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5 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

WHIK2

W.E.T. Inverse Hike Economics Index 6mo

v1StandingExperimentalStanding
Governed close level
646.4682
base 1000 · chained · since 2026-08-14
Gauge
56.30
0–100 · rung 6
Divisor
8.7085e-4
what chains this level to the last
Closes
28
latest 2026-09-22
The opposing reading

hike-economics-inside-six-months reads 43.70 against this index’s 56.30. Same markets, opposite side.

Coverage
16 of 16 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 "hike" axis stops appearing in economics 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.
  • The threshold axis stops framing this board. An axis that frames nothing leaves every member on the venue's own YES framing, which reads the board's listing convention rather than the thesis, and a level computed that way is not a reading of this claim.
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 22. Rejections by reason: keyword-miss 9357, horizon-outside-window 24.
  • universe: the declared 60–200d horizon window (axis 8) was APPLIED and removed 24 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: 9357 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: 6 of 22 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: price-below-floor 3, spread-too-wide 2, 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 force on the `up` case by rule `member-majority`, framing 16 of 16 members and holding 0 of them NO. 16 of 16 framed members carry the `up` case on the declared threshold axis, so this composition measures up; a member the axis frames the other way moves against that and is held NO. 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).
  • 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.
  • the level was chained as a price relative over the PRIOR composition at today's prices: 15 prior member(s), of which 1 could not be priced today and left through the DIVISOR (0 at a venue-reported resolution, 1 at their last governed mark, 0 unpriced on both dates). Price relative 1.012075927 against a gauge basis of 0.562974770; the divisor moved to absorb the composition and weight change, so what the level published is the price move and nothing else.
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 c2d0e0f20ca6f9fa · methodology 5ec0a72d6f1d91a7 · closed by standing/v1 · lifecycle experimental · class standing

56.30Stale · 5 closes behindModerate & climbing, volatile

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

The same 8 economics markets carrying the "hike" axis across polymarket, kalshi, read on the down case of the threshold axis rather than the up case.

Basket level · official print17 held · close 2026-09-28
766.86−23.31%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
766.86
Since inception
−23.31%
Cost to cross
—
Holdings marked
58.8% of 17
1 day
+0.09%
7 day
−0.80%
Markets held
17
Settled
1
Rebalanced out
0
Hit rate
—
Cash
65.2%
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 · 17 markets

held since 2026-08-18 · the reading above is computed over today's roster, which differs
MarketNowReturn
  • Will the Bank of Mexico Hike 50bps at the November Bank of Mexico Governing Board meeting?kalshi · NO · entry 97c7 sessions stale97c+0.5%↗
  • Fed rate hike in 2026?polymarket · NO · entry 52c9 sessions stale1c−98.1%↗
  • Fed Rate Hike by September 2026 Meeting?polymarket · NO · entry 73c9 sessions stale1c−98.6%↗
  • Will the Federal Reserve Hike rates by 25bps at their October 2026 meeting?kalshi · NO · entry 77c34c−56.2%↗
  • Will the Federal Reserve Hike rates by >25bps at their October 2026 meeting?kalshi · NO · entry 98c99c+0.5%↗
  • Will 3 Fed rate hikes happen in 2026?polymarket · NO · entry 97c59c−38.7%↗
  • Will no Fed rate hikes happen in 2026?polymarket · NO · entry 48c9 sessions stale98c+103.1%↗
  • Will 2 Fed rate hikes happen in 2026?polymarket · NO · entry 88c49c−44.6%↗
  • Will the Federal Reserve Hike rates by 0bps at their October 2026 meeting?kalshi · NO · entry 29c69c+136.2%↗
  • Will the Federal Reserve Hike rates by >25bps at their December 2026 meeting?kalshi · NO · entry 98c98c−0.5%↗
  • Will the Federal Reserve Hike rates by 0bps at their December 2026 meeting?kalshi · NO · entry 33c77c+135.4%↗
  • Will the Federal Reserve Hike rates by 25bps at their December 2026 meeting?kalshi · NO · entry 75c30c−60.4%↗
  • Will the Federal Reserve Hike rates by >25bps at their January 2027 meeting?kalshi · NO · entry 95c99c+3.7%↗
  • Will 1 Fed rate hike happen in 2026?polymarket · NO · entry 71c92c+29.8%↗
  • Bank of England rate hike in 2026?polymarket · NO · entry 73c9c−88.3%↗
  • Will the Federal Reserve Hike rates by 25bps at their January 2027 meeting?kalshi · NO · entry 79c62c−21.0%↗
  • Will the Federal Reserve Hike rates by 0bps at their January 2027 meeting?kalshi · NO · entry 41c49c+19.8%↗

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The opposing claim

the same roster, read the other way — one close, two series

This index is one side of a pair. The same canonical roster, consolidated once, is read against the opposite case and published as its own governed series — so the counter-argument is a number on the board, not a caveat in the prose.

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Pair drift
+411.48index points, both sides combined

Holding both sides of this argument should cost nothing — the outcomes are exhaustive. It does not. The two levels sum to 2411.48 against a combined base of 2,000, and that gap is path, spread and friction rather than a view about the world. Gauges complement exactly; levels do not, because a level remembers the route it took.

Friction gauge Φ 1.60 · complement residual 0 — the gauge identity is checked at every close and published whether or not it holds.

Key statistics

Previous
—
Band
Moderate
27d Range
4873
Percentile
33th
8d Change
+3.0
Volatility
5.5 pts/d
Streak
—
Markets
16
Effective N
8.5
Top Weight
15%
Venues
5 K · 11 P
Method
v1

Indicative tape · 7 sessions

136 hourly readings since 2026-09-22 · not the governed close
54.056.058.060.062.064.066.009-22 00:0009-25 07:0009-28 13:00
Latest
57.16
Since 2026-09-22
+1.96
Range
54.7–66.2
Readings
60+76 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

27d published · interactive

27 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. 13 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 = 27d published · dashed = projected · shaded = 80% band
20406080now53
Projected 14d
53.30
Change
−3.00
80% band
21–85
Confidence
low

Model extrapolation of the published series (robust trend, 27 readings, slope -0.43/day, projection σ 6.7 pts/d widened for a 27-reading sample) — a benchmark projection, not a W.E.T. forecast.

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Contribution by category

weight share of today's value
economics100% · 16

Constituents by weight

all 16 · what today's reading was computed over (2026-09-22) · the basket below holds a different set

Where these markets are covered

1 of 16 constituents has a W.E.T. page

The odds pages covering the individual contracts this index reads. They are the evidence underneath the reading, not readings themselves.

WHIK2 · at a glance

What it is
The same 8 economics markets carrying the "hike" axis across polymarket, kalshi, read on the down case of the threshold axis rather than the up case.
High vs low
Higher = the composition is pricing more support for this thesis. Lower = less. A reading of market prices, not a W.E.T. forecast.
Who cares
Anyone tracking how hike is being priced across venues on a composition of at least 6 markets resolving inside 200 days.

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