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Will the Carolina Hurricanes win the 2026 NHL Stanley Cup?

Market 100.0% against model 80.8%. Resolves in 3d 3h, data updated 12d ago.

Share on X
Market
100.0%
Modelsim
80.8%
Edge EVsim
--
Confidencesim
0.87
Risksim
20
Liquidity
94
Volume
$2,107,433

Why this is not actionable

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

1 gate
Market price 100.0% is at or beyond the effectively-resolved threshold (99%) — contract is priced as settled, no liquid opposing side exists.

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
0.87
clear

How much support the model sees across available inputs.

Liquidity
94
clear

Thin markets can erase apparent edge through spread and slippage.

Risk
20
clear

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

Data
76/100
clear

usable feature coverage.

Top blocking reasons
Market price 100.0% is at or beyond the effectively-resolved threshold (99%) — contract is priced as settled, no liquid opposing side exists.

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
-19.1pt

80.8% model / 100.0% market

Edge after costs
--

fees, spread, slippage, risk

Top blocker
1 gate

Market price 100.0% is at or beyond the effectively-resolved threshold (99%) — contract is priced as settled, no liquid opposing side exists.

Next watch condition

Market price 100.0% is at or beyond the effectively-resolved threshold (99%) — contract is priced as settled, no liquid opposing side exists.

Read this market in three passes

1. Probability gap
-19.1pt

Model 80.8% vs market 100.0%.

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
76/100
Open risksim
20
Liquidity
94
NO TRADE
Market
100.0%
Modelsim
80.8%
Edge (EV)sim
--
Confidencesim
0.87
Risk scoresim
20
Liquidity
94
Resolves in
3d 3h

Volume $2,107,433

Why the engine declines to trade this market

  • - Market price 100.0% is at or beyond the effectively-resolved threshold (99%) — contract is priced as settled, no liquid opposing side exists.

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 19-point lower probability than the market, primarily driven by historical base rate and rate surprise.

Factor attribution table showing how each input shifted the model probability
FACTORSIGNALWEIGHTLOG-ODDS ΔDIRECTIONDESCRIPTION
Historical base rate80%+1.384BullishHistorical 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 momentum0.000.350.000Neutral7-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 surprise0.490.250.122Bearish2y-yield reaction in the 48h after the latest scheduled release — the observable proxy for surprise vs consensus.
Yield curve shift0.1530-day change in the 10-year minus 2-year Treasury spread. A flattening curve signals tightening expectations; steepening signals easing.
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 probability77.9%Prior: 80% · Market: 100.0%
Confidence (λ)0.87Final: 80.8% = λ·model + (1−λ)·market
Confidence components: data quality 0.76 · factor agreement 0.92 · liquidity 0.94

Comparable eventsseeded prior 80% - 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=36% · EV(YES) +0¢Threshold hit in second halfp=44% · EV(YES) +0¢Never reaches threshold in wi…p=19% · EV(YES) -100¢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 window36.4%$1-2.6c
Threshold hit in second half44.4%$1-2.6c
Never reaches threshold in window19.2%$0-102.6c

Root-implied probability 80.8% reconciles with the model's 80.8% (±1pt invariant).

Why this mattersTemplate (no LLM key)

A 19.2% probability gap at a 100.0% price translates to 16.5% 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 80.0% may not apply if this event differs structurally from its reference class; the macro.rate_surprise factor could be noise rather than information at this horizon; and with confidence at 0.87, the model itself concedes meaningful estimation error. Resolution risk remains: the contract pays on the precise criteria — "This market will resolve to “Yes” if the Carolina Hurricanes win the 2026 NHL Stanley Cup. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No”. Thi…" — not on the thesis.

  • - Risk score 15/100 — composite of liquidity, volatility, time-to-resolution, data quality and category risk.
  • - Factor agreement 1.00: factors broadly agree, but shared blind spots are possible.
  • - Data quality 0.69 (simulated input in MVP).
  • - Simulated model values — this brief demonstrates structure, not live research.

Description

This market will resolve to “Yes” if the Carolina Hurricanes win the 2026 NHL Stanley Cup. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No”. This market will resolve to “No” if it becomes impossible for this team to win the 2026 NHL Stanley Cup based off the rules of the NHL. The resolution source for this market will be information from the NHL.

Resolution criteria (verbatim, with analyzer flags)

ambiguity 8/100analyzed by heuristic

This market will resolve to “Yes” if the Carolina Hurricanes win the 2026 NHL Stanley Cup. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No”. This market will resolve to “No” if it becomes impossible for this team to win the 2026 NHL Stanley Cup based off the rules of the NHL. The resolution source for this market will be information from the NHL.

Resolves Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 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
-1.9pt
Snapshots
6

Since the first stored model read on 2026-06-15, the market has moved from 100.0% to 100.0%.

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

Data quality76/100 - usable

FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)rel 92 - 1 feature
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: Yield curve shift, 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 liquidity6
Price volatility0
Resolution proximity78
Data quality54
Category base risk50
Resolution ambiguity8
Regulatory exposure0
Portfolio concentration0

Composite score 20/100, higher = riskier.