⚔ Geopolitics risk-on · 6–18 months
A what‑if from the future

What if Global tariff de-escalation ignites risk-on?

A broad rollback of reciprocal tariffs across major blocs revives trade volumes and capex; cyclicals, EM FX and global growth re-accelerate in a clean risk-on regime.

37%
our model probability
over 6–18 months
prediction markets — wisdom of the crowd
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Empirically anchored 37% · 90% range 24–51% · 40 analogues · measured class growth 94% in 18 mo · 3% held back for the unknown
how we built this number — every step
Measured class rate — growth ≈1.8868/yr → 94% in 18 mo94%
Analyst prior · editorial share 43% of the class40%
Pooled · weight 87%38%
Crowd — no liquid market
Reserve 3% · no extremizing (×1.0)38%
Published37%

The class rate is measured from our dated, sourced event library (decade-normalized Poisson — the full table is public at base_rates.json). The variant’s share within its class is the analyst’s editorial call, published so you can audit it. A wider range means thinner precedent. Full recipe: methodology · scored at Reality Check.

The butterfly cascade

How this trigger trickles across markets, left → right — the root shock, its first‑order moves, then the ripple effects. Drag any node; tap a market for its real price history.

Resolution timeline — how this probability is moving

Our model's odds (gold) over time vs the crowd's (Polymarket, blue), from the past toward the 6–18 months horizon. Each dot is a real macro event that nudged the probability — green pushed it up, red pushed it down. Tap a dot for the source. The gold path is an illustrative reconstruction anchored to today's estimate — real dated events, not a live re-estimate history.

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What it would mean

If this plays out, it is a risk-on shock. A broad rollback of reciprocal tariffs across major blocs revives trade volumes and capex; cyclicals, EM FX and global growth re-accelerate in a clean risk-on regime. The trigger decomposes into signed root‑shocks — EM currencies ▲ · Global growth ▲ · Risk appetite ▲ · Trade tension ▼ — which propagate through our causal graph to the markets below.

If it happens — the markets it would move

Biggest moves first. Projected moves are cascade-model priors; hist A–B% = what comparable past events actually did (measured abnormal returns), and model prior · unmeasured marks markets with no analogue backing yet. Tap any market for its price history.

MarketClassProjected move
1Nasdaq 100 NDXon Hyperliquid 📈 chartIndex▲ +3.0%
hist +0.75–+1.91% · other way +0.68% (n=12)
2Semiconductors SMHon Hyperliquid 📈 chartEquity▲ +2.5%
hist +0.12–+3.18% · other way +1.67% (n=12)
3Nvidia NVDAon Hyperliquid 📈 chartEquity▲ +2.1%
hist -0.74–+4.32% · other way -0.13% (n=12)
4Tech sector XLK 📈 chartEquity▲ +2.1%
hist +0.55–+1.74% · other way +0.99% (n=12)
5TSMC TSMon Hyperliquid 📈 chartEquity▲ +2.0%
hist -0.14–+3.54% · other way +0.55% (n=12)
6Solana SOLon Hyperliquid 📈 chartCrypto▲ +1.7%
hist -2.71–+7.68% · other way +7.69% (n=5)
7MicroStrategy MSTRon Hyperliquid 📈 chartEquity▲ +1.8%
hist -5.2–+12.68% · other way +10.53% (n=12)
8AMD AMDon Hyperliquid 📈 chartEquity▲ +1.7%
hist -1.48–+1.22% · other way +0.58% (n=12)
9Broadcom AVGOon Hyperliquid 📈 chartEquity▲ +1.7%
hist -0.02–+2.42% · other way +3.55% (n=12)
10Micron MUon Hyperliquid 📈 chartEquity▲ +1.7%
hist +0.33–+1.66% · other way -0.14% (n=12)
11Marvell MRVLon Hyperliquid 📈 chartEquity▲ +1.7%
hist -0.22–+2.94% · other way +1.11% (n=12)
12ASML ASMLon Hyperliquid 📈 chartEquity▲ +1.6%
hist +0.5–+1.07% · other way -1.04% (n=12)
13Chinese yuan CNY 📈 chartFX▲ +1.4%
hist +0.15–+0.86% · other way -0.63% (n=12)
14Hyperliquid (HYPE) HYPEon HyperliquidCrypto▲ +1.3%
model prior · unmeasured

Probable recommendation

If the scenario above plays out, the probable cross‑asset positioning → a scenario‑conditional read, not personalized investment advice
For a common-man portfolio: A typical stock-heavy portfolio should benefit. Stay invested; you can lean modestly into the beneficiaries below.
Also moves (not yet on Hyperliquid): Tech sector +2.1% · Chinese yuan +1.4% · Turkish lira +1.1% · Indian rupee +0.9% · Aussie dollar +0.6% · High-yield credit +0.4%

Historical precedent — what analogous events actually did

Across 40 analogous events (overlap‑weighted), as abnormal returns — market beta stripped, so it's the event's own effect, not the market backdrop. Shown at 20 days (persistent) and 5 days (immediate); ↺ fades = the two horizons disagree. Confidence = consistency × sample × significance.

