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POST
/
api
/
v1
/
fees
/
trade-estimate
Trade fee estimate (legacy)
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.vatic.trading/api/v1/fees/trade-estimate \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "eventSlug": "btc-updown-5m-1744027500",
  "side": "BUY",
  "makingAmount": 100,
  "takingAmount": 200
}
'
import requests

url = "https://api.vatic.trading/api/v1/fees/trade-estimate"

payload = {
    "eventSlug": "btc-updown-5m-1744027500",
    "side": "BUY",
    "makingAmount": 100,
    "takingAmount": 200
}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    eventSlug: 'btc-updown-5m-1744027500',
    side: 'BUY',
    makingAmount: 100,
    takingAmount: 200
  })
};

fetch('https://api.vatic.trading/api/v1/fees/trade-estimate', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.vatic.trading/api/v1/fees/trade-estimate",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'eventSlug' => 'btc-updown-5m-1744027500',
    'side' => 'BUY',
    'makingAmount' => 100,
    'takingAmount' => 200
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.vatic.trading/api/v1/fees/trade-estimate"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"eventSlug\": \"btc-updown-5m-1744027500\",\n  \"side\": \"BUY\",\n  \"makingAmount\": 100,\n  \"takingAmount\": 200\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.vatic.trading/api/v1/fees/trade-estimate")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"eventSlug\": \"btc-updown-5m-1744027500\",\n  \"side\": \"BUY\",\n  \"makingAmount\": 100,\n  \"takingAmount\": 200\n}")
  .asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.vatic.trading/api/v1/fees/trade-estimate")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"eventSlug\": \"btc-updown-5m-1744027500\",\n  \"side\": \"BUY\",\n  \"makingAmount\": 100,\n  \"takingAmount\": 200\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "now": "2025-04-07T12:00:00.000Z",
  "event": {
    "id": "512345",
    "slug": "btc-updown-5m-1744027500"
  },
  "feeConfig": {
    "hasTakerFees": true,
    "type": "crypto",
    "feeRate": 0.25,
    "exponent": 2,
    "makerRebate": "20%"
  },
  "side": "BUY",
  "inputs": {
    "makingAmount": 100,
    "makingAmountUnit": "usdc",
    "takingAmount": 200,
    "takingAmountUnit": "shares"
  },
  "averagePrice": 0.5,
  "fee": {
    "chargedIn": "shares",
    "feeEquivalent": 12.5,
    "feeInUsdcRaw": 6.25,
    "minFeeThresholdUsdc": 0.0001
  },
  "result": {
    "grossShares": 200,
    "netShares": 187.5
  }
}

Body

application/json
side
enum<string>
required
Available options:
BUY,
SELL
makingAmount
number
required

BUY: USDC you spend. SELL: shares you sell.

takingAmount
number
required

BUY: gross shares you receive. SELL: gross USDC you receive.

eventId
string

Polymarket event ID (provide this or eventSlug).

eventSlug
string

Polymarket event slug (provide this or eventId).

Response

Fee estimate result