Orders, Fees, And Execution

PredictDog separates three ideas that users often confuse:

• the main trade or order execution
• native network gas
• PredictDog platform fees

Current configured trading fee

The current platform trading fee configuration is:

• fixed base fee: $0.04
• commission: 1% of trade notional

This section is about trading fees. Separate non-trade or setup flows can use a different fixed fee path, which is currently configured at $0.02.

For products using the shared trading fee config, the fee quote is currently modeled as:

total fee = base fee + commission

or, more concretely:

total fee = $0.04 + 1% of notional

Examples:

Trade notional	Commission	Base fee	Total
$5.00	$0.05	$0.04	$0.09
$20.00	$0.20	$0.04	$0.24
$100.00	$1.00	$0.04	$1.04

The backend currently rounds fee quotes up to 6 decimal places.

The simplest rule

Before you place a trade, ask three separate questions:

1. what am I buying or selling?
2. which chain will execute this action?
3. which rail will be used for fee settlement if this product uses one?

What users see in the product today

Current fee display is product-aware, but the shared logic is consistent:

Surface	What you see	What it means
Polymarket trade form	Est. commission, Est. base fee, Est. total fees	shared fee config quoted before submit
Predict trade panel	fee estimate derived from the same current config	current UI uses the same $0.04 + 1% structure
Solana memecoin panel	Network fee, Base fee, Commission	network cost is shown separately from PredictDog fees
Activity page	Trade fees accrued, Trade fees submitted, Trade fees failed, or Trade fees waived	fee lifecycle after execution

Why this matters

Different products can:

• execute in different ways
• settle fees in different assets
• complete fee settlement after the main trade finishes

The key distinction: gas vs base fee vs commission

These are different things:

• network gas or network fee: blockchain execution cost paid to the chain
• base fee: the fixed PredictDog platform fee for the action
• commission: the percentage-based PredictDog fee tied to order notional

This is why a memecoin quote can show three separate lines instead of one combined number.

What users often misread

The visible trading asset, the native gas asset, and the fee settlement asset are not always the same.

That is why a trade can succeed while a later settlement or recovery message still appears afterward.

Current product-specific settlement behavior

The current user-facing behavior is not identical across products:

Polymarket-style trading

• the trade form requests a backend fee quote before submission
• current quote responses label settlement mode as BATCHED
• this means the main trade can complete before fee settlement is fully finalized
• that is why activity can later show accrued or submitted trade fee records

Predict trading

• the current panel uses the same shared fee configuration for estimation
• the UI currently models this quote as immediate fee handling for the panel summary
• users should still think of the fixed fee and commission as separate from chain gas

Solana memecoin trading

• the quote currently shows Network fee, Base fee, and Commission separately
• the panel explicitly treats the base fee as an upper bound and may show it as max
• fee settlement happens in the selected Solana settlement asset, not necessarily in the asset you are buying

User-facing rule

Do not assume the asset used for trading is the same asset used for gas or platform fee settlement.

PredictDog tries to make the required rail explicit when it matters.

Why the base fee can be shown as an upper bound

Some trading surfaces show the base fee as a maximum or upper bound instead of a guaranteed exact number.

That is intentional.

The product reserves enough room for the fixed fee path that may be needed for the action, especially when credentials or settlement steps may require additional setup. This is also why the UI may protect users by shrinking the practical MAX buy amount.

Common post-trade outcomes

After a trade, you might see:

• the position update quickly
• the order or fill complete first
• a later fee-settlement step
• a recovery-needed message if the required settlement rail was not sufficiently funded

Why MAX or budget numbers can feel smaller than balance

For fee-aware buy flows, the product currently reserves room for:

• the fixed base fee
• the percentage commission
• in some products, a worst-case fixed fee upper bound

That is why MAX can be slightly below the visible stablecoin balance even before you submit.

Why PredictDog may block an action

If the product knows in advance that the required settlement balance is missing, it can block the action instead of blindly pushing ahead.

That is intentional. The product is designed to fail explicitly rather than create avoidable hidden debt or confusing retries.

How fees relate to cash back and rewards

Trading fees and rewards are connected, but not the same thing.

Current user-facing rule:

• the trade fee is quoted and charged or accrued first
• tier cash back is a later rebate layer tied to your current tier
• referral cash back is tracked separately from direct tier cash back

So a user can correctly see both of these statements at the same time:

• this trade had a $0.60 fee
• part of my fees comes back later through rebates

For the current live tier rebate percentages, see Rewards, Referrals, And Rebates.

Best practice

If a trade is blocked, check whether PredictDog is signaling:

• missing readiness
• insufficient balance on the correct rail
• a fee-settlement requirement
• a venue-specific precondition

Read next

• Funding Overview
• Deposits
• Withdrawals
• Rewards, Referrals, And Rebates