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Kalshi KXU3MAX — Unemployment spike Data

Every Kalshi “Unemployment spike” contract of the day — every trade print and the complete Level-2 book, captured co-located with nanosecond venue and receive timestamps. 203 trading days as day bundles, €1 per day, bought as a guest with instant download.

Trading days
203
Coverage
March 2026 – present
Archive size
142 MB
Price per day
€1
Activity & identifier

Unemployment spike on Kalshi — activity

Trades and USD turnover summed over every contract of the series across 30 captured days to 2026-09-22, 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
KXU3MAX
Avg trades / day
18
Avg turnover / day
$76.44
Captured days
30
Trades (30d)
539
Turnover (30d)
$2.3K
Contracts traded / day
4
Buy share
64 %
Avg spread
2.86 ¢
Top-1 depth
$85.66
L2 updates / day
82.7K
30d vs prior 30d
−70.8 %
Since 2026-08-09
653 trades · $6.2K
Record day
$2.0K · 2026-08-16
Files on latest day
24
What's in a bundle

One purchase, the whole series for a day

A series-day bundle contains every Unemployment spike contract that was listed on Kalshi on that UTC day — traded or not — 24 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 March 2026 – present — 203 trading days, 142 MB compressed in total. A day typically holds 22 contract files (up to 24 on the busiest day, 9.00 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

Unemployment spike — development since capture

653 trades and $6.2K of USD turnover over 45 captured days since 2026-08-09 — record day 2026-08-16 with $2.0K, biggest single contract KXU3MAX-27-4.5 (2026-08-16, $2.0K).

MonthDaysTradesTurnover (USD)Avg / dayContracts tradedL2 updatesvs previous month
Sep 2026 (month to date)22381$1.7K$79.07891.6M
Aug 202623272$4.5K$194.62741.2M

Kalshi Unemployment spike — 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

Unemployment spike — activity by weekday

Fridays carry the most turnover, about $158.19 per day.

Weekday (UTC)Avg turnover / dayUSDAvg tradesDays
Monday$28.1713.85
Tuesday$68.1221.85
Wednesday$33.2126.254
Thursday$107.4110.54
Friday$158.1922.254
Saturday$111.7621.754
Sunday$42.369.54

Kalshi Unemployment spike — 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

Unemployment spike — 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
2026-09-22245.11 MB514$11.2460 %2.92 ¢$25.92195.8KBuy day →
2026-09-21243.98 MB718$17.4494 %2.93 ¢$138.33146.1KBuy day →
2026-09-20246.02 MB39$141.65100 %2.43 ¢$2.49221.4KBuy day →
2026-09-19243.96 MB682$444.1887 %4.38 ¢$23.12142.5KBuy day →
2026-09-18244.02 MB870$594.3862 %2.40 ¢$29.02111.2KBuy day →
2026-09-1724545 KB412$100.5495 %2.62 ¢$13.8614.0KBuy day →
2026-09-1624323 KB843$33.0644 %2.42 ¢$48.757.9KBuy day →
2026-09-1524261 KB416$6.5686 %3.57 ¢$213.736.2KBuy day →
2026-09-14241.82 MB25$19.5957 %2.98 ¢$58.4163.2KBuy day →
2026-09-13244.11 MB28$19.9198 %2.86 ¢$2.99149.8KBuy day →
2026-09-1224165 KB14$1.9397 %2.78 ¢$2.191.9KBuy day →
2026-09-11241.16 MB34$3.7553 %2.91 ¢$7.5434.4KBuy day →
2026-09-1024493 KB39$7.8276 %10.6 ¢$29.2614.4KBuy day →
2026-09-0924675 KB29$4.1133 %2.46 ¢$4.8621.6KBuy day →
2026-09-0824792 KB312$10.3777 %2.93 ¢$2.4125.1KBuy day →
2026-09-0724141 KB00$02.4KBuy day →
2026-09-0624136 KB33$2.210 %2.69 ¢$7.992.5KBuy day →
2026-09-0524696 KB00$024.0KBuy day →
2026-09-04241.62 MB36$24.0697 %3.17 ¢$332.2759.8KBuy day →
2026-09-03242.67 MB34$206.25 %0.67 ¢$97.1596.9KBuy day →
2026-09-02246.69 MB1440$75.0756 %5.82 ¢$279.18258.0KBuy day →
2026-09-0124502 KB513$15.5236 %2.61 ¢$19.1714.9KBuy day →
2026-08-31242.22 MB411$82.5499 %2.29 ¢$7.3680.5KBuy day →
2026-08-30241.81 MB518$5.658 %0.89 ¢$101.5366.2KBuy day →
2026-08-29241.84 MB11$0.94100 %3.79 ¢$158.5467.6KBuy day →
2026-08-28241.99 MB39$10.5789 %2.93 ¢$344.2257.1KBuy day →
2026-08-27241.08 MB417$115.097 %4.32 ¢$24.6229.4KBuy day →
2026-08-26242.37 MB313$20.580 %3.37 ¢$255.7577.7KBuy day →
2026-08-25244.07 MB554$296.9362 %1.96 ¢$316.59145.2KBuy day →
2026-08-24249.00 MB635$21.2843 %2.49 ¢$168.15341.9KBuy 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 Unemployment spike 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 5 most traded Unemployment spike contracts on 2026-09-22 — 0 closed Yes (≥ 0.97), 1 closed No (≤ 0.03), 4 still open at the last print: 14 trades, $11.24 USD turnover. The busiest contract was KXU3MAX-27-4.8 with $9.01 turnover.

