Saturday, August 22, 2026GraphArchiveSubscribeDaily · No. 73

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Gold Eyes $5,000 as Traders Price In a Fed Hike, Not a Cut

Gold's odds of topping $5,000 by year's end climbed to 64%, up 8 points on the day and 19 over the week, rising in step with the odds of a 2026 rate hike, now 56% and up 7 points since yesterday.

Traders are quietly rewriting the inflation script. Gold's odds of hitting $5,000 by December rose to 64%, up 8 points on the day and 19 over the week, moving in tandem with the probability of a 2026 Fed rate hike, now 56% (+7 points/24h, +12/7d) — even as the September Fed decision market still favors no change, at 68%. Crypto sentiment cooled sharply: the odds an upcoming token launch holds an extended FDV above $150M collapsed 33 points in a day to 41%. Esports delivered the day's single biggest swing — Team Spirit's odds of winning CS2's EWC 2026 rocketed 36 points to 48% — while on the tennis side, Carlos Alcaraz's US Open title odds climbed to 34% (+7/24h, +22/7d), tightening a field led by Zverev at 21%.

Today’s biggest movesprobability shifts, volume-weighted
Sports

Will Scottie Scheffler win the 2026 BMW Championship?

50% 2.3% 7d
$32,255 traded · 24h
Sports

Will Team Spirit Win the CS2 EWC 2026?

12% 48% 24h
$37,143 traded · 24h
Economy & Crypto

Extended FDV above $150M one day after launch?

74% 41% 24h
$32,881 traded · 24h
Culture

Will "Insidious: Out of the Further" Opening Weekend Box Office be less than 25m?

59% 84% 24h
$24,752 traded · 24h
Sports

Will Carlos Alcaraz win the 2026 Men's US Open?

12% 34% 7d
$69,688 traded · 24h
Geopolitics

Iran-Oman Hormuz Agreement by August 31?

32% 6.5% 7d
$13,795 traded · 24h
Politics & Elections

Will Scott Jennings be the next White House Press Secretary?

17% 42% 7d
$11,843 traded · 24h
Politics & Elections

Will Darline Graham Nordone be the new republican nominee for Senate in South Carolina?

86% 68% 7d
$141,339 traded · 24h

Geopolitics

Markets pushed the Iran-Oman Hormuz agreement down to 6% (-2/24h, -25/7d) as its August 31 deadline nears, with the September 30 fallback also cooling to 36%. A broader end-of-blockade market still leans toward December 31 (67%). Traders now see just 30% odds of normal Strait of Hormuz traffic by December, down 15 points on the week. In AI, Alibaba remains the favorite for best Chinese model at 89%, though it slipped 7 points as Moonshot edged up to 6%.

August 316.5%▼ 2 24hSeptember 3036%▼ 4 24h
October 3142%▼ 1 24hAugust 313.8%▼ 1 24hSeptember 3026%▲ 2 24hDecember 3167%▼ 1 24h
Strait of Hormuz traffic returns to normal by December 31?30%▼ 15 7d
Alibaba89%▼ 7 24hMoonshot6.3%▲ 5 24hZ.ai3.5%▲ 3 24h
August 259%▼ 10 24hAugust 307%▼ 6 24hAugust 222%▼ 6 24hAugust 286.5%▼ 6 24h
September 154.5%▼ 9 24hSeptember 306.5%▼ 2 24hOctober 3110%▼ 4 24hDecember 3120%▼ 1 24h

Politics & Elections

Scott Jennings has become traders' clear pick for the next White House Press Secretary, rising to 42% (+3/24h, +25/7d) as rivals faded — Ari Fleischer down to 2%. In South Carolina's now-past-deadline primary, Darline Graham Nordone's edge over Ralph Norman narrowed to 68-32. On the Fed, markets still favor no September move (68%), though a 25bp hike gained 3 points to 30%.

Scott Jennings42%▲ 3 24hMargo Martin3.8%▲ 2 24hAri Fleischer1.9%▼ 13 24hLiz Huston2.9%▼ 12 7d
Darline Graham Nordone68%▼ 2 24hRalph Norman32%▲ 2 24h
Fed Decision in September? $4,173,442 · 24h
No change68%▼ 3 24h25 bps increase30%▲ 3 24h
Abdul El-Sayed (D)64%▲ 8 7dMike Rogers (R)36%▼ 7 7d
Clarity Act (H.R.3633) signed into law in 2026?26%▼ 3 24h
Flávio Bolsonaro34%▲ 1 24hRenan Santos3.8%▼ 1 24hLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva64%

Economy & Crypto

Gold's climb toward $5,000 (64%, +8/24h, +19/7d) is tracking rising conviction that 2026 brings a rate hike, now 56% (+7/24h, +12/7d). Crypto turned more skeptical of frothy valuations: one launch's odds of an extended FDV above $150M cratered 33 points to 41%, even as a rival token's shot at $800M rose to 52% (+7pts). Expectations for the 'next Mythos-class model' slipped, with a September 30 release down 19 points to 58%.

