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Kalshi Will the FDA approve drug? Data

Every Kalshi “Will the FDA approve drug?” contract of the day — every trade print and the complete Level-2 book, captured co-located with nanosecond venue and receive timestamps. 172 trading days as day bundles, €1 per day, bought as a guest with instant download.

Trading days
172
Coverage
May 2026 – present
Archive size
40.9 MB
Price per day
€1
Activity & identifier

Will the FDA approve drug? on Kalshi — activity

Trades and USD turnover summed over every contract of the series across 30 captured days to 2026-11-01, from the recorded tick data — the per-day averages divide by the captured days. Buy share, quoted spread (in contract price cents, 0..1 = 100 ¢), best-bid/ask depth and Level-2 update counts are turnover-weighted over the same window.

Series ticker
KXFDAAPPROVE
Avg trades / day
4
Avg turnover / day
$96.38
Captured days
30
Trades (30d)
119
Turnover (30d)
$2.9K
Contracts traded / day
2
Buy share
60 %
Avg spread
7.03 ¢
Top-1 depth
$84.98
L2 updates / day
3.6K
L2 updates / trade
908.5
30d vs prior 30d
−82.3 %
Since 2026-08-09
639 trades · $26.9K
Record day
$6.5K · 2026-09-04
Files on latest day
16
What's in a bundle

One purchase, the whole series for a day

A series-day bundle contains every Will the FDA approve drug? contract that was listed on Kalshi on that UTC day — traded or not — 16 contract files on the latest covered day. Each file carries the full raw feed: every trade print with price, size and side, plus Level-2 order-book updates, in the same zstd-compressed schema as our crypto venues. Event contracts quote 0..1; turnover is USD-normalized.

Coverage runs May 2026 – present — 172 trading days, 40.9 MB compressed in total. A day typically holds 20 contract files (up to 30 on the busiest day, 5.69 MB). Pick individual days in the shop calendar for €1 each; delivery is an instant per-file download or one archive for the whole day.

Month by month

Will the FDA approve drug? — development since capture

639 trades and $26.9K of USD turnover over 85 captured days since 2026-08-09 — record day 2026-09-04 with $6.5K, biggest single contract KXFDAAPPROVE-CAM-26OCT01 (FDAAPPROVE · 26OCT01) (2026-09-07, $4.7K).

MonthDaysTradesTurnover (USD)Avg / dayContracts tradedL2 updatesvs previous month
Nov 2026 (month to date)17$329.34$329.3412.7K—
Oct 202631120$2.7K$87.1262112.9K−84.1 %
Sep 202630370$17.0K$567.89101447.4K+150.2 %
Aug 202623142$6.8K$296.0761171.0K—

Kalshi Will the FDA approve drug? — trades and USD turnover summed per calendar month (UTC) over every contract, from our own daily statistics of the recorded tick data. Days = captured UTC days; a partial month shows no month-over-month change. Contracts traded and L2 (order-book) updates exist for days captured with the extended statistics.

When it trades

Will the FDA approve drug? — activity by weekday

Tuesdays carry the most turnover, about $336.41 per day.

Weekday (UTC)Avg turnover / dayUSDAvg tradesDays
Monday$28.584.754
Tuesday$336.415.754
Wednesday$10.043.54
Thursday$71.913.254
Friday$54.071.754
Saturday$58.8655
Sunday$118.63.65

Kalshi Will the FDA approve drug? — average USD turnover and trades per weekday over the captured days of the last 30, from our own daily statistics; weekdays without a captured day show —.

Daily statistics

Will the FDA approve drug? — last 30 days in the archive

Files, size, contracts traded, trades, USD turnover, buy share, quoted spread, top-of-book depth and order-book updates per UTC day, from the recorded tick data.

