Traders: Trading Diagrams
This page details the nitty-gritty for what happens behind the scenes when you trade on Augur. Trades can either be partially filled or completely filled. Within each of those two categories, specific examples will be shown below.
Note that these examples don’t include the simple example of just creating an order on the order book. Remember, you need a counterparty for an actual trade to occur.
In all of the examples shown, the market in question has two outcomes, A and B. You can think of these as “Yes” and “No” for a Yes/No market, or “Long” vs. “Short” for a scalar market. Categorical markets will behave slightly differently, since there are more than 2 outcomes in a complete set. This list of examples is not exhaustive for all the possibilities in Augur, but covers the possibilities for a two outcome market. In the examples below, note that bidding/buying a SHARE of A for price “x” is equivalent to asking/selling a SHARE of B for price “1-x”.
Completely Filled Orders
Create Complete Set
| Actor | Situation |
|---|---|
| Market | Non-finalized. The order book is empty. |
| Alice | She has no SHARES. She wants to buy 1 SHARE of A for 0.8 ETH. |
| Bob | He has no SHARES. He wants to buy 1 SHARE of B for 0.2 ETH. |
Note that Bob could have also wanted to sell 1 SHARE of A for 0.8 ETH, which would have been a “Ask Outcome A, 1 SHARE for 0.8 ETH”. This would have had created the same result as shown above, even though he has no SHARES.
Settle Complete Set
| Actor | Situation |
|---|---|
| Market | Non-finalized. The order book is empty. |
| Alice | She has 1 SHARE of A. She wants to sell it for 0.8 ETH. |
| Bob | He has 1 SHARE of B. He wants to sell it for 0.2 ETH. |
Redeem Winning SHARES
| Actor | Situation |
|---|---|
| Market | Finalized. Winning Outcome is A. The order book is empty. |
| Alice | She has 1 SHARE of A. She wants to cash it in. |
| Bob | He has 1 SHARE of B. (His SHARES are worthless) |
Direct Trade
| Actor | Situation |
|---|---|
| Alice | She has 1 SHARE of A. She wants to sell it for 0.8 ETH. |
| Bob | He has some ETH. He wants to buy 1 SHARES of A. |
Escrow Share and ETH
| Actor | Situation |
|---|---|
| Market | Non-finalized. The order book is empty. |
| Alice | She has 1 SHARE of A. She wants to sell it for 0.8 ETH. |
| Bob | He has some ETH. He wants to buy 1 SHARE of A for 0.8 ETH. |
Partially Filled Orders
Create Complete Set
| Actor | Situation |
|---|---|
| Market | Non-finalized. The order book is empty. |
| Alice | She has no SHARES. She wants to buy 1 SHARE of A for 0.8 ETH. |
| Bob | He has no SHARES. He wants to buy 0.5 SHARES of B for 0.1 ETH. |
Settle Complete Set
| Actor | Situation |
|---|---|
| Market | Non-finalized. The order book is empty. |
| Alice | She has 1 SHARE of A. She wants to sell it for 0.8 ETH. |
| Bob | He has 0.5 SHARES of B. He wants to sell it for 0.1 ETH. |
