How to Set a Limit Price on Polymarket (US 2026)

How We Verify

Checked Aug 8, 2026

We checked Polymarket US’s published Glossary (Order: a request to buy or sell contracts at a chosen price; Bid; Ask; BBO; Spread; Size; Marketable limit order; Execution price; Fill price; Maker; Taker; Open order), Orders & Trading (Limit order: you set a price and the order sits until someone trades against it or you cancel; Market order: fills immediately at the best available price; the price always refers to the YES side), Order Types (price protection: never filled worse than the price you set; leftover can rest as an open order), Prices & Market Data (a limit at a specific price that does not cross sits; a limit that crosses fills immediately like a market; a market order is a taker), Spreads (a marketable buy pays the ask; a marketable sell receives the bid), Place a Trade and Order Placement (Yes or No, a dollar amount or Max, review, swipe — no reprinted Limit price / Price / Cents field on the swipe we checked), Liquidity (on the take-now walk: you cannot set a custom limit price; the price you receive depends on what is available when you submit), Official Orders API Overview (developer price / Limit price on ORDER_TYPE_LIMIT — not a retail chip), Website vs App, What is Polymarket US, and the official US docs index (llms.txt). We reprint only labels those pages print. If a Limit price / Price / Cents box is not on those retail pages, we describe the action instead of inventing a header. We do not reprint a live bid, ask, or personal fill. Last checked August 2026.

Reviewed by: Scott, Editor
Terms checked against: Operator-published terms, August 8, 2026
Hands-on testing: In progress — updates to follow

Who this guide is for

US adults who are about to place a new Polymarket US order and need to set the limit price — the number you are willing to pay or sell at — before that order rests. This is not how to read trade history, not how to read your portfolio, not how to read open orders, not how to read a partial fill, not how to cancel an open order, not how to sell a filled position, and not how to tell maker from taker. Those pages are completed fills, the live list, leftover size already on the book, the middle state, the unfilled undo, the exit on shares you still hold, and the role after a clip sits or lifts. This page is typing the price. Then we link out. Polymarket is the only live outbound on this page.

What a limit price is

Official Orders & Trading is the published split: you set a price, or you take the book now. Official Glossary calls that number a chosen price. Official Prices & Market Data is a central limit order book — not a house line. See prediction markets vs sportsbooks if you wanted a parked sportsbook number. There isn’t one.

The chosen price — what you will pay, or what you will sell at

Official Glossary + Orders & Trading

Official Glossary: an order is a request to buy or sell contracts at a chosen price. Official Orders & Trading: a limit order is you set a price; the order sits on the book until someone trades against it, or you cancel it. On a buy, that number is the most you are willing to pay. On a sell, it is the least you will accept. Official Order Types: price protection — the fill is never worse than the price you set. We do not reprint a live bid or ask.

Not a market / taker fill — that path does not type a resting price

Official Orders & Trading + Liquidity

Official Orders & Trading: a market order fills immediately at the best available price and you pay the spread. Official Prices & Market Data: that now-fill is a taker — you take posted size. Official Liquidity, on that take-now walk: you cannot set a custom limit price; the price you receive depends on what is available at the moment you submit. This page is the other action: type the price first, then let the order rest if it does not cross. It is not How to tell maker from taker — that page only names the role after the clip sits or lifts.

The printed number is still the YES side

Official Orders & Trading

Official Orders & Trading: when you place an order, the price always refers to the YES side. Buying YES is a long on the outcome happening. Selling YES is the published way to trade the outcome not happening. Official Prices & Market Data: every contract is priced between $0 and $1 — that is the published scale, not tonight’s board. We will not paste a live cents print onto this page.

Official chosen price · not a market/taker now-fill · YES-side print

Where the limit price field lives

Hard rule: if official US help names a field, we name it. If a box is not on those pages, we describe the action. Official Website vs App splits the international site from the US desk.