ContractOpenHighLowCloseVWAPImplied outcomeTradesTurnoverBuy share
KXU3MAX-27-4.80.2100.2100.1800.1800.190open3$9.0153 %buy file →
KXU3MAX-27-50.0720.0720.0720.0720.072open2$1.23100 %buy file →
KXU3MAX-27-100.0360.0370.0140.0140.025No7$0.5173 %buy file →
KXU3MAX-27-60.0570.0570.0460.0460.046open1$0.46100 %buy file →
KXU3MAX-27-4.50.2100.2100.1900.1900.190open1$0.030 %buy 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.

2026-09-217 contracts, 18 trades, $17.44 turnover

The 7 most traded Unemployment spike contracts on 2026-09-21 — 0 closed Yes (≥ 0.97), 1 closed No (≤ 0.03), 6 still open at the last print: 18 trades, $17.44 USD turnover. The busiest contract was KXU3MAX-27-4.8 with $5.65 turnover.

ContractOpenHighLowCloseVWAPImplied outcomeTradesTurnoverBuy share
KXU3MAX-27-4.80.2200.2200.0900.2100.173open6$5.65100 %buy file →
KXU3MAX-27-50.0740.0740.0720.0720.072open1$4.7100 %buy file →
KXU3MAX-27-4.50.2100.2100.1800.2100.199open3$2.966 %buy file →
KXU3MAX-27-60.0560.0570.0560.0570.057open3$1.87100 %buy file →
KXU3MAX-27-5.50.0300.0500.0300.0500.044open2$1.87100 %buy file →
KXU3MAX-27-70.0410.0410.0400.0400.040open1$0.4100 %buy file →
KXU3MAX-27-200.0020.0020.0020.0020.002No2$0.050 %buy file →
2026-09-203 contracts, 9 trades, $141.65 turnover

The 3 most traded Unemployment spike contracts on 2026-09-20 — 0 closed Yes (≥ 0.97), 0 closed No (≤ 0.03), 3 still open at the last print: 9 trades, $141.65 USD turnover. The busiest contract was KXU3MAX-27-7 with $140.54 turnover.

ContractOpenHighLowCloseVWAPImplied outcomeTradesTurnoverBuy share
KXU3MAX-27-70.0330.0410.0330.0410.040open7$140.54100 %buy file →
KXU3MAX-27-4.50.2000.2100.2000.2100.210open1$0.95100 %buy file →
KXU3MAX-27-50.0830.0830.0740.0740.074open1$0.160 %buy file →
2026-09-196 contracts, 82 trades, $444.18 turnover

The 6 most traded Unemployment spike contracts on 2026-09-19 — 0 closed Yes (≥ 0.97), 2 closed No (≤ 0.03), 4 still open at the last print: 82 trades, $444.18 USD turnover. The busiest contract was KXU3MAX-27-4.8 with $244.9 turnover.

