{"id":209654,"date":"2025-11-24T09:20:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T09:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/?p=209654"},"modified":"2025-11-27T08:56:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T08:56:47","slug":"us-urban-temperature-contracts-surge-in-popularity-nov-21-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.eu\/campus\/traders-insight\/us-urban-temperature-contracts-surge-in-popularity-nov-21-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"US Urban Temperature Contracts Surge in Popularity: Nov. 21, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The contemporary addition of daily contracts to the ForecastEx platform asking whether the highest temperatures in certain major US cities will exceed particular Fahrenheit levels has gained huge popularity in recent days. Emblematic of this traction are north of 160k open contracts that addressed Nov. 21 temperatures and have since expired. The latest excitement helped push volumes on the predictive platform above 1 million for the third consecutive day on Friday. The <a href=\"https:\/\/forecasttrader.interactivebrokers.ie\/eventtrader\/#\/markets\">contracts<\/a> cover temperatures for Austin, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, San Francisco and Seattle. But it hasn\u2019t been just climate topics that ForecastTraders have been engaging heavily with lately, as there\u2019s been significant interest tied to the Fed\u2019s December rate decision, the <a href=\"https:\/\/forecasttrader.interactivebrokers.ie\/eventtrader\/#\/market-details?id=712856682%7C20251202%7C2.2%7C\">US Consumer Price Index<\/a> (CPI) and the performances of <a href=\"https:\/\/forecasttrader.interactivebrokers.ie\/eventtrader\/#\/market-details?id=811472811%7C20251130%7C1%7C\">Bitcoin<\/a> and Ethereum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"434\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/image-34-1100x434.png\" alt=\"Market \/ Total Contracts  - Market Open Interest.\" class=\"wp-image-209655 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/image-34-1100x434.png 1100w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/image-34-700x276.png 700w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/image-34-300x118.png 300w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/image-34-768x303.png 768w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/image-34-1536x607.png 1536w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/image-34-2048x809.png 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1100px; aspect-ratio: 1100\/434;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Williams Sides with the Doves<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NY Fed President John Williams, a voting member of the FOMC, sided with the doves Friday morning by assuming the organization will take an increasingly accommodative stance. His comments alluded to labor market vulnerabilities currently overwhelming inflation risks. He also opined that the central bank\u2019s posture is currently modestly restrictive, which sent the odds of the \u201cYes\u201d trade on a rate cut next month from a low of 25% on Thursday to a high of 78% on Friday, a significant swing. The enthusiasm for further easing has tempered at the margins, however, with pricing eventually declining to <a href=\"https:\/\/forecasttrader.interactivebrokers.ie\/eventtrader\/#\/market-details?id=791099755%7C20251210%7C4%7CDecember%202025\">$0.64<\/a> as of press time. Participant interest has been buoyant against the backdrop of elevated volatility, with open contracts tied to the last monetary policy decision of the year at approximately 173k.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"672\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/image-35-1100x672.png\" alt=\"Forecast Contract - Will the Fed lower the rate 25bps in December 2025? \" class=\"wp-image-209656 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/image-35-1100x672.png 1100w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/image-35-700x428.png 700w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/image-35-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/image-35-768x469.png 768w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/image-35.png 1173w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1100px; aspect-ratio: 1100\/672;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Past performance is not indicative of future results.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Source for image: ForecastEx<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Note: Prices are highest bids as of the morning of Nov. 21, 2025.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>To learn more about ForecastEx, view our Traders\u2019 Academy video&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ceR-weGZSXc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em><strong>here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Disclaimer:<br>Forecast Contracts are only available to eligible clients of Interactive Brokers LLC, Interactive Brokers Canada Inc., Interactive Brokers Hong Kong Limited, Interactive Brokers Ireland Limited and Interactive Brokers Singapore Pte. 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