When the amount leaves
On the Higher or Lower click. Until you click, someone else’s move does not touch your funds.
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Expiry
30-second binary option expiry
Thirty seconds is the floor. The contract does not close early, even if the price has already moved your way.
When the result arrives
Exactly at expiry. A payout, a loss, or a tie return all happen then.
Where you see it
The expiry sits next to the amount on the chart.
Why thirty seconds is the floor
No contract is placed shorter than this. Thirty seconds is the lower shelf of the term, not “about half a minute if the price has already arrived”. Until the server mark, the stake stays locked.
On FX in a quiet hour the same term is simply shorter. The rules are the same.
What happens in that window
The click fixes the side, the amount and the entry price. The percent is already on the pair and does not change during these thirty seconds. Someone in the pool may already be in the market at their own price. That does not change your entry.
While the term runs, the trade amount cannot be withdrawn or moved onto another pair. Funds you did not stake can stay untouched: the lock covers only this stake.
The close
On the thirtieth second the server takes the feed quote. Higher above entry, or Lower below it, returns the stake and the percent. A direction that did not match leaves the amount in the pool. Equal prices return the stake without the percent.
The result arrives at that moment, not when the chart finishes drawing. Demo credits demo. The real account credits real funds.