Payouts and fees
The trade screen shows your potential payout before you confirm. This is the gross payout, so it includes your returned stake when you win.
Protocol fee
WickPlay accrues a 2.5% protocol fee when a trade is accepted. The fee rounds up to the nearest USDG atomic unit. Settlement assigns the fee to the protocol fee account. It leaves the escrow only when that account withdraws it.
The fee is not charged again at settlement. A push or forced close returns your stake minus this fee.
Winning payout
The payout depends on the probability shown in the quote. A more likely result pays less. A less likely result pays more.
WickPlay subtracts the protocol fee and an equal risk margin before it calculates the winning payout. The risk margin is not another protocol fee.
protocol fee = ceil(stake × 2.5%)
risk margin = protocol fee
payout base = stake - protocol fee - risk margin
winning payout = floor(payout base / quoted probability)For a 10 USDG trade at a 50% probability:
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Stake | 10.00 USDG |
| Protocol fee | 0.25 USDG |
| Risk margin | 0.25 USDG |
| Winning payout | 19.00 USDG |
| Profit | 9.00 USDG |
| Push return | 9.75 USDG |
The final payout can vary slightly with stake size because contract calculations use whole token units and round divisions down.
Settlement returns
| Result | Amount credited |
|---|---|
| Win | The payout shown when you traded |
| Loss | No payout |
| Push | Stake minus the protocol fee |
| Forced close | Stake minus the protocol fee |
Payouts remain in your WickPlay balance until you withdraw them.
Why payouts change
The quote uses the live market price, strike, measured volatility, and time remaining. These values can change before entry closes, so the available payout can also change.
Trade limits
The minimum stake is 10 USDG. Each account can have up to 10 active account-round positions. Several trades in the same round update one position.