ManifoldMacro / FedUpdated 6m ago

Will Peter Hotez go to prison before 2031?

As of Sep 28, 2026, 3:13 PM ET, Manifold priced this market at 10.0% (down from 11.0% 24 hours earlier). It had Ṁ10 traded in the past 24 hours and Ṁ100 of order-book liquidity. probcast.co rates the support behind this price as weak.

Market probability
10.0%
−1 percentage point
over 24 hours11.0% → 10.0%
1554 days until the event deadline
Deadline: December 31, 2030 at 6:00 AM ET

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

The pricing has weak support: thin trading volume.

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: thin trading volume.

Consensus stability

Has the market settled at the new probability?

Stable

The probability has held near its current level over the past several hours.

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$10 traded

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

What could move this market next?

  • The market's deadline arrivesDecember 31, 2030 at 6:00 AM ET

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

Derived from the contract's own mechanics as of Sep 28, 3:19 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 ±25 pts.

Stale priceLegacy movement classifier: watch

What's happening

medium classifier confidence
Stale price

The price hasn't updated recently and volume is light, so it may not yet reflect the latest information. Treat the latest print as possibly lagging, not settled.

  • Price has not updated recently (stale)

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

More details — reliability score, dynamics, durability
Reliability score
21Low
Where the price path tends to go next902 observed
  • Illiquid / quiet97%
  • Choppy / mean-reverting2%

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

DurabilityHigh· half-life ~5h
PredictabilityStable

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

Ṁ10

Liquidity

Ṁ100

Total volume

Ṁ10

Category
Macro / Fed
Venue
Manifold
Open interest
—
Current probability
10.0%
7-day range
10.0% – 11.0%
Resolves
Dec 31, 2030
Change (pts)1H0.06H-1.024H-1.07D-1.0

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