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New Playboi Carti Album before GTA VI?

Market 52.5% against model 49.9%. Resolves in 34d 13h, data updated 7d ago.

Share on X
Market
52.5%
Modelsim
49.9%
Edge EVsim
--
Confidencesim
0.82
Risksim
19
Liquidity
68
Volume
$741,103

Why this is not actionable

The model can still be informative here, but one or more gates blocks a trade call.

1 gate
No edge after fees and slippage — the market price is fair within costs.

Decision layer

No-trade decision

The model may still be informative, but at least one gate blocks an action-style signal.

NO TRADE
Edge
--
blocked

Expected value after costs, not raw probability spread.

Confidence
0.82
clear

How much support the model sees across available inputs.

Liquidity
68
clear

Thin markets can erase apparent edge through spread and slippage.

Risk
19
clear

Resolution ambiguity, timing, and data quality pressure the decision.

Data
78/100
clear

usable feature coverage.

Top blocking reasons
No edge after fees and slippage — the market price is fair within costs.

Why / why not trade

One decision layer for the market read.

This public box mirrors the internal diagnostic style without exposing execution controls: decision, probability gap, cost-adjusted edge, blocker, and next thing to monitor.

NO TRADE
Decision
No trade

no side selected

Model vs market
-2.6pt

49.9% model / 52.5% market

Edge after costs
--

fees, spread, slippage, risk

Top blocker
1 gate

No edge after fees and slippage — the market price is fair within costs.

Next watch condition

No edge after fees and slippage — the market price is fair within costs.

Read this market in three passes

1. Probability gap
-2.6pt

Model 49.9% vs market 52.5%.

2. Edge after costs
--

Raw disagreement is reduced by fees, spread, slippage, and risk controls.

3. Decision
NO TRADE

No trade

Why this read matters

The model may disagree with price, but the gates say the disagreement is not actionable right now.

Data quality
78/100
Open risksim
19
Liquidity
68
NO TRADE
Market
52.5%
Modelsim
49.9%
Edge (EV)sim
--
Confidencesim
0.82
Risk scoresim
19
Liquidity
68
Resolves in
34d 13h

Volume $741,103

Why the engine declines to trade this market

  • - No edge after fees and slippage — the market price is fair within costs.

Declining to trade is a feature: most markets are priced fairly within costs, and the risk gates run before any edge is considered.

Market-implied vs model probability

Market-impliedSOURCE: POLYMARKETModel estimateSIMULATEDModel above marketModel below market

Factor attribution

SimulatedGen v3 - V3 feature-model

The model estimates a 3-point lower probability than the market, primarily driven by yield curve shift and historical base rate.

Factor attribution table showing how each input shifted the model probability
FACTORSIGNALWEIGHTLOG-ODDS ΔDIRECTIONDESCRIPTION
Historical base rate52%+0.060BullishHistorical frequency for this kind of event — the prior before any market-specific evidence.
Cross-market divergence0.000.200.000NeutralLinked venue pricing the same event higher/lower (V2 scanner); 0 without an approved link.
7-day price momentum0.030.350.012Neutral7-day drift of the market's own implied probability — sustained moves carry information.
BTC/ETH 7-day momentum0.207-day Bitcoin or Ethereum return, normalized. Applied to crypto-category markets only.
Rate surprise0.000.250.000Neutral2y-yield reaction in the 48h after the latest scheduled release — the observable proxy for surprise vs consensus.
Yield curve shift0.510.150.076Bearish30-day change in the 10y−2y slope.
News signal0.25Reliability-weighted direction of relevant news from the past 14 days. Official sources (filings, agency statements) carry more weight than commentary.
Crowd forecast0.20Calibration-weighted average of user probability estimates. Only applied when 5 or more weighted forecasters have submitted estimates.
Model probability49.3%Prior: 52% · Market: 52.5%
Confidence (λ)0.82Final: 49.9% = λ·model + (1−λ)·market
Confidence components: data quality 0.78 · factor agreement 0.94 · liquidity 0.68

Comparable eventsseeded prior 52% - 0 matches (min 8 for historical)

EventOutcomeRelevance
Recession-within-a-year markets since 2008Persistently overpriced vs realized frequencyMacro doom trades carry a structural premium.

Scenario treeEngine template

Threshold hit in first half o…p=22% · EV(YES) +48¢Threshold hit in second halfp=27% · EV(YES) +48¢Never reaches threshold in wi…p=50% · EV(YES) -53¢Milestone windowroot

Node probabilities are conditional on the parent; hover for cumulative path probability. Leaf EV is per $1 YES contract at the current price, before fees (fee-adjusted EVs in the table on the left).

