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

What if Sanctions partially lifted, Russian gas trickles back?

A peace deal brings phased sanctions relief and limited pipeline-gas resumption to the EU, easing TTF structurally lower and lifting energy-intensive European industry.

19%
our model probability
over 1–3 years
prediction markets — wisdom of the crowd
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Empirically anchored 19% · 90% range 4–35% · 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 26% of the class18%
Pooled · weight 87%20%
Crowd — no liquid market
Reserve 3% · no extremizing (×1.0)20%
Published19%

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. A peace deal brings phased sanctions relief and limited pipeline-gas resumption to the EU, easing TTF structurally lower and lifting energy-intensive European industry. The trigger decomposes into signed root‑shocks — European energy ▼ · Geopolitical risk ▼ · Inflation expectations ▼ · 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▼ -5.2%
hist -3.11–-1.54% · other way -6.06% (n=10)
2Nasdaq 100 NDXon Hyperliquid 📈 chartIndex▲ +2.1%
hist +0.06–+1.12% · other way -1.01% (n=11)
3Tech sector XLK 📈 chartEquity▲ +1.5%
hist -0.47–+0.69% · other way -0.49% (n=10)
4S&P 500 SPXon Hyperliquid 📈 chartIndex▲ +1.1%
hist -0.01–+2.62% · other way +1.81% (n=12)
5Solana SOLon Hyperliquid 📈 chartCrypto▲ +1.0%
hist -3.54–+1.64% · other way +14.47% (n=7)
6MicroStrategy MSTRon Hyperliquid 📈 chartEquity▲ +1.0%
hist -3.97–+15.62% · other way -2.21% (n=10)
7Semiconductors SMHon Hyperliquid 📈 chartEquity▲ +1.0%
hist +0.2–+0.71% · other way -1.03% (n=10)
8Hyperliquid (HYPE) HYPEon HyperliquidCrypto▲ +0.9%
model prior · unmeasured
9Ether ETHon Hyperliquid 📈 chartCrypto▲ +0.8%
hist +0.27–+0.52% · other way +9.7% (n=7)
10Bitcoin BTCon Hyperliquid 📈 chartCrypto▲ +0.6%
hist -0.8–+2.37% · other way +16.5% (n=7)
11Nvidia NVDAon Hyperliquid 📈 chartEquity▲ +0.7%
hist +0.16–+0.67% · other way -0.15% (n=10)
12High-yield credit HYG 📈 chartRate▲ +0.6%
hist -0.33–+0.25% · other way +1.37% (n=9)
13AMD AMDon Hyperliquid 📈 chartEquity▲ +0.6%
hist -2.76–+1.35% · other way -5.64% (n=11)
14Broadcom AVGOon Hyperliquid 📈 chartEquity▲ +0.6%
hist -0.35–+0.55% · other way -3.2% (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% · High-yield credit +0.6% · Financials +0.4% · JPMorgan +0.3% · Lockheed -0.4% · Northrop -0.3%

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
JPM JPMLONG+4.1% · 5d +0.3%78%40 0.53✓ matches cascade
SPX SPXLONG+1.8% · 5d +0.7%76%40 0.49✓ matches cascade
QCOM QCOMSHORT-3.8% · 5d -2.9%75%39 0.38⚠ differs
30y yield DGS30LONG+11bp · 5d +4bp72%40 0.35⚠ differs
High-yield credit HYGSHORT-0.5% · 5d -0.1%71%38 0.30⚠ differs
ASML ASMLSHORT-3.3% · 5d -2.7%68%39 0.29⚠ differs
XLK XLKSHORT-0.9% · 5d -1.1%68%39 0.28⚠ differs
10y yield DGS10LONG+14bp · 5d +5bp67%40 0.28⚠ differs
MSTR MSTRLONG+13.5% · 5d -2.7% ↺ fades64%39 0.27✓ matches cascade
NOC NOCSHORT-0.1% · 5d -0.0%65%40 0.25✓ matches cascade
LMT LMTSHORT-1.9% · 5d -0.5%65%40 0.24✓ matches cascade
COIN COINLONG+10.7% · 5d +1.5%62%38 0.23✓ matches cascade
XLF XLFLONG+0.6% · 5d -0.1% ↺ fades64%39 0.21✓ matches cascade
RTX RTXSHORT-1.4% · 5d -1.2%61%40 0.20✓ 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.