OUTSIDE BAND
FINALISED: FROZEN
Polymarket
US strike on Cuba by December 31?
Window 20 Aug 2026, 03:01 UTC → 20 Aug 2026, 04:31 UTC
Price at window start 18¢ → at trigger 17¢ → at close 17¢
YES down · NO up
Resolves 01 Jan 2027, 04:59 UTC
Frozen payload
- REPRICED Repriced -0.5pts: 18¢ at window start → 17¢ at close
- VOLUME 3.2× this market's 7-day norm, $13.8k in 24h
- BOOK Book 1.2:1 ask, $11.4k/$13.5k within 10¢
Book 1.2:1 ask, $11.4k/$13.5k within 10¢ · spread 2.0¢
Triggers (1)
- 20 Aug 2026, 03:01 UTC: Band breach (lower): 18¢ → 17¢ (-1.0pts), confirmed over 30s
Context
- Opening move ≈ 0.33× the market's trusted 7-day band width at trigger time
- 6 trades printed in the window (Polymarket public tape)
Outcome: graded at window close
- +2m after alert: 17¢, drift +0.0pts in the alert direction
- +30m: 17¢, held +0.5ptspts
- Peak move: +1.0pts
- Held 50% of the peak move at close
- Still beyond trigger at +10m: no
- Still beyond trigger at +30m: no
- Still beyond trigger at +60m: no
- Gave back half within 60m: yes
- Price at close: 17¢
- Graded from 180 snapshots