Spike detail
Polymarket Seeded demo state
US x Iran ceasefire by April 7? Ranked explanations, explicit uncertainty, related-market spillover, and an evidence summary that keeps external sources separate from internal runtime context.
Spike timestamp 8 April 2026 at 02:00 UTC
Move +95.0pp
Current price 100%
Evidence quality 5/6 dated
Venue Polymarket
Price path
Spike anchored at 8 April 2026 at 02:00 UTC with the latest seeded window.
8 points · UTC labels
Trace readiness
Evidence summary External evidence 5
Internal context 1
Weak evidence 1
Trust tiers 4
Internal context stays visible but separate. The trace route carries the full provenance chain for each cited source.
Assessment
Mispricing read fairly priced Confidence 0.68
94%–99%
The move lines up with strong official evidence. The remaining uncertainty is implementation risk, not direction.
Spillover
Related markets Oil above $95 by month-end?
+9.6pp Kalshi 41% 8 April 2026 at 02:07 UTC
Risk-premium spillover into energy markets remained modest after the ceasefire headline.
Israel x Hezbollah truce by April 15?
+12.4pp Polymarket 62% 8 April 2026 at 02:04 UTC
Neighbouring ceasefire markets repriced in the same direction within four minutes.
UN sanctions rollback before June?
+4.8pp Kalshi 34% 8 April 2026 at 02:11 UTC
Second-order diplomatic markets moved less, suggesting traders distinguished headline relief from policy follow-through.
Ranked explanations
1 0.86
Formal ceasefire announcement Geopolitical Analyst 3 cited items 2 supporting agents
Formal text is strong, but the market may still be pricing an implementation risk premium.
Falsifier A rapid official denial or retraction from either side would break the announcement thesis.
2 0.81
Truce-collapse repricing narrative Null Hypothesis 2 cited items 1 supporting agents
Some repricing may reflect dealers closing residual downside hedges rather than fresh conviction.
Falsifier If related war-risk markets fail to follow through, this mechanism weakens materially.
3 0.34
Cross-market contagion / crowd overreaction Devil's Advocate 1 cited items 1 supporting agents
The mechanical-flow thesis fits the speed of the move but explains less of the sustained closing level.
Falsifier If official ceasefire language remains intact and related markets stay repriced, contagion is not enough on its own.