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

What if Russia-Ukraine ceasefire eases energy and risk?

A durable ceasefire reopens energy flows and reconstruction; European gas eases, the war premium drains from risk assets and EUR and cyclicals rally.

29%
our model probability
over 6–18 months
prediction markets — wisdom of the crowd
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Empirically anchored 29% · 90% range 0–60% · 13 analogues · measured class deflation 44% in 18 mo · 3% held back for the unknown
how we built this number — every step
Measured class rate — deflation ≈0.3895/yr → 44% in 18 mo44%
Analyst prior · editorial share 79% of the class35%
Pooled · weight 68%30%
Crowd — no liquid market
Reserve 3% · no extremizing (×1.0)30%
Published29%

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 durable ceasefire reopens energy flows and reconstruction; European gas eases, the war premium drains from risk assets and EUR and cyclicals rally. The trigger decomposes into signed root‑shocks — European energy ▼ · 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▼ -8.0%
hist -14.49–+1.93% · other way +0.74% (n=11)
2Nasdaq 100 NDXon Hyperliquid 📈 chartIndex▲ +3.5%
hist +1.44–+3.43% · other way -0.19% (n=11)
3Tech sector XLK 📈 chartEquity▲ +2.4%
hist +0.9–+1.95% · other way -0.2% (n=11)
4S&P 500 SPXon Hyperliquid 📈 chartIndex▲ +1.9%
hist +0.11–+2.54% · other way -1.6% (n=12)
5MicroStrategy MSTRon Hyperliquid 📈 chartEquity▲ +2.0%
hist -3.43–+7.18% · other way +5.46% (n=11)
6Brent crude BRENTon Hyperliquid 📈 chartCommodity▼ -1.8%
hist -3.15–+0.54% · other way +0.93% (n=11)
7Solana SOLon Hyperliquid 📈 chartCrypto▲ +1.6%
hist -1.27–+4.14% · other way +4.7% (n=11)
8Semiconductors SMHon Hyperliquid 📈 chartEquity▲ +1.6%
hist +0.45–+1.92% · other way -1.65% (n=11)
9WTI crude CLon Hyperliquid 📈 chartCommodity▼ -1.5%
hist -2.54–+0.27% · other way +0.56% (n=11)
10Hyperliquid (HYPE) HYPEon HyperliquidCrypto▲ +1.3%
model prior · unmeasured
11Ether ETHon Hyperliquid 📈 chartCrypto▲ +1.2%
hist +0.32–+1.48% · other way +1.0% (n=11)
12Bitcoin BTCon Hyperliquid 📈 chartCrypto▲ +1.1%
hist -4.76–+7.04% · other way +1.13% (n=11)
13Nvidia NVDAon Hyperliquid 📈 chartEquity▲ +1.2%
hist -2.65–+2.17% · other way -2.72% (n=11)
14Energy sector XLEon Hyperliquid 📈 chartEquity▼ -1.1%
hist -1.15–+0.07% · other way +2.06% (n=11)

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 +2.4% · High-yield credit +0.9% · United Airlines +0.9% · ExxonMobil -0.8% · Financials +0.6% · Chevron -0.7%

Historical precedent — what analogous events actually did

Across 13 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.

Henry Hub natural gas hits a 25-year low amid record US production 2024-11 Waha hub natural gas prices crash to record negative on Permian glut 2024-08 Gulf War air campaign begins 1991-01 US intervention removes Maduro in Venezuela 2026-01 Ukrainian drone strikes hit Russian refineries, lifting crude and gasoline 2024-03 European TTF gas hits all-time record high 2022-08 WTI crude futures settle negative as demand collapses 2020-04 Saudi-Russia oil price war 2020-03 OPEC's largest-ever cut answers the 2008 demand collapse 2008-12 Oil collapses from $147 to the $30s as the GFC craters demand 2008-12 Iraq invasion 2003 relief rally 2003-03 OPEC and non-OPEC Vienna pact ends the 1998 price war 1999-03 1986 oil price collapse 1986-02
AssetHistory saysAbnormal (20d · 5d)HitnConfidencevs cascade
GBPUSD GBPUSDSHORT-1.5% · 5d -0.8%75%9 0.44⚠ differs
XOM XOMSHORT-0.5% · 5d -1.9%72%13 0.42✓ matches cascade
NVDA NVDASHORT-3.4% · 5d -4.8%75%11 0.39⚠ differs
10y yield DGS10SHORT-5bp · 5d +4bp ↺ fades72%13 0.37✓ matches cascade
DAL DALLONG+2.6% · 5d -0.4% ↺ fades70%9 0.36✓ matches cascade
EURUSD EURUSDSHORT-0.2% · 5d +0.1% ↺ fades70%9 0.35⚠ differs
Volatility VIXSHORT-9.2% · 5d -6.2%67%12 0.31✓ matches cascade
TRY TRYLONG+0.6% · 5d +1.7%75%9 0.30✓ matches cascade
CL CLSHORT-1.4% · 5d -5.3%64%10 0.25✓ matches cascade
XLE XLELONG+0.6% · 5d -1.4% ↺ fades62%11 0.23⚠ differs
CVX CVXSHORT-1.5% · 5d -1.4%62%13 0.23✓ matches cascade
XLK XLKSHORT-0.2% · 5d -0.3%62%11 0.21⚠ differs
UAL UALLONG+2.5% · 5d -1.4% ↺ fades60%9 0.18✓ matches cascade
MRVL MRVLLONG+1.5% · 5d -2.1% ↺ fades64%10 0.17✓ 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.