How to get started with predicting on Hedge

From a new browser to a live position. You will sign in, put USDG in the wallet the app gives you, pick a side on a market, and confirm. Nothing here asks you to manage a seed phrase.

Hedge is a prediction market you trade in dollars. Every market is a question with two sides, Yes and No. Buying a side gives you shares in that outcome. A share pays $1.00 if that side is right and nothing if it is not, so a price of 40¢ is the market saying the outcome looks about 40% likely.

Start on spot. On listed markets the panel also offers 2x and 3x. That path is Leverage markets.

1
Open Hedge and tap Get Started
Go to hedgeapp.trade. On a phone, the menu is the hamburger in the top right. On a larger screen, Get Started sits in the header.
Sign in with an email code, with Google, X, or Discord, or by connecting a wallet you already have. Hedge creates the wallets it needs in the background either way. There is no seed phrase to write down.
2
Put cash in the wallet
Trading spends USDG on Robinhood Chain. That is the only token a buy will take. Two ways to get it there:
- Deposit USDG. Open Profile or tap Deposit in the header, copy the address, and send USDG on Robinhood Chain (chain id 4663). Sending the same address on another network will not show up as cash.
- Convert a token you already hold. On Profile, switch the Polymarket / Swap toggle to Swap. Any Robinhood Chain token in that wallet can be quoted into USDG. Confirm the amount, then wait for the cash to land.
When it has landed, the header shows it as Cash. A few dollars is enough for a first trade. The venue will not take an order under about a dollar.
3
Pick a market
The home page is the market list. Search, or filter by category. Open anything you have a view on. Each card shows the question and the current Yes / No prices in cents.
4
Choose a side and an amount
In the trade panel, tap Yes or No, then type a dollar amount. The panel shows the shares that amount buys and what those shares pay if you are right. That share count comes from the live book, not a back-of-the-envelope divide, so it is what you would actually get.
5
Confirm, and leave the tab open
Tap buy and stay on the page while the steps run. The first trade is the slow one: Hedge has to open a trading session and convert USDG into the token the venue settles in. Both of those are cached, so the next buy is faster.
On success you hold a position. It shows on that market and under Profile.
6
Sell when you want out
You do not have to wait for the question to resolve. Closing sells your shares at the going rate and returns the proceeds as USDG in your cash wallet. If leftover venue-side funds are sitting as pUSD, Cash out on Profile moves them back the same way.

#What a first trade feels like

It is not one click. A buy crosses two chains and an order book. You will watch a short sequence rather than an instant fill.
Selling immediately usually loses a little. You buy the ask and sell the bid. That gap is the spread, not a hidden fee, and a brand-new position can show a small loss for that reason alone.
If something fails, the money is still yours. A conversion that already ran sits in your Polymarket wallet. The next Buy spends that balance instead of converting again.

#If you get stuck

Deposit not showing: confirm the send was USDG on Robinhood Chain, to the address under Deposit. Details in Adding funds.
A token will not convert: some holdings on that chain have no route into USDG yet. Try a more liquid token, or deposit USDG directly.
Need a person: email support@hedgeapp.trade.

#Go deeper

Placing a tradeWhat each confirmation step is doing, and what a rejection actually means.Closing and cashing outSell a position and move the money back to USDG.Markets and pricesWhat a cent-price is saying, and how shares pay out.Money and tokensWhy a buy converts USDG, and where the funds sit while it does.