The Forecast Ledger

Every market we covered that has since closed, with the probability we published. This is the raw material of calibration — when we said 80%, how often was the money right? The ledger fills as markets resolve; scoring and calibration charts appear once enough history accumulates.

65 resolved markets in Curiosities · average publication probability 62.4%

By conviction — Virtually certain: 13 · Very likely: 10 · Likely: 11 · Leaning yes: 8 · A coin flip: 2 · Probably not: 5 · Unlikely: 7 · Very unlikely: 7 · Virtually impossible: 2

By quality — A: 1 · B: 3 · C: 25 · D: 15

Dior 86% Likely C 2026-09-03 Curiosities

Dior Likely Dresses Taylor Swift, but Challengers Are Closing In

Market closed · Kalshi

Yes 80% Likely D 2026-09-02 Curiosities

2026 Is Likely to Resolve as a Year When 'Nothing Happened'

Market closed · Polymarket

September 30 100% Virtually certain D 2026-09-02 Curiosities

Apple Maps Has Renamed Lake Ontario to Lake America

Market closed · Polymarket

Dolly Parton 45% A coin flip C 2026-09-01 Curiosities

Dolly Parton Leads a Morbid Guessing Game, but the Field Is Wide Open

Market closed · Polymarket

December 31 55% Leaning yes C 2026-09-01 Curiosities

Federal Charges Against Cuba's Díaz-Canel Are a Dead Heat

Market closed · Polymarket

Nermin Nikšić 16% Unlikely C 2026-08-31 Curiosities

Bosnia's Next Council Chair Race Is Wide Open and Unresolved

Market closed · Polymarket

Above 22M 87% Likely C 2026-08-31 Curiosities

Michael Jackson Is Likely to Break 22 Million Daily Views in August

Market closed · Kalshi

$1.00-$1.25 92% Very likely D 2026-08-30 Curiosities

A100 GPU Rental Rates Are Likely Stuck Near $1 Through August

Market closed · Polymarket

August 29 (11:59 PM ET) 2% Virtually impossible D 2026-08-29 Curiosities

Indiana's Lions Remain at Large

Market closed · Polymarket

December 31 100% Virtually certain C 2026-08-29 Curiosities

Milo Yiannopoulos Will Be Deported This Year

Market closed · Polymarket

SpaceX 5% Very unlikely C 2026-08-29 Curiosities

Trump Said Exactly What You'd Expect at NASA

Market closed · Polymarket

2.0-2.1M 61% Leaning yes D 2026-08-28 Curiosities

Iran's Currency Hovers Near a Fragile Floor as Rial Uncertainty Spikes

Market closed · Polymarket

At least 10 minutes 99% Virtually certain B 2026-08-27 Curiosities

Rockstar's GTA VI Extended Look Will Run At Least 20 Minutes

Market closed · Kalshi

Z.ai 91% Very likely C 2026-08-26 Curiosities

Z.ai Is Likely Behind the Ox Alpha Stealth AI Model

Market closed · Kalshi

Yes 32% Probably not D 2026-08-25 Curiosities

A Kanye West Russia Performance by October Is Looking Unlikely

Market closed · Polymarket

December 31 30% Probably not C 2026-08-25 Curiosities

Mojtaba Khamenei Is Unlikely to Appear in Public This Year

Market closed · Polymarket

Above 447,500 jobs 97% Very likely C 2026-08-24 Curiosities

Wisconsin Manufacturing Employment Will Comfortably Hold Above 447,500 Jobs in 2026

Market closed · Kalshi

Democrat 99% Virtually certain C 2026-08-24 Curiosities

Vance Will Attack Democrats and Invoke Biden in Maine Remarks

Market closed · Kalshi

December 31, 2027 57% Leaning yes D 2026-08-24 Curiosities

Base's Token Launch Is a Coin Flip, but the Timeline Is Shifting Earlier

Market closed · Polymarket

Afford / Affordable / Affordability 99% Virtually certain A 2026-08-22 Curiosities

