How 5MinuteBot Works
Plain explanations of what the bot trades, the strategies you can run, and the models behind them. Short and clear, no hype. Pick an article.
We added a politics desk — for reading, not trading
A board per politics market: the live Polymarket price next to what actually decides the result, with every factor dated and sourced. 5MinuteBot’s engine still trades nothing but the 5-minute crypto rounds.
Read the article →A profit calculator that shows its working
Set your stake, how many trades a day and the price you usually buy at, then move the win rate. Both fees included, the break-even line drawn, and the arithmetic written out so you can check it by hand.
Read the article →Round replay: watch past rounds the way the bot saw them
Step through real 5-minute rounds one check at a time: what every coin had done since the open, what the shares cost, how many coins agreed, and why the bot bought or skipped. Losing rounds left in.
Read the article →Fee update: new trading fees from 1 October 2026
From 1 October 2026 the fee becomes $0.065 per winning trade, or $0.04 per trade on the flat plan. What changes, why, what it costs in practice and which plan now suits you.
Read the article →What the bot trades
How 5MinuteBot works: it places automated UP or DOWN bets on Polymarket 5-minute crypto markets through your own wallet and holds each position to resolution.
Read the article →Constellation strategy
The recommended 5MinuteBot strategy. Constellation watches six correlated crypto markets and buys the laggard when the group moves the same way but one coin still trails.
Read the article →Simple & Advanced strategy
Trade BTC or ETH 5-minute markets on your own rules: directional momentum with buy and avoid price bands, thresholds and DCA. Simple for essentials, Advanced for full control.
Read the article →Every setting explained
Every 5MinuteBot control explained: trading modes, UP and DOWN thresholds, buy and avoid price bands, trading hours, sizing, bankroll, DCA behavior, the stop-loss floor and streak reversal.
Read the article →How trades resolve & risk
How 5MinuteBot closes trades: every 5-minute position is held to resolution ($1.00 win, $0.00 loss), P&L is read from your Polymarket account, and risk is capped on every strategy.
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