Markets ending soon — resolving in the next 7 days

The ending-soon view is the urgency play. Markets resolving in the next seven days behave fundamentally differently from long-duration markets — they are where the most decisive trader edges materialise. As resolution approaches, the time-decay component shrinks toward zero and the price is forced to converge on the actual probability. Traders who have built conviction over weeks of research can size up here with confidence that the market will resolve cleanly rather than drift on noise. Conversely, traders who realise their thesis is wrong can exit at a known cost rather than holding through additional weeks of uncertainty.

Volume on ending-soon markets typically peaks in the final 48 hours before resolution. Across PolyGram's historical data, the final two days of trading account for roughly 35% of a market's lifetime volume — far more than any other two-day window. This concentration creates a real opportunity for tight-spread, large-size execution. On a market with a $5 million lifetime total, you might see $1.5 million of that volume cross in the final 48 hours, with spreads under 40bps. The order book becomes deep enough to absorb six-figure positions without meaningful slippage.

The categories that dominate /ending-soon shift with the calendar. Election weeks see a flood of political markets in their final stretch. Sports tournament weekends concentrate match markets with end-of-game resolution. Earnings seasons cluster business markets together. Crypto monthly settlement dates produce predictable end-of-month spikes for price-target markets. The mix on any given day tells you what the prediction-market calendar is actually focused on — a useful macro signal in its own right.

Trading style on ending-soon markets is necessarily different from breaking or trending plays. The information edge from new catalysts shrinks as resolution approaches — by the final 48 hours, the market has already digested most of the available data, and incremental price discovery comes from the order book itself rather than from outside news. Profitable traders in this window focus on micro-structure: spotting where order-book imbalances signal an institutional position being unwound, or where retail flow is pushing the price away from a fair-value benchmark. Using limit orders rather than market orders is essential — spreads can widen into the final hours as liquidity providers withdraw quotes ahead of resolution.

Beyond the trading edge, /ending-soon is a useful map of upcoming uncertainty. If you're an investor with exposure to specific outcomes — a startup founder watching for a Fed rate cut, a sports fan with strong views on a finals bracket, a journalist tracking a court ruling — this view tells you which decisions the prediction market is pricing in the next week. The probability is a sharper forecast than any single analyst, and the timing is unambiguous. Pair /ending-soon with the odds calculator to translate the displayed probability into traditional odds formats, and the analytics dashboard to track your performance on short-window trades.