 12.5% of net LP earnings generated through the strategy. If there are no LP earnings, there is no fee.

Is there a mobile app?

Not yet. Hedge Layer is a web application optimized for desktop browsers. Mobile support is on the roadmap.

What data does Hedge Layer collect?

See the Privacy Policy for details. In summary: your email (for auth), conversation data (for session persistence), and anonymized usage analytics. Hedge Layer does not execute trades or hold user funds.