Will WTI Crude Oil (WTI) hit (HIGH) $125 in April?

Prediction markets currently give a 8% probability that Will WTI Crude Oil (WTI) hit (HIGH) $125 in April?. This contract trades at 8¢ on Polymarket, closing April 30, 2026. The 9¢ price reflects an extremely low 9% probability of WTI hitting $125 in April 2026, yet the asymmetric implied yields (30,516% for Yes versus 231% for No) and elevated realized volatility of 726% suggest significant tail risk pricing rather than consensus bearishness.

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8¢
Bid/Ask 8/8¢·Spread 0¢·Vol $47,088.814·OI $54,088.658·Closes Apr 30, 2026·8d remaining
0x86e11d511362bf0078f248de6929c832cf60c5de630f06c224a498f6198a30d2
7-day price231 snapshots · 128 regime
39¢8¢ current
Apr 122¢Apr 21

Analysis

5d ago

The 9¢ price reflects an extremely low 9% probability of WTI hitting $125 in April 2026, yet the asymmetric implied yields (30,516% for Yes versus 231% for No) and elevated realized volatility of 726% suggest significant tail risk pricing rather than consensus bearishness. With only 14 days to expiry and $44.2M open interest supporting just $9.99M in 24-hour volume, the market shows thin liquidity relative to open positions, creating potential execution challenges and the 12 Cliff Risk Index indicates sharp repricing could occur near resolution. The recent price collapse from 14¢ to 8¢ over seven days, combined with a 0.57 volatility ratio below 1.0, suggests either deteriorating conviction in an oil spike or profit-taking ahead of the April expiration window.

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View counterpart →Match confidence 0.72IY 127.5%Close-time delta 5900h

Resolution rules

This market will resolve to "Yes" if, at any point between market creation and the final trading day during April 2026, any 1-minute candle for the Active Month of WTI Crude Oil futures has a final "High" price equal to or above the listed price. Otherwise, this market will resolve to "No". For WTI futures, the active month refers to the nearest listed contract month. The active month changes at 6:00:00 PM ET at the start of the trading session two business days prior to that contract's last trading day, at which point the next listed contract becomes the active month. For WTI Crude Oil (CL) futures, the last trading day is defined as three business days prior to the 25th calendar day of the month preceding the contract's delivery month (or four business days prior if the 25th calendar day is not a business day), consistent with CME contract specifications. Only prices achieved during the applicable trading session for the underlying market will be considered. Under the standard schedule, trading is open from 6:00:00 PM ET Sunday through 5:00:00 PM ET Friday, with a daily break from 5:00:00 PM ET to 6:00:00 PM ET, except where modified by holiday or special-session hours as listed on Pyth. Prices will be used exactly as published by Pyth, without rounding. If the Active Month contract does not trade at all during the listed time frame, this market will resolve to "No". In the event of a contract specification change, feed change, or similar structural modification affecting the underlying market during the listed time frame, this market will resolve based on adjusted prices as displayed on Pyth. The resolution source for this market is Pyth — specifically, the Active Month WTI Crude Oil futures "High" prices available at https://pythdata.app/explore?search=WTI, with the chart settings configured for 1-minute candles. Historical 1-minute candles may be accessed by appending a Unix timestamp (seconds) to the Pyth chart URL using the "t=" parameter. If the relevant Pyth data is unavailable due to a system outage, data failure, or other technical disruption that prevents verification of the required 1-minute candle data, the official daily high price published for the Active Month WTI Crude Oil (CL) futures contract by CME Group may be used to determine whether the listed price was reached during the applicable trading session.

Indicators

IY (Yes) 51496.7%
IY (No) 389.4%
Adj IY 25748%
CRI 12
Overround 3.0%
LAS 0.00
▶ Full indicator table (6)
IndicatorValue
IY (Yes)51496.7%
IY (No)389.4%
Adj IY25748%
CRI12
Overround3.0%
LAS0.00

Regime

Label
neutral
Score
0.5
Spread
0¢
Computed
4/21/2026, 8:25:53 PM
Has orderbookIndicators computed 4/21/2026, 8:23:18 PM

Trade

View on polymarketsf trade 0x86e11d511362bf0078f248de6929c832cf60c5de630f06c224a498f6198a30d2 yes 100

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