Proposing a resolution on Rain Trade doesn't require special permissions. Anyone can trigger this process — you don't have to wait for the market creator to act, and you don't need to wait for the formal expiration time if the event has already finished and the outcome is completely clear.
For example, if a sports match starts at 8:00 PM and the market is set to conclude at 11:00 PM to cover extra time, but the game finishes definitively at 10:00 PM, any user can step in to close it. This keeps capital from sitting idle unnecessarily and helps traders get their funds back faster.
How to Propose a Resolution on Rain Trade
To start the settlement process, follow these steps:
Open the specific market page on Rain Trade.
Click on the outcome for which you'd like to propose a resolution. The section for Order Book, Resolution and My Position will appear.
Click on the Resolution tab.
Click the Propose Resolution button.
This action takes you to the Resolution Center, which is an external website part of the main Rain Protocol ecosystem.
In the Resolution Center, you can submit your proposal, open disputes, or file appeals.
Resolution Pathways
The exact steps in the Resolution Center depend on how the market was originally configured:
The Risk of Proposing Too Early
The protocol allows anyone to propose a resolution before a market's scheduled end date — but doing so is risky. If you submit a proposal before the underlying event has genuinely concluded, the protocol may rule your attempt Too Early.
A Too Early ruling has two consequences: your 100 USDT bond is forfeited immediately, and the market simply resumes its original trading schedule as if nothing happened. You receive no reward and no refund.
Only propose a resolution early if the outcome is already final, publicly verifiable, and beyond any reasonable doubt. Ask yourself: could anyone credibly argue the event is still ongoing or the result is unclear? If the answer is yes — wait. The Resolution Center will show you a warning if the market's end date hasn't passed yet. Read it carefully, and only check the acknowledgment box if you are genuinely confident the outcome is settled.
AI Oracle Resolution
With AI Oracle resolution, you don't select the outcome yourself — you trigger the process and the AI Oracle determines the result automatically.
Click Propose Resolution on the Resolution tab for the outcome you want to resolve. This takes you to the Resolution Center.
In the Resolution Center, a Trigger a resolution popup opens directly to your market. Note that if a dispute is raised, the AI-verified outcome may be reviewed or overturned.
Bond: If you are the market creator, the 100 USDT bond is waived (creator exemption). If you are not the creator, you must post a 100 USDT bond. You lose this bond if a dispute overturns the AI’s outcome, or if the resolution attempt was made too early. If the attempt is marked too early, the market remains open for future resolution triggers.
Review the Reward and Network Fee, then click Submit Proposal.
A confirmation screen appears to let you know that AI resolution is now in progress. Click Done.
While the AI processes the result: The Resolution Center shows the market status as "AI resolution in progress" with an "Awaiting AI" indicator. On the market page, a "Resolution Proposed" label appears. The market remains open for trading during this time.
After the AI confirms the outcome: A dispute window opens. If no dispute is filed before it expires, the outcome is confirmed, trading on the market is closed, and a Claim button appears for participants who held shares in the winning outcome. If a dispute is filed, the case moves to the AI Judge in the Resolution Center, and can be escalated to human reviewers if needed — their decision is final and binding.
Manual Resolution
In a manual market, the proposer selects the correct outcome themselves based on the resolution criteria set by the market creator.
On the market page, scroll down and click the Resolution tab.
Click Propose Outcome. This takes you to the Resolution Center, where a popup opens directly to your market.
The popup shows the market question and outcome pool. Under Did this outcome occur?, select YES or NO.
Bond: If you are the market creator, the 100 USDT bond is waived (creator exemption). If you are not the creator, you must post a 100 USDT bond. You lose this bond if your proposed outcome is wrong or overturned, or if the resolution attempt is ruled too early — in which case the market resumes its original schedule.
Review the Reward and Network Fee, then click Submit Proposal.
On the confirmation screen that appears, click Done.
Back on the market page: After submitting, the market page shows the proposed outcome with a countdown timer indicating how long the dispute window has left. The outcome is marked as "Resolution under review" and the market remains open for trading during this time.
After the dispute window closes: If no dispute was filed before the timer expired, the outcome is confirmed, the market is officially closed (as well as the secondary trading) and a Claim button appears on the market page. Participants who held shares in the winning outcome can then claim their winnings. If a dispute was filed, the case moves to the AI Judge in the Resolution Center. If the AI Judge’s ruling is also contested, it can be escalated to human reviewers whose decision is final and binding.
Order Books and Trading During Settlement
Markets remain fully tradeable on the secondary market while going through these resolution and challenge stages. This lets participants manage their positions or exit early right up until the final result locks on the blockchain. To maintain a clear and orderly settlement process, the protocol uses a locking mechanism. While any challenge window is active, no additional resolution proposals can be submitted. However, multiple users can still file disputes against an active proposal.
Incentives for Proposing a Resolution
The protocol provides specific fee rewards to keep the ecosystem moving toward final settlement:
Closing Reward (0.2%): This reward goes to the user who successfully initiates the specific resolution path that results in the final, confirmed outcome.
Resolving Reward (0.1%): In manual markets, the person who proposes the outcome gets this reward if their choice is accepted without any challenges or appeals. In markets using the AI Oracle, this portion goes to the oracle infrastructure since its system handles the verification.
These fees are calculated from the resolved outcome pool's trading volume and become claimable once the outcome reaches finality.