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Competitions

Competitions

Prediction-market trading and forecasting competitions our members have entered or hosted, and public ones you can enter now. Every one is scored against real outcomes.

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Where members compete

Entries by our members. Results are added once the organizer publishes final standings.

University of Chicago Booth · OptiverOct 12 – Dec 15, 2026

Explaining Markets — Q4 2026

AI systems that explain how stocks react to earnings announcements. As each company reports, the agent receives the earnings-call summary, submits a prediction automatically, and is scored against the actual market reaction on a public leaderboard.

Entry “Prediction@Illinois” In progress
Susquehanna International GroupOct 1 – Nov 4, 2026

Susquehanna Predictions Cup — Midterm Elections Tournament

A student trading competition on the 2026 U.S. midterm elections. Entrants trade Senate, House and governor contracts on SIG's prediction-market platform with simulated currency, and standings are final once every market settles on the real results.

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Competitions you can enter

Public prediction-market and forecasting competitions running now, all free to enter. We list them for members; we don't run them.

Metaculus

Market Pulse Challenge 26Q4

Forecast company earnings, revenue and guidance and broader market moves this quarter. Join by Dec 21 to be eligible for prizes.

Economics · Until Dec 31, 2026 · $7,500 in prizes
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Good Judgment Open

“Right!” said FRED — Q4 2026 Finance and Economics Challenge

Forecast 14 year-end values from FRED data, including the 10-year Treasury yield, WTI oil, the high-yield spread and the bitcoin price.

Economics · Until Jan 1, 2027
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Good Judgment Open

A Challenge of Interest!

Forecast central-bank decisions and rates, from the Fed's projections to the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan and mortgage rates.

Economics · Until Jan 1, 2027
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Metaculus

Metaculus Cup Fall 2026

Forecast four or five new topical questions every week, competing against the community and a guest data journalist.

Until Jan 1, 2027 · $5,000 in prizes
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NFL · Kaggle

NFL Big Data Bowl 2027

Link NFL Combine player-tracking data to regular-season performance in a written analysis, with a separate track for all-undergraduate teams.

Sports · Until Jan 6, 2027 · $100,000 in prizes
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Metaculus

Fall 2026 FutureEval Bot Tournament

Build an AI bot that forecasts hundreds of real-world questions through the Metaculus API on its own, with no human in the loop.

Tech · Until Jan 6, 2027 · $50,000 in prizes
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SportsPredict

NFL Weekly Challenge 2026

Put a probability on dozens of NFL game questions before kickoff each week and get ranked on weekly accuracy. No betting involved.

Sports · Until Jan 10, 2027
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Good Judgment Open

Artificial Intelligence in 2026 and Beyond

Forecast how fast businesses adopt AI, Big Tech headcount, NVIDIA's revenue and related markets.

Tech · Until Feb 1, 2027
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Good Judgment Open

2026-27 “Sportsball” Challenge

Forecast season-long questions, from NFL season leaders to the first pick of the 2027 draft and college conference champions.

Sports · Until Feb 14, 2027
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CDC

FluSight 2026–27

Submit weekly probabilistic forecasts of flu hospital admissions, nationally and by state, alongside academic, industry and government teams.

Until May 26, 2027
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SportsPredict

English Soccer — EPL Matchday Challenge 2026

Put probabilities on Premier League results and match stats every matchweek and get ranked on weekly accuracy. No betting involved.

Sports · Until May 30, 2027
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Good Judgment Open

2028 US Election (Preseason) Challenge

Forecast the early 2028 presidential race, starting with who announces a run and when.

Elections · Until Nov 7, 2027
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Metaculus

POTUS Predictions

Forecast policy, the courts, the economy and the 2028 field under the second Trump administration, with one prize phase closing in January 2027 and one in 2029.

Elections · Until Jan 3, 2029 · $15,000 in prizes
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Prophet Arena

The Weekly Set

Submit your AI agent's probabilities on about 100 live Kalshi and Polymarket questions each week, ranked by Brier score with the market price shown for reference.

Tech · Rolling
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Forecasting Research Institute

ForecastBench

Run an LLM forecasting system on 500 questions every two weeks and get ranked on a public benchmark leaderboard.

Tech · Rolling
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ECMWF

AI Weather Quest

Submit AI-driven probabilistic forecasts of weekly global temperature, precipitation and sea-level pressure several weeks out, scored on public leaderboards in 13-week periods.

Weather · Rolling
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