{"id":6247,"date":"2026-08-07T10:10:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T08:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propaccount.com\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=6247"},"modified":"2026-08-07T10:10:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T08:10:34","slug":"what-are-event-contracts","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/propaccount.com\/fr\/resources\/glossary\/what-are-event-contracts\/","title":{"rendered":"Que Sont les Contrats d'\u00c9v\u00e9nement ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Contrats \u00e9v\u00e9nementiels<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> sont des instruments financiers qui versent un montant fixe bas\u00e9 sur le r\u00e9sultat oui ou non d'un \u00e9v\u00e9nement r\u00e9el sp\u00e9cifique. Chaque contrat a une question d\u00e9finie et une date d'expiration, \u00e0 laquelle il est r\u00e9gl\u00e9 pour sa pleine valeur si le r\u00e9sultat est oui, ou z\u00e9ro s'il est non. Des march\u00e9s existent dans les domaines de la politique, de l'\u00e9conomie, du sport, de la m\u00e9t\u00e9o et des \u00e9v\u00e9nements culturels, donnant aux traders une exposition \u00e0 des r\u00e9sultats que les instruments financiers traditionnels ne valorisent pas directement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Les contrats \u00e9v\u00e9nementiels se n\u00e9gocient sur des march\u00e9s de pr\u00e9diction, qui sont des bourses o\u00f9 les positions oui et non sont cot\u00e9es s\u00e9par\u00e9ment avec des prix \u00e9voluant entre $0 et $1 \u00e0 mesure que de nouvelles informations modifient la probabilit\u00e9 per\u00e7ue de chaque r\u00e9sultat. Un contrat dont le prix est de $0.60 pour le oui implique la vision collective du march\u00e9 selon laquelle le r\u00e9sultat oui a une probabilit\u00e9 de 60%. Les traders peuvent prendre l'un ou l'autre c\u00f4t\u00e9, conserver jusqu'\u00e0 l'expiration pour le r\u00e8glement fixe, ou acheter et vendre \u00e0 mesure que les prix \u00e9voluent.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Les contrats \u00e9v\u00e9nementiels sont devenus l'une des classes d'actifs \u00e0 la croissance la plus rapide dans le trading de d\u00e9tail, motiv\u00e9e en partie par l'accessibilit\u00e9 du produit et en partie par l'\u00e9ventail des march\u00e9s disponibles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"glossary-category":[131],"class_list":["post-6247","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry","glossary-category-trader-glossary"],"acf":{"target_keyword":"Event contracts","glossary_post_image":"","key_takeaway":"Key Takeaway","key_takeaway_description":"Event contracts are yes-or-no financial instruments that pay a fixed amount based on the outcome of a defined real-world event. They trade on prediction markets at prices between $0 and $1, reflecting the probability of the yes outcome.","faq":"<b>What kinds of events can event contracts cover?<\/b>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The range includes political outcomes such as elections and legislation, economic releases such as central bank rate decisions and inflation prints, sports outcomes, weather events, cultural milestones, and any other outcome with a defined resolution point. Prediction markets add new contracts as demand emerges around specific events.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>How is the price of an event contract determined?<\/b>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prices move between $0 and $1 based on the market's collective view of how likely the yes outcome is. A contract priced at $0.30 for yes implies a 30% probability. Prices update in real time as new information becomes available and as traders buy and sell the yes and no sides.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>How are event contracts different from other trading instruments?<\/b>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Event contracts have a defined outcome and a scheduled resolution date, whereas most other trading instruments trade continuously without a set endpoint. Prices are bounded between $0 and $1 rather than moving freely, and the value is determined by a specific real-world outcome rather than ongoing supply and demand for an underlying asset.<\/span>"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propaccount.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/6247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propaccount.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propaccount.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propaccount.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"glossary-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propaccount.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary-category?post=6247"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}