The Iowa Electronic Markets is a futures market run for research and teaching purposes. Traders can buy and sell real-money contracts based on their belief about the outcome of an election or other event. Using this "wisdom of crowds," the price of a contract at any given time is a forecast of the outcome.
Liquidation of CAN25_SS
On Wednesday, May 21st, 2025, the IEM liquidated all contracts in the 2025 Canadian Federal Election SS 2025 market. Each LIB25_SS contract was liquidated for $0.496. Each CON25_SS contract was liquidated for $0.417. Each ND25_SS contract was liquidated for $0.02. Each Other25_SS contract was liquidated for $0.067. Proceeds from this liquidation were added to traders' cash balances.
5/21/25 - Liquidation of CAN25_SS See Details...