UTC dayFilesSizeTradedTradesTurnoverBuy shareAvg spreadTop-1 depthL2 updatesNotes
2026-11-0116131 KB17$329.34100 %8.05 ¢$67.072.7KBuy day →
2026-10-3116111 KB28$51.120 %7.98 ¢$68.732.2KBuy day →
2026-10-3016166 KB11$2.640 %5.51 ¢$2.473.7KBuy day →
2026-10-2916153 KB11$6.40 %5.84 ¢$14.233.3KBuy day →
2026-10-2816123 KB22$2.13100 %8.87 ¢$164.582.7KBuy day →
2026-10-2716157 KB11$1.89100 %8.97 ¢$26.823.5KBuy day →
2026-10-2616168 KB34$23.5151 %9.65 ¢$83.293.9KBuy day →
2026-10-2516129 KB00$0———2.7KBuy day →
2026-10-2416134 KB12$0.1250 %5.96 ¢$114.983.0KBuy day →
2026-10-2316145 KB12$200.7100 %6.74 ¢$67.283.3KBuy day →
2026-10-2216175 KB33$7.5100 %6.44 ¢$60.244.1KBuy day →
2026-10-2116155 KB33$498 %4.41 ¢$49.723.3KBuy day →
2026-10-2016165 KB57$562.879 %5.29 ¢$116.324.0KBuy day →
2026-10-1916165 KB11$0.060 %4.20 ¢$26.093.9KBuy day →
2026-10-1816156 KB12$5.611 %4.62 ¢$9.563.5KBuy day →
2026-10-1716146 KB36$199.14100 %6.06 ¢$16.113.3KBuy day →
2026-10-1616145 KB00$0———3.4KBuy day →
2026-10-1516156 KB12$232.160 %7.88 ¢$191.333.6KBuy day →
2026-10-1416170 KB25$32.3699 %6.11 ¢$57.474.0KBuy day →
2026-10-1316164 KB13$29.76100 %4.70 ¢$70.053.9KBuy day →
2026-10-1216189 KB26$86.55100 %3.88 ¢$64.594.6KBuy day →
2026-10-1116162 KB47$253.510 %5.45 ¢$126.063.7KBuy day →
2026-10-1016144 KB25$38.3438 %7.29 ¢$71.983.2KBuy day →
2026-10-0916176 KB34$12.950 %5.38 ¢$28.284.2KBuy day →
2026-10-0816163 KB37$41.571 %45.8 ¢$88.713.8KBuy day →
2026-10-0716171 KB24$1.6584 %5.63 ¢$7.474.0KBuy day →
2026-10-0616226 KB412$751.1100 %6.81 ¢$55.756.0KBuy day →
2026-10-0516178 KB28$4.224 %3.17 ¢$8.344.2KBuy day →
2026-10-0416152 KB12$4.550 %4.88 ¢$2.133.5KBuy day →
2026-10-0316154 KB24$5.560 %4.21 ¢$15.263.2KBuy day →

Traded = contracts with at least one trade that day. Buy share = taker-buy side of USD turnover. Avg spread = quoted bid-ask spread in contract price cents (0..1 = 100 ¢), weighted by turnover across the day’s contracts. Top-1 depth = mean of the best bid and best ask notional in USD, weighted by turnover. L2 updates = order-book level updates recorded across all contracts of the day. Days captured before the extended statistics show —.

Contracts

Most traded Will the FDA approve drug? contracts by day

The ten contracts with the most USD turnover per UTC day — open, high, low, close, VWAP and the outcome implied by the last print; the six previous days fold out below.

The 1 most traded Will the FDA approve drug? contracts on 2026-11-01 — 0 closed Yes (≥ 0.97), 0 closed No (≤ 0.03), 1 still open at the last print: 7 trades, $329.34 USD turnover. The busiest contract was KXFDAAPPROVE-V940-27OCT01 with $329.34 turnover.

ContractOpenHighLowCloseVWAPImplied outcomeTradesTurnoverBuy shareSpreadTop-1 depthL2 updates
KXFDAAPPROVE-V940-27OCT01 FDAAPPROVE · 27OCT010.5900.9000.5900.7400.742open7$329.34100 %8.05 ¢$67.07323buy file →

Prices quote 0..1 (probability of Yes). Open/high/low/close/VWAP are that UTC day’s trade prints per contract; the implied outcome reads the last print — ≥ 0.97 as Yes, ≤ 0.03 as No, anything between as still open — venues publish the official result. Buy share = taker-buy side of turnover; spread = the contract's turnover-weighted quoted bid-ask spread in cents, top-1 depth = mean best-bid/ask notional per side, L2 updates = order-book level updates recorded for the contract that day. “Settles” is the venue-listed close time of the contract where the venue publishes one (UTC).

2026-10-31 — 2 contracts, 8 trades, $51.12 turnover

The 2 most traded Will the FDA approve drug? contracts on 2026-10-31 — 0 closed Yes (≥ 0.97), 0 closed No (≤ 0.03), 2 still open at the last print: 8 trades, $51.12 USD turnover. The busiest contract was KXFDAAPPROVE-V940-27OCT01 with $49.77 turnover.

ContractOpenHighLowCloseVWAPImplied outcomeTradesTurnoverBuy shareSpreadTop-1 depthL2 updates
KXFDAAPPROVE-V940-27OCT01 FDAAPPROVE · 27OCT010.6900.6900.5900.5900.593open4$49.770 %8.03 ¢$70.47247buy file →
KXFDAAPPROVE-CYT-27JAN01 FDAAPPROVE · 27JAN010.0800.0800.0700.0800.079open4$1.350 %6.03 ¢$4.68135buy file →
2026-10-30 — 1 contract, 1 trades, $2.64 turnover

The 1 most traded Will the FDA approve drug? contracts on 2026-10-30 — 0 closed Yes (≥ 0.97), 0 closed No (≤ 0.03), 1 still open at the last print: 1 trades, $2.64 USD turnover. The busiest contract was KXFDAAPPROVE-CYT-27JAN01 with $2.64 turnover.

