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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

WTAYL

W.E.T. Taylor Swift Culture Index 6mo

v1StandingExperimentalStanding
Governed close level
—
no level published
Gauge
45.29
0–100 · rung 6
Divisor
—
what chains this level to the last
Closes
28
latest 2026-09-22
Coverage
9 of 9 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 "taylor swift" axis stops appearing in culture titles: the selector then admits fewer than 8 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 15, severity frames 0 of 15, threshold frames 0 of 15), 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 15. Rejections by reason: keyword-miss 9385, horizon-outside-window 3.
  • universe: the declared 60–200d horizon window (axis 8) was APPLIED and removed 3 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: 9385 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 15 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: spread-too-wide 2, below-min-volume 2, price-below-floor 2. 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 `polarity` framing axis (§3.3) was re-read on this tape and took NO force [undetermined:coverage], framing 0 of 9 members and holding 0 of them NO. The declared polarity axis frames 0 of 9 members (0%), 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 `polarity` 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 22a96a341e7a3ef4 · methodology 12296f1cb8b11830 · closed by standing/v1 · lifecycle experimental · class standing

45.29Stale · 5 closes behindModerate & cooling, volatile

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

9 culture markets carrying the "taylor swift" axis across polymarket, every one resolving inside six months, tracked as one composition.

No level published for this basket

No level published — the replayed series does not reconcile with this book. The replay ends +5.8% from base while the book's own closed and open positions give -19.8% — a 26-point disagreement. This book's units were resized by a rebalance without a new open date, so its day-one sizing is not recoverable from anything on disk and the history cannot be replayed honestly. A refusal is publishable; a wrong level is not.

Basket level · official print27 held · close 2026-09-25
No level publishedbase 1000

hypothetical · mid marks · before fees, spread and slippage

Basket performance

hypothetical · mid marks · before fees, spread and slippage
Basket total return
—
Since inception
—
Cost to cross
—
Holdings marked
48.1% of 27
1 day
—
7 day
—
Markets held
27
Settled
0
Rebalanced out
0
Hit rate
—
Cash
—
Inception
2026-08-18
Weighting
Equal notional
Marks
Two-sided mid
Days tracked
0

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 · 27 markets

held since 2026-08-18 · the reading above is computed over today's roster, which differs
MarketNowReturn
  • Will Taylor Swift be the #1 searched person on Google this year?polymarket · YES · entry 4c3c−43.2%↗
  • Will Taylor Swift be the #1 searched person on Google in the US this year?polymarket · YES · entry 7c15c+112.7%↗
  • Will Taylor Swift be the top artist for 2026?polymarket · YES · entry 5c9c+96.7%↗
  • Will The Life of a Showgirl (Taylor Swift) win Album of the Year at the 69th Annual GRAMMY Awards?polymarket · YES · entry 8c3c−56.9%↗
  • Will Taylor Swift have 19000000000 Streams on Luminate during January 01 - December 31, 2026?kalshi · YES · entry 98c25 sessions stale97c−1.0%↗
  • Will Taylor Swift have 20000000000 Streams on Luminate during January 01 - December 31, 2026?kalshi · YES · entry 98c9 sessions stale96c−2.1%↗
  • Will Taylor Swift have 20500000000 Streams on Luminate during January 01 - December 31, 2026?kalshi · YES · entry 98c6 sessions stale80c−17.9%↗
  • Will Taylor Swift have 21000000000 Streams on Luminate during January 01 - December 31, 2026?kalshi · YES · entry 98c6 sessions stale94c−4.1%↗
  • Will Taylor Swift have 22000000000 Streams on Luminate during January 01 - December 31, 2026?kalshi · YES · entry 98c6 sessions stale86c−12.3%↗
  • Will Taylor Swift have 22500000000 Streams on Luminate during January 01 - December 31, 2026?kalshi · YES · entry 98c6 sessions stale88c−10.3%↗
  • Will Taylor Swift have 23000000000 Streams on Luminate during January 01 - December 31, 2026?kalshi · YES · entry 98c6 sessions stale92c−6.2%↗
  • Will Taylor Swift have 23500000000 Streams on Luminate during January 01 - December 31, 2026?kalshi · YES · entry 98c6 sessions stale86c−11.8%↗
  • Will Taylor Swift be the second most streamed artist for 2026?polymarket · YES · entry 17c19c+12.1%↗
  • Will Taylor Swift have 26500000000 Streams on Luminate during January 01 - December 31, 2026?kalshi · YES · entry 87c6 sessions stale87c−0.6%↗
  • Will Taylor Swift be the top artist in the US for 2026?polymarket · YES · entry 6c12c+86.3%↗
  • Taylor Swift pregnant before 2027?polymarket · YES · entry 11c13c+19.0%↗
  • Will Taylor Swift have 26000000000 Streams on Luminate during January 01 - December 31, 2026?kalshi · YES · entry 91c6 sessions stale83c−8.3%↗
  • Will Taylor Swift have 25000000000 Streams on Luminate during January 01 - December 31, 2026?kalshi · YES · entry 96c6 sessions stale89c−7.3%↗
  • Will Taylor Swift spend 7 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2026?kalshi · YES · entry 37c90c+141.9%↗
  • Will Taylor Swift have 25500000000 Streams on Luminate during January 01 - December 31, 2026?kalshi · YES · entry 94c6 sessions stale95c+1.1%↗
  • Will Taylor Swift have 24500000000 Streams on Luminate during January 01 - December 31, 2026?kalshi · YES · entry 96c6 sessions stale79c−17.8%↗
  • Will Taylor Swift spend 10 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2026?kalshi · YES · entry 30c51c+72.9%↗
  • Will Taylor Swift spend 11 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2026?kalshi · YES · entry 26c46c+76.9%↗
  • Will Taylor Swift spend 12 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2026?kalshi · YES · entry 23c26c+13.0%↗
  • Will Taylor Swift spend 6 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2026?kalshi · YES · entry 50c99c+98.0%↗
  • Will Taylor Swift spend 8 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2026?kalshi · YES · entry 36c82c+131.0%↗
  • Will Taylor Swift have 24000000000 Streams on Luminate during January 01 - December 31, 2026?kalshi · YES · entry 97c6 sessions stale83c−14.5%↗

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Key statistics

Previous
—
Band
Moderate
27d Range
2958
Percentile
56th
8d Change
−0.7
Volatility
6.2 pts/d
Streak
—
Markets
9
Effective N
7.1
Top Weight
15%
Venues
9 P
Method
v1

Indicative tape · 7 sessions

133 hourly readings since 2026-09-22 · not the governed close
40.042.044.046.048.050.052.054.056.009-22 00:0009-25 05:0009-28 09:00
Latest
55.71
Since 2026-09-22
+15.18
Range
40.5–56.0
Readings
133

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
020406080now46
Projected 14d
46.10
Change
+0.80
80% band
10–82
Confidence
low

Model extrapolation of the published series (robust trend, 27 readings, slope +0.12/day, projection σ 7.4 pts/d widened for a 27-reading sample) — a benchmark projection, not a W.E.T. forecast.

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WTAYL · at a glance

What it is
9 culture markets carrying the "taylor swift" 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 taylor swift is being priced across venues on a composition of at least 8 markets resolving inside 200 days.

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