The system is older than 10 billion years based on UVW velocities and the low metallicity of Wolf 1130A.

This progenitor probably spent between 50 and 100 million years in the main-sequence before it became a giant star and engulfed Wolf 1130A in a common envelope.

The flares occur due to material being occasionally accreted onto the surface of the white dwarf.

[6] Three components cause the variability of Wolf 1130A:[3] In the future the system will lose orbital energy due to effects such as magnetic braking and by emitting gravitational waves.

At this point the system will transfer mass from the M-type subdwarf to the surface of the white dwarf, becoming a cataclysmic variable.

Once the mass transfer starts, magnetic braking will gain strength, and after less than 500 million years the Wolf 1130AB pair will merge.