ContractOpenHighLowCloseVWAPImplied outcomeTradesTurnoverBuy share
KXU3MAX-27-4.80.0300.5100.0300.2200.249open46$244.978 %buy file →
KXU3MAX-27-70.0320.0330.0320.0330.033open3$139.55100 %buy file →
KXU3MAX-27-4.50.1700.2000.1700.2000.181open25$51.46100 %buy file →
KXU3MAX-27-50.0780.1050.0780.0830.097open5$7.1492 %buy file →
KXU3MAX-27-5.50.0400.0400.0300.0300.033No2$0.990 %buy file →
KXU3MAX-27-6.50.0300.0300.0300.0300.030No1$0.14100 %buy file →
2026-09-188 contracts, 70 trades, $594.38 turnover

The 8 most traded Unemployment spike contracts on 2026-09-18 — 0 closed Yes (≥ 0.97), 1 closed No (≤ 0.03), 7 still open at the last print: 70 trades, $594.38 USD turnover. The busiest contract was KXU3MAX-27-5.5 with $204.94 turnover.

ContractOpenHighLowCloseVWAPImplied outcomeTradesTurnoverBuy share
KXU3MAX-27-5.50.0800.0900.0300.0400.040open14$204.941 %buy file →
KXU3MAX-27-60.0370.0870.0370.0380.061open5$140.86100 %buy file →
KXU3MAX-27-70.0250.0350.0250.0350.034open3$140.5100 %buy file →
KXU3MAX-27-4.80.0800.1500.0300.0300.064No15$61.2574 %buy file →
KXU3MAX-27-50.0670.1050.0410.1050.083open15$23.1899 %buy file →
KXU3MAX-27-4.50.1700.1800.1500.1500.169open14$21.2880 %buy file →
KXU3MAX-27-100.0330.0870.0330.0870.058open3$1.87100 %buy file →
KXU3MAX-27-80.0330.0330.0330.0330.033open1$0.50 %buy file →
2026-09-174 contracts, 12 trades, $100.54 turnover

The 4 most traded Unemployment spike contracts on 2026-09-17 — 0 closed Yes (≥ 0.97), 1 closed No (≤ 0.03), 3 still open at the last print: 12 trades, $100.54 USD turnover. The busiest contract was KXU3MAX-27-5 with $93.83 turnover.

ContractOpenHighLowCloseVWAPImplied outcomeTradesTurnoverBuy share
KXU3MAX-27-50.0220.0670.0220.0670.065open8$93.83100 %buy file →
KXU3MAX-27-60.0100.0380.0100.0370.037open2$3.750 %buy file →
KXU3MAX-27-4.50.1700.1800.1700.1800.180open1$1.71100 %buy file →
KXU3MAX-27-70.0030.0250.0030.0250.025No1$1.250 %buy file →
2026-09-168 contracts, 43 trades, $33.06 turnover

The 8 most traded Unemployment spike contracts on 2026-09-16 — 0 closed Yes (≥ 0.97), 6 closed No (≤ 0.03), 2 still open at the last print: 43 trades, $33.06 USD turnover. The busiest contract was KXU3MAX-27-4.5 with $11.04 turnover.

