{"id":223794,"date":"2025-05-13T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/?p=223794"},"modified":"2025-05-13T12:50:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T16:50:32","slug":"forecastex-pick-of-the-week-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/traders-insight\/prediction-market\/forecastex-pick-of-the-week-may\/","title":{"rendered":"ForecastEx Pick of The Week: May 13, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the beginning of each week, Chief Strategist Sosnick and I huddle up to choose the Forecast Contract that we think offers the best risk-reward profile. We then publish the weekly pick on social media via LinkedIn and Twitter prior to its expiration which would be no later than the closest Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thursday\u2019s retail sales report is top of mind, sporting a median estimate of 0% for April following a significant 1.5% gain in March. The strong performance in March was largely due to consumers frontrunning President Trump\u2019s liberation day tariffs. Meanwhile, I\u2019m expecting a modest beat of 0.1%. In consideration of household spending dynamics as well as the consensus, the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/forecasttrader.interactivebrokers.com\/eventtrader\/?loginType=1&amp;forwardTo=100&amp;clt=0&amp;ip2loc=OFF#\/market-details?id=626425591%7C20250515%7C0.5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">No<\/a>\u201d answer asking if the retail sales growth rate will exceed 0.5% for $0.62 appears significantly undervalued. Indeed, a beat as high as 0.5%, in light of the 0% projection, would still deliver $1.00 back to the investor on a trade currently priced at $0.62.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1084\" height=\"187\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/FT-picture-1.png\" alt=\"IBKR ForecastTrader asking if retails sales growth exceed 0.5% in April.\" class=\"wp-image-223796 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/FT-picture-1.png 1084w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/FT-picture-1-700x121.png 700w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/FT-picture-1-300x52.png 300w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/FT-picture-1-768x132.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1084px) 100vw, 1084px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1084px; aspect-ratio: 1084\/187;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-combination-trade\"><strong>Combination Trade<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A combination trade that I like regarding retail sales involves buying the \u201cYes\u201d answers at the -1.5% and -1% thresholds for $0.94 each and the \u201cNo\u201d answers at 0.5%, 1%, 1.5% and 2% for $0.62, $0.77, $0.87 and $0.91. The combination costs a total of $5.05 and delivers $6.00 back to the investor on a figure as low as -0.9% or as high as 0.5%. Finally, this trade offers a wide buffer to the investor in the case of a sizeable miss or a substantial beat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"500\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Picture-2-FT-May-13-2025.png\" alt=\"Pricing of IBKR ForecastTrader contracts regarding April retail sales\" class=\"wp-image-223797 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Picture-2-FT-May-13-2025.png 560w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Picture-2-FT-May-13-2025-300x268.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 560px; aspect-ratio: 560\/500;\" \/><\/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 May 13, 2025.<\/em> <em>Red circles around the thresholds were inserted by J. Torres to highlight his preferred \u201cYes\u201d and \u201cNo\u201d answers throughout different thresholds.<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the beginning of each week, Chief Strategist Sosnick and I huddle up to choose the Forecast Contract that we think offers the best risk-reward 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