🏛 Central Banks & Macro risk-off · 0–6 months
A what‑if from the future

What if Overvalued-EM-FX cohort corrects sharply on a growth disappointment?

Currencies that ran rich on carry inflows correct hard when growth disappoints, as stretched positioning unwinds and REER overvaluation is repriced lower.

16%
our model probability
over 0–6 months
prediction markets — wisdom of the crowd
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Empirically anchored 16% · 90% range 0–31% · 24 analogues · measured class recession 62% in 6 mo · 3% held back for the unknown
how we built this number — every step
Measured class rate — recession ≈1.9335/yr → 62% in 6 mo62%
Analyst prior · editorial share 29% of the class18%
Pooled · weight 80%16%
Crowd — no liquid market
Reserve 3% · no extremizing (×1.0)16%
Published16%

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 0–6 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-off shock. Currencies that ran rich on carry inflows correct hard when growth disappoints, as stretched positioning unwinds and REER overvaluation is repriced lower. The trigger decomposes into signed root‑shocks — EM currencies ▼ · FX carry appetite ▼ · Growth surprise ▼ · Risk appetite ▼ — 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
1Turkish lira TRY 📈 chartFX▼ -0.8%
hist -9.79–+2.53% · other way -0.66% (n=12)
2Indian rupee INR 📈 chartFX▼ -0.7%
hist -1.45–+0.29% · other way -0.75% (n=12)
3Solana SOLon Hyperliquid 📈 chartCrypto▼ -0.6%
hist -1.46–+0.47% · other way -3.1% (n=10)
4MicroStrategy MSTRon Hyperliquid 📈 chartEquity▼ -0.6%
hist -1.94–+0.56% · other way +23.24% (n=12)
5Hyperliquid (HYPE) HYPEon HyperliquidCrypto▼ -0.5%
model prior · unmeasured
6Ether ETHon Hyperliquid 📈 chartCrypto▼ -0.5%
hist -9.25–+6.18% · other way +2.79% (n=11)
7Nasdaq 100 NDXon Hyperliquid 📈 chartIndex▼ -0.4%
hist -0.33–+0.08% · other way +0.63% (n=12)
8Chinese yuan CNY 📈 chartFX▼ -0.4%
hist -0.65–+0.05% · other way -0.55% (n=12)
9Volatility (VIX) VIXon Hyperliquid 📈 chartVol▲ +0.3%
hist -0.34–+0.41% · other way -7.07% (n=12)
10Bitcoin BTCon Hyperliquid 📈 chartCrypto▼ -0.3%
hist -5.93–+3.67% · other way +9.75% (n=11)
11USD/JPY USDJPYon Hyperliquid 📈 chartFX▼ -0.3%
hist -0.32–+0.27% · other way +0.37% (n=12)
12Aussie dollar AUD 📈 chartFX▼ -0.3%
hist -1.66–+0.54% · other way -1.81% (n=12)
13Tech sector XLK 📈 chartEquity▼ -0.3%
hist -0.22–-0.11% · other way +0.75% (n=12)
14S&P 500 SPXon Hyperliquid 📈 chartIndex▼ -0.2%
hist -0.13–-0.07% · other way +0.24% (n=12)

Probable recommendation

If the scenario above plays out, the probable cross‑asset positioning → a scenario‑conditional read, not personalized investment advice
Cash / hedgeRaise cash and hold the long hedges above; this scenario is net risk-off.
For a common-man portfolio: A typical stock-heavy portfolio is at risk. Consider trimming equities, raising cash, and a small cash hedge.
Also moves (not yet on Hyperliquid): Turkish lira -0.8% · Indian rupee -0.7% · Chinese yuan -0.4% · Aussie dollar -0.3% · Tech sector -0.3%

Historical precedent — what analogous events actually did

Across 24 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.

August 24, 2015 ETF flash crash 2015-08 Nikkei 225 worst single-day crash since 1987 2024-08 Mexico's Sheinbaum landslide + supermajority scare 2024-06 Wagner Group mutiny against the Kremlin 2023-06 Turkish lira hits record low after Erdogan re-election 2023-05 Turkish lira record low on rate cuts 2021-11 Turkey fires central-bank governor Agbal, sparking lira plunge 2021-03 Turkish lira crash 2018-08 Pravin Gordhan fired in midnight cabinet reshuffle 2017-03 Mexican peso crash on Trump 2016 win 2016-11 Russian ruble 'Black Tuesday' 2014-12 Russia annexation crisis: Moscow market plunge 2014-03 SNB imposes EUR/CHF 1.20 floor 2011-09 Greek sovereign debt crisis / first EU-IMF bailout 2010-05 Turkey lets the lira float 2001-02 Colombia floats the peso 1999-09 Russia GKO default and ruble moratorium 1998-08 Hong Kong defends the peg with sky-high HIBOR 1997-10 Philippines peso float 1997-07 Thai baht float 1997-07 Mexico $50bn international rescue package 1995-01 Mexican peso devaluation / Tequila Crisis 1994-12 Louvre Accord 1987-02 1976 UK sterling crisis / IMF bailout 1976-09
AssetHistory saysAbnormal (20d · 5d)HitnConfidencevs cascade
TRY TRYSHORT-8.4% · 5d -1.4%79%14 0.54✓ matches cascade
AUD AUDSHORT-1.4% · 5d -1.0%71%14 0.38✓ matches cascade
CNY CNYSHORT-0.4% · 5d -0.4%71%14 0.34✓ matches cascade
High-yield credit HYGSHORT-0.4% · 5d -0.2%71%14 0.32·
ETH ETHSHORT-9.4% · 5d -8.6%71%7 0.30✓ matches cascade
INR INRSHORT-1.0% · 5d -0.2%64%14 0.27✓ matches cascade
Bitcoin BTCSHORT-5.9% · 5d -4.9%64%11 0.20✓ matches cascade
10y yield DGS10SHORT-8bp · 5d -3bp62%24 0.20·
MSTR MSTRSHORT-1.6% · 5d -3.6%59%17 0.15✓ matches cascade
Gold XAUSHORT-1.8% · 5d -1.6%53%15 0.05·
NDX NDXLONG+0.2% · 5d -0.6% ↺ fades52%23 0.04⚠ differs
SOL SOLLONG+0.9% · 5d -7.5% ↺ fades33%6 0.00⚠ differs
Volatility VIXSHORT-0.5% · 5d +3.2% ↺ fades45%22 0.00⚠ differs
USDJPY USDJPYLONG+0.4% · 5d -0.0% ↺ fades45%20 0.00⚠ differs

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.