5-Minute (5M) Markets
How 5-minute (5M) crypto prediction markets work on Polyblock. Trade or automate Polymarket’s 5M Bitcoin markets in the terminal and Playground.
What Are 5-Minute (5M) Markets?
Polymarket’s 5-minute (5M) markets are the shortest timeframe crypto prediction markets. Each market asks whether Bitcoin (BTC) will be up or down over a single 5-minute window. When Polymarket released 5M, they launched it for Bitcoin only — so on Polyblock you can trade and automate BTC 5M markets in the terminal and in Playground.
How They Work
You buy YES if you think BTC will be up over the 5-minute window, NO if you think it will be down. At the end of the window the market resolves: winning shares pay $1.00, losing shares expire. Resolution is based on the actual price at the exact end of the 5-minute period.
5M in the Terminal
In the Terminal, select Bitcoin and the 5-minute (5M) timeframe. You’ll see the live 5M market and orderbook. Place orders the same way as for 15-minute or 1-hour markets — the interface does not use slug URLs; you pick the asset and timeframe and the current 5M market is shown.
5M in Playground
Playground supports 5M markets so you can build and deploy strategies that trade 5-minute Polymarket markets automatically. Describe your strategy in plain English (e.g. momentum, mean reversion) and the AI will generate a bot that can run on 5M (and other timeframes). Backtest then deploy to run 24/7.
Resolution
5M markets resolve at the exact end of their 5-minute window. The outcome is determined by whether the actual BTC price at that timestamp is up or down versus the start of the window. Payouts are automatic — winning shares redeem for $1.00 USDC.e each.