What elegant, general-purpose improvements to market structure will we get in 2024?
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Automatic market resolution defined in terms of other data sources
55%
Binary markets as an N=2 special case of linked multiple choice markets
17%
Multiple-choice markets with answers that sum to any creator-chosen number
85%
Binary markets with outcomes other than YES/NO
43%
Date/time markets
60%
Multiple choice markets as containers for groups of binary markets
87%
User-chosen graph colors
  • Many binary markets have two roughly equivalent primary outcomes. For example, whether a democrat or a republican president wins the election. Right now, we have to arbitrarily pick one option to highlight in the market, such as "Will a democrat win the election?". This is inelegant and skews the market, since it could bias how traders think about the result, and an unexpected result (like an independent candidate winning) will favor one side or the other. This can be solved by using a multiple-choice market instead and creating only two choices. However, multiple-choice markets have a worse UI; can't see limit orders in a single place, can't see positions in a single place, graph looks worse, etc. This could be fixed by improving multiple-choice markets and/or giving us the option to label binary markets outcomes with labels other than "YES" and "NO".

  • Often there are colors associated with certain market outcomes, such as blue for democrats and red for republicans. But market graphs don't let us pick their colors; on binary markets we're stuck with green and white, and on multiple-choice markets we're stuck with a predetermined selection. Letting the market creators choose what colors represent which options would be a nice aesthetic improvement, and also make it easier for people to hold in their mind what option means what. This answer resolves based on the proportion of market types we get it for. e.g. If they add it for binary markets but not multiple choice, it resolves to 50%.

  • Automatic market resolution defined in terms of data sources refers to something like Data Points or The Super Market.

Please suggest other improvements and I'll add them as answers. For last year's market, see /IsaacKing/will-manifold-give-us-more-finegain

Note that these answers have significant overlap. Any codebase change that resolves "Binary markets as an N=2 special case of linked multiple choice markets" to YES would likely (but not guaranteed) also resolve "Binary markets with outcomes other than YES/NO" to YES.

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bought Ṁ500 Binary markets with ... YES

@IsaacKing resolves YES

sold Ṁ990 Binary markets with ... YES

@Isaacking2 Tagging as well, in case you're active with only your alt

Example: https://manifold.markets/jack/who-will-win-the-first-trump-vs-har-thjpt3tw3d

  • Can see limit orders in a single place in the order book

  • Graph is clean; looks like a binary market colored orange and blue

  • The UI is practically a binary market with the options named other than "YES" / "NO"

  • But technically it's a "multiple choice, dependent" market type

Suggestion: a market only open to people I follow

Suggestion: Poll-like markets where everyone can only bet a fixed amount on one option in linked, or each option in unlinked, and once in binary too. No need to his prices before they bet. Basically, a slow moving market that may distribute profit more widely

Suggestion: polls as a special case of mcUL markets, where you're only allowed to spend 1 mana one time per market and can't see prices or positions until you bet, and rather than percent price it shows the count of YES and LONG positions and has no payout.

@Ernie What's the benefit?

@IsaacKing yeah maybe not enough shared code to make it useful

Suggestion: controlling participation based on user criteria such as account age, profit, history of participation, etc all automatically as part of the market definition.

@Ernie Hmm, I'm not sure that really counts as "market structure". Neat idea though.

@IsaacKing it's like a private market with a bodyguard. Not having casuals in a market is significant. Not absolute but interesting

The fact that you can't invest in companies tol you're accredited is definitely an aspect of SV's culture

Automatic market resolution defined in terms of other data sources

I wish!

Binary markets with outcomes other than YES/NO

Isn't this just multiple choice with 2 labeled options?

@JamesGrugett No, since multiple-choice markets have much worse UI. It's still preferable to make a binary "will the Democrats win the election" market than to make a multiple-choice market with options of Republicans and Democrats.

JamesboughtṀ50Date/time markets YES