{"id":219625,"date":"2025-03-07T13:47:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T18:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/?p=219625"},"modified":"2025-04-14T19:16:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T23:16:13","slug":"forecast-contracts-provide-undervalued-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/traders-insight\/forecast-trader\/forecast-contracts-provide-undervalued-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Forecast Contracts Provide Undervalued Opportunities: March 7, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>ForecastTrader Contracts are YES or NO answers to specific questions and the version with the correct answer pays $1. Some of the questions are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Will the U.S. unemployment rate exceed 4% in March?<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Will 2025 be the warmest year on record?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>As I write this on Friday morning, the S&amp;P 500 is down 3% year to date and the Atlanta Fed\u2019s estimate of first quarter GDP is for a decline of 2.4% on an annualized basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, the <a href=\"https:\/\/forecasttrader.interactivebrokers.com\/eventtrader\/#\/market-details?id=726203920%7C20250925%7C0\">IBKR ForecastTrader<\/a> contract asking <em>\u201cWill the U.S. economy enter a recession by the end of Q2 2025?\u201d<\/em> is currently priced to reflect a 27% likelihood that such an event will happen and a 73% chance that GDP will either remain flat or expand in the first or second quarter, since a technical recession is defined by two consecutive quarters of negative annualized GDP prints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"118\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/Picture17-1100x118.png\" alt=\"ForrecastTrader Contract asking if the US will enter a recession by the end of q2 2025\" class=\"wp-image-219627 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/Picture17-1100x118.png 1100w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/Picture17-700x75.png 700w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/Picture17-300x32.png 300w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/Picture17-768x83.png 768w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/Picture17.png 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1100px; aspect-ratio: 1100\/118;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Source: ForecastEx<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>That means you can buy a YES contract for just 27 cents right now and earn daily interest on the closing price at a rate that is only 0.5% below the fed funds rate (3.87%) until the contract resolves in 201 days. If the Atlanta Fed\u2019s prediction remains negative over the course of two consecutive quarters and a technical recession becomes increasingly likely, the YES price could surge to 80 or 90 cents. The interest is based on the instrument&#8217;s mark to market, so in such a scenario, the income will increase before you receive your potential $1 payout at settlement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-role-of-irrational-pricing\">The Role of Irrational Pricing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The fascinating thing about these markets is that unlike stocks, there are almost always opportunities created by undervalued contracts. The reason undervalued contracts exist so frequently is that people tend to cling to their favorite themes or political candidates, leading to irrational pricing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In our minds, the sum of all possibilities often adds up to more than 100%\u2014we overestimate the likelihood of multiple outcomes happening simultaneously. 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