What Resolution Snipe Actually Does

Resolution Snipe is the most consistent of PolySnipe's eight strategies. Where other strategies hunt for mispricings and reversals, Resolution Snipe does something simpler: it follows the near-certain winner in the final stretch of a BTC window and collects a modest, reliable spread as the market settles.

The logic is straightforward. As a Polymarket window approaches resolution, the winning side tends to trade at a discount to its true settlement value — not always a large discount, but a measurable one. Resolution Snipe enters that position in the last 8–60 seconds and captures the spread as the market closes.

Lower upside per trade. Much higher win rate. That is the tradeoff, and for many traders it is the right one.

The Numbers: $10–20 Daily on a $20–30 Balance

Traders running this strategy with the settings published on the PolySnipe GitHub have consistently reported $10–20 in daily profit on starting balances of $20–30.

That is a high daily return relative to capital — possible here because the BTC 5-minute market produces a large number of windows per day (roughly 288 windows across 24 hours), and Resolution Snipe is designed to capture a small, repeatable edge on each qualifying window rather than making large bets on uncertain outcomes.

The capital compounds naturally within the session. A $25 balance that runs through 40–60 qualifying windows in a day can produce $10–20 in gross profit without any single trade risking more than a small fraction of the total.

Important: past performance in any given configuration period does not guarantee future results. Polymarket BTC windows vary in liquidity and structure across sessions. Run with capital you are comfortable with while you validate these numbers against your own journal data.

The Exact Settings

The configuration used to produce these results is published openly on GitHub:

https://github.com/polycopypro/polysnipebot-5min-btc

The repository contains the full parameter set for the Resolution Snipe strategy optimised for the BTC 5-minute market. Clone or download the config, load it into your PolySnipe Bot strategy settings, and it is ready to run.

What the config specifies:

  • Entry window timing (seconds remaining before resolution)
  • Minimum token price threshold to qualify for entry
  • Position size as a fraction of available balance
  • Take-profit and stop conditions
  • Signal confirmation requirements before entry fires

How to Load the Config

  1. Download or copy the settings file from the GitHub repository
  2. Open PolySnipe Bot and navigate to Strategy Configuration
  3. Select the Resolution Snipe strategy
  4. Import the settings from the file or enter the parameter values manually
  5. Set the target market to BTC 5-minute
  6. Save and start the bot

If you want to also run it on the BTC 15-minute market, the same config can be applied there — though the timing windows scale differently on the longer market, so monitor the first session and adjust entry timing if needed.

Why This Strategy Works on Small Balances

Most high-frequency trading strategies require meaningful capital to produce meaningful absolute returns. Resolution Snipe is unusual in that its edge is structural rather than size-dependent — the spread between the discount price and the settlement value exists at any position size.

With $20–30, you are entering at small enough size that slippage is minimal and execution speed matters more than capital weight. PolySnipe's millisecond execution advantage is most pronounced precisely at the small-size, high-frequency end of the spectrum.

As your balance grows through compounding daily returns, you can choose to scale position sizes proportionally or withdraw profits regularly and keep the base capital steady. Both approaches are valid.

Running It Alongside Other Strategies

Resolution Snipe does not conflict with other active strategies. If you are already running Reversal Snipe as your primary strategy, Resolution Snipe runs in parallel on qualifying windows — they target different conditions and different entry timings.

A common configuration is:

  • Reversal Snipe active — primary strategy, fires on mispricings in the last 10–40 seconds
  • Resolution Snipe active — secondary strategy, fires on near-certain winners in the last 8–60 seconds
  • All other strategies configured but disabled

This gives you two independent income streams from the same market, with the bot managing both without any manual intervention.

Scheduling Recommendations

If you want to maximise the number of qualifying windows without running 24/7, use the active hours feature to focus on the sessions with the most consistent BTC liquidity:

  • London + New York overlap: 13:00–17:00 UTC — highest volume, most reliable spread compression
  • US session: 14:30–21:00 UTC — strong second choice if you want a longer window

Avoid deep overnight hours (00:00–06:00 UTC) until you have enough journal data to know how Resolution Snipe performs in your specific market conditions during those hours.

Bottom Line

Resolution Snipe is the lowest-friction path to consistent daily returns with PolySnipe Bot. The GitHub settings remove the guesswork from configuration. The small starting balance requirement means you can validate the edge with minimal capital at risk before scaling.

Start with $20–30, run the published config, and let the journal tell you what the edge actually looks like over your first week. Adjust from evidence, not expectation.