Trading Desks/Geopolitics Desk
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Geopolitics Desk

🔴 bearish

International relations, conflicts, trade wars, and global events.

Markets: 90
Total Volume: $71.26M
Events: 3

Market Overview

The Geopolitics Desk currently displays a market landscape heavily dominated by the Russia-Ukraine conflict, which anchors both the Prediction Events and the highest-volume single markets. Trading activity is concentrated in a few headline events, with significant liquidity disparities. The $71.26M total volume is heavily skewed, with the top market alone ('Russia x Ukraine ceasefire in 2025?') accounting for ~88% of all desk volume ($62.46M). This indicates a market currently focused on a single protracted conflict, with secondary attention on US-Venezuela tensions and Israel-Gaza/Lebanon. A notable theme is the prevalence of short-term, date-specific binary events (e.g., strikes on specific days) alongside broader annual outcome markets.

Last updated: 12/23/2025, 12:02:07 AM

Top Markets

Russia x Ukraine ceasefire in 2025?

This is the elephant in the room. A 1.5% YES price signals a market assigning a very low probability to a ceasefire in 2025. The enormous volume suggests this is the primary consensus-building vehicle for the conflict, but the low price may indicate entrenched pessimism or a market overly influenced by current battlefield stalemate dynamics.

150%
$0.00M

Will Israel strike Gaza on December 1?

The high resolution price (100% YES) indicates this specific event is considered virtually certain by the market, likely due to the ongoing nature of the conflict. The relatively low volume ($0.06M) suggests it was a near-certainty when the market was created, attracting little speculative interest.

10000%
$0.00M

Weekly Highlights

  • The 'Russia x Ukraine ceasefire in 2025?' market solidified its position as the dominant liquidity center, with its $62.46M volume dwarfing all others. This suggests traders are using it as the primary hedge or expression on the conflict's duration.
  • Markets on the use of frozen Russian assets (EU agrees by Dec 19: 28.7% YES) gained prominence, reflecting real-world policy debates as a near-term catalyst.
  • Specific date markets for US-Venezuela engagement (Dec 19: 0% YES) expired or neared expiry without resolution, while the broader Jan 31, 2026 market held at 32% YES, indicating the market sees risk but is uncertain on timing.
  • The Israel-Gaza strike market for Dec 1 resolved to YES (100%), validating the market's short-term predictive accuracy on ongoing conflicts.

Trending Topics

US-Venezuela Tensions(5 markets)
neutral
Middle East Escalation(3 markets)
bearish
Ukraine Conflict Derivatives(6 markets)
bearish

Upcoming Catalysts

Dec 19, 2024high impact

EU decision deadline on Russian assets

Dec 5, 2024medium impact

Specific Israel-Lebanon strike resolution date

Ongoingmedium impact

Leadership health/ stability rumors

Q1 2025high impact

US presidential transition & early policy moves

Prediction Events