# Introduction

### Welcome to ClickOptions

ClickOptions is a crypto options venue built for better pricing (Flow-Implied pricing), deeper markets (coordinated liquidity across strikes/expiries), and clearer decisions (timestamped spread/depth benchmarks). Our goal is simple: help you trade volatility, not friction, with transparent methods and fair-play rules.

#### Who this documentation is for

**Traders**: instruments, fees, order types, risk controls, settlement.

**Liquidity providers**: incentives, penalties, and onboarding.

**Institutions**: connectivity, custody, reporting, SLAs.

**Builders**: APIs, market data, SDKs, sandboxes.

**Community**: programs, referrals, education, policy.

#### How to use these docs

**Trade:** Everything needed to place and manage orders: accounts and funding, instrument specs, order types and matching, market microstructure/risk controls, and index/settlement methodology. Start here if you’re trading.

**Earn:** Vaults and staking mechanics, token utility/policy, affiliate and referral, and MM/LP program details.

**Trust:** Security and custody, audits/reports, pricing and spread benchmarks (method + monthly report), status/incidents, legal/compliance, privacy/data.

#### Conventions and support

**Dated pages**: Look for “Last updated” to confirm recency; benchmark cards will be timestamped with a method footnote.

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Welcome. Let’s make options cheaper, tighter, and clearer. Together.