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6 scheduled closes did not land — the daily index publish was due at 10:37 UTC on 2026-09-23 and the newest print on file is still 2026-09-22. The reading below is carried forward from that date and does not describe today.

Readings below are the last that settled; none has been carried forward, restated or interpolated to cover the gap. Every row states its own date and wears its own age. How the desk publishes

WELEC

W.E.T. Election Politics Index 6mo

v1StandingExperimentalStanding
Governed close level
—
no level published
Gauge
53.14
0–100 · rung 6
Divisor
—
what chains this level to the last
Closes
28
latest 2026-09-22
Coverage
70 of 70 admitted markets pricedκ 1.0000 · floor 0.95weights two-sided-depth · cap 15.0%
Withheld by the sentinel

32 input(s) were quarantined by sentinel/v1 before this close and are excluded from the reading above.

What would make this reading wrong
  • The "election" axis stops appearing in politics titles: the selector then admits fewer than 6 markets and the index prints nothing rather than a level over a roster that no longer states the thesis.
  • Weight coverage falls below the declared floor of 95%, at which point the published state is insufficient_data and no value is printed — never a value carried forward from the last close that had one.
  • A published axis starts framing this board. No axis frames a majority of it today (polarity frames 0 of 19, severity frames 0 of 19, threshold frames 1 of 19), and that measurement is what put this worldview on a side-symmetric lens; a composition whose sides become readable is a different index and belongs to a successor spec rather than to an edit of this one.
How this reading was constructed (7)
  • universe: resolved by universe/v1 over 9403 candidate canonical event(s) from the `tape-text` source (${m.title ?? ''} ${m.marketRef}), admitting 193. Rejections by reason: keyword-miss 7992, category-not-admitted 982, horizon-outside-window 236.
  • universe: the declared 60–200d horizon window (axis 8) was APPLIED and removed 236 event(s) that every other selector admitted. A member resolving outside the window this index publishes is not a member of this index's horizon, whatever else it is.
  • universe: 7992 event(s) missed the keyword screen on the `tape-text` source, which carries ${m.title ?? ''} ${m.marketRef} and NOT the venue subtitle, tag or series the nomination pool sees. That count is the UPPER BOUND on what the richer string could have added here; it is published rather than estimated, because the tape cannot supply the text that would settle it.
  • eligibility: 123 of 193 admitted event(s) left the roster on the spec's own declared eligibility (minVolume 250, maxSpread 0.1, price 0.02-0.98) — by reason: below-min-volume 63, spread-too-wide 35, price-below-floor 24, price-above-ceiling 1. An ineligible market is out of the universe; a member the close could not price stays in it and is counted against κ.
  • orientation: the declared `threshold` framing axis (§3.3) was re-read on this tape and took NO force [undetermined:coverage], framing 22 of 70 members and holding 0 of them NO. The declared threshold axis frames 22 of 70 members (31%), under the published 50% bar, so it takes no force today and no member is flipped by it. An axis that frames a corner of the board would state a direction for members it never read. This is the spec's own invalidation condition, measured rather than assumed. The axis is re-read at every close rather than frozen into a declared side table, so a roster whose contracts resolve and are replaced is oriented by the rule this spec published rather than by one evening's reading of it (cultivation-orientation/v3).
  • orientation: because the declared `threshold` axis took no force today, every member not named in `sideRules.declaredSides` and not matched by a keyword list is held on the venue's own YES framing. That reads the board's LISTING CONVENTION rather than this index's thesis, and it is the state the spec's own invalidation conditions name — published here rather than left to look like a decision the axis made.
  • no published document file was found for this spec, so the byte comparison had nothing to compare against and only the recompile legs ran. The whitepaper is compiled per request by /methodology/<slug>, which is a publication lag rather than a ledger fault — but the ABSENCE is published here, because an unsupplied optional parameter is invisible on the row and that invisibility is what let this leg go unrun.
Why there are two levels on this page

The governed close level above is divisor-chained: it tracks how the desk’s reading of this perspective has moved since 2026-08-14, and it survives a roster change because the divisor absorbs it. It is not a basket total return.

The basket total return below is a position book: it holds a fixed set of contracts from its own inception and reports what that book did, marks and settlements included. A roster change starts a new book rather than being absorbed.

They share a base of 1,000 and nothing else. Expect them to differ, and read the one that answers your question — the chained level for “where does this perspective stand”, the book for “what would holding it have done”.

spec 6ba35a11161053cf · methodology 5aaed9936535f839 · closed by standing/v1 · lifecycle experimental · class standing

53.14Stale · 6 closes behindModerate & climbing, volatile

As of Sep 22, 2026 · last moved Sep 22, 2026 · scale 0–100 (Low support → High support)

70 politics markets carrying the "election" axis across polymarket, every one resolving inside six months, tracked as one composition.

