How this page knows whether Polymarket is down
Rivo is the prediction market terminal for Kalshi, Polymarket, Polymarket US and Gemini. It reads every market and every trade on each venue around the clock. This page shows that record for Polymarket: the time of the newest large trade Rivo recorded and the count for each of the last 24 hours.
Polymarket prints large trades every minute of a normal day, so the record is a direct read of the exchange. Fresh trades mean the matching engine is up and orders are filling. A gap of twenty minutes or more means trading has stopped or slowed to a crawl.
This page tracks polymarket.com, the international exchange. Polymarket US is a separate CFTC-regulated exchange with its own app, its own accounts and its own systems. Trouble on one says nothing about the other.
The record measures trading. It does not see inside your wallet or your account. A wallet that will not connect or a deposit that has not arrived can happen while Polymarket trades normally, and the checklist below covers each of those.
What to check when Polymarket will not load
Work down this list. It separates a problem on your side from a problem at Polymarket in about two minutes.
- Read the verdict at the top of this page. Fresh trades mean the exchange is up and the problem sits between you and Polymarket. A long gap means the problem is at Polymarket and nothing on your side fixes it.
- Reload and reconnect your wallet. A stale session is the most common cause. Reload the page, then disconnect and reconnect the wallet or sign in again.
- Change your connection. Move from Wi-Fi to mobile data or back. Polymarket checks your location on every order and refuses orders from places it does not serve.
- Try another browser or the app. A wallet extension that fails to load blocks the whole page. A clean browser or the mobile app rules that out.
- Look for a notice from Polymarket. Polymarket runs its own status page and posts incidents on its social accounts.
- Treat deposits as their own system. A deposit waits on network confirmations and on the service that moves the funds. It can lag while trading carries on.
- Check whether one market is paused. A single market that will not take orders while the rest trade is usually in resolution. Disputed outcomes take days to settle.
Your positions stay put during an outage
On polymarket.com your positions are tokens held by your own wallet, not entries inside the website. A site that will not load does not close a position or change what a share pays. When Polymarket comes back, your holdings are where you left them, and markets that resolved in the meantime pay out as normal. Is Polymarket legit covers how custody and settlement work.
The real cost of an outage is the trade you could not place: the exit you wanted during a live game, or the entry at a price that is gone when the screen comes back. That is the problem worth solving ahead of time.
Trade the same event on another venue
The biggest events trade on several exchanges at once. The Super Bowl, the NBA title, the Fed decision and control of Congress all have live markets on more than one venue, each with its own order book. When Polymarket stalls, the same question is usually still trading on Kalshi, and for US residents on Polymarket US and Gemini.
Rivo puts those venues in one terminal. One search finds the market on every venue that lists it. One order ticket shows the live book, the fee and your fill before you send. One portfolio shows every connected account. A trader with two funded accounts keeps trading through an outage on either one.
- Live odds by venue shows the biggest markets priced side by side.
- Kalshi vs Polymarket compares fees, rules and who can sign up.
- Where can I trade checks each venue for your state or country.
Get told the moment a market moves
Outages cluster around the busiest moments: a game going final, an election call, a Fed announcement. Those are the minutes when prices move the most. Rivo watches the markets you pick and alerts you in the app, on your phone and on Telegram when a price crosses your level, jumps inside the hour, or draws a large trade.
Set the alert once and you learn about the move from Rivo, on any venue, whether or not one app is having a bad day. Price alerts cover a single market. Trader alerts follow the people whose bets you want to see.
Frequently asked questions
Is Polymarket down right now?
The top of this page answers from Rivo's live record of polymarket.com trades. Fresh trades mean the exchange is matching orders. A gap of twenty minutes or more means trading has stopped or slowed.
Why is Polymarket not working?
When the exchange is trading, the cause is on the way to it: a stale session, a wallet that failed to connect, a browser extension, or a location Polymarket does not serve. Reload and reconnect your wallet first.
Is Polymarket US down too?
Polymarket US is a separate exchange with its own systems. This page tracks polymarket.com. An outage on one does not mean an outage on the other.
Is my money safe when Polymarket is down?
On polymarket.com your positions are tokens held by your own wallet. An outage of the website does not move or close them, and resolved markets still pay out.
Why is my Polymarket deposit not showing?
A deposit waits on network confirmations and on the service that moves the funds. It can arrive late while trading runs normally, so a slow deposit does not mean the exchange is down.
Why does Polymarket say trading is unavailable in my region?
Polymarket checks your location on every order and refuses orders from restricted places, including the United States on polymarket.com. US residents trade on Polymarket US, Kalshi or Gemini.
Can I trade somewhere else while Polymarket is down?
Yes. The biggest events also trade on Kalshi, and for US residents on Polymarket US and Gemini. Rivo shows the same market on every venue that lists it and trades each one through your own connected account.
How does Rivo know whether Polymarket is trading?
Rivo reads every Polymarket market and trade around the clock for its terminal. This page shows the newest large trade it recorded and a count for each of the last 24 hours, refreshed every minute.