We've officially entered the dog days of summer, which explains why news is looking pretty sparse this week.
Both chambers of Congress have begun their August Recess, although the House started a little early, for some reason. Other than baseball and the WNBA, there's not a ton going on in the way of major sports.
But even when the news is slow, Kalshi still offers an insane amount of markets to trade on. I mean, you can literally trade on whether Donald Trump will go to outer space. Doesn't that sound like more fun than wasting time outside with your so-called "friends" and "family"?
With that in mind, here's a look at what Kalshi has to offer this week.
Opinion, not financial advice. These views are the author's, who uses a pseudonym and cannot trade.
Young Mantis
Remember when you were a kid, and you had to come up with new and inventive ways to keep yourself busy while on summer break?
Well, the Young Mantis free throw challenge is a lot like that, except it involves a grown man. And that grown man, Young Mantis, isn't on summer break. But he is locked in a gym that he can't exit until he hits 100 free throws in a row... for some reason.
To make matters worse, he has to make the last free throw blindfolded.
8.4.25
As I write this, Mantis is nearing his 67th hour in the gym. And while he has made it to 99 several times, he's been unable to land the blindfolded 100th shot.
How long will it take him? Currently, our traders are predicting over 93 hours.
Click here to trade, and click here to watch.
8.4.25
Last Thursday, preseason professional football began with Los Angeles (C) slaughtering Detroit in Canton, Ohio by a score of 34 to 7. This week, things kick into high gear as the rest of the league begins their season with games on Thursday through Sunday.
But currently, the real drama is off the field, where linebacker Micah Parsons is requesting to be traded from Dallas.
While his demand has generated lots of headlines, most Kalshi traders aren't too optimistic that it will generate results. Our market prices Parsons' odds of staying in Dallas at over 80%.
Who else will end up getting traded this offseason? Click here for our current odds.
This is the darkest timeline (Image via Disney's YouTube).
If I'm being honest, you couldn't pay me to watch Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis in an awful sequel of an awful remake. Granted, maybe old degenerates aren't the target audience.
That said, if someone was willing to pay me to accurately predict the film's Rotten Tomatoes score, I'd certainly be open to it. Unfortunately, I can't trade on the platform. But you can!
Think you know what the critics will think of Freakier Friday? Will ’90s nostalgia earn it a score in the 90s?
📈 Market roundup
Key events this week
General
🗓️ Monday
Palantir Technologies Q2 Earnings
🗓️ Tuesday
🗓️ Wednesday
🏦 Disney Q2 Earnings (Market TBD)
🗓️ Thursday
🗓️ Friday
🗓️ Saturday
🗓️ Sunday
⚽ 103rd FA Community Shield (TBD)
🚨 New & notable
New markets you might have missed.
🎲 Terry's trades...
Random markets Terry would love to trade if he didn't work here.
🗞️ Kalshi in the news
"Trump set a new trade deadline of Aug. 1, warning that dozens of countries would face higher tariffs after that date, but the odds on Kalshi suggest broad skepticism that any new free trade deals will be formally completed before the end of the year."
"Kalshi’s question on what will be said during Apple’s earnings call has generated more than $48,000 in trading volumes."
"'Prediction markets are the most accurate tool available to predict future political events,' said Such, who claimed 'Kalshi routinely outperforms polls, expert opinion and other forms of prediction.'"
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