{"id":210579,"date":"2024-08-20T12:30:51","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T16:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/?p=210579"},"modified":"2024-08-20T12:44:03","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T16:44:03","slug":"forecastex-truth-via-pairings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/traders-insight\/securities\/macro\/forecastex-truth-via-pairings\/","title":{"rendered":"ForecastEx: Truth Via Pairings: Aug. 20, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I\u2019m excited to report that a new source of valuable insights is available from <a href=\"https:\/\/forecasttrader.interactivebrokers.com\/eventtrader\/?loginType=1&amp;ip2loc=OFF&amp;clt=0&amp;forwardTo=100#\/markets?market=g2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IBKR Forecast Trader<\/a>, a recently launched product that offers contracts with Yes and No answers to questions regarding future inflation, interest rates, the labor market, national debt, climate change and other key data points. The contracts provide a competitive interest stream, and owners of derivatives with correct answers to economic questions receive positive returns as determined by each instrument\u2019s pricing.\u00a0From a market-research perspective, however, the contracts provide a novel and alternative view of investor expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Forecast Trader is a simple derivative offering contracts with Yes and No answers to economic questions. Pricing is based on the likelihood of each answer being correct. For example, one contract asks, \u201cWill <a href=\"https:\/\/forecasttrader.interactivebrokers.com\/eventtrader\/?loginType=1&amp;ip2loc=OFF&amp;clt=0&amp;forwardTo=100#\/market-details?market=g2&amp;id=6586635572024091813690001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">US Housing Starts<\/a> exceed 1,369,000 in August?\u201d The contract version with the Yes answer is currently priced at $0.43 and the No version is priced at $0.55. 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