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Bab el-Mandeb Strait effectively closed by August 31?

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6%

Today’s odds

As of July 31, 2026, market-consensus odds put the chance at 6%.

▼ 14 since the previous update. ▼ 14 over the last 7 days. Probabilities are market-consensus forecasts, not predictions.

How the odds have moved

0%25%50%75%100%Jul 20Jul 31Yes — Jul 20: 19%Yes — Jul 31: 6%6%

Every outcome we track

OutcomeJul 20TodayMove
Yes19%6%▼ 14
Full history table
DateYes
2026-07-316%
2026-07-2019%

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Common questions

Bab el-Mandeb Strait effectively closed by August 31 — what are the odds?
As of July 31, 2026, the market-consensus chance is 6%. That is the aggregated judgment of traders with money at stake, reported by The Morning Line — not our own prediction.
Bab el-Mandeb Strait effectively closed by August 31 — have the odds gone up or down?
Down. Over the 2 days we tracked this question, the odds moved from 19% on July 20, 2026 to 6% on July 31, 2026 — a change of 13 points.
Bab el-Mandeb Strait effectively closed by August 31 — what are the highest and lowest odds?
Over 2 tracked days the odds ranged between 6% and 19%. The current reading of 6% sits at the bottom of that range.

About this question

The Morning Line has reported the market-consensus odds on “Bab el-Mandeb Strait effectively closed by August 31” for 2 days, since July 20, 2026. As of July 31, 2026, market-consensus odds sit at 6%. The chance for a yes has fallen from 19% to 6%, ranging between 6% and 19% across that stretch. These are reported probabilities, not our own predictions. This page updates every morning with the full daily history, free to download as JSON or CSV.

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