ContractOpenHighLowCloseVWAPImplied outcomeTradesTurnoverBuy share
KXU3MAX-27-4.50.2000.2000.1700.1700.182open7$11.0447 %buy file →
KXU3MAX-27-60.0200.0290.0100.0100.013No15$9.6110 %buy file →
KXU3MAX-27-4.80.0800.0800.0800.0800.080open2$7.52100 %buy file →
KXU3MAX-27-70.0110.0110.0030.0030.008No6$2.60 %buy file →
KXU3MAX-27-50.0220.0520.0220.0220.025No5$1.4118 %buy file →
KXU3MAX-27-90.0300.0310.0140.0140.022No4$0.6968 %buy file →
KXU3MAX-27-100.0140.0140.0140.0140.014No2$0.110 %buy file →
KXU3MAX-27-80.0140.0140.0110.0110.013No2$0.080 %buy file →
Contract anatomy

How a Unemployment spike contract trades

Listed ahead
35 days
Tick size
0.001
Contracts measured
5
Quoted in
USD

On Kalshi, a Unemployment spike contract trades until its event settles, is listed roughly 35 days before it opens, and quotes in 0.1 ¢ price steps (0..1). Measured on the 5 contracts captured on 2026-09-22.

Free sample

Try a Unemployment spike contract file for free

The busiest contract of a settled day, byte-identical to the files in the paid bundle — download the native tick file, a CSV/Parquet export, or replay its order book in the browser.

KXU3MAX-27-52026-09-13 (UTC) · 104 KB · 5 trades · $19.53 turnover · 0.050 → 0.023Full 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

KXU3MAX-27-5 minute by minute — 2026-09-13

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.

KXU3MAX-27-5 traded in 2 of the day’s minutes (00:4415:31 UTC): 5 trades, $19.53 turnover, opening at 0.050, ranging 0.0230.053 and closing at 0.023.

0.00.51.000:44 UTC15:31 UTC
Minute (UTC)OpenHighLowCloseTradesTurnoverSpreadTop-1 bid / ask
00:440.0500.0530.0500.0534$19.453.14 ¢$0.57 / $2.64
15:310.0530.0230.0230.0231$0.082.78 ¢$0.69 / $1.12

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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Why buy Kalshi Unemployment spike data here

Four things every page on this site is built on — and the reason the numbers above exist at all.

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Institutional grade

Captured co-located at the venue with the exchange timestamp and our receive timestamp in integer nanoseconds, an event-id chain that makes any gap visible, and one normalized schema across 35+ venues — the same capture our own high-frequency trading engine and enterprise feeds run on.

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FAQ

Kalshi Unemployment spike data — FAQ

What Kalshi Unemployment spike data can I download?

Tick-by-tick trades and Level-2 order-book depth for every contract of the Unemployment spike series on Kalshi (24 contract files on the latest day). One bundle = one UTC day of the whole series.

What is the Kalshi series ticker for Unemployment spike?

KXU3MAX — 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 KXU3MAX-* contract listed that UTC day.

How far back does the Unemployment spike data go?

Coverage runs March 2026 – present — 203 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 Unemployment spike 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 Unemployment spike 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?

No. Pick the Unemployment spike series-days in the Data Shop, pay by card as a guest and download immediately — no subscription, no minimum order, no KYC, no enterprise contract, no sales call. Coding agents buy the same bundles through the MCP server.

How is the Kalshi Unemployment spike 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 Unemployment spike contracts trade per day on Kalshi?

On average 4 Unemployment spike contracts had at least one trade per UTC day over the last 30 captured days on Kalshi, with about 82.7K order-book level updates recorded per day. A day bundle contains every contract file of the series for that day.

How liquid are Kalshi Unemployment spike contracts?

Over the last 30 captured days, the turnover-weighted quoted bid-ask spread was 2.86 ¢ (contracts quote 0..1 = 100 ¢), the mean best-bid/best-ask notional was about $85.66 per side, 64 % 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 Unemployment spike contract on 2026-09-22?

KXU3MAX-27-4.8 — $9.01 USD turnover over 3 trades on Kalshi. The 5 most traded contracts of the series did 14 trades and $11.24 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 Unemployment spike trading day on Kalshi?

2026-08-16, with $2.0K of USD turnover over 18 trades across every Unemployment spike contract of the day; the busiest full month was Aug 2026 at $4.5K. Since our statistics began on 2026-08-09 the series has recorded 653 trades and $6.2K over 45 captured days; the single biggest contract was KXU3MAX-27-4.5 on 2026-08-16 with $2.0K. Any of these days is a downloadable bundle.

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