Website: www.tradepolydesk.com
POLYDESK clicktrader is a desktop trading cockpit for Polymarket. You get a one-click price ladder like the ones on exchange trading tools, and a Grid view that shows all outcomes of a market at once. Take and cancel with one click, switch stake presets from the keyboard, see your hedge and cash-out figures, and keep track of positions and P&L. It's made for traders who would rather click a price than fill in a form.
The app runs on your computer. Your key and your funds never touch our servers, and nobody places orders for you. POLYDESK is independent software made by itereon GmbH. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Polymarket.
Open beta. POLYDESK is in public beta and changes quickly, so features and limits can differ between releases. While the beta runs, every installation gets all Plus features with no builder fee. We'll announce the end of the beta at least 30 days ahead, on the website and in the app.
This repository is where you download POLYDESK and get support. The app is closed source, so you won't find code here. You'll find the releases, checksums, and a place for questions and bug reports.
- Ladder: one outcome with full depth, in the columns HEDGE, ASK, price, BID and MINE. Click an ASK cell to buy right away, click a BID cell to rest a buy order. Your resting orders show as blue MINE chips: click one to cancel it, drag it to move it. A click on the price column recenters the ladder. The ladder follows the mid price on its own, and the price bar on its edge shows the whole book, so a fast market doesn't run off the screen.
- Grid: every outcome of a market on one row. Ask cells on the left, your size in the middle, bid cells on the right, with 4 to 12 levels per side. A click stages the order in the PLACE BETS ticket, and it goes out when you confirm it there.
- Hedging and cash-out: the HEDGE column shows what you would make or lose by closing at each price, across all outcomes of the market. Press F to hedge every position at the best bid.
- Keyboard: stake presets on 1 to 8, Space arms and disarms, F hedges, Esc cancels every working order.
- Everything in view: positions, working orders, the fills log and session figures sit in the bottom panel. Engine and price feed status are in the footer.
- Paper mode: the full cockpit on live market data with simulated fills. It's free, has no time limit and needs no wallet or funds.
- Armed / disarmed: the engine always starts disarmed and nothing is sent until you arm it. Esc or CANCEL ALL pulls all your working orders at once.
Guides on the website: tutorial, ladder trading, the Grid, learn, FAQ, changelog.
These links always point to the current stable version:
| System | Download | Versioned file name on the release page |
|---|---|---|
| Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit) | polydesk-windows-x64-setup.exe (recommended) | polydesk_<version>_x64-setup.exe |
| Windows, for IT-managed installs | polydesk-windows-x64.msi | polydesk_<version>_x64_en-US.msi |
| macOS on Apple Silicon (M1 or newer) | polydesk-macos-arm64.dmg | polydesk_<version>_aarch64.dmg |
| Checksums | SHA256SUMS.txt |
Older versions and the release notes are on the Releases page. Each release has every installer twice, under the fixed name above and under a versioned name. Both files are identical.
There are no builds for Intel Macs or Linux. Pre-releases (-beta) are marked as such and the
links above never point to them. Only install one if we asked you to help test it.
Windows installers are code-signed by itereon GmbH. macOS builds aren't signed yet, so macOS warns you on the first launch. That's expected and doesn't mean the download is broken. On both systems, verify the checksum first (see below), then:
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Windows: double-click the
.exe. SmartScreen can still show "Windows protected your PC" while a new release builds up reputation. Check that the dialog names itereon GmbH as the publisher, then click More info and Run anyway. -
macOS: open the
.dmgand drag polydesk into Applications. On the first launch, Gatekeeper says "polydesk.app is damaged and can't be opened". The app isn't damaged; that's how macOS reports the quarantine flag on an unsigned app. Run this once in Terminal, then open the app as usual:xattr -cr /Applications/polydesk.app
Every release includes a SHA256SUMS.txt that our build pipeline creates from the published
files. It lists both the fixed and the versioned file names, with the same hash. Compare the line
for your file with the hash of what you downloaded:
# Windows (PowerShell)
Get-FileHash .\polydesk-windows-x64-setup.exe -Algorithm SHA256# macOS (Terminal)
shasum -a 256 ~/Downloads/polydesk-macos-arm64.dmgIf the hash doesn't match, delete the file and download it again, from this page only.
- A short setup guide opens. It asks you to accept the disclaimer and the Terms of Use, then walks you through the cockpit. You can open it again any time from the account menu (top right) → Setup guide….
- You start in paper mode. The trading engine is built into the app and runs in paper mode without any setup: no wallet, no funds, no purchase. Paper fills are simulated against the real order book, so you can practice one-click entry and cancelling without risking anything.
