What’s the deal with buying at 99.8¢?
There are many ways to bond a trade. First, let’s look at it from the perspective of volume farming.
Why do this?
- Want to give people your referral link? You need $10K in volume.
- Want a Polymarket airdrop? Farm volume.
- Want a Polymarket airdrop? Improve your win rate.
How does it work?
This is just one approach:
x.com/holypoly_ca/status/206…. In simple terms, you’re buying certainty. The ideal moment is when the outcome is already effectively decided (for example, after a World Cup match has ended).
Bonding sports markets is one of the lowest-risk ways to do it. The result is already known, UMA won’t interfere, and neither will Polymarket.
The second approach is farming profit.
There are Polymarket accounts that exclusively buy outcomes at 99.8–99.9¢.
These traders deploy millions of dollars into positions to make something like $200. At first glance, the risk/reward ratio seems absurd. But I’m convinced they’re not taking that risk for utility-bill money — they’re farming what could be a very lucrative future Polymarket airdrop. If that’s the case, the trade-off starts to make sense.
Here are two examples of such farmers:
1.
polymarket.com/@033033033?r=…
2.
polymarket.com/@poorsob?r=Ho…
So you’ve found the accounts. What’s next?
Plug them into your bot and copy-trade them intelligently. Speed isn’t particularly important in these markets, so there’s no need to rush. Buy at 99.9¢, sell at 100¢ after resolution. Pure bond.
If all the pieces line up correctly, you’re essentially buying an already-approved outcome. All that’s left is to bond the trade.
What pieces need to line up? Here’s what I look for:
- Traders like poorsob or 033 enter the position with more than $1 million.
- If a dispute is open, voting in the UMA Discord is leaning the same way.
- There is clarification from Polymarket (I haven’t seen a case where their guidance was later reversed).
- It should be a YES token, since NO tokens can sometimes attract unexpected arguments for a reversal.
- My own assessment matches the market consensus.
Personally, I’m not doing this for the profit, so I use standard position sizing. For me, it’s just another small contribution toward a possible Polymarket airdrop.
Farming volume on Polymarket.
Mexico vs South Africa. 85th minute, 2–0 scoreline, and South Africa are down to 10 men after a red card. For anyone watching the match, even a draw no longer looks like a realistic outcome.
Polymarket has allocated $1 million in liquidity rewards for World Cup markets.