53% — Will Trump announce a trade deal with Cuba before May 1, 2026
Leader: Before Jan 1, 2027 at 53% · Kalshi 53% · 2 contracts · $50 volume · low confidence
Updated 2026-06-26 00:16:59 UTC

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

Why this matters:
This question asks whether Trump will announce a trade deal specifically with Cuba before May 1, 2026—a deadline that has already passed as of today. The 52% probability reflects market belief that such an announcement may have occurred or is being evaluated as having occurred. Market activity shows traders assign lower probabilities to Cuba deals compared to other potential trade partners like the EU, and recent contract pricing suggests broader trade deal announcements are expected before June 2026. The outcome depends on how "announce" is defined, whether any Trump administration statements regarding Cuba trade have been formally made, and the interpretation of existing agreements or negotiations.

Key factors:
- Whether a formal Trump administration announcement about Cuba trade occurred between the question start date and May 1, 2026
- How market participants define 'announce' — whether informal statements, press releases, or formal agreements qualify
- Comparison to pricing on other potential trade deals (EU at 3¢, general trade deals before June 2026 at 33¢) suggesting Cuba is seen as a lower-probability target
- Current geopolitical relationship between the Trump administration and Cuba, which historically has been contentious
- Clarification from contract issuers on whether any announcements have been made and how they are classified for resolution purposes

Contracts:
- Will Trump announce a trade deal with Cuba before Jan 1, 2027?: Before Jan 1, 2027 — 53¢ Kalshi $5 (weight 10%)
- Will Trump announce a trade deal with Cuba before Aug 1, 2026?: Before Aug 1, 2026 — 17¢ Kalshi $45 (weight 90%)

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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: 2026-06-25T23:20:50.902Z*

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