GeopoliticsExpires Dec 31, 2026
Creator

EU/NATO country announces peacekeeping force in Ukraine by December 31?

Probability

20¢

1h

-0.5pp

24h

-0.5pp

24h Vol

$0.00

Liquidity

$14.9K

Research loop

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Canonical status

confidence: high

Source status (Polymarket)

active

Derived status (Orrery)

LIVE

Reason

Active market, expiry beyond the near-expiry window.

Resolution & Risk

LOW risk
End date
Dec 31, 2026
UMA status
n/a
Resolution source
Primary
NATO
Type
Official government source
Confidence
extracted · high
Market type
Binary
  • Wide spread (5.0¢) — liquidity risk on entry/exit.
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Probability (last 7 days)

-1.5pp 7d
1007550250
20¢
May 11, 2026, 10:00 UTCMay 18, 2026, 09:18 UTC
updated 09:18:51 UTC·src:Polymarket CLOB·snap:snap_2026-05-18T09-18Z

Why did it move?

Structured · 1 factor
  • 01
    Spread cost

    Wide spread — 5.0¢

    Bid-ask spread is wide enough that intraday moves overstate any tradeable advantage. Most of the headline pp move would be eaten by spread on a market order.

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Timeline

critical · price · trade flow

Critical

  • Dec 31, 00:00 UTCScheduled resolution

    Market resolves in 5438.7h

    LOW

Price movement

-0.5pp over the last 24h, now 20¢.

updated 09:18:51 UTC·src:Polymarket CLOB·Polymarket Data

Recent Trades

No recent trades visible from the Data API for this market. That usually means liquidity is thin or this market is between event windows.

updated 09:18:51 UTC·src:Polymarket Data

Market Description

This market will resolve to "Yes" if any NATO or EU member country officially announces that they will be sending troops to Ukraine as part of a peacekeeping force by December 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise this market will resolve to “No”. A qualifying announcement must be part of a formal agreement between a NATO or EU member country and another country or international organization or otherwise indicative of a formalized policy. Announcements which are statements of intent, contingent, or otherwise are not indicative of a formalized policy will not count The primary resolution source for this market will be official information from NATO, the EU, or member states of either entity, however a consensus of credible reporting will also be used.

Why this category?

confidence: high

Category

Geopolitics

Source

Keyword rule

Matched term

ukraine

Reason

Question text contains the high-signal keyword "ukraine" — matched the Geopolitics rule.

Categories come from a deterministic engine: manual overrides (highest priority) → sports hard markers → event-tag rules → keyword rules → Gamma category hint → default. The engine is versioned in category-overrides.ts; methodology lives at /methodology.

FAQ — questions readers actually ask

What is the current Polymarket probability for "EU/NATO country announces peacekeeping force in Ukraine by December 31?"?

As of Mon, 18 May 2026 09:18:51 GMT, YES is priced at 20% implied probability on Polymarket. The price changed -0.5pp in the last 24 hours, -0.5pp in the last hour, and -1.5pp in the last 7 days.

When does this market resolve?

This market resolves by Dec 31, 2026 (2026-12-31T00:00:00.000Z). Resolution is determined from the market description on Polymarket.

What source determines the outcome?

Resolution is sourced from the market description on Polymarket. Polymarket's UMA optimistic oracle is the final settlement layer; if the published source is ambiguous, UMA tokenholders adjudicate. Source-extraction confidence is shown in the Resolution & Risk block above.

How much is being traded on this market?

$0.00 of trading volume in the last 24 hours. Lifetime volume on Polymarket: $5.9K. Open liquidity in the YES/NO orderbooks: $14.9K. Spread between best bid and best ask: 5.0¢.

Is this a trade recommendation?

No. Orrery describes — never predicts. Every signal on this market carries explicit Evidence, Backtest, and Action tiers. The Action is always one of: Watch only, Inspect timeline, Create alert, Verify source, or Ignore — never Buy or Sell. The probability above is the market's collective implied probability, not a forecast Orrery is publishing.

How fresh is this data and where does it come from?

This page revalidates from the public Polymarket APIs every 30 seconds. Probability and 24h-change come from Gamma; the chart series comes from the CLOB orderbook history; trade and holder data come from the Data API. The fetched-at timestamp on each block tells you exactly how old the underlying upstream pull was.

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