HiveTrade

Quick answers

What does it cost?

Polymarket fills carry 0.5% maker or 1% taker provider fees; a captain may separately charge for Hive membership.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Does it trade for me?

Yes, after live backing or bot execution is separately authorized; practice and dry runs do not place real orders.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Where do my funds sit?

The docs describe your own venue deposit wallet, with provider signing authority bounded by software and your separate withdrawal signature.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

What do I need to start?

An eligible adult account, reviewed venue permission, budget and accepted funds.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Where is it available?

A web service and optional developer starter, subject to venue-specific restrictions and current beta capabilities.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Overview

Trading mode

Authorized member copies and bot calls can result in unattended real orders. Practice, registration, a dry run and live activation are separate; the guided hosted bot setup is practice-only in the reviewed starter.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Funding and prerequisites

An eligible adult account and the appropriate venue permission and funds. The bot starter uses a separate local signing identity for calls, not a deposit address; development-hosted pages can still involve real money.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

What it offers

• Copy trading

  Members can back a captain’s calls with their own per-call and total budgets; the resulting position belongs to the member’s account.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

• Budget accounting

  The docs distinguish reserved budget, available funds and already open positions rather than treating a budget as a separate pooled deposit.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

• Practice workflow

  Use simulated participation separately from the account, consent and funds required for real copying.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

• Bot-authored calls

  A public starter signs a call containing a side and price cap; the current flow has the service execute from the operator’s configured account.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

• Lifecycle records

  The bot docs distinguish a submitted intent, a venue fill and an uncertain result requiring reconciliation; the basic runner does not manage a portfolio or exits.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

How it works

Trading mode

Authorized member copies and bot calls can result in unattended real orders. Practice, registration, a dry run and live activation are separate; the guided hosted bot setup is practice-only in the reviewed starter.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Delivery channels

Web, Bot integration, Local setup MCP tooling

Markets supported

Polymarket

Chains and networks

Polygon for Polymarket

Pricing and fees

Polymarket fills: 0.5% maker and 1% taker provider fees on executed notional. Hive membership can be free or captain-priced; venue and funding charges are separate.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Trading fee

Maker percent:

0.5%

Taker percent:

1%

Basis:

Executed notional value, not profit at settlement

Collected by:

Venue builder mechanism

Target actions:

The terms describe target-action orders as marketable and charged at the taker rate.

Other fees

Hive subscriptions can be free or priced by the captain, separate from trading costs. The docs state no performance-profit share; third-party payment, venue, network or conversion charges remain distinct.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

As published on 7 November 2026.

Getting started

What you need first

An eligible adult account and the appropriate venue permission and funds. The bot starter uses a separate local signing identity for calls, not a deposit address; development-hosted pages can still involve real money.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Safety and terms

Custody and keys

The Polymarket docs describe an embedded signing wallet and a separate user-owned deposit wallet. HiveTrade has authority for orders and account operations, excluding withdrawals; the custody guide explicitly says those bounds are enforced by its software rather than an unbreakable on-chain rule.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Terms, privacy and eligibility

Terms:

app.hivetrade.com/tos (opens in a new tab)

Minimum age:

18

Availability:

The terms define venue-specific restricted locations. One venue’s eligibility is not evidence of another’s.

Sources

1. 1. app.hivetrade.com (opens in a new tab)
2. 2. docs.hivetrade.com/how-it-works/custody.md (opens in a new tab)
3. 3. docs.hivetrade.com/how-it-works/money-and-fees.md (opens in a new tab)
4. 4. docs.hivetrade.com/members/back-a-hive.md (opens in a new tab)
5. 5. docs.hivetrade.com/members/practice.md (opens in a new tab)
6. 6. app.hivetrade.com/tos (opens in a new tab)
7. 7. raw.githubusercontent.com/hive-trade/bots/main/README.md (opens in a new tab)