In temperature prediction markets, only ONE bucket can win.
That means your winning leg has to pay for every leg that lost. This single fact determines whether a ladder makes money or quietly bleeds.
Here's how to think about it:
Temperature markets slice outcomes into 1-degree buckets. Even a solid model assigns only ~25-35% to the single most-likely bucket β meaning you lose two-thirds of the time on near-misses. Your read was right. The bucket was just too narrow.
Laddering fixes this: spread smaller bets across 2-4 neighboring buckets. You win whenever the high lands anywhere in the cluster. Higher hit rate, smoother outcomes.
But the math has a gate.
Break-even by number of legs:
β 2 legs: price per leg must be β€ 0.50
β 3 legs: β€ 0.33
β 4 legs: β€ 0.25
The real rule in one line:
Ξ£(leg prices) < Ξ£(your modeled probability for those buckets)
Illustrative example: a 3-bucket cluster where your model gives 0.22 / 0.30 / 0.22 (sum: 0.74) and the market prices them at 0.15 / 0.22 / 0.16 (sum: 0.53). Edge = +0.21. Hit rate ~74% vs ~30% for the single-bucket bet.
Why does this edge exist? Ensemble weather models are underdispersive β they underestimate outcome spread. Markets follow the models. So neighboring buckets are often collectively underpriced.
Practical rules:
β Every leg must be individually +EV
β Keep legs β€ ~0.30β0.35. Never ladder near 0.50
β Require Ξ£(prob) β Ξ£(price) β₯ 0.08 minimum
β Cap at ~3 contiguous legs
β Judge at cluster level β most legs lose by design
Laddering doesn't create edge. It captures edge that's already there. The legs just have to be cheap enough for one win to carry the rest.
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