Basket level · official print13 held · close 2026-09-28
928.23−7.18%since inception · base 1000

hypothetical · mid marks · before fees, spread and slippage

Basket performance

hypothetical · mid marks · before fees, spread and slippage
Basket total return
928.23
Since inception
−7.18%
Cost to cross
—
Holdings marked
84.6% of 13
1 day
−14.19%
7 day
+3.96%
Markets held
13
Settled
0
Rebalanced out
0
Hit rate
—
Cash
53.9%
Inception
2026-08-18
Weighting
Equal notional
Marks
Two-sided mid
Days tracked
34

Equal notional from each holding’s inception mark, re-marked at the two-sided mid. Percentages only, size-blind — never a cash figure and never a performance claim.

Cost to cross is the weighted half-spread at the touch on the newest mark tape: what entering at the quote rather than the midpoint would have cost. It is the price of the FIRST unit and says nothing about the tenth — the resting size beside each holding is published so a reader can judge whether their own size fits. It is not deducted from any return above.

A published measurement of what these markets did together. Not an account, not directly investable; W.E.T. never handles orders.

Holdings · 13 markets

held since 2026-08-18 · the reading above is computed over today's roster, which differs
MarketNowReturn
  • Israel election: will Likud lose seats?polymarket · YES · entry 87c94c+8.1%↗
  • Another Canada election called by December 31, 2026?polymarket · YES · entry 6c9c+53.5%↗
  • Ukraine election held by December 31, 2026?polymarket · YES · entry 6c1c−73.6%↗
  • Ukraine election called by December 31, 2026?polymarket · YES · entry 13c6c−52.0%↗
  • Will Trump endorse Yashar in the 2026 Israeli Election?polymarket · YES · entry 2c1c−39.6%↗
  • Will Israel election happen as scheduled?polymarket · YES · entry 90c93c+3.4%↗
  • French election called by December 31, 2026?polymarket · YES · entry 6c6c0.0%↗
  • Will Trump nationalize elections?polymarket · YES · entry 11c10 sessions stale8c−31.8%↗
  • Trump declares election interference national emergency by December 31?polymarket · YES · entry 22c23c+2.3%↗
  • Will Trump not endorse a Party in the 2026 Israeli Election?polymarket · YES · entry 54c63c+15.7%↗
  • Will Trump endorse Likud in the 2026 Israeli Election?polymarket · YES · entry 46c37c−20.7%↗
  • Israeli election results in a hung parliament?polymarket · YES · entry 33c41c+24.6%↗
  • Will a US court rule that the 2020 election was fraudulent?polymarket · YES · entry 9c6 sessions stale7c−23.5%↗

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Key statistics

Previous
—
Band
Moderate
28d Range
3856
Percentile
93th
8d Change
+7.9
Volatility
3.5 pts/d
Streak
—
Markets
70
Effective N
21.5
Top Weight
15%
Venues
70 P
Method
v1

Indicative tape · 7 sessions

137 hourly readings since 2026-09-22 · not the governed close
52.054.056.058.060.009-22 00:0009-25 07:0009-28 14:00
Latest
54.44
Since 2026-09-22
+3.10
Range
51.2–59.8
Readings
108+29 refused

INDICATIVEHourly readings that reprice the roster and frozen weights of the last governed close — only prices moved. Each one was computed and recorded at the timestamp it carries; nothing here is reconstructed from venue history. They carry no sentinel screen, enter no ledger and join no checksum chain, and a refused hour breaks the line rather than being drawn through. The daily WET Close is the official value.

Daily close

28d published · interactive

28 published close(s) — 0–100 (Low support → High support). Drag to pan, scroll to zoom. One slot per published close, not one per day: dates on the axis are real, the spacing between them is not. 12 day(s) inside this window published no close and are not drawn at all. For the calendar-true spacing, read the chart below. Drawn as a line, not candles: a daily close carries no open, high or low, and a candle would assert an intraday range nobody observed.

History & 14-day projection

solid = 28d published · dashed = projected · shaded = 80% band
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Projected 14d
54.00
Change
+0.90
80% band
34–74
Confidence
low

Model extrapolation of the published series (robust trend, 28 readings, slope +0.12/day, projection σ 4.2 pts/d widened for a 28-reading sample) — a benchmark projection, not a W.E.T. forecast.

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Contribution by category

weight share of today's value
unclassified100% · 70

Constituents by weight

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WELEC · at a glance

What it is
70 politics markets carrying the "election" axis across polymarket, every one resolving inside six months, tracked as one composition.
High vs low
Higher = the markets are more torn — prices across the composition sit closer to a coin flip. Lower = more decided, in EITHER direction: a basket priced at 5% and one priced at 95% both read low. A reading of market prices, not a W.E.T. forecast.
Who cares
Anyone tracking how election is being priced across venues on a composition of at least 6 markets resolving inside 200 days.

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