The Morning Line

The Morning Line

What's going to happen — and how likely. Every day.

Edition of September 5, 2026 · built from 4,221 live consensus forecasts across 8 categories · Updated 11:30 AM ET.

What changed — and why

20%
Everything Else

Will MetaMask launch a token by December 31, 2026?

▲ 10 points since this morning · settles in 118 days

  • MetaMask is a software cryptocurrency wallet developed by ConsenSys for interacting with the Ethereum blockchain and other EVM-compatible networks. Wikipedia
  • Today’s move is bigger than any daily move we have tracked on it — unusual for this market, not just large in the abstract.
  • Has traded between 6% and 22% over 44 tracked days — see the full history.

How it turned out

How It Turned Out

Questions we published while they were still open, and how they actually resolved — quoting the market as it stood that morning.

QuestionWhat happenedMarket said
Will NZDUSD be Above 0.587 at 5pm ET on Sep 04?
Above 0.587
Everything ElseHappened
The market said 29% on September 2. It happened.
29%
Will the Nasdaq-100 be above 29529.99 at the end of Sep 4, 2026 at 4pm EDT?
29,530 or above
MarketsHappened
The market said 65% on September 4. It happened.
65%
Will Dan Driscoll be out as Secretary of the Army before Jan 1, 2027?
Before Jan 1, 2027
Everything ElseHappened
The market said 81% on August 27. It happened.
81%
Will the President's approval rating be between 39.7 and 39.9 according to RealClearPolitics?
39.7 to 39.9
PoliticsHappened
The market said 26% on August 29. It happened.
26%
Will the WTI crude oil settlement price be above 90.99 USD/Bbl on Sep 3, 2026?
Above $90.99
CommoditiesHappened
The market said 62% on September 3. It happened.
62%
Anyone's Legend wins
Anyone's Legend
Everything ElseHappened
The market said 66% on September 4. It happened.
66%

Still open

Where the Money Is

The questions with the most money riding on an answer that is still genuinely in doubt, grouped by when they settle.

Settling within 48 hours

86%
Tennis

Madison Keys wins

Madison Keys

▲ 26 points since this morning · settles today · 538,430 contracts traded

  • Madison Keys is an American professional tennis player. Wikipedia
  • Readership of the Madison Keys Wikipedia page is 6.4× its normal level — public attention is on this right now.
84%
Everything Else

Will FC Bayern München win on 2026-09-05?

settles today · 139,055 dollars traded

Settling this week

10%
NFL

Jake Tonges: 1+ touchdowns

Jake Tonges: 1+

settles in 6 days · 11,465 contracts traded

86%
Champions League

Bayern Munich wins

Bayern Munich

settles in 5 days · 8,564 contracts traded

Longer horizon

14%
Everything Else

Will Maria Bartiromo be the next White House Press Secretary of United States?

Maria Bartiromo

▼ 2 points since this morning · settles in 869 days · 488,702 contracts traded