# What Does the Blue Arrow Mean on Kalshi?

*By Benny Ricciardi, FSWA Award Winner · Published Author · Ran 4Deep Sports · Led FTN Marketing · Traded Bonds on Wall Street — The 7 Oracles at PredictionMarketsPicks*

The blue arrow means that leg settled scalar, between $0 and $1. It does not void your combo. Here's exactly what it pays, with a worked DNP example.

- Source: https://predictionmarketspicks.com/articles/kalshi-blue-arrow-meaning
- Published: 2026-10-12
- Updated: 2026-10-12

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**Quick answer.** A blue arrow next to a position in your Kalshi combo means **that leg settled scalar**: it resolved to a value between $0 and $1 instead of a plain yes or no. **It does not void your combo.** Kalshi pays the combo as the product of every leg's final value, so the arrowed leg shrinks the payout rather than erasing it or refunding it.

## What triggers a blue arrow?

Kalshi lists three causes, all of them partial resolutions under the leg's own market rules:

- **A DNP.** If a player in your combo never enters the game, that leg generally settles at its last fair price as determined by the Exchange, not at $0 or $1.
- **A protected pick settling at its fair price.** A protected NFL player market settles at its fair price if the player plays the first half but not the second half or overtime and hasn't reached the target.
- **Another partial resolution** that a market's own rules allow.

One line decides most of these. Once a player has entered the game (in NFL markets, a single snap), the leg settles on the stats actually recorded, even after an injury or ejection, and it resolves yes or no like any other leg, with no arrow. Only a protected market changes that.

## Does the blue arrow void my combo?

No. A widely shared answer says the arrowed leg voids. Kalshi's rule is that it settles at its value, the combo is **not cancelled or refunded**, and the payout is recalculated with that value inside the product.

## How much does a combo pay after a blue arrow?

Multiply every leg's final value. Kalshi's own example, scaled to a ten-contract position:

| Leg | Settled at | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Leg A | $1.00 | Resolved yes |
| Leg B | $1.00 | Resolved yes |
| Leg C | $0.70 | **Blue arrow**: settled scalar (DNP) |
| **Combo, per contract** | **$0.70** | $1.00 × $1.00 × $0.70 |
| **Combo, 10 contracts** | **$7.00** | instead of $10.00, and instead of $0 |

Two more rules from the same page: if any leg settles at $0 the whole combo pays $0 (and can settle right away), and a combo otherwise settles after every leg is determined, typically 1 to 12 hours after the last one resolves.

## What should you do when you see one?

Open the arrowed leg's market and read its settlement rules: the contract terms on each market page are the governing reference, and they state the exact value it settled at. Then check the math: your payout per contract should equal the product of the final values.

The bigger lesson sits upstream of settlement. A combo's price is quoted to you rather than calculated from your legs, so it can sit above what the legs are worth before a single game starts. Grade the quote against fair value first with the free [Combo Edge Builder](https://predictionmarketspicks.com/tools/combo-edge-builder), and read [how Kalshi combos work](https://predictionmarketspicks.com/articles/how-kalshi-combos-work) for the full rule set. If a combo won't build or shows "payout unavailable", that's a different problem: see [Kalshi combo not working? every fix](https://predictionmarketspicks.com/articles/kalshi-combo-not-working).

**Primary source:** Kalshi's own combo rules, [Kalshi Help Center: Combos](https://help.kalshi.com/en/articles/13823820-combos) (read 2026-10-12).

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