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How many weeks will the Strait of Hormuz remain closed?
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resolved Jul 4
Resolved
~13.5 weeks
Resolved
YES
Above 10 weeks (May 9)
Resolved
YES
Above 12 weeks (May 23)
Resolved
YES
Above 15 weeks (Jun 13)
Resolved
NO
Above 20 weeks (Jul 18)
Resolved
NO
Above 28 weeks (Sep 12)
Resolved
NO
Above 40 weeks (Dec 5)
Resolved
NO
Above 58 weeks (Apr 10, 2027)
Resolved
NO
Above 85 weeks (Oct 16, 2027)

This market resolves to the number of whole weeks the Strait of Hormoz remains closed, counting from February 28th (the last day with normal-ish traffic).

By preference, the resolution will be based data from Portwatch (https://portwatch.imf.org/pages/cb5856222a5b4105adc6ee7e880a1730); the Strait will be considered "open" if EITHER of these two conditions are met:

1) a single day with over 100 transits

2) a 7-day average of over 30 transits per day

This is intended to consider the Strait "open" even if traffic is substantially reduced, but not get triggered by a handful of ships breaking through.

If Portwatch doesn't show data (as it currently doesn't for me), this the market will resolve based a consensus of reporting that the Strait is open at the level described above.

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June 28 meets the 7-day average > 30 condition, so I'm resolving. If something weird happens like Portwatch revising down I'll ask a mod to unresolve

June 28 meets the 7-day average > 30 condition, so I'm resolving. If something weird happens like Portwatch revising down I'll ask a mod to unresolve

Since the page is currently broken, here's the data from Wikipedia

bought Ṁ5 YES

1) a single day with over 100 transits

This would be an outlier before the war, wouldn't it?

2) a 7-day average of over 30 transits

This is roughly 1/14th of the pre-war level isn't it?

On balance, that doesn't seem too unreasonable, I'm just making sure I'm reading this correctly

@BodeyBaker Yes the 100 would be a (minor) outlier before the war. The idea is the if the big glut of waiting ships start pouring through I can resolve very quickly.

The 30 is a 7-day average, not total. So more like 1/3 to 1/2 the prewar level (unless I'm misunderstanding something). For reference the "back to normal" markets are based on a 7-day average of 60

@archvenison Yep, I made a mistake with the maths for #2. That seems more reasonable. It makes sense to aim high for a single day and have the seven day average being a lot higher than it is now but lower than before the war.