Mispriced Kalshi Contract: Condiment Bar
Our model was right to flag this. It was also too conservative.
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Kalshi traders currently have the odds of “Condiment Bar” being said on the upcoming Starbucks earning call at a 76% chance. We believe these odds are drastically overstated. We utilized our machine learning system, and social sentiment analysis to provide First Strike readers more accurate odds for this market.
Our analysis examines why keyword frequency models—including systematic quantitative approaches—may be overestimating this particular contract.
The Surface-Level Pattern
First Strike Research maintains API access to every single public facing companies earning calls transcripts, and our machine learning system poured over the data:
Across 48 Starbucks earnings calls (2014–2025), “condiment bar” received zero mentions for approximately a decade
The phrase then appeared in four of the last five quarters
A basic recency-weighted model interprets this as an upward trend
Current Kalshi YES pricing sits around 76¢, implying a high probability that “condiment bar” has become a fixture of Starbucks’ quarterly script. We believe this to be false (at-least going forward.)
Why This Matters Beyond One Trade
Obviously, our model which is trained on historical mention frequencies cannot easily detect when a talking point has transitioned from “forward-looking initiative” to “completed checkbox.” The model notes rising mentions and extrapolates continued discussion.
So in turn we layer qualitative analysis—event timing, social sentiment, and management communication patterns—on top of statistical frameworks.
First Strike’s proprietary machine learning system has the probability for “Condiment Bar” being said at:
31.6% - YES which equates to a roughly 40% over-confidence premium applied to the contract on the numbers alone. When we drill into the social sentiment we’ve found the true odds of them saying Condiment bar even lower. This is based on social head-winds, and business trends we’ve found through our research.
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DISCLOSURE:
The author of this article holds the following position:
kxearningsmentionsbux-26jun30- “CONDIMENT BAR” - NO
