OUTSIDE BAND
FINALISED: FROZEN
Polymarket
Bab el-Mandeb Strait effectively closed by September 30?
Window 23 Aug 2026, 20:19 UTC → 23 Aug 2026, 21:49 UTC
Price at window start 7¢ → at trigger 6¢ → at close 7¢
YES down · NO up
Resolves 01 Oct 2026, 03:59 UTC
Frozen payload
- REPRICED Repriced +0.0pts: 7¢ at window start → 7¢ at close
- BOOK Book 1.5:1 ask, $4.6k/$6.7k within 10¢
- VOLUME 0.2× this market's 7-day norm, $4.6k in 24h
Book 1.5:1 ask, $4.6k/$6.7k within 10¢ · spread 1.0¢
Triggers (1)
- 23 Aug 2026, 20:19 UTC: Band breach (lower): 7¢ → 6¢ (-1.0pts), confirmed over 30s
Context
- Opening move ≈ 0.16× the market's trusted 7-day band width at trigger time
- 2 trades printed in the window (Polymarket public tape)
Outcome: graded at window close
- +2m after alert: 6¢, drift +0.0pts in the alert direction
- +30m: 6¢, held +1.0ptspts
- Peak move: +1.0pts
- Held 0% 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: 7¢
- Graded from 180 snapshots