Will DAT dry van contract rates show month-over-month growth in April, May, AND June 2026?
Contract rates have been underwater for 30+ months. Three consecutive months of MoM growth would be the strongest signal yet that the market has...
Early forecasts on this market can earn up to +25.0 bonus points if your prediction is correct.
The bonus window spans about 257 days between market open and close, with the largest bonus available to the earliest correct forecasts.
January 31, 2027
$2.00/mi - $3.60/mi
Resolves to the FreightWaves SONAR VCRPMF.USA December 2026 monthly print, in dollars per mile to two decimals. VCRPMF.USA is the national average contract van rate per mile, final reporting. If FreightWaves has not published a December 2026 monthly figure by the resolution deadline, the closest equivalent monthly reading (e.g., a quarterly average covering December) is used. In the event the index is discontinued or renamed, resolution uses the closest available successor metric.
VCRPMF.USA is FreightWaves SONAR's national average contract van rate, final reporting basis, expressed as dollars per mile. The April 2026 monthly print was $2.48. This market resolves to the December 2026 monthly print. For historical context, VCRPMF ran in the low $2.20s during stretches of the 2023 freight recession and reached the low $3 range during the 2021 boom.
Active markets come first, followed by recently resolved calls from the same category.
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Early forecasts on this market can earn up to +25.0 bonus points if your prediction is correct.
The bonus window spans about 257 days between market open and close, with the largest bonus available to the earliest correct forecasts.
January 31, 2027
$2.00/mi - $3.60/mi
Resolves to the FreightWaves SONAR VCRPMF.USA December 2026 monthly print, in dollars per mile to two decimals. VCRPMF.USA is the national average contract van rate per mile, final reporting. If FreightWaves has not published a December 2026 monthly figure by the resolution deadline, the closest equivalent monthly reading (e.g., a quarterly average covering December) is used. In the event the index is discontinued or renamed, resolution uses the closest available successor metric.
VCRPMF.USA is FreightWaves SONAR's national average contract van rate, final reporting basis, expressed as dollars per mile. The April 2026 monthly print was $2.48. This market resolves to the December 2026 monthly print. For historical context, VCRPMF ran in the low $2.20s during stretches of the 2023 freight recession and reached the low $3 range during the 2021 boom.
Active markets come first, followed by recently resolved calls from the same category.