$150M41%▼ 33 24h$300M28%▼ 10 24h$500M14%▼ 3 24h$800M6.5%▼ 2 24h
September 3058%▼ 19 24hSeptember 1549%▼ 14 24hAugust 3118%▼ 8 24hSeptember 936%▼ 8 24h
Fed rate hike in 2026? $178,021 · 24h
Fed rate hike in 2026?56%▲ 7 24h
↑ $5,00064%▲ 8 24h↑ $6,00012%▲ 2 24h↓ $3,5009%▼ 4 7d↓ $3,0003.8%▲ 1 24h
Anthropic IPO by __? $54,259 · 24h
October 31, 202682%▲ 13 7dSeptember 30, 202622%▲ 9 7dDecember 31, 202688%▲ 6 7dOctober 15, 202654%▼ 3 24h
$800M52%▲ 7 24h$2B24%▲ 8 24h$1B38%▼ 2 24h$300M86%▼ 2 24h

Science & Tech

Anthropic's grip on the model-quality crown looks unshaken: 99% favorite for August, 90% for September, 70% for the year, all with modest weekly gains. GPT-6's expected arrival is compressing toward the fourth quarter — a September 15 launch fell 14 points to just 12%, while November 30 firmed to 61% (+11/7d), the steadiest of the dated contracts.

GPT-6 released by…? $32,653 · 24h
September 15, 202612%▼ 14 24hDecember 31, 202665%▼ 7 24hOctober 31, 202645%▼ 12 24hNovember 30, 202661%▼ 1 24h
Anthropic90%▼ 1 24hGoogle1.9%▼ 3 7dOpenAI5.2%▲ 1 24hSpaceXAI2.3%
Anthropic70%▼ 1 24hMeta3.6%▲ 2 7dxAI7.4%▼ 1 24hGoogle7.5%▼ 1 7d
Anthropic99%▲ 1 24h

Sports

The volume-weighted mover of the day: Team Spirit's odds at CS2's EWC 2026 rocketed 36 points to 48%, with FURIA close behind at 30% (+8pts). Carlos Alcaraz strengthened to 34% for the US Open (+7/24h, +22/7d) as Zverev rose to 21%. At the BMW Championship, Wyndham Clark surged 21 points to 32% as the tournament's final round nears — Scheffler's and McIlroy's fading odds (2%, 6%) reflect the closing clock more than the leaderboard.

EWC 2026 CS2: Winner $231,948 · 24h
Team Spirit48%▲ 36 24hFURIA30%▲ 8 24hLegacy11%▲ 9 24hFUT Esports10%▲ 7 24h
Scottie Scheffler2.3%▼ 1 24hRory McIlroy5.5%▼ 12 24hMichael Thorbjornsen4.5%▲ 1 24hWyndham Clark32%▲ 21 24h
Arthur Fils40%▲ 5 24hBrandon Nakashima25%▲ 17 24hFrances Tiafoe22%▲ 12 24hFlavio Cobolli9.2%▼ 3 24h
TEAM VISION62%▲ 15 24hTeam Spirit21%▲ 8 24hNigma Galaxy1.8%▼ 6 24hBoomBoys4%▲ 1 24h
Carlos Alcaraz34%▲ 7 24hAlexander Zverev21%▲ 9 24hArthur Fils4.7%▲ 3 24hNovak Djokovic8.8%▲ 3 24h
Barcelona14%▲ 1 24hAtletico Madrid80%▲ 5 24hArsenal8.3%▼ 5 24h

Culture

With its opening just 30 hours out, 'Insidious: Out of the Further' saw its sub-$25M weekend odds jump 24 points to 84% — the deadline talking as much as the tracking. 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' remains the market's runaway pick for 2026's top grosser at 92%, with its fourth-weekend take converging on the $35-38M band, now 54% (+21pts).

<25m84%▲ 24 24h25-28m16%▼ 19 24h
35-38m54%▲ 21 24h38-41m37%▼ 16 24h<35m3.7%▼ 7 24h41-44m3.8%▼ 4 24h
900m+32%▼ 2 24h800 - 900m68%▲ 2 24h
Avengers: Doomsday6%Spider-Man: Brand New Day92%

Gold at $5,000 and a Fed hike both look more probable this week than GPT-6 landing before Halloween — 2026, a year for hard assets and soft deadlines.

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