WTI $70 floor by year-end defended at near-certainty

Name: WTI $70 floor by year-end defended at near-certainty
Creator: ClearMarket
Published: 2026-06-27T10:03:08+00:00
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

99% · $21K 24h

record: CMSIG20260627VS04 | category: volume-spike | target: CM-EVT-7TJGC08326 | published: 2026-06-27

4-bullet brief | narrative

Kalshi at 99%, market treats a sub-$70 WTI close at any point through year-end as essentially impossible.
$21K in 24h is 26% of all-time volume; modest but consistent with institutional hedgers locking in cheap premium.
Current WTI spot well above $70; contract serves as tail-risk insurance, not a directional call.
Year-end resolution; 99% price implies sellers are harvesting near-riskless yield on residual counterparties.

atomic briefs | structured for retrieval

[01] volume_anomaly

liquidity kalshi_vol_24h: $20.7K

evaluation

The model, prompt version, and confidence behind this wire are published below — so you can see how it was judged, and re-check it yourself.

judge_engine: llm_judge_cm_signal_v1
judge_verdict: wire_eligible
judge_confidence: 0.81 / 1.00
prompt_template: volume_spike_v1 github · auditable

citation graph

Every wire traces back to the ClearMarket event it is built on, and out to each venue’s own market page — so any figure here can be verified at its source.

internal

cm_event: /events/kxwtimin-26dec31/

external

venue_a: https://kalshi.com/markets/KXWTIMIN-26DEC31-T70

programmatic access · four surfaces, same payload

AI grounded search reads embedded JSON-LD in HTML. Developers query REST. Agentic AI clients (Claude Desktop, Cursor) call MCP tools. AI crawlers index via /llms.txt. Same canonical record at every surface.

HTML	browsers, AI grounded search, crawlers (contains embedded JSON-LD `@type: Dataset`)	`https://clearmarket.fyi/signals/will-the-minimum-wti-front-month-settle-vol-20746/`
JSON	REST API for developers	`https://clearmarket.fyi/signals/will-the-minimum-wti-front-month-settle-vol-20746.json`
MCP	agentic AI tool call (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Continue)	`clearmarket.get_signal("will-the-minimum-wti-front-month-settle-vol-20746")`
AGENT	AI crawler discovery index	`/llms.txt`

 PM data: platform APIs (hourly refresh). News context: retrieved with source citations. Editorial judgment: LLM judge with prompt template versioned per wire type. Per-claim provenance inline above; full per-field provenance map at the JSON endpoint under field_provenance.
  raw JSON record · same payload returned by REST endpoint
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  "$schema": "https://clearmarket.fyi/schema/signal/v1.json",
  "provenance_version": "0.2.0",
  "record_id": "CMSIG20260627VS04",
  "published_at": "2026-06-27T10:03:08+00:00",
  "detection": "volume_spike",
  "category_tag": "VOLUME_SPIKE",
  "secondary_tags": [],
  "pre_news_classification": "pre_news",
  "target_event_id": "CM-EVT-7TJGC08326",
  "target_event_slug": "kxwtimin-26dec31",
  "event_question": "WTI crude oil minimum settlement price, December 31, 2026",
  "bullets": [
    "Kalshi at 99%, market treats a sub-$70 WTI close at any point through year-end as essentially impossible.",
    "$21K in 24h is 26% of all-time volume; modest but consistent with institutional hedgers locking in cheap premium.",
    "Current WTI spot well above $70; contract serves as tail-risk insurance, not a directional call.",
    "Year-end resolution; 99% price implies sellers are harvesting near-riskless yield on residual counterparties."
  ],
  "atomic_claims": [
    {
      "type": "volume_anomaly",
      "provenance": "24h + cumulative volume direct from kalshi API; intensity = 24h/cumulative (derived)",
      "field_provenance": {
        "volume_24h_usd": {
          "tier": "direct",
          "method": "kalshi_api"
        },
        "intensity": {
          "tier": "derived",
          "method": "arithmetic",
          "inputs": [
            "volume_24h_usd",
            "volume_cumulative_usd"
          ]
        }
      },
      "liquidity_context": {
        "kalshi_vol_24h_usd": 20746.71
      }
    }
  ],
  "evaluation": {
    "judge_engine": "llm_judge_cm_signal_v1",
    "judge_verdict": "wire_eligible",
    "judge_confidence": 0.81,
    "prompt_template": "volume_spike_v1"
  },
  "citations": {
    "internal": {
      "cm_event": "/events/kxwtimin-26dec31/",
      "related": []
    },
    "external": {
      "venue_a": "https://kalshi.com/markets/KXWTIMIN-26DEC31-T70",
      "venue_b": null,
      "benchmark": null
    }
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "ClearMarket market record: WTI crude oil minimum settlement price, December 31, 20",
      "url": "https://clearmarket.fyi/events/kxwtimin-26dec31",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-06-27T10:03:08+00:00"
    }
  ],
  "field_provenance": {
    "pm_data": "kalshi_api",
    "news_context": "retrieval_grounded",
    "editorial_judgment": "cm_signal_llm_judge"
  }
}
 
   PROVENANCE PROTOCOL v0.2 · [direct] venue api · [mediated] grounded web fetch + source url · [derived] computed from listed inputs · [editorial] versioned llm judgment · full spec /schema/provenance/v1

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