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Wallet Badges

Every wallet on Polymarket carries badges that summarize who is behind a trade — wallet age, all-time PnL, current balance, and behavior. Use them to size up a counterparty in seconds: a Veteran 🦉 with Sharp 🏆 PnL is a very different signal than a fresh Spark 🐣 with no track record.

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Badges appear on the Traders leaderboard, on every wallet profile, and on the holders list of any market. Tap the About badges button anywhere in the app to open this same reference.

Behavioral 🎭

Derived from how the wallet trades, not just its numbers.

🐋
Whale volume > $1MHigh-volume player — large positions move markets.
🆕
Newbie < 50 tradesLow experience — treat as a neutral signal.
🎯
Sniper win rate > 75%Highly accurate — strong directional signal.
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Bull bets YESTends to bet YES — check their recent track record.
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Bear bets NOTends to bet NO — check their recent track record.
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Hot Streak 5+ wins in a rowOn a streak — but streaks end; check position size.
💎
Diamond Hands holds long-termPatient holder — not reactive to short-term noise.
🤖
Bot automatedAlgorithmic — may exploit micro-edges; unpredictable.
📋
Copytrader copies othersCopies top traders — a lagging signal, not original.
⭐
VIP Referral top referrerCommunity leader — large network, not a trading signal.

Wallet Age ⏱

How long the wallet has been trading. Older = more trust.

🐣Spark
< 7 days
🐥Rising
7–90 days
🦅Steady
3 months–1 year
🦉Veteran
> 1 year

PnL Gains 📈

All-time profit. The brighter the badge, the more proven the winner.

💵Green
> $2K
🔥Hot
> $10K
🏆Sharp
> $100K
🚀Elite
> $500K
🌟Legend
> $1M
🌌Mythic
> $2M
🔮Cosmic
> $5M

PnL Losses 📉

All-time losses. Heavy losers are often a contrarian signal — taking the opposite side can pay.

📉Dip
PnL < $0
💧Drain
< -$1K
🌀Spiral
< -$10K
🧊Frozen
< -$100K
💥Crash
< -$500K

Balance 💰

Current USDC balance — how much weight the wallet can throw behind a trade.

🌱Dust
≤ $200
💳Light
$201–$1K
💼Pocket
$1K–$10K
🏦Banker
$10K–$100K
👑Big Fish
$100K–$500K
🏰Vault
> $500K

How to read a wallet in 3 steps

1

Age

Spark 🐣 = new (caution). Veteran 🦉 = trusted history.

2

PnL

Sharp 🏆 / Elite 🚀 / Legend 🌟 — proven winners. Loss 📉 / Crash 💥 — a contrarian setup.

3

Balance

Vault 🏰 / Big Fish 👑 — moves the market. Dust 🌱 — limited impact.

Smart-money signals

🏆
Sharp + Veteran on YESExperienced profitable trader bets YES → strong bullish signal.
strong
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Elite + Veteran on either sideTop-tier trader with long history → very reliable signal.
strong
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Vault + Veteran on NOInstitutional-scale veteran bets NO → could move the market alone.
strong
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Hot + Steady on NOMedium-term hot trader bets NO → investigate why before following.
moderate
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Crash + Pocket on YESLosing trader with a small balance bets YES → contrarian signal for NO.
weak
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Spark badge anywhereWallet < 7 days old with a large position → low trust, possible manipulation.
caution

Reading the summary

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Median warning. When average PnL is far above the median, one outlier is distorting the picture. Trust the median.
📊
Weighted PnL. Shows where the largest positions concentrate — more meaningful than raw totals.
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Profitable ≥ $10K split. If 10 profitable wallets are on NO vs 1 on YES, the smart-money majority is on NO — a strong directional signal.
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Don't: confuse holder count with smart money (count profitable holders 🏆🚀🌟, not totals) · follow brand-new wallets with huge stakes (often manipulation) · anchor on the average when one Vault 🏰 trader pulls the mean.