On the new-order card — if public US help or the live card shows it

Action, not an invented header

Official Place a Trade and Official Order Placement reprint Yes or No, a dollar amount or Max, review, then swipe to confirm. Those pages do not reprint a retail field labelled Limit price, Price, or Cents on the swipe we checked. We will not invent one. Official Orders & Trading already names the action: you set a price. If the live US card already shows Limit, Limit price, Price, or a cents box, use that live word. If it only lets you type or step a number with no header, type the number you will pay or sell at before you confirm.

US app — not polymarket.com

Official Website vs App

Official Website vs App: US residents deposit and trade in the Polymarket US app, not on the international website. Official What is Polymarket US? is the CFTC-regulated designated contract market this record belongs to. Official Place a Trade is written for that US swipe. If a control is labelled differently in-app, follow the live screen. If the sports desk is hidden where you live, stop.

API “Limit price” is not a retail chip we will paste on the swipe

Official Orders API Overview

Official Orders API Overview names a developer price object and the words Limit price on ORDER_TYPE_LIMIT. That is useful if you already have the authenticated access those pages describe. It is not permission to tell a US retail reader to open a developer portal, paste a key, or treat price.value as a phone label. We describe the action on the live card instead of inventing that chip.

No invented Limit price tab · type the number if the live card shows it · US app, not polymarket.com

A limit is not a market / taker fill

Official Order Types is the processing rule underneath. Official Spreads is what a take-now buy or sell pays. Official Liquidity is the walk that does not let you type a custom limit. We name those clocks. We do not reprint a live dollar.

Type a price that does not cross — the order can rest

Official Prices & Market Data

Official Prices & Market Data: when you place a limit at a specific price and it does not fill immediately, it sits on the book waiting. Official Glossary: an open order is still waiting to be filled. Official Orders & Trading lifecycle after you confirm: Pending, then Open. Finding that resting clip later is How to read open orders. This page stops at typing the price — before it rests.

Take the book now — no custom limit on that walk

Official Spreads + Liquidity

Official Spreads: a marketable buy pays the ask; a marketable sell receives the bid. Official Prices & Market Data: the BBO is the price a market order would trade at right now. Official Liquidity: on that take-now path you cannot set a custom limit price. That is the market / taker fill this how-to is not. We do not reprint a live BBO.

A typed price that crosses still fills like a market — it is not a rest

Official Prices & Market Data + Order Types

Official Prices & Market Data: if your limit’s price crosses the best available on the other side, it fills immediately, like a market order. Official Order Types: available size fills at the best price shown; leftover can rest as an open order at the price you set. Official Order Types teaching example uses a $0.52 ask and a 1,000-lot clip — that is a docs book, not tonight’s NFL board. The now-fill is still a take. The leftover that stays is size you already priced. How to read a partial fill names that split. We do not clone it.

Official rest vs take-now · crossing still fills like a market · no invented live BBO

How to type the limit price on a new order

Step 1

Open one market on the US app and confirm it still accepts orders

Official Place a Trade: from the home screen, tap any market to open it, then choose Yes or No. Official Prices & Market Data: Open accepts orders; Pre-open, Suspended, Halted, or Expired does not trade the same way. Official Website vs App: US residents use the Polymarket US app, not polymarket.com. If the sports desk is hidden where you live, stop. This page assumes you are about to type a price on a new order — not read History, not cancel leftover size, and not sell a ticket you already hold.
Step 2

Decide you will set a price — not take the book at the BBO

Official Orders & Trading: a limit is a price you set; a market fills immediately at the best available price and you pay the spread. Official Liquidity: on the take-now walk you cannot set a custom limit price. If you wanted that now-fill, stop here — this how-to is the typed number. Official Place a Trade does not reprint a Limit versus Market chip on the swipe we checked. We will not invent one. The action is: will you type the price you will pay or sell at, or will you take posted size now?
Step 3

Find the live price box if public help or the card shows it — then type the number

Official Place a Trade and Official Order Placement reprint a dollar amount or Max. They do not reprint a retail field labelled Limit price, Price, or Cents on the swipe we checked. Official Orders & Trading already names the action: you set a price. If the live US card shows Limit, Limit price, Price, or a cents box, use that live word and type the most you will pay (buy) or the least you will accept (sell). If there is no header, type or step the number before you review. We do not reprint a live cents print, and we will not paste an API price.value onto the phone.
Step 4

