> The index of every page is at https://docs.nova.markets/llms.txt. The complete documentation in one file is at https://docs.nova.markets/llms-full.txt.

# Quick Start

Address: https://docs.nova.markets/#/quick-start
Section: Introduction

Earn Conviction Points and use them to earn direct fee sharing from all of Nova’s markets and decide what lists next.

## What you need

- An EVM wallet.
- Your X account.
- USDC, from any chain you hold it on.

## 1. Connect

Connect your wallet, and connect your X account to appear on the leaderboard. Conviction Markets is whitelisted at launch. Follow how to get your whitelist on [X](https://x.com/novadotmarkets).

## 2. Deposit

Click Deposit and send USDC from any chain you hold it on. Minimum 5 USDC, flat 0.20 USDC fee, and it lands in your trading balance in seconds. See [Deposits and transfers](https://docs.nova.markets/get-started.md).

## 3. Earn Conviction Points by trading or providing liquidity

Pick a market, Hyperliquid perps or Nova markets and start trading. You earn Conviction Points from your first trade. Providing liquidity to the [Conviction Pool](https://docs.nova.markets/conviction-pool.md) earns them too, continuously.

## 4. Your first Conviction Drop

Every 3 days, three candidate markets stand for listing. Spend points on the one you believe in. Skipping is free, and an unspent balance only grows. At the Drop, everyone who backed receives the new market's [Conviction Token](https://docs.nova.markets/revshare.md): a lifetime share of its fees.

Next:

- [Conviction Tokens](https://docs.nova.markets/revshare.md): what you receive, and why it pays for life.
- [Conviction Drops](https://docs.nova.markets/conviction.md): the rules of backing.
- [Fees and funding](https://docs.nova.markets/fees.md): what a trade costs, and the one fee that can pay you.