- Going live takes two steps. Store your wallet key in ⚙ Settings → ACCOUNT (or in the setup guide), then switch the PAPER / LIVE pill in the top bar. Use a wallet you keep only for trading and only put in what you can afford to lose. Never import your main wallet.
- The manual opens from ? GUIDE in the footer. It covers every part of the cockpit: markets, ladder, Grid, stakes, the ticket, hedging, positions, display formats and shortcuts.
| Free | Plus | Pro | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | €0, no licence | flat, monthly or yearly, price to be announced | on request |
| Trading | paper and live | paper and live | paper and live |
| Risk caps | $25 stake · $100 exposure per market · 5 open orders per market | set your own | set your own |
| Ladders | one at a time | Grid with unlimited ladders | unlimited |
| Session stats | current trading day | all sessions | all sessions |
| Builder fee | none | none | none |
| Support | GitHub | priority by email | priority by email |
| Setup | local | local, licence bound to one of your wallets | set up once on your own server |
Live trading is part of Free, so you don't have to buy anything to place a real order. The Free caps are provisional beta values and only apply after the beta. Until then, every installation runs with all Plus features and no builder fee. Plus will first be available in selected billing countries. Pro is only offered in unrestricted jurisdictions, with the server in your own country. Current details are on the pricing page.
- Non-custodial. Your wallet key is stored on your machine, encrypted in your operating system's keychain (macOS Keychain or Windows Credential Manager). It's never kept in a plain file and never sent anywhere. The engine inside the app signs orders on your device, and no POLYDESK server sits between you and Polymarket. We can't access, move or freeze your funds.
- Risk caps. Maximum stake per order, maximum open orders and maximum exposure per market are enforced by the engine itself, not just by the interface.
- Kill switch. The engine starts disarmed. Disarming blocks new orders at once, and CANCEL ALL or Esc cancels every working order.
- No credentials in the releases. Anything personal is entered by you after installing and stays on your device.
- Windows 10/11 (64-bit), or macOS on Apple Silicon.
- For live trading: a Polymarket account that you set up and funded yourself, and its private key, which you store in POLYDESK. Paper mode needs neither.
- An internet connection from a country where Polymarket allows trading. Polymarket decides this based on your connection, not the app. In restricted regions you may only be able to close positions. Don't use a VPN or proxy to get around this: it breaks Polymarket's terms and can cost you your account. It's your responsibility to check that your use is legal where you are.
POLYDESK updates itself. Shortly after launch it checks this repository for a new version and shows an ⬆ UPDATE button in the footer when one is available. Every update is cryptographically verified before it installs, so it can only come from us. To check by hand, open the account menu → About → CHECK FOR UPDATES. Beta builds come out often; we recommend updating between sessions, not while orders are working.
The app runs locally and talks directly to Polymarket's public services for markets, prices and your positions, and to GitHub to check for updates. We collect no usage telemetry and no trading data: no orders, positions, market data or wallet information. When something crashes, the app sends an anonymous error report so we can fix it, and it counts its own starts and crashes per version without any identifier. Neither contains keys, balances or trading data. From v0.5.6 you can switch the error reports off in ⚙ Settings. More in the privacy policy and in the in-app manual.
- Bugs: open an issue. The form asks for your version (account menu → About), your system, the trading mode and the entries from the 🔔 notification log. Before you report, check that the footer shows ENGINE READY and PRICES LIVE and that you're on the latest release. Never post private keys, API tokens or wallet addresses, and remove them from logs and screenshots before you upload anything.
- Questions and how-to: Discussions → Q&A
- Ideas: Discussions → Ideas
- Release news: Discussions → Announcements, the releases themselves, and @tradepolydesk on X.
- Licensing, billing, privacy, Pro setup: support@tradepolydesk.com, see also the support page.
- Security issues: please report them privately, see SECURITY.md.
POLYDESK is trading software you install and run yourself, on your own device or server. It is non-custodial: your keys and funds never leave your control, and we never place orders on your behalf or operate the software for you. It connects to third-party platforms with which we are not affiliated and by which we are not endorsed. Availability and legality vary by jurisdiction: confirming that your use is permitted where you are, and complying with each platform's terms, is your responsibility. The software must not be used to circumvent any platform's access restrictions. Trading involves risk of loss; nothing here is financial advice; the software is provided as-is, without guarantee of execution, latency, uptime or data accuracy.
© 2026 itereon GmbH, Vienna. All rights reserved. POLYDESK is proprietary software. Its use is governed by the Terms of Use, which you accept in the setup guide on first start. Polymarket is a trademark of its respective owner and is named here for descriptive purposes only. The licence notices for the open-source components POLYDESK is built with ship inside the app (About → Third-party licenses).