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# Spotting opportunities for exit and entry

### Discovering markets

Markets are organized into three columns to reflect an event’s lifecycle and help you time entries and exits

* `New`: Early-stage markets. Outcome token prices can be low and potential payout multipliers high if you build a position before broader attention arrives. Suitable for conviction-driven entries and smaller, exploratory positions.
* `Trending`: Markets with significant recent trading activity. High activity often signals price discovery in progress. Look for dislocations (strong buying or selling) that create short-term momentum or mean-reversion trades.
* `Ending`: Markets approaching resolution. Trading will stop soon, and remaining holders will wait for settlement to determine winners and losers. Use this view for late-stage positioning, hedges, or to close trades before settlement. Learn more about the payout mechanism in [Convex Payout Dynamics](/getting-started/protocol-mechanics-101/convex-payout-dynamics.md)

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Tips

* In `New` markets, start small and add size as liquidity and information improve over time
* When looking at  `Ending` markets, be explicit about your plan: exit pre-settlement or hold through resolution
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### Discovering outcomes&#x20;

This table surfaces the most active outcomes across all markets, regardless of the market’s lifecycle. It ranks outcomes by volume at the top, highlighting where attention and order flow are concentrated.<br>

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What volume can mean:

* **Heavy selling:** Participants may be exiting or de-risking (potential overshoots to fade)
* **Aggressive buying:** A developing narrative or new information (momentum continuation setups)
* **High churn:** Two-sided trading with frequent reversals (range or scalp setups)<br>

How to use this view: &#x20;

* Scan the buy and sell ratio column to find where the action is quickly&#x20;
* Refine your exit or entry plan by pairing outcome activity with the stage of the market (how soon is it ending)&#x20;
* Switch time windows (e.g., 30m, 1h, 4d) to see how market cap, price, and payout evolved over time. Use shorter windows for timing entries; use longer windows to understand the broader trend and where volatility clusters


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