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_WTA
On Saturday, May 3rd, 2025, the IEM liquidated all contracts in the 2025 Canadian Federal Election WTA 2025 market. Each LIB25_WTA contract was liquidated for $1, all other contracts expired worthless. Proceeds from this liquidation were added to traders' cash balances.
5/3/25 - Liquidation of CAN25_WTA See Details...