- What is the “Paramount merger/acquisition in Q1?” market asking?
- It asks whether the following will happen: Paramount merger/acquisition in Q1? Traders buy Yes shares if they think it will and No shares if they think it will not.
- What do the Yes and No prices mean?
- At the last observation Yes traded at 0.0¢ and No at 100.0¢. A Yes share pays $1 if the market resolves Yes, so its price is the market's implied probability: 0.0% for Yes and 100.0% for No. The two prices add up to about one dollar.
- How did this market resolve?
- It resolved No on 1 Apr 2024. Trading has stopped; the record of prices, holders and trades stays on this page.
- How does this market resolve?
- This market will resolve to "Yes" if announcement that Paramount Global will be, has been, or is being acquired or merged with by March 31, 2024, 11:59:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to "No". For the purposes of this market, an announcement by Paramount is enough to trigger a "Yes" resolution, regardless of whether the announced acquisition/merger actually occurs. The primary resolution source for this market will be official information from Paramount, an acquirer of Paramount, or a company merging with Paramount, however a consensus of credible reporting may also be used.
- What is the difference between volume, liquidity and open interest?
- Volume is the dollar value of shares traded in a period, liquidity is the dollar value resting in the order book ready to be traded against, and open interest is the value of all shares currently held. Volume measures activity, liquidity measures how easily you can trade, and open interest measures how much is at stake.
