توقع: Strait of Hormuz traffic returns to normal by December 31?

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Market context

Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is still being judged against a depressed base, with Reuters reporting in April that flows were running at less than 10% of typical volumes and only seven vessels had passed in the prior 24 hours versus a normal flow of around 140. That matters for this market because the trigger is not a vague reopening, but a sustained IMF PortWatch 7-day moving average of **60 or more** transit calls, which is a much higher bar than a few days of better headlines. [16][1]

Comparable moves in this contract family suggest traders are reacting to the timing of any normalisation rather than the headline direction of travel. CNBC reported in July that Kalshi traders saw just a 43% chance of traffic normalising by 1 December, while Polymarket priced the year-end version at about 59% YES, broadly in line with the current 59% crowd-implied probability here. Earlier reporting also showed that even after a ceasefire, analysts expected a gradual rebuild in traffic rather than an immediate snap-back, because backlog clearing and insurer caution can lag any political deal. [2][12][15]

The main catalysts are therefore diplomatic and operational: any Iran-U.S. or regional security announcement, changes to naval posture, and whether commercial carriers and insurers regain confidence quickly enough to lift daily arrivals on IMF PortWatch. Reuters noted in June that tanker traffic had started to pick up after a renewed closure scare, which shows how sensitive the route remains to fresh conflict headlines, but the market will only resolve on published PortWatch data, not on sentiment alone. [18][1][19]

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