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- **Using MetaMask or hardware wallet?** You need to set allowances before trading.

### What are allowances?
Think of allowances as permissions. Before Polymarket can move your funds to execute trades, you need to give the exchange contracts permission to access your USDC and conditional tokens.
Think of allowances as permissions. Before Polymarket can move your funds to execute trades, you need to give the exchange contracts permission to access your USDC.e and conditional tokens.

### Quick Setup
You need to approve two types of tokens:
1. **USDC** (for deposits and trading)
1. **USDC.e** (for deposits and trading)
2. **Conditional Tokens** (the outcome tokens you trade)

Each needs approval for the exchange contracts to work properly.

### Setting Allowances
Here's a simple breakdown of what needs to be approved:

**For USDC (your trading currency):**
**For USDC.e (your trading currency):**
- Token: `0x2791Bca1f2de4661ED88A30C99A7a9449Aa84174`
- Approve for these contracts:
- `0x4bFb41d5B3570DeFd03C39a9A4D8dE6Bd8B8982E` (Main exchange)
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- To discover token IDs, use the Markets API Explorer: [Get Markets](https://docs.polymarket.com/developers/gamma-markets-api/get-markets).
- Prices are in dollars from 0.00 to 1.00. Shares are whole or fractional units of the outcome token.

See [/example](/examples) for more.
See [/example](/examples) for more.