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Washington Week — the basket

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The real markets behind this index, across every venue that lists them, tracked as one spread. Instead of reading a single contract, you read the theme — which is what a multi-week position is actually exposed to. Each holding links straight to its venue; W.E.T. never handles orders, you trade at the exchange.

Basket level · official print11 held · close 2026-09-14
851.12−14.89%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
851.12
Since inception
−14.89%
Cost to cross
0.42pts
Holdings marked
72.7% of 11
1 day
−0.38%
7 day
−3.64%
Markets held
11
Settled
3
Rebalanced out
0
Hit rate
Cash
58.8%
Inception
2026-08-01
Weighting
Equal notional
Marks
Two-sided mid
Days tracked
41

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 · 11 markets

held since 2026-08-01 · the reading above is computed over today's roster, which differs
MarketNowReturn
  • Will the Fed increase interest rates by 25 bps after the September 2026 meeting?polymarket · YES · entry 60c15 sessions stale44c−26.9%
  • Russia x Ukraine ceasefire agreement by October 31, 2026?polymarket · YES · entry 15c1.0¢ spread · 113.3k/10.3k within 5¢7c−56.7%
  • Will Iran announce withdrawal from MOU negotiations by August 15?polymarket · YES · entry 10c37 sessions stale3c−67.9%
  • Will no qualifying diplomatic US-Iran meeting occur by September 30, 2026?polymarket · YES · entry 39c0.6¢ spread · 34.7k/168.2k within 5¢92c+136.1%
  • Will there be no change in Fed interest rates after the October 2026 meeting?polymarket · YES · entry 69c62c−10.2%
  • Will Benjamin Netanyahu visit New York City by September 30?polymarket · YES · entry 88c0.6¢ spread · 8.6k/100.2k within 5¢96c+8.7%
  • US announces end of Iranian blockade by October 31, 2026?polymarket · YES · entry 73c1.0¢ spread · 26.9k/13.6k within 5¢28c−61.0%
  • IAEA visits Isfahan, Fordow, or Natanz nuclear site by October 31?polymarket · YES · entry 18c2.2¢ spread · 30.2k/2.4k within 5¢5c−74.3%
  • US x Iran diplomatic meeting by September 30, 2026?polymarket · YES · entry 61c1.0¢ spread · 233.8k/59.3k within 5¢8c−87.6%
  • U.S. x Russia Nuclear deal by September 30?polymarket · YES · entry 9c2.4¢ spread · 11.7k/310 within 5¢2c−76.8%
  • Will Bill Walker advance from the 2026 Alaska Governor primary election?polymarket · YES · entry 25c37 sessions stale30c+20.0%

Settled · 3

graded outcomes — the basket's realized record
Will the US announce withdrawal from MOU negotiations by August 31?no100.0%
Will Count Binface win less than 10% of votes in the Clacton parliamentary by-election?no100.0%
Will Trump meet with Elon Musk in August 2026?no100.0%

All markets resolve YES · 5 of 11

a computed statistic about this watchlist — not an instrument, not offered anywhere

The chance that every one of these markets resolves YES. It is the mathematical opposite of the basket above: the basket is a weighted mean, where one loss doesn't zero it; this is a product, where every market must land. Same markets, opposite risk shape — which is the whole reason to show them together.

The markets shown are this index's most likely holdings, added while the joint probability stays above 1%. Ranking by portfolio weight instead would be arbitrary here, since equal-notional weights are near-identical by design.

If independent
7.03%
Π of the individual probabilities
True range · any correlation
0.030.0%
Fréchet–Hoeffding bounds · 30.0pp wide
YESWill Benjamin Netanyahu visit New York City by September 30?96%
YESWill no qualifying diplomatic US-Iran meeting occur by September 30, 2026?92%
YESWill there be no change in Fed interest rates after the October 2026 meeting?62%
YESWill the Fed increase interest rates by 25 bps after the September 2026 meeting?44%
YESWill Bill Walker advance from the 2026 Alaska Governor primary election?30%

Multiplying probabilities assumes the markets are independent — which is precisely wrong for markets grouped by a shared theme, since correlation is why they sit in one index. The range is therefore the honest answer: the true joint probability sits inside it under any correlation structure, with no covariance estimate required.

This is a statistic, not a product. W.E.T. does not offer, quote, accept or route a combined position in these markets, and no venue is quoting one here — the figures are computed by W.E.T. from individual market prices. Each market above trades on its own venue, individually, at the links in the holdings table. Data, not advice.

How to read this

The basket holds equal notional in each market from its inception mark, so every holding counts equally in return terms rather than the biggest contract dominating. The level is that combined position, re-marked daily at the two-sided mid and rebased to 1000. Settled markets convert to cash at their payoff and wait for the next monthly review.

This is a published benchmark, not an account and not a product: the index is not directly investable. Marks are mid quotes before fees, spread and slippage, and no capacity limit is assumed — a real position would differ. W.E.T. is not an exchange and never handles orders. Data, not advice. Full methodology.