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Will 9 Fed rate cuts happen in 2026?
24h Vol
$43.8K
Liquidity
$194.6K
Spread
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Track live probability, outcome prices, volume, liquidity, and resolution details for Will BMO fail by end of 2026?. The market currently shows a live probability of 9%, $485 in 24h volume, and $1.8K in liquidity.
Probability
9%
24h Volume
$485
Liquidity
$1.8K
This market asks whether BMO — commonly used to refer to Bank of Montreal, one of Canada’s largest banks — will be deemed to have failed by the end of 2026. The wording matters because this is not about a share-price drop or a bad earnings report; it is about a formal regulatory or legal failure event under the bank’s own supervisory framework.
The question is whether BMO will trigger the market’s defined failure conditions at any point between market creation and December 31, 2026 at 11:59 PM ET. Under the rules, a "Yes" outcome requires something official and severe, such as a regulator declaring the bank insolvent or non-viable, revoking its banking authorization, putting it into liquidation or resolution, or stepping in to wipe out equity and transfer control to the state or a resolution authority. The market can also resolve "Yes" if there is a formally acknowledged default on a payment obligation that leads to that kind of regulatory action.
BMO is a large, established financial institution, so the underlying question is whether any extreme stress or supervisory intervention could be severe enough to meet the market’s failure standard before the deadline. Readers may care because the outcome depends on a narrow legal definition, not a broad judgment about bank health, which creates uncertainty around how regulators would classify any future crisis. The disagreement being priced is essentially whether an official failure event is plausible within the remaining time window.
Price would move most on developments that change the odds of a formal regulator-led intervention: major capital stress, a public liquidity crisis, a forced restructuring, or any announcement from the relevant banking authority about non-viability, resolution, or license action. Filing disclosures, emergency support measures, or signs that the bank can meet obligations normally would tend to support the opposite view, while any acknowledged default, resolution step, or state-controlled wind-down would push the market sharply toward "Yes." Because the rules are event-driven, even one decisive official notice could matter more than months of ordinary business results.
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24h Vol
$43.8K
Liquidity
$194.6K
Spread
0%
12/31/2026
View marketThe current market price implies roughly a 9% chance for the leading outcome, based on live Polymarket pricing. That number is not a prediction from PredictionNinja and it is not a guarantee; it is the current crowd-priced view of the market and can change quickly when new information appears.
Before the deadline, the key thing to verify is the source of truth for any alleged failure event: the primary banking regulator, a court order, or an official resolution authority action. Readers should watch for the specific triggers listed in the market rules, because ordinary negative headlines or weaker earnings do not by themselves satisfy the resolution standard. The most important ambiguity risk is whether a government action is merely support or whether it rises to the defined threshold of insolvency, resolution, liquidation, or equity wipeout with control transferred to an authority.
Track live probability, outcome prices, volume, liquidity, and resolution details for Will BMO fail by end of 2026?. The market currently shows a live probability of 9%, $485 in 24h volume, and $1.8K in liquidity.
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This market is currently listed with an end date of Dec 31, 2026. Market timelines can change if the underlying event is postponed, rescheduled, or resolved early.
This market will resolve to “Yes” if the listed bank fails between market creation and December 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No.” For the purposes of this market, the listed bank will be considered to have “failed” if any of the following occurs under the bank’s applicable legal or regulatory framework, within the listed date range: - The listed bank’s primary banking regulator formally declares the institution insolvent or non-viable, or withdraws or revokes the bank’s license or authorization, and such determination initiates or directly results in resolution, liquidation, wind-down, or transfer actions. - The listed bank enters a court-ordered liquidation, statutory resolution regime, or regulator-mandated wind-down, including the use of resolution tools such as bail-ins, forced asset transfers, or the establishment of a bridge bank. - A government or resolution authority intervenes in a manner that wipes out or subordinates existing equity of the listed bank and transfers effective control of the bank to the state or a designated resolution authority, with continued operations dependent on official intervention. - The listed bank publicly defaults on a payment obligation, including derivatives margin, repo, or physical commodity delivery, and such default is formally acknowledged by the bank’s primary regulator or resolution authority and directly results in the initiation of resolution, liquidation, license withdrawal, or regulator-mandated transfer of the bank. - The listed bank is subject to a compulsory merger, acquisition, or transfer of all or substantially all of its assets and liabilities ordered or directed by its primary banking regulator or resolution authority due to the bank’s financial condition or to prevent failure, regardless of whether a formal insolvency declaration or immediate equity wipeout is publicly announced at the time of transfer. If there is a potential failure of the listed bank within this market’s date range and a qualifying regulatory or court action has occurred but has not yet been fully published by the relevant authority, this market may remain open until April 30, 2027, 11:59 PM ET to allow for confirmation. If no qualifying failure is confirmed by that date, this market will resolve to “No.” The primary resolution source for this market will be official statements, filings, or actions by the listed bank’s primary banking regulator or resolution authority; however, a consensus of credible reporting may also be used.
Probability signal
The current price implies a lower-probability outcome, which can make the market more sensitive to surprise news.
Liquidity context
Liquidity is present but not especially deep, so spreads and order-book movement still matter.
Spread
The bid-ask spread is wider, so the headline probability may be less precise than it looks.
Recent movement
The 24h move is modest, suggesting the market has not repriced dramatically in the latest feed.
The current displayed probability is 9%, based on the latest normalized Polymarket data available to PredictionNinja.
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