ABC World News Tonight: Episode, Aug 19, 2026

Wed, Aug 19EpisodeHistory onlyABC World News Tonight

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15 words · 3 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
Iran 3+ timesYes48%n=28 from settlement history–
Moderna Yes–new new word, no probability yet–
North Korea / Kim Jong Un Yes39%n=3 from settlement history–
Trump 5+ timesNo60%n=19 from settlement history–
Oil / Gas / Gasoline No58%n=24 from settlement history–
Ukraine / Ukrainian No40%n=3 from settlement history–
Canada / Canadian No–new new word, no probability yet–
Crypto / Bitcoin No–new new word, no probability yet–
UAE / United Arab Emirates No–new new word, no probability yet–
China / Chinese No–n=1 too little history for a probability–
Russia / Russian No35%n=4 from settlement history–
Meta / Facebook / Instagram No–n=1 too little history for a probability–
ICE No31%n=20 from settlement history–
AI / Artificial Intelligence No24%n=19 from settlement history–
Tariff No20%n=8 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 20, 2026 15:46 UTC.

Transcript

No transcript source yet. The results above are how the venues settled the markets.

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