📖 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 (May 18 at 6:30 PM ET through May 19 at 6:30 PM ET). Our scan picked up 147 unique markets across 26 new events, plus 5,631 recurring bracket markets.

🏢 Companies
1 event
1 market
🗳️ Elections
1 event
15 markets
💹 Financials
2 events
4 markets
📊 Economics
4 events
25 markets
🏛️ Politics
6 events
36 markets
🎬 Entertainment
12 events
66 markets

⚡ What's Actionable Right Now

The launches from the past 24h with the tightest spreads and live two-sided quotes — i.e. the ones you can actually trade right now.

Survivor Season 50: 3rd place: Tiffany Nicole Ervin bid 1¢ / ask 2¢, Jonathan Young bid 7¢ / ask 8¢, Aubry Bracco bid 1¢ / ask 2¢

Survivor Season 50: 2nd place: Tiffany Nicole Ervin bid 1¢ / ask 2¢, Rizo Velovic bid 1¢ / ask 2¢, Jonathan Young bid 80¢ / ask 81¢

Annual Return: S&P 500 Total Return Vs. BTC?: S&P 500 Total Return Index bid 52¢ / ask 53¢, BTC bid 47¢ / ask 48¢

Auto-loan delinquencies in Q2 2026: Above 6.6% bid 5¢ / ask 6¢, Above 6.4% bid 9¢ / ask 10¢, Above 6.2% bid 14¢ / ask 15¢

Who will win Britain's Got Talent: Season 19?: Ted Hill bid 13¢ / ask 14¢, Sonny Green bid 9¢ / ask 10¢, Matty Juniosa bid 8¢ / ask 9¢

All New Events

🏢 Companies — 1 event, 1 market

SpaceX Starship 12th launch?: Before May 22 (bid 35¢ / ask 36¢) — listed May 19, 2026 at 11:44 AM ET

🗳️ Elections — 1 event, 15 markets

How many Senate seats will Republicans hold after the Midterms? — 15 candidates listed, no live quotes yet · May 19, 2026 at 6:01 PM ET

Tracking: 57, 56, 55, 54, 53, 52, 51, 50, 49, 48, 47, 46, 45, Below 45, Above 57

💹 Financials — 2 events, 4 markets

Annual Return: WTI vs. Brent? — 2 outcomes — listed May 19, 2026 at 2:41 PM ET

View market options (2 outcomes)
OutcomePrice
WTI Crude Oilbid 47¢ / ask 49¢
Brent Crude Oilbid 51¢ / ask 53¢
View market options (2 outcomes)
OutcomePrice
S&P 500 Total Return Indexbid 52¢ / ask 53¢
BTCbid 47¢ / ask 48¢

📊 Economics — 4 events, 25 markets

EV commodity prices on May 19, 2026 — 15 brackets — listed May 18, 2026 at 8:01 PM ET

View market strikes (15 brackets)
BracketPrice
Above 1326.13last 1¢ (book empty)
Above 1316.13last 1¢ (book empty)
Above 1306.13last 1¢ (book empty)
Above 1296.13last 1¢ (book empty)
Above 1286.13last 1¢ (book empty)
Above 1276.13last 1¢ (book empty)
Above 1266.13last 1¢ (book empty)
Above 1256.13last 1¢ (book empty)
Above 1246.13bid 40¢ / ask 41¢
Above 1236.13bid 73¢ / ask 80¢
Above 1226.13bid 99¢ (no asks)
Above 1216.13bid 99¢ (no asks)
Above 1206.13bid 99¢ (no asks)
Above 1196.13bid 99¢ (no asks)
Above 1186.13bid 99¢ (no asks)

Auto-loan delinquencies in Q2 2026 — 8 brackets — listed May 19, 2026 at 11:24 AM ET

