# How much Novig prop volume is protected?

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Protected player props settle at the pregame price if the player does not take part in the second half. This compares protected and standard prop markets by league.

| League | Standard markets | Protected markets | Standard volume | Protected volume | Protected share |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NFL | 9,096 | 5,175 | 1,363,698,609 | 2,302,645 | 0.2% |
| NBA | 3,863 | 2,489 | 632,328,346 | 62,561 | 0.0% |

## Method

We count open and recent markets whose type ends in _PROTECTED against their standard twins, and sum the all-time volume Novig reports on each market.

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