Trump Will Talk Energy at the Graham Rally — Biden and Communism Too

Market closed · Kalshi

Democrat 97% Very likely C 2026-08-21 Curiosities

Vance Will Lead With Steel in His Ohio Remarks

Market closed · Kalshi

September 30 57% Leaning yes C 2026-08-21 Curiosities

Trump Likely Names a New Press Secretary Before September's End

Market closed · Polymarket

Data Center 26% Probably not C 2026-08-20 Curiosities

Micron's CEO Is Likely to Dodge Buzzwords on Mad Money Tonight

Market closed · Kalshi

Ciro Nogueira 56% Leaning yes D 2026-08-20 Curiosities

Ciro Nogueira Edges Ahead in a Knife-Edge Piauí Senate Race

Market closed · Polymarket

December 31 87% Likely D 2026-08-20 Curiosities

MicroStrategy Is Likely Dropped from the MSCI Index by Year-End

Market closed · Polymarket

Productivity 78% Likely D 2026-08-19 Curiosities

Warsh Will Talk Productivity, Regime Change, and Challenge at Jackson Hole

Market closed · Polymarket

Yes 95% Very likely D 2026-08-18 Curiosities

America's Midterm Elections Will Proceed on Schedule

Market closed · Polymarket

At least 2.5% 82% Likely C 2026-08-17 Curiosities

Dan Bilzerian Will Likely Clear the 2.5% Threshold in Florida's Republican Primary

Market closed · Kalshi

Sanctuary 85% Likely C 2026-08-17 Curiosities

Tom Homan Will Likely Talk Deportation on Fox — and Increasingly National Security Too

Market closed · Kalshi

12–14M 100% Virtually certain C 2026-08-16 Curiosities

MrBeast Gaming's Next Video Will Almost Certainly Hit 12–14 Million Day-One Views

