Market Pulse Challenge 26Q2

Started: Mar 30
Closes: Jun 16
Jun 12: Last day for prize participation
$7,500 Prize Pool

The Market Pulse Challenge is a 3-month tournament inviting forecasters to predict market trends and company performance, testing their skills against measurable real-world outcomes. By focusing on rolling questions, the tournament aims to build a structured, consistent dataset that clearly tracks forecasting accuracy over time. This dataset will serve as a valuable resource, connecting forecasting insights directly into financial decision-making.

Join us in Q2 2026, to turn financial intuition into reliable predictions and contribute to an actionable record of market forecasts.

Spot Scoring

This tournament uses spot scoring, meaning that only predictions at the close time of each question count for tournament standings.

Questions

What will be the ending value of the UST 10Y Yield for these biweekly periods of Q2 2026?

Date Range Result
Apr 6 - Apr 17 RESOLVED 4.26
Apr 20 - May 1 RESOLVED 4.39
May 4 - May 15 RESOLVED 4.59
May 18 - May 29 RESOLVED 4.45
Jun 1 - Jun 12 PENDING 4.49
Jun 15 - Jun 26 PENDING 4.50

How much will Crude Oil Futures total price returns exceed S&P 500 Futures in these biweekly periods of Q2 2026?

Date Range Result
Apr 6 - Apr 17 RESOLVED -32.88
Apr 20 - May 1 RESOLVED 20.27
May 4 - May 15 RESOLVED -2.607
May 18 - May 29 RESOLVED -19.33
Jun 1 - Jun 12 RESOLVED -0.7225
Jun 15 - Jun 26 PENDING 0.414

How much will Gold Futures total price returns exceed S&P 500 Futures in these biweekly periods of Q2 2026?

Date Range Result
Apr 6 - Apr 17 RESOLVED -3.93
Apr 20 - May 1 RESOLVED -6.035
May 4 - May 15 RESOLVED -4.001
May 18 - May 29 RESOLVED -2.097
Jun 1 - Jun 12 RESOLVED -5.46
Jun 15 - Jun 26 PENDING -0.512

How much will Nvidia's stock price returns exceed Apple's in these biweekly periods of Q2 2026?

Date Range Result
Apr 6 - Apr 17 RESOLVED 8.1
Apr 20 - May 1 RESOLVED -5.27
May 4 - May 15 RESOLVED 6.27
May 18 - May 29 RESOLVED -10.23
Jun 1 - Jun 12 RESOLVED 4
Jun 15 - Jun 26 PENDING 1.34

How much will Nvidia's stock price returns exceed Microsoft's in these biweekly periods of Q2 2026?

Date Range Result
Apr 6 - Apr 17 RESOLVED 0.48
Apr 20 - May 1 RESOLVED 0.37
May 4 - May 15 RESOLVED 11.74
May 18 - May 29 RESOLVED -13.24
Jun 1 - Jun 12 RESOLVED 10.51
Jun 15 - Jun 26 PENDING 0.49

How much will Nasdaq-100 Futures total price returns exceed S&P 500 Futures in these biweekly periods of Q2 2026?

Date Range Result
Apr 6 - Apr 17 RESOLVED 2.645
Apr 20 - May 1 RESOLVED 2.419
May 4 - May 15 RESOLVED 2.614
May 18 - May 29 RESOLVED 1.815
Jun 1 - Jun 12 RESOLVED -0.328
Jun 15 - Jun 26 PENDING 0.224

What will be the maximum intraday value of the VIX over these biweekly periods in Q2 2026?

Date Range Result
Apr 6 - Apr 17 RESOLVED 28
Apr 20 - May 1 RESOLVED 21.56
May 4 - May 15 RESOLVED 19.27
May 18 - May 29 RESOLVED 19.44
Jun 1 - Jun 12 RESOLVED 23.34
Jun 15 - Jun 26 PENDING 22.7

What will be the ending value of the ICE BofA US High Yield Option-Adjusted Spread for these biweekly periods of Q2 2026?

Date Range Result
Apr 6 - Apr 17 RESOLVED 2.83
Apr 20 - May 1 RESOLVED 2.77
May 4 - May 15 RESOLVED 2.8
May 18 - May 29 RESOLVED 2.72
Jun 1 - Jun 12 PENDING 2.84
Jun 15 - Jun 26 PENDING 2.86

What will the first reported earnings per share after March 2026 be for the following companies?

Company Result
AMD 0.84 $
Apple 2.01 $
Amazon 2.78 $
Meta 10.44 $
3 others

What will be NVIDIA's forward guidance in their Q1 FY2027 earnings release?

Metric Result
Revenue 91B $
GAAP Gross Margin 74.9%
GAAP Operating Expenses 8.5B $

What will the first reported revenues after March 2026 be for the following companies?

Company Result
AMD 10.253B $
Apple 111.184B $
Amazon 181.519B $
Meta 56.311B $
3 others