View market strikes (8 brackets)
BracketPrice
Above 6.6%bid 5¢ / ask 6¢
Above 6.4%bid 9¢ / ask 10¢
Above 6.2%bid 14¢ / ask 15¢
Above 6.0%bid 29¢ / ask 31¢
Above 5.8%bid 46¢ / ask 47¢
Above 5.6%bid 72¢ / ask 73¢
Above 5.4%bid 85¢ / ask 86¢
Above 5.2%bid 92¢ / ask 93¢

Will wage satisfaction hit a new low in 2026?: Below 52.3% (bid 94¢ / ask 95¢) — listed May 19, 2026 at 1:40 PM ET

Nvidia H200 chips delivered to China before 2027?: Before 2027 (bid 75¢ / ask 77¢) — listed May 18, 2026 at 7:07 PM ET

🏛️ Politics — 6 events, 36 markets

View market strikes (12 brackets)
BracketPrice
Above 220last 1¢ (book empty)
Above 219last 1¢ (book empty)
Above 218last 1¢ (book empty)
Above 217bid 3¢ / ask 9¢
Above 216bid 3¢ / ask 14¢
Above 215bid 15¢ / ask 31¢
Above 214bid 37¢ / ask 46¢
Above 213bid 45¢ / ask 61¢
Above 212bid 72¢ / ask 76¢
Above 211bid 76¢ / ask 87¢
Above 210bid 80¢ / ask 91¢
Above 209bid 91¢ / ask 95¢
View market options (11 outcomes)
OutcomePrice
Zohran Mamdanibid 10¢ / ask 11¢
Travis Kelcebid 12¢ / ask 18¢
Tracy Morganbid 73¢ / ask 74¢
Timothée Chalametbid 95¢ / ask 96¢
Taylor Swiftbid 14¢ / ask 19¢
Spike Leebid 97¢ / ask 98¢
Odell Beckham Jr.bid 16¢ / ask 20¢
Kylie Jennerbid 79¢ / ask 82¢
Jay-Zbid 70¢ / ask 71¢
Jake Paulbid 13¢ / ask 14¢
Ben Stillerbid 94¢ / ask 95¢
View market strikes (10 brackets)
BracketPrice
Above 75bid 3¢ / ask 4¢
Above 50bid 8¢ / ask 11¢
Above 5bid 86¢ / ask 89¢
Above 40bid 11¢ / ask 13¢
Above 30bid 15¢ / ask 17¢
Above 25bid 25¢ / ask 26¢
Above 20bid 34¢ / ask 35¢
Above 15bid 44¢ / ask 46¢
Above 100bid 2¢ / ask 3¢
Above 10bid 66¢ / ask 69¢

Will the US ban crude oil exports?: Before August 2026 (bid 3¢ / ask 8¢) — listed May 19, 2026 at 12:05 PM ET

When will the House pass a reconciliation bill?: Before May 24, 2026 (bid 85¢ / ask 93¢) — listed May 19, 2026 at 10:36 AM ET

What will be in the next reconciliation bill?: Secret Service funding (bid 46¢ / ask 53¢) — listed May 19, 2026 at 10:27 AM ET

🎬 Entertainment — 12 events, 66 markets

View market strikes (11 brackets)
BracketPrice
At least 9 millionask 94¢ (no bids)
At least 6 millionask 94¢ (no bids)
At least 50 millionask 84¢ (no bids)
At least 40 millionbid 3¢ / ask 48¢
At least 35 millionask 94¢ (no bids)
At least 30 millionask 94¢ (no bids)
At least 25 millionask 94¢ (no bids)
At least 21 millionask 94¢ (no bids)
At least 18 millionask 94¢ (no bids)
At least 15 millionask 94¢ (no bids)
At least 12 millionask 94¢ (no bids)
View market strikes (11 brackets)
BracketPrice
At least 9 millionask 94¢ (no bids)
At least 6 millionask 94¢ (no bids)
At least 50 millionbid 1¢ / ask 14¢
At least 40 millionask 94¢ (no bids)
At least 35 millionask 94¢ (no bids)
At least 30 millionask 94¢ (no bids)
At least 25 millionask 94¢ (no bids)
At least 21 millionask 94¢ (no bids)
At least 18 millionask 94¢ (no bids)
At least 15 millionask 94¢ (no bids)
At least 12 millionask 94¢ (no bids)

