MARKETS · Settled
Will WTI Crude Oil (WTI) hit (HIGH) in August?
The answer: NO
The panel of 12 models averaged 20% YES; 12 of 12 were on the right side. The crowd price when the panel was sealed: 1%.
THE BRIEF, WRITTEN AFTER THE OUTCOME
WTI did not hit in August; panel averaged 20% while the crowd was 1%
The outcome was NO. The panel of 12 models unanimously assigned some chance, with mean 20% and median 17%, well above the crowd price of 1%. Grok 4.5 made the best call, assigning 6% and recording the lowest Brier 0.004. The panel's largest misses were models that assigned much higher probabilities, the highest being Llama 4 Maverick at 42%.
- Outcome: NO, resolved 2026-09-01 04:00:01.
- The crowd price was 1%, frozen when asked.
- Panel: 12 models, mean 20%, median 17%, lowest 6%, highest 42%.
- Best Brier: Grok 4.5, p_yes 6%, Brier 0.004.
- Worst Brier: Llama 4 Maverick, p_yes 42%, Brier 0.176.
EVERY FORECAST, HIGHEST FIRST
- Llama 4 Maverick42%
- Gemini 2.5 Flash38%
- GPT-532%
- Gemini 2.5 Pro31%
- Qwen3 235B25%
- DeepSeek V318%
- DeepSeek R115%
- GPT-5 Mini12%
- Claude Sonnet 4.58%
- Claude Opus 4.18%
- Kimi K28%
- Grok 4.56%