Next Defense Sec·closes in 28mo

Who will be Trump's next Secretary of Defense?

YES means Keith Kellogg

24h volume
0
74 lifetime
Open interest
64
Spread
992 × 1,945 at the touch
24h range
2 recent trades
Chance of YES
0%

A YES contract costs and pays $1 if it happens.

NO
100%

costs 100¢

YES bid / ask
/
NO bid / ask
99¢ / 100¢
Recent buying0% YES · 100% NO
What Galdor thinks

An independent read of this market

1Reads the rules literallySettlement source, close time, and the edge cases that flip an outcome.
2Checks the tape and the webOrder book, flow, price history, then targeted searches with sources.
3Gives a straight answerA probability with a band, and one of four calls: YES, NO, wait, or stay out.

Generated by an AI analyst from live exchange data and public web sources. Research and analytics, not investment advice. Markets can move after this was written.

Price history

YES price per candle with the bid/ask band, volume underneath. Times in UTC.

Not enough history to chart.

Order book

Resting orders, both sides shown as YES prices. Bars are size.

Yes ask (no bid)SizeYes
  • ask6,94097¢
  • ask2,54981¢
  • ask5180¢
  • ask50750¢
  • ask2,24221¢
  • ask250
  • ask8
  • ask1,945
spreadmid
  • bid992
Yes bid (no ask)SizeYes

How this market resolves

Verbatim from Kalshi. Read this before the price.

If the next new Secretary of Defense before Jan 20, 2029 is Keith Kellogg, then the market resolves to Yes.

Acting and Interim positions don't count.

opened
Apr 1, 2025 · 2:00 PM UTC
closes
Jan 20, 2029 · 3:00 PM UTC · may close early
settles by
Jan 20, 2029 · 3:00 PM UTC
ticker
KXNEXTDEF-29-KKEL
Trade it on kalshi.com

Other outcomes in this event

Mutually exclusive: YES prices should add to about $1.00 (they add to 105¢).

Recent trades

Over the last 2 trades, 0% of contracts were bought on the YES side.

WhenYESContractsSide
1mo ago8bought no
1mo ago1bought no

Prices are YES cost in cents and approximate the market’s implied probability. Data is read live from the Kalshi Trade API on every page load. galdor.xyz places no orders and holds no positions. Research and analytics, not investment advice.