Britain's Got Talent Season 19: Top 5 — 8 outcomes — listed May 19, 2026 at 1:08 PM ET

View market options (8 outcomes)
OutcomePrice
Ted Hillbid 39¢ / ask 88¢
Sonny Greenbid 39¢ / ask 88¢
Rafferty Coopebid 39¢ / ask 88¢
Matty Juniosabid 11¢ / ask 88¢
LMAbid 12¢ / ask 88¢
Liwei Yangbid 12¢ / ask 88¢
Fabian Foxbid 8¢ / ask 88¢
Anastasiia and Salsabid 8¢ (no asks)

Britain's Got Talent Season 19: Top 3 — 8 outcomes — listed May 19, 2026 at 1:04 PM ET

View market options (8 outcomes)
OutcomePrice
Ted Hillbid 12¢ / ask 88¢
Sonny Greenbid 12¢ / ask 88¢
Rafferty Coopebid 11¢ / ask 88¢
Matty Juniosabid 12¢ / ask 84¢
LMAbid 12¢ / ask 88¢
Liwei Yangbid 12¢ / ask 88¢
Fabian Foxbid 12¢ / ask 88¢
Anastasiia and Salsabid 12¢ / ask 88¢
View market options (8 outcomes)
OutcomePrice
Ted Hillbid 13¢ / ask 14¢
Sonny Greenbid 9¢ / ask 10¢
Rafferty Coopebid 13¢ / ask 15¢
Matty Juniosabid 8¢ / ask 9¢
LMAbid 17¢ / ask 18¢
Liwei Yangbid 4¢ / ask 5¢
Fabian Foxbid 26¢ / ask 31¢
Anastasiia and Salsabid 11¢ / ask 12¢

Survivor Season 50: 3rd place — 5 outcomes — listed May 19, 2026 at 1:32 PM ET

View market options (5 outcomes)
OutcomePrice
Tiffany Nicole Ervinbid 1¢ / ask 2¢
Rizo Velovicbid 8¢ / ask 10¢
Jonathan Youngbid 7¢ / ask 8¢
Joe Hunterbid 86¢ / ask 88¢
Aubry Braccobid 1¢ / ask 2¢

Survivor Season 50: 2nd place — 5 outcomes — listed May 19, 2026 at 1:27 PM ET

View market options (5 outcomes)
OutcomePrice
Tiffany Nicole Ervinbid 1¢ / ask 2¢
Rizo Velovicbid 1¢ / ask 2¢
Jonathan Youngbid 80¢ / ask 81¢
Joe Hunterbid 16¢ / ask 17¢
Aubry Braccobid 4¢ / ask 5¢
View market options (4 outcomes)
OutcomePrice
Project Hail Marybid 26¢ / ask 34¢
The Social Reckoningbid 26¢ / ask 34¢
The Dramabid 16¢ / ask 24¢
Cry to Heavenbid 21¢ / ask 29¢
View market options (2 outcomes)
OutcomePrice
The Adventures of Cliff Boothbid 36¢ / ask 44¢
Club Kidbid 16¢ / ask 24¢
View market options (2 outcomes)
OutcomePrice
Canadabid 21¢ / ask 40¢
Kazakhstanbid 41¢ / ask 60¢

Will Daft Punk have a reunion this year?: Before 2027 — listed May 19, 2026 at 4:22 PM ET

Will Drake occupy all top 5 spots on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for May 30th?: Exactly 5 (bid 52¢ / ask 54¢) — listed May 18, 2026 at 7:13 PM ET

🔄 Recurring Markets

5,631 recurring markets also launched — these are auto-generated daily/weekly/hourly brackets (weather, crypto prices, index levels, etc.).

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.