May 13, 2026 - May 16, 2026: The Montreal Canadiens' Yes price surged from 51.5c to 79.5c (while the Buffalo Sabres dropped from 50c to 20.5c) because the Canadiens won Game 5 on May 14 with a 6-3 victory, taking a 3-2 series lead and pushing the Sabres to the brink of elimination. May 11, 2026 - May 13, 2026: The Montreal Canadiens' Yes price dropped from 69.5c to 51.5c because the Buffalo Sabres won Game 4 on May 12, tying the series at 2-2.

Forecasting the exact number of 6.5+ earthquakes globally in a specific week is a highly niche and random natural science question. The general public rarely pays attention to such specific statistics, making it quite an exotic novelty market.

May 12, 2026 - May 14, 2026, the price of option 0 steadily climbed from 55c to 65.5c because half of the timeframe has passed without any 6.5+ magnitude earthquake globally, naturally increasing the probability of 0 occurrences due to time decay. May 10, 2026 - May 13, 2026, the price of option 0 steadily increased from 50c to 58.5c, because as time elapses without a qualifying earthquake, the probability of 0 occurrences naturally rises due to time decay. May 9, 2026 - May 10, 2026, the price of option 0 surged from 34.5c to 54c, while other options plummeted from irrationally high values to rational levels. The reason is that the market underwent a self-correction, eliminating the severe overpricing of low-probability events caused by early illiquidity.

The market still prices a 65.5% probability for 0 earthquakes, but mainstream news and seismic monitoring agencies have already reported a strong 6.3-6.7 magnitude earthquake in Japan on May 15 [1]. The market prices are stale and have not yet priced in this breaking event.

Predicting the exact count of global 5.5+ earthquakes in a specific week is highly niche. Outside of seismology enthusiasts and prediction market users, the general public rarely tracks or thinks about such statistical data.

May 14, 2026 - May 16, 2026: The prices of the '8', '9', and '>9' options plummeted from 14c, 17c, and 17.5c to approximately 4c, 2.3c, and 2.8c respectively, while the '5' option surged from 12c to 23.5c. The reason is that as the resolution date approaches, the actual accumulated earthquake count renders high-frequency outcomes (8+) nearly impossible, causing funds to concentrate on 5 and 6. May 12, 2026 - May 14, 2026: The price of the '>9' option plummeted from 38c to 15c, while the '6' option surged from 10c to 27c. The reason is that as the market timeframe passed the halfway mark, the actual observed earthquake frequency remained low, causing the market to heavily discount the probability of >9 earthquakes and concentrate expectations on the 6-7 range. May 10, 2026 - May 13, 2026: The price of the '>9' option plummeted from 51.5c to 24c. The reason is that as the market timeframe progressed, the actual number of recorded earthquakes in the early days was lower than the initial high Poisson parameter expectation, prompting the market to downgrade the probability of exceeding 9 earthquakes. May 9, 2026 - May 10, 2026: The price of the '>9' option surged from 41c to 51.5c due to increased market expectation for higher frequency earthquakes as time progressed and early trading activity picked up. Concurrently, the '≤3' option plummeted from 24c to 7c, indicating that the market rapidly converged towards a more reasonable Poisson distribution expectation after absorbing initial liquidity.

This is a typical celebrity gossip market. While not a mainstream macroeconomic or political issue, given the immense public attention on Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, such topics are common in public discourse, qualifying as 'pop culture prediction' rather than an extremely obscure novelty.

There is a significant rule trap in this market: if multiple players tie for the most assists, the market resolves to the player whose last name comes first alphabetically. This strongly deviates from traditional dead heat rules or minute-based tiebreakers in sports betting, which could easily mislead bettors who do not read the fine print.