ContractOpenHighLowCloseVWAPImplied outcomeTradesTurnoverBuy shareSpreadTop-1 depthL2 updates
KXFDAAPPROVE-CYT-27JAN01 FDAAPPROVE · 27JAN010.0800.0800.0800.0800.080open1$2.640 %5.51 ¢$2.47255buy file →
2026-10-29 — 1 contract, 1 trades, $6.4 turnover

The 1 most traded Will the FDA approve drug? contracts on 2026-10-29 — 0 closed Yes (≥ 0.97), 0 closed No (≤ 0.03), 1 still open at the last print: 1 trades, $6.4 USD turnover. The busiest contract was KXFDAAPPROVE-CYT-27JAN01 with $6.4 turnover.

ContractOpenHighLowCloseVWAPImplied outcomeTradesTurnoverBuy shareSpreadTop-1 depthL2 updates
KXFDAAPPROVE-CYT-27JAN01 FDAAPPROVE · 27JAN010.1500.1500.0800.0800.080open1$6.40 %5.84 ¢$14.23196buy file →
2026-10-28 — 2 contracts, 2 trades, $2.13 turnover

The 2 most traded Will the FDA approve drug? contracts on 2026-10-28 — 0 closed Yes (≥ 0.97), 0 closed No (≤ 0.03), 2 still open at the last print: 2 trades, $2.13 USD turnover. The busiest contract was KXFDAAPPROVE-V940-28JAN01 with $1.99 turnover.

ContractOpenHighLowCloseVWAPImplied outcomeTradesTurnoverBuy shareSpreadTop-1 depthL2 updates
KXFDAAPPROVE-V940-28JAN01 FDAAPPROVE · 28JAN010.9200.9200.9200.9200.920open1$1.99100 %9.00 ¢$17525buy file →
KXFDAAPPROVE-MDMA-27JAN01 FDAAPPROVE · 27JAN010.0600.1300.0600.1300.130open1$0.14100 %6.96 ¢$16.5181buy file →
2026-10-27 — 1 contract, 1 trades, $1.89 turnover

The 1 most traded Will the FDA approve drug? contracts on 2026-10-27 — 0 closed Yes (≥ 0.97), 0 closed No (≤ 0.03), 1 still open at the last print: 1 trades, $1.89 USD turnover. The busiest contract was KXFDAAPPROVE-V940-27JUL01 with $1.89 turnover.

ContractOpenHighLowCloseVWAPImplied outcomeTradesTurnoverBuy shareSpreadTop-1 depthL2 updates
KXFDAAPPROVE-V940-27JUL01 FDAAPPROVE · 27JUL010.0900.1800.0900.1800.180open1$1.89100 %8.97 ¢$26.82158buy file →
2026-10-26 — 3 contracts, 4 trades, $23.51 turnover

The 3 most traded Will the FDA approve drug? contracts on 2026-10-26 — 0 closed Yes (≥ 0.97), 0 closed No (≤ 0.03), 3 still open at the last print: 4 trades, $23.51 USD turnover. The busiest contract was KXFDAAPPROVE-CAG-27JUL01 with $11.52 turnover.

ContractOpenHighLowCloseVWAPImplied outcomeTradesTurnoverBuy shareSpreadTop-1 depthL2 updates
KXFDAAPPROVE-CAG-27JUL01 FDAAPPROVE · 27JUL010.9700.9700.9600.9600.960open2$11.520 %15.4 ¢$75.31558buy file →
KXFDAAPPROVE-CAG-28JAN01 FDAAPPROVE · 28JAN010.9400.9400.9400.9400.940open1$11.28100 %4.00 ¢$95.8259buy file →
KXFDAAPPROVE-CYT-27JAN01 FDAAPPROVE · 27JAN010.0800.1500.0800.1500.150open1$0.71100 %6.15 ¢$14.15211buy file →
Contract anatomy

How a Will the FDA approve drug? contract trades

Listed ahead
8 min
Tick size
0.01
Contracts measured
1
Quoted in
USD

On Kalshi, a Will the FDA approve drug? contract trades until its event settles, is listed roughly 8 min before it opens, and quotes in 1 ¢ price steps (0..1). Measured on the 1 contracts captured on 2026-11-01.

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KXFDAAPPROVE-MDMA-28JAN012026-10-23 (UTC) · 13.0 KB · 2 trades · $200.7 turnover · 0.380 → 0.390Full tick file: every trade print and Level-2 order-book update of the contract on that day, zstd-compressed JSON lines — no account needed.
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Intraday profile

KXFDAAPPROVE-MDMA-28JAN01 minute by minute — 2026-10-23

One-minute open/high/low/close, trades, USD turnover, quoted spread and top-of-book depth of the sample contract — the same 1-minute statistics every instrument’s analytics page offers.

