Pair #301

Antecedent (if this happens)

KXNHL-26-VGK

Will Vegas Golden Knights win the 2025-26 Stanley Cup Finals?

Series: KXNHL
Entity: Vegas Golden Knights
Expiration: 2026-07-01T14:00:00Z
Volume: 4658673

YES ask: 0.4200
NO ask: 0.6000
Last: 0.4000

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Rules If the Vegas Golden Knights win the 2025-26 Stanley Cup Finals, then the market resolves to Yes.
Consequent (then it means this happened or will happen)

KXNHLWEST-26-VGK

Western Conference Finals Winner?

Series: KXNHLWEST
Entity: Vegas Golden Knights
Expiration: 2026-07-01T14:00:00Z
Volume: 779102

YES ask: 0.9000
NO ask: 0.1100
Last: 0.9000

View on Kalshi

Rules If Vegas Golden Knights wins the Western Conference Finals, then the market resolves to Yes.
LLM Screening

Confidence: high
Model: claude-sonnet-4-6
Screened: 2026-03-18T08:06:10Z

Reasoning: To win the Stanley Cup Finals, VGK must come from the Western Conference and must have won the Western Conference Finals. The reverse is not true — winning the Conference Finals does not guarantee winning the Cup.

Strategy: Buy NO on antecedent + YES on consequent
Yield: -99.28% (negative yield)
Cost: $1.5000
Days to maturity: 30
Hurdle yield: 4.22%
Excess yield: -103.50% BELOW HURDLE

Human Review

Decision: confirmed
Reviewed at: 2026-03-18T11:38:54Z

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