ABC World News Tonight: Episode, Aug 20, 2026

Thu, Aug 20EpisodeHistory onlyABC World News Tonight

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Markets

19 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+ timesYes50%n=29 from settlement history–
Prince Harry / Meghan Markle Yes–new new word, no probability yet–
Swalwell Yes–new new word, no probability yet–
Trump 5+ timesNo55%n=20 from settlement history–
Moderna No–n=1 too little history for a probability–
North Korea / Kim Jong Un No–n=1 too little history for a probability–
FAA No–n=1 too little history for a probability–
El Nino / El Niño No–new new word, no probability yet–
IndyCar No–new new word, no probability yet–
Melania No–new new word, no probability yet–
Talarico No–new new word, no probability yet–
Walmart No–new new word, no probability yet–
Ukraine / Ukrainian No36%n=4 from settlement history–
Canada / Canadian No–n=1 too little history for a probability–
Crypto / Bitcoin No–n=1 too little history for a probability–
ICE No29%n=21 from settlement history–
Meta / Facebook / Instagram No29%n=2 from settlement history–
AI / Artificial Intelligence No23%n=20 from settlement history–
Tariff No19%n=9 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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