Federal funds rate upper bound, October 2026 meeting [ resolves 2026-11-04 (92D) ]
kalshi: [A] single source·objective outcome methodology ›
distribution · by strike · marks: daily snapshot
kalshi 11 markets
| market | resolves | P(YES) | vol (24h) | vol (cum) | RCG | venue id | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≥ 2.75% | 2026-11-04 | 98.0% | — | $1.9K | A | KXFED-26OCT-T2.75 | ||
| ≥ 3% | 2026-11-04 | 97.0% | — | $2.5K | A | KXFED-26OCT-T3.00 | ||
| ≥ 3.25% | 2026-11-04 | 97.0% | — | $4.2K | A | KXFED-26OCT-T3.25 | ||
| ≥ 3.5% | 2026-11-04 | 93.0% | — | $4.3K | A | KXFED-26OCT-T3.50 | ||
| ≥ 3.75% | 2026-11-04 | 62.0% | $1 | $1.8K | A | KXFED-26OCT-T3.75 | ||
| ≥ 4% | 2026-11-04 | 14.0% | $4 | $612 | A | KXFED-26OCT-T4.00 | ||
| ≥ 4.25% | 2026-11-04 | 5.0% | $0 | $48 | A | KXFED-26OCT-T4.25 | ||
| ≥ 4.5% | 2026-11-04 | 1.0% | — | $13 | A | KXFED-26OCT-T4.50 | ||
| ≥ 4.75% | 2026-11-04 | 1.0% | — | $16 | A | KXFED-26OCT-T4.75 | ||
| ≥ 5% | 2026-11-04 | 1.0% | — | $4 | A | KXFED-26OCT-T5.00 | ||
| ≥ 5.25% | 2026-11-04 | 1.0% | — | $15 | A | KXFED-26OCT-T5.25 |
resolution architecture
| venue | proposer | source | citation | arbitration | class | analyst notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kalshi | Exchange Staff | Federal Reserve Board of Governors | link | Kalshi Staff | Other | — |
verbatim rules
kalshi
If the upper bound of the target federal funds rate published on the Federal Reserve's official website is greater than 2.75% following the Federal Reserve's Oct 28, 2026 meeting, then the market resolves to Yes.
This market will expire the first 2:05 PM ET following the release of a Federal Reserve statement for their Oct 28, 2026 meeting or one week following the last day of that meeting.
platform source field
kalshi.settlement_sources → "Federal Reserve Board of Governors" ↗ sources (3) · single authority
Federal Reserve Board of Governors committed source Federal Reserve's official website from rules text Federal Reserve statement from rules text
recent wire items
- October Fed hike stays a long shot near 4 percent ceiling Kalshi ladder
- Kalshi ladder shows 99% above 3.75% but only 18% above 4.00%, implying the market sees the upper bound firmly at 4.00% after October.
- Jefferson and Williams remarks aligning with a pause are consistent with the ladder heavily resisting a move above 4.00%.
- The post-next-meeting ladder (CM-EVT-MR57HVWJT3) prices 78% above 4.00%, showing the market is open to one more move later but not in October.
- Resolves via the Federal Reserve's official post-October meeting rate announcement.
- Fed funds rate seen staying in 3.75 to 4.0 percent range Kalshi ladder
- The Kalshi ladder prices 99% above 3.75% but only 18% above 4.0%, placing the market-implied upper bound in the 3.75-4.0% range.
- Jefferson's no-rush language is consistent with the ladder: the market sees 4.0% as a ceiling with only 18% odds of breaching it.
- The 29,000-job September print reinforces the pause case; the ladder's sharp drop above 4.0% reflects that data flow.
- A separate Kalshi contract on a cut greater than 25 basis points this year prices at just 4%, confirming the market sees a narrow hold corridor, not easing.
- Fed funds upper bound seen near 3.75 to 4 percent Kalshi ladder
- Kalshi ladder prices the federal funds upper bound in the 3.75-4.0% range: 99% above 3.75%, only 24% above 4.0%.
- Jefferson's hawkish-leaning inflation commentary is broadly consistent with the market's implied ceiling near 4.0%, not a meaningful move higher.
- The 29,000 September payroll miss creates a dual-mandate tension but the ladder shows markets are not pricing a sharp dovish pivot below 3.75%.
- The distribution's sharp drop from 99% at 3.75% to 24% at 4.0% identifies 4.0% as the key resistance level the market assigns low probability to breaching.
- Fed funds staying above 4.00% after October draws fresh bets 34% · $22K 24h
- Kalshi prices the upper bound of fed funds above 4.00% post-meeting at 34%, meaningful residual risk.
- 24h volume of $22K is 46% of all-time, marking the most active single session on this contract.
- Contract directly tracks the rate-level outcome and complements the hike/hold contracts trading simultaneously.
- Resolves following the October 2026 FOMC meeting announcement.
- Fed funds above 4.00% post-meeting at 46%, fresh volume returns 46% · $27K 24h
- Kalshi prices a 46% chance the federal funds upper bound stays above 4.00% after the next Fed meeting, near a coin-flip.
- $27K traded in 24h equals 44% of all-time contract volume, a heavily concentrated liquidity event.
- Closely correlated with Spike 0; dual-contract activity suggests active hedging across Fed rate path scenarios.
- Contract resolves on the announced upper bound of the fed funds rate following the relevant FOMC decision.
programmatic access · four surfaces, same payload
One canonical record at every surface — embedded JSON-LD, REST, MCP, and /llms.txt.
| HTML | browsers, AI grounded search, crawlers (embedded JSON-LD @type: Dataset) | https://clearmarket.fyi/events/kxfed-26oct/ |
| JSON | REST API for developers | https://api.clearmarket.fyi/v1/events/kxfed-26oct |
| MCP | agentic AI tool call (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Continue) | clearmarket.get_event("kxfed-26oct") |
| AGENT | AI crawler discovery index | /llms.txt |
Snapshot 2026-08-04. Venue data via Kalshi + Polymarket APIs. Editorial fields (tags, editorial_notes) are ClearMarket-drafted with AI assistance under editorial review. Derived fields (venues_covered, resolution_clarity_grade, rcg_score) computed at serve time. Full per-field map in the JSON record under field_provenance.
raw JSON record · same payload returned by REST endpoint {
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