{"id":222767,"date":"2025-04-25T14:10:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T18:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/?p=222767"},"modified":"2025-04-25T14:10:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T18:10:13","slug":"forecast-contracts-jolts-directional-combo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/traders-insight\/prediction-market\/forecast-contracts-jolts-directional-combo\/","title":{"rendered":"Forecast Contracts: JOLTS Directional Combo: April 25, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Job openings have been declining, according to high-frequency data from Indeed that has been updated as of April 18. But March job openings from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics\u2019 Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) won\u2019t be published until this Tuesday, April 29, at 10:00 a.m. I\u2019m expecting the decrease reflected in Indeed\u2019s data to appear in the upcoming release, so I like the \u201cNo\u201d answers to forecast contracts asking if job openings will exceed <a href=\"https:\/\/forecasttrader.interactivebrokers.com\/eventtrader\/?loginType=1&amp;action=100&amp;clt=0&amp;forwardTo=100&amp;ip2loc=OFF#\/market-details?id=751047555%7C20250429%7C8\">8 million<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/forecasttrader.interactivebrokers.com\/eventtrader\/?loginType=1&amp;action=100&amp;clt=0&amp;forwardTo=100&amp;ip2loc=OFF#\/market-details?id=751047555%7C20250429%7C8.2\">8.2 million<\/a> in March. Furthermore, 8 million is quite a hurdle and would require a jump of 432,000 from February\u2019s 7.568 million. The directional combination trade costs a total $1.77 and would deliver $2.00 back on any number at or below 8 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1050\" height=\"763\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/Picture1-FT-april-25-2025.png\" alt=\"Chart showing Indeed job openings\" class=\"wp-image-222769 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/Picture1-FT-april-25-2025.png 1050w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/Picture1-FT-april-25-2025-700x509.png 700w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/Picture1-FT-april-25-2025-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/Picture1-FT-april-25-2025-768x558.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" 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style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 624px; aspect-ratio: 624\/58;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Source for Images: ForecastEx<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Note: Prices are highest bids as of the morning of April 25, 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To learn more about ForecastEx, view our Traders\u2019 Academy video&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ceR-weGZSXc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Job openings have been declining, according to high-frequency data from Indeed that has been updated as of April 18. 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