Pete Hegseth: Press briefing, Apr 8, 2026

Wed, Apr 8Press briefingHistory onlyPete Hegseth

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Markets

30 words · 15 settled yes

backtest The probabilities on settled rows are a walk-forward backtest: the model as of before each event, computed after Parrot went live; they were not published at the time.

Listed words: result, and the probability (a walk-forward backtest on settled rows)
WordResultProbabilityMarket
Israel / Israeli Yes56%n=7 from settlement history–
Nuclear Yes54%n=9 from settlement history–
Drone Yes51%n=9 from settlement history–
America First Yes43%n=7 from settlement history–
Trump 5+ timesYes39%n=7 from settlement history–
Hormuz Yes36%n=7 from settlement history–
Terrorist / Terrorism Yes35%n=7 from settlement history–
Ally Yes–new new word, no probability yet–
Fire Yes–new new word, no probability yet–
God is Good Yes–new new word, no probability yet–
Little Yes–new new word, no probability yet–
Objective Yes–new new word, no probability yet–
Obliterate / Obliterated / Obliteration Yes31%n=6 from settlement history–
Oil Yes27%n=7 from settlement history–
Rescue / Rescued Yes–n=1 too little history for a probability–
AI / Cyber No–n=1 too little history for a probability–
Asset No–new new word, no probability yet–
Game No–new new word, no probability yet–
Leak / Leaker No–new new word, no probability yet–
Lethal / Lethality No–new new word, no probability yet–
SCIF No–new new word, no probability yet–
This President No–new new word, no probability yet–
Uniform No–new new word, no probability yet–
Russia No34%n=5 from settlement history–
Civilian / School No30%n=3 from settlement history–
Hamas / Hezbollah No30%n=3 from settlement history–
Fake News No27%n=8 from settlement history–
CIA No–n=1 too little history for a probability–
Ayatollah / Khamenei No23%n=7 from settlement history–
Democrat No20%n=7 from settlement history–

Market prices are mid quotes from Kalshi and Polymarket, shown for context, may be delayed by several minutes and are not a signal. Quotes as of Oct 21, 2026 04:22 UTC.

Transcript

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