> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://tickside.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# What tickside is

> The execution layer for prediction markets. Both sides of the book on one price column, with the way out one click away.

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You already have somewhere to bet. What you do not have is a place to **trade**.

tickside is the desk. Every price the market is showing, on one column. Your own
orders resting on the same rungs as everyone else's. One click to get out. It is
built for the person who wants to move in and out of a position while the game
is still running, not for the person who places one bet and waits.

## Getting in

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Create an account" icon="user-plus" href="/essentials/connect">
    Sign in with email or Google and a wallet is made for you. No seed phrase,
    nothing to write down.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Bring an account you have" icon="key" href="/essentials/connect">
    Paste the signer key of the account you already trade with. Your address,
    your funds and your account type are worked out for you.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

<Warning>
  **We never store your private key.** Not encrypted, not hashed, not anywhere. It
  stays in your browser, every order is signed there, and our servers are not in
  the path. See [security](/account/security) for the detail rather than the
  promise.
</Warning>

## Any market with a price

Sport is where most people start, but the desk does not care what the question
is. If the venue lists it, you can trade it.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Sport" icon="futbol">
    Football, basketball, tennis, esports, MMA, baseball. Match odds, totals,
    corners, halves, per team lines.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Politics" icon="landmark">
    Elections, nominations, appointments, anything with a date and an outcome.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Crypto and macro" icon="chart-line">
    Price windows, rate decisions, listings.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Whatever else is listed" icon="circle-question">
    Awards, launches, approvals. The ladder does not know the difference.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## What makes it a desk and not a betting slip

<Steps>
  <Step title="You see the whole book">
    Not a headline price. Every rung with money on it, on both sides, at the
    venue's own tick.
  </Step>

  <Step title="You can rest an order">
    Ask for a price the market is not offering yet and wait for it to come to
    you. That is how you get filled at a better number, and it costs no fee.
  </Step>

  <Step title="You can get out">
    One click flattens a position through the book. The P\&L column tells you
    what closing at each price would lock in before you press anything.
  </Step>

  <Step title="You keep your own money">
    We never hold funds. Balances sit at the venue, in your account, the whole
    time.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Note>
  Want to try it with nothing at risk first? [Paper trading](/essentials/paper)
  gives you a simulated \$1,000 on the real live book.
</Note>

<Warning>
  tickside is an independent trading interface for prediction market venues. It is
  not affiliated with or endorsed by any venue it connects to. Trading prediction
  markets involves risk of loss, and what you can access depends on where you are.
  Nothing here is financial advice.
</Warning>