India RBI growth-pivot rate cut 2025-12 Platinum hits an 11-year high on Chinese jewelry demand and deficit 2025-06 Bitcoin tops $111,970 for a new all-time high 2025-05 Nasdaq Composite first close above 20000 2024-12 S&P 500 first close above 6000 2024-11 Palladium jumps after US pushes G7 sanctions on Russian metal 2024-10 Nikkei 225 record single-day rebound 2024-08 Alphabet announces its first-ever dividend 2024-04 Ukrainian drone strikes hit Russian refineries, lifting crude and gasoline 2024-03 S&P 500 first close above 5000 2024-02 Neuralink implants its first human brain-computer interface 2024-01 Nifty 50 first crosses 20000 2023-09 LK-99 room-temperature superconductor claim 2023-07 Nifty 50 first crosses 19000 2023-06 Strong May 2023 jobs report jolts yields higher 2023-06 Nvidia AI-guidance blowout ignites the automation/AI capex wave 2023-05 OpenAI releases GPT-4 2023-03 NIF achieves fusion ignition 2022-12 European TTF gas hits all-time record high 2022-08 Bank of England's first post-pandemic rate hike 2021-12 Nasdaq Composite first close above 15000 2021-08 Wegovy 2021-06 S&P 500 first close above 4000 2021-04 KOSPI first close above 3000 2021-01 First mRNA COVID-19 vaccine authorized 2020-12 AlphaFold cracks the protein-folding problem 2020-11 US 2020 election 'divided government' relief rally 2020-11 Nasdaq Composite first close above 10000 2020-06 Tesla posts surprise Q3 profit, shares soar 2019-10 S&P 500 first close above 3000 2019-07 Jacob Zuma resigns as president 2018-02 French presidential runoff 2017-05 French presidential first round 2017-04 French election first round triggers relief rally 2017-04 AlphaGo defeats Lee Sedol 2016-03 SpaceX lands an orbital rocket booster 2015-12 S&P 500 first close above 2000 2014-08 Bank of Japan Kuroda QQE 'bazooka' 2013-04 Silver hits 30-year high as JPMorgan and HSBC face manipulation suits 2010-10 EU/IMF EUR750bn rescue weekend 2010-05
AssetHistory saysAbnormal (20d · 5d)HitnConfidencevs cascade
INTC INTCSHORT-1.8% · 5d -1.6%68%40 0.28⚠ differs
TSM TSMLONG+2.3% · 5d -1.2% ↺ fades68%40 0.27✓ matches cascade
SMH SMHLONG+1.8% · 5d -0.2% ↺ fades65%40 0.26✓ matches cascade
10y yield DGS10LONG+6bp · 5d +3bp65%40 0.23·
AVGO AVGOLONG+1.5% · 5d -0.3% ↺ fades62%40 0.21✓ matches cascade
SPX SPXLONG+0.3% · 5d +0.7%62%40 0.21✓ matches cascade
NIFTY NIFTYLONG+1.0% · 5d -0.6% ↺ fades62%40 0.20✓ matches cascade
AMD AMDSHORT-2.1% · 5d -1.6%62%40 0.19⚠ differs
NDX NDXLONG+0.4% · 5d -0.7% ↺ fades62%40 0.18✓ matches cascade
QCOM QCOMSHORT-1.1% · 5d -1.5%62%40 0.18⚠ differs
High-yield credit HYGSHORT-0.3% · 5d -0.1%62%40 0.18⚠ differs
EURUSD EURUSDLONG+0.2% · 5d -0.0% ↺ fades60%40 0.16✓ matches cascade
Volatility VIXSHORT-2.0% · 5d -6.8%60%40 0.15✓ matches cascade
MRVL MRVLLONG+1.9% · 5d -1.5% ↺ fades60%40 0.14✓ matches cascade

Methodology. Probability and impact are anchored to history and scored against what actually happens — wins and losses, in public, at Reality Check. Crowd odds live from Polymarket & Kalshi. By Vikas Singh, Quantitative Strategist. Updated 2026-07-03.