PathPath prob.YES paysEV (YES, after costs)
Threshold hit in first half of window22.4%$1+44.2c
Threshold hit in second half27.4%$1+44.2c
Never reaches threshold in window50.1%$0-55.8c

Root-implied probability 49.9% reconciles with the model's 49.9% (±1pt invariant).

Why this mattersTemplate (no LLM key)

A 2.6% probability gap at a 52.5% price translates to -0.7% expected value per dollar of payout exposure after costs on the NO side. EV — not the raw probability gap — is the comparable number: the same gap is worth very different amounts at 50¢ and at 92¢.

What could make this wrongTemplate (no LLM key)

The model's edge depends on its inputs being right. Concretely: the base rate of 51.5% may not apply if this event differs structurally from its reference class; the macro.yield_curve_shift factor could be noise rather than information at this horizon; and with confidence at 0.82, the model itself concedes meaningful estimation error. The risk engine also flags: No edge after fees and slippage — the market price is fair within costs.

  • - Risk score 19/100 — composite of liquidity, volatility, time-to-resolution, data quality and category risk.
  • - Factor agreement 0.94: factors broadly agree, but shared blind spots are possible.
  • - Data quality 0.78 (simulated input in MVP).
  • - Simulated model values — this brief demonstrates structure, not live research.

Description

This market will resolve to "Yes" if Playboi Carti officially releases a new album before Grand Theft Auto VI is officially released in the US. Otherwise, this market will resolve to "No". If neither occurs by July 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET, this market will resolve to 50-50. For the purposes of this market, "release" refers to the game becoming publicly available for purchase or download in the US. Early access, beta versions, other forms of pre-release availability, or leaks will not count as an official release. If the release is only for certain consoles (e.g. Xbox Series X/S) it will count. The resolution source for the release of GTA VI is official information from Rockstar Games or its parent company, Take-Two Interactive. Officially released means that a newly released album is officially available for download or streaming (not including live events) by the resolution date. Re-releases, deluxe editions, compilations, or greatest hits albums will not count, unless they contain at least 50% tracks that have never been officially released in any format prior to the album's release. The resolution source for the album release will be any official streaming or download site, e.g. Apple Music or Spotify.

Resolution criteria (verbatim, with analyzer flags)

ambiguity 8/100analyzed by heuristic

This market will resolve to "Yes" if Playboi Carti officially releases a new album before Grand Theft Auto VI is officially released in the US. Otherwise, this market will resolve to "No". If neither occurs by July 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET, this market will resolve to 50-50. For the purposes of this market, "release" refers to the game becoming publicly available for purchase or download in the US. Early access, beta versions, other forms of pre-release availability, or leaks will not count as an official release. If the release is only for certain consoles (e.g. Xbox Series X/S) it will count. The resolution source for the release of GTA VI is official information from Rockstar Games or its parent company, Take-Two Interactive. Officially released means that a newly released album is officially available for download or streaming (not including live events) by the resolution date. Re-releases, deluxe editions, compilations, or greatest hits albums will not count, unless they contain at least 50% tracks that have never been officially released in any format prior to the album's release. The resolution source for the album release will be any official streaming or download site, e.g. Apple Music or Spotify.

Resolves Fri, 31 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT. The contract pays on these exact criteria, not on the thesis.

Suggested paper position

The engine sizes NO TRADE markets to zero. Sizing never overrides the risk gates.

Paper position only. No real-money execution

Live open-market tracking

Market move
0.0pt
Toward model
Flat
Edge closed
-1.8pt
Snapshots
4

Since the first stored model read on 2026-06-15, the market has moved from 52.5% to 52.5%.

This is a directional diagnostic for unresolved markets, not final performance. Resolved outcomes still determine the official live record.

Data quality78/100 - usable

FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)rel 92 - 2 features
Polymarket Gamma APIrel 90 - 4 features
Forecast Alpha resolution analysisrel 90 - 1 feature
Forecast Alpha scannerrel 90 - 1 feature
Comparable-events libraryrel 92 - 1 feature

Missing: News signal, Crowd forecast

When features are unavailable, the model increases uncertainty and weights the final estimate closer to the market price. Lower data quality does not mean the market is wrong. It means the model is being appropriately humble.

Risk factor breakdownsim

Inverse liquidity32
Price volatility6
Resolution proximity0
Data quality45
Category base risk50
Resolution ambiguity8
Regulatory exposure0
Portfolio concentration0

Composite score 19/100, higher = riskier.