Read whether that number will rest or cross — then review before you confirm

Official Prices & Market Data: if the typed price does not cross the other side, the order can sit; if it does cross, it fills now like a market. Official Order Types: leftover size can rest at the price you set. Official Place a Trade: review your order details, then swipe up to confirm. Official Orders & Trading: the printed price refers to the YES side. Size, cancel, selling a filled position, and the maker/taker stamp live on later how-tos. This step only checks the number you typed.
Step 5

Stop — History, Portfolio, open orders, and a partial fill are later how-tos

Official Glossary: History is past filled orders and closed positions. Official Monitor Your Positions is the live Portfolio list. Official Glossary: an open order is still waiting — How to read open orders. Official Order Types: some matched, rest still open — How to read a partial fill. Canceling leftover size and selling a ticket you already hold are their own click paths. Event contracts can settle at zero. Trade only what you can afford to lose. Nothing here is investment advice.

This is not History, Portfolio, or a sale

Official Glossary: History is past filled orders and closed positions. That completed-trade list lives on How to read trade history on Polymarket. Official Monitor Your Positions is contracts you still hold. That live list lives on How to read your portfolio on Polymarket. Official Glossary: an open order is still waiting. Finding that remainder is How to read open orders on Polymarket. Official Order Types: some matched, rest still open. That split is How to read a partial fill on Polymarket. This page will not invent a US Limit price chip, and it will not reprint a live cents print.

The broader rest / cancel / partial walk is How to place a limit order on Polymarket. The role after a clip sits or lifts is How to tell maker from taker on Polymarket. Pulling leftover size is How to cancel an open order on Polymarket. The exit on shares you still own is How to sell a filled position on Polymarket. We do not clone those pages.

API “Limit price” is not a retail Price chip

Official Orders API Overview names a developer price object and the words Limit price on ORDER_TYPE_LIMIT. Official Order Types still processes retail flow as marketable limit orders with price protection. That is useful if you already have the authenticated access those pages describe. It is not permission to tell a US retail reader to open a developer portal, paste a key, or run a script — and it is not a reason to invent a Limit price tab on the US swipe.

Blocked and contested states

Reported unavailable as of June 2026: Arizona, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, Nevada and Ohio. That list is not a promise it stays still — litigation around sports event contracts in particular can narrow or shift access. If you are in a listed state, do not type a limit on the assumption the desk is open. If you are in Florida or another green-light state, still confirm the ticket appears and still accepts a typed price before you leave size on the book.

Age is 18+ with identity verification. That is a different gate from the 21+ / responsible-gambling frame on our DFS pages, because these are traded financial instruments. If you also want NFL DFS, start at the picks hub — those contest-lock rules do not carry over. Compare platforms on the prediction-markets hub.

What you will not get from this page

A dollar welcome match, a paste-this promo code, a live bid or ask, an invented Limit price / Price / Cents field the official US swipe pages do not print, a cloned trade-history / portfolio / open-orders / partial-fill / cancel-open-order / sell-filled-position / maker-from-taker / place-a-limit-order walkthrough, a newsletter form, or claim buttons for Kalshi, DraftKings, FanDuel, Underdog, Sleeper, PrizePicks, Hard Rock or BetRivers. We could not verify a standing official US welcome bonus on Polymarket’s own terms. Other publishers’ partner codes are theirs; we do not copy them. The honest user-facing line is still US access via CFTC-regulated QCEX — official Orders & Trading says you set a price on a limit, official Place a Trade does not reprint a Limit price field on the swipe we checked, official Liquidity says the take-now walk cannot set a custom limit, a typed price that does not cross can rest, a typed price that crosses fills like a market, this is not sportsbook or investment advice, and anything those public pages do not print is not a label or a number we invent. Last verified August 8, 2026.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I set a limit price on a new Polymarket US order?

