US annual trade deficit·closes in 5mo

Will US trade deficit for 2026 be above 170‎ billion?

YES means Above 170‎ billion

24h volume
0
5,128 lifetime
Open interest
2,325
+0 over 24h
Spread
18¢
55 × 22 at the touch
24h range
34 recent trades
Chance of YES
91%

A YES contract costs 95¢ and pays $1 if it happens.

NO
9%

costs 23¢

YES bid / ask
77¢ / 95¢
NO bid / ask
/ 23¢
Recent buying72% YES · 28% NO
What Galdor thinks

An independent read of this market

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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.

50¢75¢100¢volSep 20, 7:01 AMSep 21, 3:01 AM

Order book

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

Yes ask (no bid)SizeYes
  • ask25399¢
  • ask1,35798¢
  • ask33197¢
  • ask20096¢
  • ask2295¢
spread18¢mid 86¢
  • bid5577¢
  • bid20076¢
  • bid6975¢
  • bid20074¢
  • bid147¢
  • bid7846¢
  • bid60024¢
  • bid1,21823¢
Yes bid (no ask)SizeYes

How this market resolves

Verbatim from Kalshi. Read this before the price.

If US trade deficit for 2026 is above 170‎ billion, then the market resolves to Yes.

The Expiration Value is the annual seasonally adjusted U.S. trade balance (goods and services) for 2026, as reported in the FT-900 release covering December 2026.

opened
Feb 24 · 3:00 PM UTC
closes
Feb 28, 2027 · 1:29 PM UTC · may close early
settles by
May 29, 2027 · 3:00 PM UTC
floor
170
ticker
KXTRADEDEFICIT-27FEB28-T170
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Other outcomes in this event

Mutually exclusive: YES prices should add to about $1.00 (they add to 129¢).

Recent trades

Over the last 34 trades, 72% of contracts were bought on the YES side.

WhenYESContractsSide
15d ago91¢1.08bought yes
19d ago86¢6bought no
19d ago87¢1bought no
1mo ago95¢1bought yes
1mo ago89¢0.22bought no
1mo ago87¢26bought no
1mo ago87¢27bought no
1mo ago87¢500bought yes
1mo ago86¢1bought no
1mo ago86¢1bought yes
1mo ago86¢1bought yes
1mo ago88¢366bought yes
1mo ago90¢250bought yes
1mo ago89¢175bought yes
1mo ago87¢500bought yes

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.