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Prediction market analysis, strategies, and research. 11 articles.

geopolitics1mo ago11 min

How Prediction Markets Are Pricing the Strait of Hormuz Crisis — Live Data

#iran#hormuz#oil#geopolitics
geopolitics1mo ago8 min

What Is Going On in the World Right Now — April 2026

Iran at 67%, Ukraine ceasefire at 30%, Taiwan at 10%, Democrats eyeing Senate flip. What 9,706 prediction market contracts are telling us about the state of the world.

#world-state#iran#ukraine#taiwan
geopolitics2mo ago12 min

US-Iran War and Oil: What Prediction Markets Are Actually Pricing

The Hormuz Strait is disrupted, oil is elevated, and prediction markets are placing real money on what happens next. Here is what the orderbooks actually say — and where they might be wrong.

#US-Iran war#oil prices#prediction markets#hormuz strait
geopolitics4mo ago52 min

Cuba Regime 2026: Post-Castro Era Prediction Markets and the Risk of Sudden Change

Diaz-Canel’s Cuba is in its worst peacetime crisis since 1959—yet markets still mostly price in regime continuity through 2026. This deep-dive explains the macro, political, migration, and geopolitical drivers prediction traders must track to spot mispriced Cuban tail risk.

#Cuba#prediction markets#geopolitics#regime change
geopolitics4mo ago112 min

Latin America’s Leftist Governments to 2026: Pink Tide Scenarios and Prediction Market Edges

How the second pink tide could crest or collapse by 2026 — with deep dives on Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, and Argentina, plus US election scenarios and concrete trade ideas for prediction market traders.

#Latin America politics#pink tide#prediction markets#Brazil Lula
geopolitics4mo ago136 min

US Oil Sanctions on Venezuela, Iran, and Russia in 2026: How Prediction Markets Are Pricing the Next Shock

Prediction markets are quietly handicapping the odds of a new sanctions squeeze on Venezuelan, Iranian, and Russian oil in 2026. This deep-dive maps the legal regimes, enforcement patterns, shadow fleets, and global oil balances behind those prices—and shows where traders may be mispricing the risk.

#US oil sanctions#Venezuela#Iran#Russia
geopolitics4mo ago42 min

Venezuela’s Humanitarian Crisis by 2026: Migration, Refugees, and the Signals from Prediction Markets

How an 8‑million‑plus exodus is reshaping Latin America, US immigration politics, and remittance‑driven stabilization—and what prediction markets are pricing in (and missing) about Venezuela’s humanitarian crisis in 2026.

#Venezuela#migration#refugees#prediction markets
geopolitics4mo ago72 min

Venezuela Opposition, Maria Corina Machado, and 2026 Prediction Markets: What Traders Are Really Pricing In

How prediction markets are pricing the Venezuela opposition’s chances, María Corina Machado’s strategy, and regime‑change risk through 2026—plus the signals that will move odds next.

#Venezuela#Maria Corina Machado#prediction markets#geopolitics
geopolitics4mo ago72 min

Maduro, Venezuela 2026: Regime Stability, Prediction Markets, and the Political Crisis

Prediction markets badly mispriced Venezuela’s 2026 shock—but the Chavista regime survived Maduro’s capture. This outline maps the odds, drivers, and scenarios analysts should track when writing about Venezuela’s regime stability through 2026.

#Venezuela#Maduro#prediction markets#regime stability
geopolitics5mo ago91 min

Russia War Strategic Roadmap 2025: Scenarios, Constraints, and Market Signals

How far can Moscow push its war in 2025? This roadmap unpacks Russia’s military objectives, economic resilience, foreign support, and occupation plans—and translates them into concrete scenarios and signals for prediction-market traders.

#Russia war strategic roadmap 2025#Russia#Ukraine war#geopolitics
geopolitics5mo ago114 min

Ukraine War Strategic Roadmap 2025: Scenarios, Odds, and Trading the Next Phase of the Conflict

Prediction markets are rapidly repricing the Ukraine war as a long positional struggle rather than a short, decisive campaign. This roadmap breaks down the 2025 military options, Western aid constraints, and diplomatic endgames—then translates them into concrete scenarios and trading implications.

#Ukraine war strategic roadmap 2025#Ukraine#Russia#geopolitics