Official Orders & Trading: you set a price; the order sits on the book until someone trades against it or you cancel. Official Place a Trade and Official Order Placement do not reprint a retail field labelled Limit price, Price, or Cents on the swipe we checked. We will not invent one. If public US help or the live card already shows that box, type the most you will pay (buy) or the least you will accept (sell) before you review and swipe. Official Website vs App: US residents use the Polymarket US app, not polymarket.com. The only live claim on this page hops through /go/polymarket.

Where is the limit price field on Polymarket US?

On the new-order card — if the live screen prints it. Official Place a Trade reprints Yes or No, a dollar amount or Max, review, swipe. Official Orders & Trading names the action (you set a price) without reprinting a Limit price header on that swipe. If the live US card shows Limit, Limit price, Price, or a cents box, use that live word. If it only lets you type a number with no header, type the number. Official Orders API Overview’s Limit price is developer language, not a phone chip we will paste on the swipe.

Is a limit price the same as a market or taker fill?

No. Official Orders & Trading: a market fills immediately at the best available price and you pay the spread. Official Prices & Market Data: that now-fill is a taker. Official Liquidity: on that take-now walk you cannot set a custom limit price. Official Prices & Market Data: a typed limit that does not cross sits; a typed limit that does cross fills now like a market. This page is typing the number before the order rests — not lifting the book with no price of your own.

Does the price I type refer to YES or NO?

Official Orders & Trading: the price always refers to the YES side. Buying YES is a long on the outcome happening. Selling YES is the published way to trade the outcome not happening. Official Prices & Market Data: contracts are priced between $0 and $1. We do not reprint a live YES or NO print. Confirm the live card before you swipe.

What if my typed price crosses the bid or ask?

Official Prices & Market Data: if your limit’s price crosses the best available on the other side, it fills immediately, like a market order. Official Order Types: leftover size can then rest at the price you set. Official Spreads: a marketable buy pays the ask. That now-fill is still a take. It is not a resting limit just because you typed a number. How to read a partial fill names the leftover. This page does not clone that walk.

Is this the same as trade history, portfolio, open orders, or a partial fill?

No. Trade history is completed fills. Portfolio is the live open-position list. Open orders is find-and-read on unfilled size already on the book. Partial fill is the middle state: some matched, leftover still open. This page is only how to set the limit price on a new order — the number you are willing to pay or sell at — before that order rests. We link out instead of cloning those click paths.

Is this the same as placing a limit order, telling maker from taker, canceling, or selling a filled position?

No. How to place a limit order is the broader rest / cancel / partial walk. Maker versus taker names the role after the clip sits or lifts. Cancel open order is the undo on leftover size. Sell filled position is the exit on shares you already own. This page only teaches typing the price. We do not clone those walks.

Is setting a Polymarket limit price the same as picking a sportsbook line?

No. Official What is Polymarket US / Official Prices & Market Data: Polymarket US runs a central limit order book. Other traders took the other side. A sportsbook line is a house number you take or leave. See prediction markets vs sportsbooks if you wanted that parked hold. There isn’t one. Nothing here is sportsbook advice or investment advice.

Can I set a Polymarket limit price in every US state?

No. As of our June 2026 check Polymarket was reported unavailable in Arizona, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, Nevada and Ohio. Florida is a green-light state. Sports markets are the most legally contested category anywhere. Confirm the ticket still appears and still accepts a typed price before you rest size.

Which claim button is actually live on this page?

Polymarket only. The claim button hops through /go/polymarket. There is no /go/kalshi, DraftKings, FanDuel, Underdog, Sleeper, PrizePicks, Hard Rock or BetRivers claim here. We do not invent tracking URLs.

Is there a Polymarket limit-price bonus or promo code on this page?

No. We do not publish a dollar welcome or a promo code. Partner codes that appear on other sites belong to those publishers. Confirm any live terms in the Polymarket US app. If you open Polymarket through our link we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you — that is not a user bonus.

Is setting a Polymarket limit price the same as locking an NFL DFS contest entry?

No. Daily fantasy is a state-licensed gambling product — often 21+, with a 1-800-GAMBLER frame. Event contracts are CFTC-regulated financial/derivatives products, typically 18+ with KYC. A typed price is not a contest lock, and a filled contract can still settle at zero. There is no protected bonus floor.

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