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Prediction-market analysis product promoted at the end of both UKMTO incident briefs and supplying the quoted traffic-normalization odds.

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invest3 publishers

Riyadh missile attack adds half a point to the priced odds of a US invasion of Iran

Trump left Camp David early on Saturday after the first missile reached Riyadh since hostilities resumed. The contract on a US invasion of Iran by the end of 2026 went from 16 percent to 16.5 percent YES, a relative move of about 3 percent.

Perspective Coverage

3 publishers
Builder
Builder 10%
Operator
Operator 43%
Investor
Investor 47%

Reality

Evidence58
Adoption
Insufficient
Hype gap+30
Incentives70
Confidence55
invest1 publisher

A 3% oil shock cost sterling about half a cent

Houthi strikes shut Saudi Arabia's Hormuz bypass pipeline, Brent rose 3% to $108, and sterling fell 0.4% to $1.3474 on September 14. Prediction traders moved crude's record odds from 14% to 15.5%.

Reality

Evidence28
Adoption
Insufficient
Hype gap+34
Incentives62
Confidence41
invest1 publisher

September Fed hike odds climb to 45.5% from 31% in a week

With the benchmark rate at 3.63% and July inflation at 3.4%, the real cost of money is about a quarter of a point, which is why the hike now priced more heavily into October than September is a budgeting problem rather than a curiosity.

Reality

Evidence28
Adoption
Insufficient
Hype gap+22
Incentives62
Confidence33

Earlier coverage

  1. Hormuz at a fraction of capacity: the workaround is about 4.5 million barrels a day

    Invest · August 24, 2026 · 1 publisher

  2. Hormuz gets a price list: Iran turns $2m shakedowns into a transit fee with an office behind it

    Invest · August 23, 2026 · 1 publisher

  3. Bigger Treasury buybacks, same long end: 30s near 5.25% make duration the holder's problem

    Invest · August 23, 2026 · 1 publisher

  4. A Sept. 15 cloture date, and a 24.5% price on the CFTC-SEC line ever being drawn

    Invest · August 22, 2026 · 1 publisher

  5. Three dissents for a hike turn a routine Fed hold into a positioning problem

    Invest · August 16, 2026 · 1 publisher

  6. Stablecoin yield is the one clause that now decides the CLARITY Act

    Invest · August 16, 2026 · 1 publisher

  7. China's crude imports fell to a 2016 low, and the self-sufficiency bill looks cheaper

    Invest · August 16, 2026 · 1 publisher

  8. The SPR Falls Below 300 Million Barrels, And With It A Free Option You Were Holding

    Invest · August 16, 2026 · 1 publisher

  9. Iran's Hormuz bill prices the chokepoint: 7% to pass, 20% to refuse

    Invest · August 15, 2026 · 1 publisher