KXFDAAPPROVE-MDMA-28JAN01 traded in 2 of the day’s minutes (19:02–19:03 UTC): 2 trades, $200.7 turnover, opening at 0.380, ranging 0.380–0.390 and closing at 0.390.

0.00.51.019:02 UTC19:03 UTC
Minute (UTC)OpenHighLowCloseTradesTurnoverSpreadTop-1 bid / ask
19:020.3800.3800.3800.3801$5.77.40 ¢$155 / $82.01
19:030.3800.3900.3900.3901$19512.6 ¢$174.47 / $159.29

1-minute statistics computed from the recorded ticks; minutes without a trade are omitted. Spread in contract price cents; top-1 depth = resting notional at the best bid / best ask. Every minute of every day is in the free analytics; the raw ticks are in the sample file above.

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Contract-days traded since 2026-08-09
225

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Kalshi Will the FDA approve drug? data — FAQ

What Kalshi Will the FDA approve drug? data can I download?

Tick-by-tick trades and Level-2 order-book depth for every contract of the Will the FDA approve drug? series on Kalshi (16 contract files on the latest day). One bundle = one UTC day of the whole series.

What is the Kalshi series ticker for Will the FDA approve drug??

KXFDAAPPROVE — every contract of the series carries this prefix in its ticker (followed by the event date and strike). Files in a day bundle are named by the full contract ticker, so a bundle holds every KXFDAAPPROVE-* contract listed that UTC day.

How far back does the Will the FDA approve drug? data go?

Coverage runs May 2026 – present — 172 trading days in total.

What format are the Kalshi files in?

One zstd-compressed text file per contract per UTC day, in the same normalized schema as our crypto venues — see the market-data specification; free samples on the downloads page.

Can I get Kalshi Will the FDA approve drug? data as CSV or Parquet?

Yes — trades export as gzipped CSV or Parquet at no extra cost, with integer microsecond UTC timestamps that load straight into pandas, polars or DuckDB. Kalshi records full order-book depth without a separate BBO stream, so book data ships in the native tick file — the free reader script converts it locally. See the formats overview.

How much does Kalshi Will the FDA approve drug? historical data cost?

€1 per series-day bundle — every contract of the series for that day — no subscription, no minimum order; buy as a guest in the Data Shop and download immediately. Credit packs lower the effective price and never expire.

Do I need an account or a sales call?

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How is the Kalshi Will the FDA approve drug? data captured?

Co-located at the venue, message by message: every Level-2 update and every trade print carries the exchange timestamp and our receive timestamp in integer nanoseconds, an event-id chain makes any gap visible, and one normalized schema across 35+ venues means a parser written for Binance reads these files unchanged. It is the same capture our own high-frequency trading engine runs on — nothing sampled, no top-N cut.

How many Will the FDA approve drug? contracts trade per day on Kalshi?

On average 2 Will the FDA approve drug? contracts had at least one trade per UTC day over the last 30 captured days on Kalshi, with about 3.6K order-book level updates recorded per day. A day bundle contains every contract file of the series for that day.

How liquid are Kalshi Will the FDA approve drug? contracts?

Over the last 30 captured days, the turnover-weighted quoted bid-ask spread was 7.03 ¢ (contracts quote 0..1 = 100 ¢), the mean best-bid/best-ask notional was about $84.98 per side, 60 % of USD turnover was taker-buy. These figures are computed from the recorded Level-2 order books and trade prints — the same data in the day bundles.

What was the most traded Will the FDA approve drug? contract on 2026-11-01?

KXFDAAPPROVE-V940-27OCT01 (FDAAPPROVE · 27OCT01) — $329.34 USD turnover over 7 trades on Kalshi. The 1 most traded contracts of the series did 7 trades and $329.34 that UTC day. Open, high, low, close and VWAP per contract are listed on this page; the tick-level data is in the day bundle.

What was the busiest Will the FDA approve drug? trading day on Kalshi?

2026-09-04, with $6.5K of USD turnover over 55 trades across every Will the FDA approve drug? contract of the day; the busiest full month was Sep 2026 at $17.0K. Since our statistics began on 2026-08-09 the series has recorded 639 trades and $26.9K over 85 captured days; the single biggest contract was KXFDAAPPROVE-CAM-26OCT01 (FDAAPPROVE · 26OCT01) on 2026-09-07 with $4.7K. Any of these days is a downloadable bundle.

Which weekday does Kalshi Will the FDA approve drug? trade most?

Tuesdays — about $336.41 of USD turnover per Tuesday and 47 % of the series' turnover over the 30 captured days to 2026-11-01 on Kalshi, summed from every trade print of the series' contracts. The weekday profile on this page shows all seven days; the day bundles carry the full tape behind them.

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