Structural Analysis
AI-generatedThis is a long-dated political market on a non-US candidate, which means it carries the strongest form of the underconfidence bias documented in prediction market research — prices tend to compress toward 50% at long horizons, systematically underpricing favorites and overpricing longshots relative to true probabilities. With a multi-outcome structure across 10 candidates, the favorite here is almost certainly underpriced if trading above 50%, and any longshot below 10 cents is likely worth far less than its market price. The anti-correlated 'second place' contract creates a logical hedge: if you can find divergence between his win probability and his first-round positioning odds, that spread is a potential arb.
ResolutionThe market resolves on the full election result including a potential second round, meaning a first-round polling surge for Tarcisio does NOT guarantee early resolution — prices could stay volatile through a runoff scenario well into October 2026. The fallback 'Other' resolution if results aren't certified by June 30, 2027 is a real tail risk in Brazilian politics: TSE certification disputes, court challenges, or political crises could push resolution past that deadline and strand capital in an unexpected outcome bucket.
vol=$5,185,112, spread=0.0¢, OI=n/a
σ=3.35%/day, AC=-0.31, 31 points
This contract has low resolution risk due to a clear binary outcome (winner of a scheduled election) and explicit reliance on Brazil's official TSE results as the authoritative source. The main minor risk factors are the potential for electoral disputes in Brazil and the June 30, 2027 deadline for resolution, but the well-established institutional framework for announcing results mitigates these concerns.
Platform default: polymarket
144d to resolution, volume stable
A presidential election is scheduled to take place in Brazil on October 4, 2026. This market will resolve according to the listed candidate that wins this election. This market includes any potential second round. If the result of this election isn't known by June 30, 2027, 11:59 PM ET, the market...
CalibrationResearch on political prediction markets shows Polymarket has the lowest outcome-correctness rate of major platforms (67%), meaning prices here are structurally noisier and more prone to mispricing than on Kalshi or PredictIt — this is a feature for sophisticated traders who can identify the direction of the error. Long-horizon political contracts specifically show the strongest compression toward 50%, so if Tarcisio is trading as a clear favorite, the research suggests the market is understating his true win probability, and if he's a longshot, the market is likely overstating it.
RisksWith $44.9M in event volume spread across 10 outcomes, individual candidate contracts likely have thin standalone liquidity — the risk profile confirms near-zero spread volume on this specific contract, meaning getting in and out at fair value is harder than the headline event volume suggests. The extreme daily volatility (over 40% annualized per day) combined with a negative autocorrelation signal means price swings tend to reverse sharply, so momentum trades in either direction are likely to get faded — this market punishes late arrivals, consistent with documented findings that accurate-but-slow traders earn negative returns.