ManifoldMacro / FedUpdated 3m ago

Will 2026 be a bigger blue wave than 2018?

As of Sep 29, 2026, 4:59 PM ET, Manifold priced this market at 54.0% (up from 49.3% 24 hours earlier). It had Ṁ239.7 traded in the past 24 hours and Ṁ1K of order-book liquidity. probcast.co rates the support behind this price as weak.

Market probability
54.0%
+4.8 percentage points
over 24 hours49.3% → 54.0%
93 days until the event deadline
Deadline: December 31, 2026 at 6:59 PM ET

The move lacks solid trading support — treat the new probability with caution.

The pricing has weak support: moderate trading volume. The probability moved another 1.4 points in the past hour — the market is still repricing.

How credible was the move?

Three separate questions — a move can be genuine while the latest price is still settling. Methodology →

Move validity

Is the move backed by real trading and depth?

Weak

The pricing has weak support: moderate trading volume.

Consensus stability

Has the market settled at the new probability?

Unsettled

The probability moved another 1.4 points in the past hour — the market is still repricing.

Contract clarity

Will the rules resolve without ambiguity?

High

The resolution rules are relatively specific, with a named source and a defined deadline.

Recent trade activity$214.6 traded

From the latest trade tape (most recent 200 prints) — a live activity sample, not a lifetime total.

Why the odds moved

The probability rose 4.8 percentage points over the last 24 hours (49.3% → 54.1%).

No verified catalyst has been linked to this move yet. ProbCast does not attribute moves to news without evidence connecting the timing of a specific report to the repricing.

What could move this market next?

  • The market's deadline arrivesDecember 31, 2026 at 6:59 PM ET

    The contract must resolve based on what has happened by this date.

Derived from the contract's own mechanics as of Sep 29, 5:03 PM ET. ProbCast does not list scheduled meetings, announcements, or data releases it cannot verify.

Advanced analysis (experimental)

Research signals — these models are still accumulating the history needed for full validation, and they can disagree with the headline read. Model confidence: low · expected error ±30 pts.

Reacting to newsLegacy movement classifier: noisy

What's happening

medium classifier confidence
Reacting to news

The price is actively repricing on real volume. The number is still moving — don't treat the latest print as settled consensus yet.

  • Probability moved 4.8 pts in ≤6h on adequate liquidity

Read the latest price with caution; conditions make it an unreliable summary right now.

More details — reliability score, dynamics, durability
Reliability score
6Low
Where the price path tends to go next933 observed
  • Illiquid / quiet98%

Short-term motion of the price line (~1h), distinct from the environment above — not a prediction of the final outcome.

DurabilityMedium· half-life ~1h
PredictabilityElevated irreducibility

Secondary read: leaning toward Thin market.

A read-only classification of the market environment — how much weight the current price deserves as a read of consensus. It describes conditions, never a trade.

Market data

24h volume

Ṁ239.7

Liquidity

Ṁ1K

Total volume

Ṁ239.7

Category
Macro / Fed
Venue
Manifold
Open interest
—
Current probability
54.0%
7-day range
49.2% – 55.4%
Resolves
Dec 31, 2026
Change (pts)1H-1.46H+4.824H+4.87D+4.8

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