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Risk Disclosure

Last updated: April 25, 2026

In short: you can pay an entry fee and get nothing back. Most challenges fail. Only take part with money you are comfortable losing.

PolyFunding is a paid skill challenge

  • PolyFunding is a paid skill challenge with a cash prize. It is not investing, trading, or gambling.
  • You pay an entry fee. You receive a simulated trading account. You may earn a bounty if you meet the rules. You may also earn nothing.
  • Most participants in any prop-firm-style challenge do not pass. You should treat the entry fee as money you are willing to lose.

You can lose your entry fee

  • If you breach the maximum drawdown, daily drawdown, or position-sizing rules, your challenge ends immediately and your fee is forfeit.
  • If you do not hit the profit target within 30 days, your challenge expires and your fee is forfeit.
  • If you do not trade on at least 10 different days, you cannot pass even if you reach the profit target. Fee is forfeit.
  • Entry fees are non-refundable. Pay only with money you are comfortable losing.

Simulation is approximate, not exact

  • Paper fills are based on live Polymarket orderbook data and approximate what you would likely receive. They are not perfect.
  • Latency, partial fills, market impact, and orderbook race conditions may all differ from a live execution. We do our best, but expect drift.
  • Limit orders fill when a real trade prints at or through your price. If liquidity is thin, your order may sit unfilled for a long time even though you would expect a fill.

Polymarket dependency

  • PolyFunding uses public market data from Polymarket. We do not control Polymarket and are not affiliated with them.
  • If Polymarket changes their API, removes a market, or experiences downtime, PolyFunding may degrade or pause. We will do our best to extend or refund affected challenges, but cannot guarantee it.
  • If a market you hold a position in is delisted before resolution, you may not be able to close that position. We may force-close it administratively at a price we determine in good faith.

Crypto and on-chain risks

  • Entry fees and bounties are paid in USDC on Solana or Polygon. You are responsible for safeguarding the wallet you use.
  • If you lose access to your wallet, we cannot recover your fee or pay your bounty.
  • Network congestion or fee spikes may delay payments. We are not liable for chain-level issues.
  • USDC is issued by a third party (Circle). We do not control its peg or redeemability.

Tax

  • Bounties may be taxable income in your jurisdiction. You are responsible for determining and paying any tax owed.
  • We do not issue 1099s, P60s, or other tax forms. Keep your own records.
  • If you require tax documentation, consult a tax professional in your country.

No advice

  • Nothing on PolyFunding — including the markets we list, the example trades shown, or any communication from us — is investment, legal, or tax advice.
  • Markets you trade on PolyFunding are not investments. They are inputs to a skill challenge.
  • Decisions you make on PolyFunding are entirely your own.

Software risk

  • PolyFunding is software. Software has bugs. We may discover bugs that affect fills, P&L calculations, or rule evaluation.
  • If we discover a bug that materially advantaged or disadvantaged you, we will use our good-faith judgment to fix the affected challenges. This may mean voiding a pass or extending a failed challenge.
  • We do not pay damages beyond the entry fee, in line with the limits in our Terms of Service.