Market closed · Polymarket

Trump (3+ times) 99% Virtually certain C 2026-08-16 Curiosities

Todd Blanche Will Say 'Trump' at Least Three Times on Fox News Sunday

Market closed · Kalshi

$55m+ 10% Very unlikely D 2026-08-16 Curiosities

The 1996 McLaren F1 GTR Will Likely Fall Well Short of Its Hoped-For Price

Market closed · Polymarket

December 31, 2027 68% Leaning yes C 2026-08-15 Curiosities

Doge-1's Lunar Launch Narrowly Favors a First-Half 2027 Window

Market closed · Polymarket

Joao Felix 0% Virtually impossible C 2026-08-15 Curiosities

Ronaldo's Wedding Guest List Is Anyone's Guess

Market closed · Polymarket

Yes 9% Very unlikely B 2026-08-12 Curiosities

GameStop Buying eBay Is a Fantasy, Not a Plan

Market closed · Kalshi

Above 5K 99% Virtually certain C 2026-08-12 Curiosities

KAROL G's New Album Is Headed for a Massive Debut Week

Market closed · Kalshi

Economy / Economic 69% Leaning yes C 2026-08-12 Curiosities

Mamdani Will Talk About Affordability — and Increasingly About Taxes

Market closed · Kalshi

No Bond chosen 23% Unlikely C 2026-08-12 Curiosities

The Next James Bond Remains Unchosen in a Fractured Field

Market closed · Polymarket

Iran / Middle East 88% Likely B 2026-08-10 Curiosities

Air Canada's Next Earnings Call Will Be Dominated by Middle East Turbulence

Market closed · Kalshi

Salmon 94% Very likely D 2026-08-10 Curiosities

Cava Will Talk Salmon — and Increasingly, AI Too

Market closed · Kalshi

Before Jan 20, 2029 22% Unlikely C 2026-08-09 Curiosities

A U.S. Alien Confirmation Remains Unlikely Before 2029

Market closed · Kalshi

Alfred Cannan 32% Probably not D 2026-08-09 Curiosities

Alfred Cannan Leads a Wide-Open Isle of Man Leadership Race

Market closed · Polymarket

Healthcare 92% Very likely C 2026-08-09 Curiosities

El-Sayed Will Talk Healthcare on Meet the Press — and Likely Gaza Too

Market closed · Kalshi

Chris Bryant 27% Probably not D 2026-08-09 Curiosities

Chris Bryant Is the Favorite to Be First Out of the Burnham Cabinet

Market closed · Polymarket

December 31 6% Very unlikely 2026-08-08 Curiosities

A U.S. Alien Disclosure This Year Is All But Impossible

Market closed · Polymarket

Before 2028 57% Leaning yes 2026-08-07 Curiosities

A Tesla-SpaceX Merger Before 2028 Is a Coin Flip

Market closed · Kalshi

December 31 5% Very unlikely 2026-08-06 Curiosities

Situational Awareness Is Almost Certain to Keep Running Through 2026

Market closed · Polymarket

Yes 5% Very unlikely 2026-08-06 Curiosities

Satoshi's Bitcoin Stays Dormant Through 2026

Market closed · Polymarket

Competition 99% Virtually certain 2026-08-06 Curiosities

Celsius Will Name PepsiCo on Its Next Earnings Call

Market closed · Kalshi

Mike Lindell 86% Likely 2026-08-06 Curiosities

Mike Lindell Is Poised to Win Minnesota's Republican Gubernatorial Nomination

Market closed · Kalshi

Pete Buttigieg 82% Likely 2026-08-06 Curiosities

Pete Buttigieg Is Likely to Announce a 2028 Presidential Run

Market closed · Polymarket

Valve or Plumbing Failure 98% Virtually certain 2026-08-06 Curiosities

A Valve or Plumbing Failure Destroyed the Blue Origin New Glenn

Market closed · Polymarket

Sleepy Joe 99% Virtually certain 2026-08-05 Curiosities

Trump Will Call Biden

Market closed · Kalshi

Elon Musk 16% Unlikely 2026-08-05 Curiosities

Trump and Musk Are Likely Not Meeting in August

Market closed · Polymarket

Yes 12% Unlikely 2026-08-05 Curiosities

GameStop Will Not Acquire eBay

Market closed · Polymarket

Yes 90% Very likely 2026-08-04 Curiosities

California Is Almost Certain to Carve Out a Goat-Herder Wage Exception

Market closed · Kalshi

Count Binface 96% Very likely 2026-08-04 Curiosities

Count Binface Is Poised to Finish Second in the Clacton By-Election

Market closed · Polymarket

Afford / Affordable / Affordability 99% Virtually certain 2026-08-04 Curiosities

Senate AI Hearing Will Center on Cost and Privacy, Not National Security

Market closed · Kalshi

0-1 96% Very likely 2026-08-04 Curiosities

"DTF St. Louis" Is All but Certain to Win Nothing at the Emmys

Market closed · Polymarket

Retain / Retention 99% Virtually certain 2026-08-04 Curiosities

Spotify's Earnings Call Will Be Dominated by Headwinds and Retention

Market closed · Kalshi

Chuck Norris 22% Unlikely 2026-08-04 Curiosities

Chuck Norris Leads a Wide-Open Death-Watch Market Nobody Can Call

Market closed · Polymarket

December 31 18% Unlikely 2026-08-04 Curiosities

A Tesla-SpaceX Merger Announcement This Year Remains a Long Shot

Market closed · Polymarket

North America 87% Likely 2026-08-04 Curiosities

The 2026 WSOP Main Event Title Almost Certainly Stays in North America

Market closed · Polymarket

Alysa Liu 8% Very unlikely 2026-08-04 Curiosities

No Clear Favorite Emerges in 2026's Most-Searched Athlete Race

Market closed · Polymarket

Binface 10–20% 46% A coin flip 2026-08-04 Curiosities

Count Binface Is Set for a Historically Strong Second-Place Finish in Clacton

Market closed · Polymarket

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