Pair #81

Antecedent (if this happens)

KXNBAWEST-26-DEN

Will the Denver win the 2026 Pro Basketball Western Conference Championship?

Series: KXNBAWEST
Entity: Denver
Expiration: 2026-06-30T14:00:00Z
Volume: 1310279

YES ask: 0.0600
NO ask: 0.9500
Last: 0.0500

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Rules If Denver wins the 2026 Pro Basketball Western Conference Championship, then the market resolves to Yes.
Consequent (then it means this happened or will happen)

KXNBAPLAYOFF-26-DEN

Pro Basketball Playoff Qualifiers Winner?

Series: KXNBAPLAYOFF
Entity: Denver
Expiration: 2026-04-18T14:00:00Z
Volume: 23009

YES ask: 1.0000
NO ask: 0.0100
Last: 0.9800

View on Kalshi

Rules If Denver is one of the Pro Basketball Playoff Qualifiers, then the market resolves to Yes.
LLM Screening

Confidence: high
Model: claude-sonnet-4-6
Screened: 2026-03-18T08:00:50Z

Reasoning: Winning the Western Conference Championship means Denver made the playoffs (you must be a playoff team to win the conference). So KXNBAWEST-26-DEN YES implies KXNBAPLAYOFF-26-DEN YES. The reverse does not hold: making the playoffs does not guarantee winning the conference.

Strategy: Buy NO on antecedent + YES on consequent
Yield: -99.98% (negative yield)
Cost: $1.9500
Days to maturity: 29
Hurdle yield: 4.22%
Excess yield: -104.20% BELOW HURDLE

Human Review

Decision: confirmed
Reviewed at: 2026-03-18T15:34:13Z

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