📖 New here? How to read this post
Every day, new prediction markets launch on Kalshi, a CFTC-regulated exchange where you can trade on real-world outcomes. Think of this post as a quick vibe check on what’s new in culture, politics, and the world — when you see markets pop up for the Oscars, a surprise album drop, Saturday Night Live hosts, or the next Fed decision, it tells you something about what people are paying attention to right now.
How to read this: On Kalshi, an event is the big question being asked — for example, “Who will win Best Picture at the 2026 Oscars?” Each event contains one or more markets, which are the specific yes-or-no outcomes you can actually trade — like “Will 1949 / Fatherland win Best Picture?” at a given price. When an event has numeric thresholds (“Will the S&P 500 close above 5,500?”), those individual levels are called brackets.
For each new event below, we include a link to find it on Kalshi so you can see live pricing. The first thing to do with any new market is understand the rules — then decide if you have an edge.
Here's every new market that launched on Kalshi in the past 24 hours (Apr 18 at 6:54 PM ET through Apr 19 at 6:54 PM ET). Our scan picked up 15 unique markets across 1 new event, plus 377 recurring bracket markets.
⚡ What's Actionable Right Now
Most of today's launches are still warming up — the orderbooks are thin or empty as of this scan. Browse the full list below; early opening orders sometimes get great fills.
All Events — every new event from the past 24h, at a glance
All New Events
📊 Economics — 1 event, 15 markets
Truflation EV Commodity Index for April 20, 2026 — 15 brackets listed, no live quotes yet · Apr 18, 2026 at 8:01 PM ET
🔄 Recurring Markets
377 recurring markets also launched — these are auto-generated daily/weekly/hourly brackets (weather, crypto prices, index levels, etc.).
| Category | Markets | Series | Top Series |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🌤️ Climate and Weather | 241 | 41 | San Francisco High Temperature Daily, Daily High Temperature Houston, Seattle Maximum Temperature Daily, +38 more |
| 📊 Economics | 120 | 8 | US gas price up, Truflation AI & DePIN Index, Truflation Breakfast Commodity Index, +5 more |
| 🎬 Entertainment | 15 | 1 | Daily US Spotify chart |
| 🔬 Science and Technology | 1 | 1 | Top model |
All data sourced from the Kalshi public API. Prices shown are indicative Yes contract bid/ask at time of publication and may have moved. Trade responsibly.