23% — Will Kash Patel announce their departure as FBI Director before Aug 1, 2026
Leader: Before Aug 1, 2026 at 23% · Kalshi 23% · 2 contracts · $219 volume · low confidence
Updated 2026-06-09 10:28:14 UTC

Tracks the leading outcome in a winner-take-all prediction market set with 2 outcomes.

Why this matters:
This contract reflects a 49% probability that Kash Patel will publicly announce his departure as FBI Director sometime between now and August 1, 2026. The near-even split suggests meaningful uncertainty about his tenure stability. Related contracts show progressively lower odds for earlier departure dates (17% by June 1, 37% by July 1), indicating markets view August as a meaningful extension point. The probability is likely influenced by political dynamics, any public statements about his role, staffing decisions at the FBI, and broader shifts in the administration. The contract resolves at the end of July, so any announcement in the final weeks leading up to that date would be the primary uncertainty driver. Related departures or institutional changes at the FBI could also shift expectations.

Key factors:
- Current market pricing at 17% for June departure suggests most traders expect Patel to remain through mid-summer if departing at all
- The 49% August probability versus 68% probability of departure before 2027 implies roughly 19% of traders expect departure between August and year-end
- Volatility and trading volume are concentrated on the June and July deadlines, indicating those dates carry higher informational weight for market participants
- Patel's public communications about his role and FBI priorities would directly influence announcement likelihood
- Changes in FBI leadership announcements, staffing reshuffles, or administration-level personnel shifts could serve as leading indicators

Contracts:
- Will Kash Patel announce their departure as FBI Director before Aug 1, 2026?: Before Aug 1, 2026 — 23¢ Kalshi $16 (weight 7%)
- Will Kash Patel announce their departure as FBI Director before Jul 1, 2026?: Before Jul 1, 2026 — 7¢ Kalshi $203 (weight 93%)

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## Methodology

SimpleFunctions aggregates live YES-side prices from Kalshi and Polymarket contracts bound to this question. For binary topics the headline is the liquidity-weighted mid-price (weight = log(1 + 24h volume) × freshness, where freshness is 1.0 if updated <24h, 0.7 if <7d, 0.4 otherwise). For multi-outcome (winner-take-all) topics the headline is the current leader's price — disjoint outcomes are never arithmetically averaged. Snapshots refresh every 5 minutes during market hours.

## SF Signal

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- No SimpleFunctions index / regime / calibration signal is bound to this topic yet — the headline above is market-derived only.

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*Last verified: 2026-06-09T09:20:10.561Z*

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