Payouts and claims
Every winning position, long or short, is paid in USDG from money the pool set aside when you opened it.
Winning position
After settlement your payout is yours to take. It reaches you one of two ways:
- Automatically. Isometric's keeper sends payouts to winners' wallets after settlement, in batches. Yours normally arrives within minutes. In Portfolio history it shows as Claimed, and the position's details say it was paid automatically.
- By claiming. You do not have to wait. Open Portfolio, go to the Claims tab, and press Claim. If you have several claimable positions, Claim all pays them in one transaction.
Either way you receive the same amount. A payout never expires. Take it whenever you like.
Sending a payout to another address
The claim dialog lets you choose where the money goes: My wallet or Another address. Use another address when you want the payout somewhere else, or when your own wallet cannot receive USDG.
The whole payout goes to the address you enter and cannot be sent back. Check every character, and
make sure the address can receive USDG on the network you trade on.
Before it sends anything, the dialog reads your balances and the settlement price directly from the chain through your wallet, and claims exactly that amount.
When the automatic payment fails
If the automatic payment cannot reach your wallet, for example because the wallet is blocked from receiving USDG, the position shows Push failed. Nothing is lost. The payout stays set aside for you, and you can claim it to the same wallet later or to another address.
Automatic payments are retried for about a week after settlement. After that, an unpaid payout simply waits for you to claim it.
Losing position
A position that settles on the wrong side of its worthless price pays nothing. It shows as Expired in Portfolio, and there is nothing to claim or close. What you paid was the whole cost.
Position statuses
| Status | Meaning |
| Open | The settlement time is in the future |
| Settling | The settlement time has passed and the price is waiting to be recorded |
| Claimable | You won and the payout is waiting. It is usually paid to your wallet automatically |
| Push failed | The automatic payment failed. Claim it to this wallet or to another address |
| Expired | Settled outside its range, so it pays nothing |
History shows what happened to each position: Opened, Claimed, Claimed to 0x… when you sent it elsewhere, and Push failed.
What Portfolio shows
The account panel summarises your positions:
| Figure | Meaning |
| Open value, estimated | What the pool's model says your open positions are worth right now. A guide only |
| Open max payout | The most your open positions could pay |
| Claimable | Payouts waiting for you |
| Realized PnL | Payouts received minus the cost of positions that have paid or settled at zero |
| Win rate | Of those positions, the share that paid more than they cost |
| Premium paid | Everything you have paid for positions |
| Paid out | Everything that has been paid out to you |
Each row links to its transaction, so every step can be checked on the chain.
Where the money comes from
The pool sets aside the money for your payout when you open the position, so your payout does not depend on the pool having money later.