⚔ Geopolitics risk-on · 1–3 years
A what‑if from the future

What if Quad maritime-security pact stabilizes Indo-Pacific sea lanes?

Deeper Quad (US, Japan, India, Australia) maritime coordination reassures shippers and investors about chokepoint security; oil-route risk falls, regional EM FX firms, Asian risk appetite improves.

21%
our model probability
over 1–3 years
prediction markets — wisdom of the crowd
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Empirically anchored 21% · 90% range 4–37% · 40 analogues · measured class deflation 69% in 3 yr · 3% held back for the unknown
how we built this number — every step
Measured class rate — deflation ≈0.3895/yr → 69% in 3 yr69%
Analyst prior · editorial share 29% of the class20%
Pooled · weight 87%22%
Crowd — no liquid market
Reserve 3% · no extremizing (×1.0)22%
Published21%

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 1–3 years 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. Deeper Quad (US, Japan, India, Australia) maritime coordination reassures shippers and investors about chokepoint security; oil-route risk falls, regional EM FX firms, Asian risk appetite improves. The trigger decomposes into signed root‑shocks — EM currencies ▲ · Geopolitical risk ▼ · Oil supply risk ▼ · 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
1Volatility (VIX) VIXon Hyperliquid 📈 chartVol▼ -4.7%
hist -5.1–-0.46% · other way +11.59% (n=8)
2Nasdaq 100 NDXon Hyperliquid 📈 chartIndex▲ +2.0%
hist +0.44–+1.6% · other way -0.55% (n=8)
3Brent crude BRENTon Hyperliquid 📈 chartCommodity▼ -1.5%
hist -1.21–+0.17% · other way -6.47% (n=8)
4Tech sector XLK 📈 chartEquity▲ +1.5%
hist +0.33–+1.36% · other way +0.13% (n=8)
5WTI crude CLon Hyperliquid 📈 chartCommodity▼ -1.2%
hist -1.36–+1.31% · other way -7.04% (n=8)
6S&P 500 SPXon Hyperliquid 📈 chartIndex▲ +1.1%
hist -0.05–+2.0% · other way +1.39% (n=12)
7Solana SOLon Hyperliquid 📈 chartCrypto▲ +1.1%
hist -1.97–+5.33% · other way +0.57% (n=7)
8MicroStrategy MSTRon Hyperliquid 📈 chartEquity▲ +1.0%
hist -6.22–+15.35% · other way +14.65% (n=8)
9Hyperliquid (HYPE) HYPEon HyperliquidCrypto▲ +0.9%
model prior · unmeasured
10Semiconductors SMHon Hyperliquid 📈 chartEquity▲ +0.9%
hist -0.17–+1.82% · other way +0.42% (n=8)
11Ether ETHon Hyperliquid 📈 chartCrypto▲ +0.8%
hist -0.53–+2.22% · other way -5.6% (n=7)
12Energy sector XLEon Hyperliquid 📈 chartEquity▼ -0.9%
hist -1.23–+0.01% · other way -2.7% (n=8)
13Bitcoin BTCon Hyperliquid 📈 chartCrypto▲ +0.7%
hist -2.45–+5.96% · other way -3.99% (n=8)
14Nvidia NVDAon Hyperliquid 📈 chartEquity▲ +0.7%
hist -0.69–+2.33% · other way +0.92% (n=8)

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 +1.5% · Turkish lira +0.6% · United Airlines +0.7% · ExxonMobil -0.6% · High-yield credit +0.6% · Indian rupee +0.5%

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.

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AssetHistory saysAbnormal (20d · 5d)HitnConfidencevs cascade
RTX RTXSHORT-3.1% · 5d -2.2%70%40 0.39✓ matches cascade
SPX SPXLONG+1.3% · 5d +0.5%70%40 0.37✓ matches cascade
QCOM QCOMSHORT-2.4% · 5d -1.4%71%39 0.30⚠ differs
LMT LMTSHORT-2.3% · 5d -1.8%67%40 0.28✓ matches cascade
XOM XOMSHORT-0.7% · 5d -1.5%63%40 0.25✓ matches cascade
High-yield credit HYGSHORT-0.5% · 5d -0.2%66%39 0.23⚠ differs
TSM TSMLONG+1.6% · 5d -1.2% ↺ fades63%39 0.22✓ matches cascade
INTC INTCSHORT-0.6% · 5d -0.4%63%40 0.22⚠ differs
SMH SMHLONG+1.2% · 5d -0.3% ↺ fades61%39 0.19✓ matches cascade
Volatility VIXSHORT-2.5% · 5d -5.8%60%40 0.17✓ matches cascade
CNY CNYSHORT-0.4% · 5d -0.2%59%39 0.17⚠ differs
MRVL MRVLLONG+1.3% · 5d -1.1% ↺ fades61%39 0.16✓ matches cascade
AVGO AVGOLONG+0.4% · 5d -1.1% ↺ fades59%39 0.15✓ matches cascade
CVX CVXSHORT-1.1% · 5d -1.5%58%40 0.15✓ 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.