⚔ Geopolitics mixed · 1–3 years
A what‑if from the future

What if US-EU-Japan tech alliance counters China scale?

A trilateral pact pools R&D, standards and supply chains in chips and AI, strengthening the allied tech bloc and stabilizing critical-supply expectations.

33%
our model probability
over 1–3 years
prediction markets — wisdom of the crowd
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Empirically anchored 33% · 90% range 14–53% · 40 analogues · measured class tech_ai_bull 57% in 3 yr · 3% held back for the unknown
how we built this number — every step
Measured class rate — tech_ai_bull ≈0.2842/yr → 57% in 3 yr57%
Analyst prior · editorial share 61% of the class35%
Pooled · weight 87%34%
Crowd — no liquid market
Reserve 3% · no extremizing (×1.0)34%
Published33%

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 mixed shock. A trilateral pact pools R&D, standards and supply chains in chips and AI, strengthening the allied tech bloc and stabilizing critical-supply expectations. The trigger decomposes into signed root‑shocks — AI capex ▲ · Risk appetite ▲ · Semiconductor supply risk ▼ · Trade tension ▲ — 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
1Nvidia NVDAon Hyperliquid 📈 chartEquity▲ +0.6%
hist -0.85–+2.49% · other way +5.21% (n=12)
2Alibaba BABAon Hyperliquid 📈 chartEquity▼ -0.4%
hist -0.29–-0.02% · other way -8.3% (n=7)
3Nasdaq 100 NDXon Hyperliquid 📈 chartIndex▼ -0.3%
hist -0.45–-0.01% · other way -2.33% (n=12)
4Broadcom AVGOon Hyperliquid 📈 chartEquity▲ +0.2%
hist -0.65–+2.01% · other way -0.58% (n=7)
5Solana SOLon Hyperliquid 📈 chartCrypto▲ +0.2%
hist -11.22–+2.24% · other way +24.73% (n=6)
6Micron MUon Hyperliquid 📈 chartEquity▲ +0.2%
hist -1.7–+0.81% · other way +5.9% (n=12)
7TSMC TSMon Hyperliquid 📈 chartEquity▲ +0.2%
hist -0.23–+0.23% · other way +2.75% (n=12)
8Hyperliquid (HYPE) HYPEon HyperliquidCrypto▲ +0.2%
model prior · unmeasured
9Chinese yuan CNY 📈 chartFX▼ -0.2%
hist -0.44–+0.06% · other way +0.29% (n=10)
10Tech sector XLK 📈 chartEquity▼ -0.2%
hist -0.14–-0.05% · other way -0.6% (n=12)
11Ether ETHon Hyperliquid 📈 chartCrypto▲ +0.2%
hist -2.95–+1.14% · other way +11.62% (n=7)
12MicroStrategy MSTRon Hyperliquid 📈 chartEquity▲ +0.2%
hist -2.78–+7.28% · other way +6.61% (n=12)

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): Chinese yuan -0.2% · Tech sector -0.2%

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
SOL SOLSHORT-9.6% · 5d -8.8%72%33 0.29⚠ differs
Gold XAULONG+1.0% · 5d +0.0%63%37 0.22·
US dollar DXYSHORT-0.4% · 5d -0.1%60%38 0.18·
CNY CNYSHORT-0.3% · 5d -0.2%59%37 0.17✓ matches cascade
10y yield DGS10LONG+4bp · 5d +2bp60%38 0.17·
AVGO AVGOLONG+1.8% · 5d -0.8% ↺ fades57%36 0.14✓ matches cascade
ETH ETHSHORT-2.8% · 5d -4.6%60%34 0.14⚠ differs
MSTR MSTRLONG+6.8% · 5d -0.4% ↺ fades57%37 0.13✓ matches cascade
MU MUSHORT-1.7% · 5d -1.6%57%38 0.10⚠ differs
XLK XLKSHORT-0.0% · 5d -0.5%57%37 0.10✓ matches cascade
Volatility VIXSHORT-0.0% · 5d -3.3%55%38 0.08·
TSM TSMSHORT-0.3% · 5d -1.1%55%37 0.07⚠ differs
NDX NDXSHORT-0.2% · 5d -0.9%53%38 0.04✓ matches cascade
High-yield credit HYGSHORT-0.1% · 5d -0.1%51%37 0.01·

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.