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# Getting started

The current deployment uses hTEST. You need access to the pilot application, a wallet on Robinhood mainnet, pilot hTEST allocated to your wallet, and ETH for gas. hTEST has no monetary value. This deployment has no public hTEST faucet.

All six series were paused at the latest documentation check. The steps below describe trading when a round is open and liquidity is available.

## Connect and fund your trading balance

Open [Helio](https://helio.bet) and connect your wallet. The application may first show its preview access page.

Use **Wallet → Add / withdraw funds**, or open the funds panel from the balance beside the order controls. Check that the token is hTEST and the network is Robinhood mainnet before approving and depositing.

Your wallet balance and trading balance are separate. An approval permits the exchange to transfer collateral; the deposit moves it into the contract and credits your account. Confirm the receipt before relying on the new balance.

## Buy or place a limit order

Select a market and check its round, opening reference, countdown, and available orders.

**Quick buy** takes available offers within a maximum price limit. It can fill partially. The unfilled reservation is released.

**Limit / Sell** lets you choose the outcome, buy or sell, price, quantity, expiry, and execution type. Clicking a visible book price opens a ticket for review. A buy requires enough free collateral, including the applicable fee reservation. A sell requires shares you already hold in the exchange.

A submitted transaction is not a confirmed fill. Check the receipt, position, and open-order remainder.

## Close or cancel

Sell held shares before cutoff to reduce a position. A close needs matching buy interest and may fill partially or fail to fill.

Cancel an open order to release its unfilled reservation. Cancellation takes effect when confirmed. It does not reverse completed fills, and another transaction may fill an order before your cancellation reaches the chain.

## Collect and withdraw

After settlement, **Collect** redeems free exchange-held outcome shares into your trading balance. It does not send collateral to your wallet.

Cancel remaining orders that reserve shares. If you moved outcomes to your wallet as ERC1155 tokens, deposit them back into the exchange before collecting.

Withdraw free collateral from the funds panel to your connected wallet. Reserved collateral must first be released. Gas is paid in ETH.

## Common questions

**Why is there no current round?** A paused series cannot open new rounds. An unpaused series also needs a transaction during its opening window and valid historical evidence.

**Why is my balance unavailable?** Some collateral or shares may be reserved in open orders. Check the unfilled remainder.

**Why does the chart move differently from the result?** Chart samples are informational. Settlement compares the fixed historical windows at the round's scheduled boundaries.

**Does the pilot auto-collect?** Use manual collection on the public network. The source includes a local-demo auto-collection feature; public-network automatic collection remains unvalidated.

See [Fees and balances](/fees-and-balances.md) and [Rounds and settlement](/rounds-and-settlement.md).


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