PolymarketGeopoliticsDevelopingUpdated 11m ago

Lee Jae-myung arrested before 2027?

As of Oct 27, 2026, 5:11 AM ET, Polymarket priced this market at 2.1% (little changed over 24 hours). It had $37.9K traded in the past 24 hours, $81.9K of order-book liquidity and a bid-ask spread of 1.2 pts. probcast.co rates the support behind this price as moderate.

Market probability
2.1%
Little changed over 24 hours

Thin market where small orders can move the price, with broad trading across many accounts.

Price historyPolymarket

Source: Polymarket price history

How credible was the move?

Methodology →

Move validity

Moderate

Consensus stability

Stable

Contract clarity

High

Can you trust this price?

Two different questions: how hard the price is to move, and whose trading set it.

Market capacity

How hard is it to move this price?

ThinTight spread

Order-book liquidity

$81.9K

Bid-ask spread

1.2 pts

24h volume

$37.9K

Total volume

$604.8K

It would take roughly $658 of buying to move the price up by ~5 pts.

Little money on the book — a modest order can move this price, so treat swings with care.

Who's trading

Whose opinion is this price?

Broad participation
19%of the traded money came from the single largest account

Accounts

73

Trades

200

over 85 days

Largest order

$666.9

$3.8K traded across these 200 trades (last 85 days).

Many independent accounts traded — the price reflects a crowd, not one trader.

Recent trade activity$3.8K traded

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

What this market actually measures

This market will resolve to "Yes" if the Leader of the Democratic Party of Korea Lee Jae-myung is arrested or detained by law enforcement by December 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to "No".

This summary shows the opening of the venue's official rules. ProbCast has not yet generated an independent plain-English interpretation for this contract — review the full rules before relying on it.

View full official resolution rules

This market will resolve to "Yes" if the Leader of the Democratic Party of Korea Lee Jae-myung is arrested or detained by law enforcement by December 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to "No". A qualifying arrest/detention includes: * Being taken into physical custody by law enforcement authorities (including federal, state, local, military, or international law enforcement) * Voluntarily surrendering to law enforcement authorities in response to an arrest warrant * Being formally booked or processed following detention * Being handcuffed by a state authority and taken to a police station * Surrendering at a police station or courthouse with their attorney * Being placed under house arrest or electronic monitoring The following scenarios will NOT qualify as an arrest/detention * An arrest warrant being issued but not executed * Being questioned or interviewed without arrest * Being named in an indictment without arrest The primary resolution source for this market will be official information from the arresting government and law enforcement, however a consensus of credible reporting may also be used.

What could move this market next?

  • The market's deadline arrivesDecember 31, 2026 at 11:59 PM ET

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

Derived from the contract's own mechanics as of Oct 27, 5:22 AM 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 ±18 pts.

Quote-drivenLegacy movement classifier: watch

What's happening

medium classifier confidence
Quote-driven

A tight, deep, quote-driven book with little executed flow. The price is stable but reflects resting quotes more than active trading.

  • Tight spread on a liquid, calm market

The latest price is a usable but caveated read — weigh it with the market state.

More details — reliability score, dynamics, durability
Reliability score
38Medium
Where the price path tends to go next1351 observed
  • Choppy / mean-reverting98%
  • Stable consensus1%

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

DurabilityHigh· half-life ~4h
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.

Change (pts)1H+0.46H-0.124H-0.17D-0.1

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