🛢 Energy & Commodities mixed · 0–6 months
A what‑if from the future

What if a cold snap and LNG outage spikes Dutch TTF gas to EUR 180 per MWh?

A cold snap plus an LNG supply outage spikes Dutch TTF gas to EUR180/MWh, replaying the 2022 energy crisis and crushing margins for gas-intensive European industry.

8%
our model probability
over 0–6 months
prediction markets — wisdom of the crowd
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Empirically anchored 8% · 90% range 0–17% · 25 analogues · measured class energy 52% in 6 mo · 3% held back for the unknown
how we built this number — every step
Measured class rate — energy ≈1.4869/yr → 52% in 6 mo52%
Analyst prior · editorial share 13% of the class7%
Pooled · weight 81%8%
Crowd — no liquid market
Reserve 3% · no extremizing (×1.0)8%
Published8%

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 mixed shock. A cold snap plus an LNG supply outage spikes Dutch TTF gas to EUR180/MWh, replaying the 2022 energy crisis and crushing margins for gas-intensive European industry. The trigger decomposes into signed root‑shocks — Natural gas ▲ · European energy ▲ · Industrial demand ▼ · Inflation surprise ▲ — 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
1Natural gas NGon Hyperliquid 📈 chartCommodity▲ +0.8%
hist -12.2–+5.43% · other way +8.78% (n=12)
2EUR/USD EURUSDon Hyperliquid 📈 chartFX▼ -0.6%
hist -1.84–+0.51% · other way +0.7% (n=12)
3Freeport (copper) FCX 📈 chartEquity▼ -0.4%
hist -0.72–+0.28% · other way +6.98% (n=12)
4Gold XAUon Hyperliquid 📈 chartCommodity▼ -0.3%
hist -2.2–+1.12% · other way +2.54% (n=12)
5Tech sector XLK 📈 chartEquity▼ -0.3%
hist -0.3–+0.03% · other way +1.14% (n=12)
630y Treasury yield DGS30 📈 chartRate▲ +3bp
hist -5.27–+17.66% · other way +2.4% (n=12)
710y Treasury yield DGS10 📈 chartRate▲ +3bp
hist -3.18–+10.03% · other way +1.0% (n=12)
8Copper XCUon Hyperliquid 📈 chartCommodity▼ -0.2%
hist -0.46–+0.32% · other way -0.9% (n=12)
9Nasdaq 100 NDXon Hyperliquid 📈 chartIndex▼ -0.2%
hist -0.18–-0.1% · other way +0.84% (n=12)
10MicroStrategy MSTRon Hyperliquid 📈 chartEquity▼ -0.2%
hist -0.59–+0.41% · other way +5.18% (n=12)
11Bitcoin BTCon Hyperliquid 📈 chartCrypto▼ -0.2%
hist -3.16–+2.97% · other way +6.38% (n=11)
12Wheat WHEATon Hyperliquid 📈 chartCommodity▲ +0.2%
hist -1.83–+1.32% · other way +2.29% (n=12)
13Corn CORNon Hyperliquid 📈 chartCommodity▲ +0.2%
hist -3.79–+2.99% · other way +4.84% (n=12)
14Arm ARMon Hyperliquid 📈 chartEquity▼ -0.2%
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: Mixed for a typical portfolio — the move is more about rotation than direction. Favour the winners over the losers below rather than net exposure.
Also moves (not yet on Hyperliquid): Freeport (copper) -0.4% · Tech sector -0.3% · 30y Treasury yield +3bp · 10y Treasury yield +3bp · 2y Treasury yield +1bp

Historical precedent — what analogous events actually did

Across 25 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.

1979 Iranian Revolution oil shock 1979-01 Henry Hub natural gas falls to an all-time inflation-adjusted low on record output 2024-11 Niger coup d'etat 2023-07 PJM grid emergency during Winter Storm Elliott 2022-12 European gas crisis intraday record spike 2021-10 Texas grid failure during Winter Storm Uri 2021-02 Norilsk Nickel Arctic diesel spill 2020-05 Crude oil all-time high 2008-07 Crude oil all-time high 2008-07 ECB's ill-timed pre-crisis rate hike 2008-07 Henry Hub natural gas spot price peaks during 2008 commodity boom 2008-07 Platinum hits all-time record near $2,290 on South African power crisis 2008-03 South Africa Eskom power emergency spikes platinum/PGMs 2008-01 Amaranth Advisors natural-gas blowup 2006-09 Northeast blackout cascading grid failure hits ~55 million 2003-08 1990-91 recession onset 1990-07 Argentina hyperinflation peak / Alfonsin early handover 1989-07 Silver Thursday 1980-03 Gold peaks at $850 1980-01 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan 1979-12 Iran hostage crisis / US freezes Iranian assets 1979-11 Volcker Saturday Night Special 1979-10 Iranian Revolution oil shock 1978-12 1973-75 recession onset 1973-11 Nixon Shock 1971-08
AssetHistory saysAbnormal (20d · 5d)HitnConfidencevs cascade
NG NGSHORT-12.0% · 5d -5.6%71%14 0.40⚠ differs
EURUSD EURUSDSHORT-1.5% · 5d +0.1% ↺ fades69%13 0.36✓ matches cascade
High-yield credit HYGSHORT-0.4% · 5d -0.0%67%12 0.23·
Volatility VIXSHORT-3.0% · 5d -2.3%60%15 0.15·
US dollar DXYLONG+0.4% · 5d +0.1%59%25 0.15·
30y yield DGS30LONG+15bp · 5d +9bp57%23 0.14✓ matches cascade
Gold XAUSHORT-2.0% · 5d -0.5%57%14 0.13✓ matches cascade
WHEAT WHEATSHORT-2.0% · 5d -1.6%57%14 0.13⚠ differs
XLK XLKLONG+0.2% · 5d -0.6% ↺ fades57%14 0.10⚠ differs
10y yield DGS10LONG+8bp · 5d +7bp51%25 0.02✓ matches cascade
FCX FCXLONG+0.6% · 5d +0.7%50%14 0.00⚠ differs
XCU XCULONG+0.5% · 5d -0.8% ↺ fades43%14 0.00⚠ differs
NDX NDXSHORT-0.0% · 5d -0.8%25%16 0.00✓ matches cascade
MSTR MSTRLONG+0.6% · 5d -0.8% ↺ fades43%14 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.