Cooling-off periods

A cooling-off period pauses trading for a fixed window without closing your account. Use it when you want a break — a few days, a week, longer — but plan to come back.

How it works

In Settings → Responsible Gaming → Cooling-off, pick a duration: 24 hours, 48 hours, 7 days, or a custom length. Apply.

While cooling-off is active:

• New orders are blocked. The trading panel rejects submissions with a clear "cooling-off active" message.
• Existing positions stay alive. They continue to settle as markets resolve. Anything already on the order book stays there unless you cancel it.
• Withdrawals stay open. You can move USDC out at any time. The cooling-off doesn't lock funds.
• Sign-in stays open. You can still log in to check on positions and claim winnings.

Ending early

You can't end a cooling-off early. Once you've started one, it runs to its full duration.

This is intentional — the entire point is the certainty that the pause holds. If you could undo it during a moment of impulse, the tool wouldn't work.

Extending

You can extend an active cooling-off at any time. Extensions take effect immediately.

After cooling-off ends

The account returns to normal automatically. No action needed — trading resumes the moment the timer hits zero. Limits you had set before the cooling-off (deposit, loss, per-bet) are still in effect unchanged.

When to consider self-exclusion instead

If a few days isn't enough, or you've used multiple cooling-offs in quick succession, self-exclusion is the next step. Self-exclusion is permanent.

Need help?

If you're considering a longer break for reasons related to gambling harm, the Settings → Responsible Gaming page links to relevant helplines for your region. Reaching out to one of them is the most effective thing you can do.