Getting started

This page gets you from zero to a first trade, then points you to the pages for your role.

Before you start

• Solana mainnet, real money. Capped futures run on Solana mainnet and settle in real USDC. The programs have not been audited.
• An account. Sign in to the web app at amoeba.farm with Google (a Solana wallet is created for you) or with Phantom, Solflare or Backpack.
• USDC in your wallet. You pay for positions in USDC on Solana (mint EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v) from your wallet. Send USDC to your wallet address (copy it from Account) from an exchange or another wallet, or use Add funds on Account, which opens Stripe’s USDC on-ramp where it is available. A token with the same name and another mint is not USDC.
• No SOL needed. Amoeba’s sponsor pays the network fee of every web app transaction.
• The risks. Read Risk disclosures.

Your first trade

1. Open a market. Go to the RAMX or NANDX trade page from Components or Products, or from Trading in the phone menu.
2. Pick a direction. Long gains if the index settles higher, Short if it settles lower. Leave Market selected to trade now.
3. Set the leverage. The slider sets the losing end of your range: the entry minus entry ÷ leverage for a long, plus it for a short. The default is 10×.
4. Set the winning end. Up to for a long, Down to for a short. Leave it empty to use the market’s suggested range, which reaches about as far as the index is likely to move by expiry.
5. Choose the expiry and the amount. Pick the Expiry and enter the Amount of USDC to put in.
6. Check the ticket. The payoff shape shows your range. Entry is the price you get, Per point is what the position gains for each index point inside the range, and You pay is what goes in now: the most you can lose.
7. Open. Select Open long or Open short and approve in your wallet. The position shows under Portfolio in your ledger.
8. Close or hold. Exit sells the position at the best price on the book and sends the USDC to your wallet. If you hold it, it settles at expiry on the oracle’s final index. The payout lands in your cash in that market: Withdraw under Claims moves it to your wallet, and Withdraw all on Account collects every market’s free cash.

The Web app page describes every control, and Capped futures explains the payoff.

Choose your path

Traders. Start with Capped futures for payoffs, RAMX and NANDX markets for what you are trading, and Fees and transaction costs. Then read Trading and liquidity and Market lifecycle.

Liquidity providers. You can deposit USDC into the Earn vault on Earn, which funds the treasury maker in every market and shares its result, or place your own limit orders. Earn withdrawals pay your shares at the vault’s lowest value, at once. Read Providing liquidity, Earn, and Earn settlement.

Oracle contributors. Read How the oracle works, Evidence rules, and Challenges and disputes. Check the bond, deadline, and reward rules before you commit funds. The Oracle page in the web app shows sources and, under Contribute, the Petri commands for the current stage. Contributions are signed and sent with Petri’s petri oracle commands.

Developers. Start with the API reference and the Quickstart. Deployment lists the chain and program addresses.

Terminal and agent users. Petri gives you repeatable commands and JSON output. To have an AI agent read markets, see Connect an AI agent. Keep the final approval of any transaction in your own terminal or wallet.