Xi US visit before Nov 1 trades near certainty on fresh volume

Name: Xi US visit before Nov 1 trades near certainty on fresh volume
Creator: ClearMarket
Published: 2026-09-18T12:39:43+00:00
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

96% · $16K 24h

record: CMSIG20260918VS06 | category: volume-spike | target: CM-EVT-VD0FYJK2D7 | published: 2026-09-18

4-bullet brief | narrative

96% price signals the market treats a Xi visit to the US before November 1, 2026 as nearly confirmed.
43% of all-time volume in 24 hours implies a concrete scheduling development or official confirmation is circulating.
At this price, remaining volume likely represents final settlement positioning rather than directional trade.
Resolves if Xi Jinping sets foot on US soil before November 1, 2026.

atomic briefs | structured for retrieval

[01] volume_anomaly

liquidity kalshi_vol_24h: $16.3K

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/kxxiusa-26jul07/

external

venue_a: https://kalshi.com/markets/KXXIUSA-26JUL07-NOV01

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-xi-jinping-visit-the-united-states-vol-16349/`
JSON	REST API for developers	`https://clearmarket.fyi/signals/will-xi-jinping-visit-the-united-states-vol-16349.json`
MCP	agentic AI tool call (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Continue)	`clearmarket.get_signal("will-xi-jinping-visit-the-united-states-vol-16349")`
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
 {
  "$schema": "https://clearmarket.fyi/schema/signal/v1.json",
  "provenance_version": "0.2.0",
  "record_id": "CMSIG20260918VS06",
  "published_at": "2026-09-18T12:39:43+00:00",
  "detection": "volume_spike",
  "category_tag": "VOLUME_SPIKE",
  "secondary_tags": [],
  "pre_news_classification": "pre_news",
  "target_event_id": "CM-EVT-VD0FYJK2D7",
  "target_event_slug": "kxxiusa-26jul07",
  "event_question": "Will Xi Jinping visit the United States?",
  "bullets": [
    "96% price signals the market treats a Xi visit to the US before November 1, 2026 as nearly confirmed.",
    "43% of all-time volume in 24 hours implies a concrete scheduling development or official confirmation is circulating.",
    "At this price, remaining volume likely represents final settlement positioning rather than directional trade.",
    "Resolves if Xi Jinping sets foot on US soil before November 1, 2026."
  ],
  "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": 16349.88
      }
    }
  ],
  "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/kxxiusa-26jul07/",
      "related": []
    },
    "external": {
      "venue_a": "https://kalshi.com/markets/KXXIUSA-26JUL07-NOV01",
      "venue_b": null,
      "benchmark": null
    }
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "ClearMarket market record: Will Xi Jinping visit the United States?",
      "url": "https://clearmarket.fyi/events/kxxiusa-26jul07",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-09-18T12:39:43+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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