Motorists purchase gas at a station on June 09, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images With the U.S. and Iran exchanging strikes once again — and the status of when normal traffic flows in the Strait of Hormuz will return in doubt — traders on prediction market platform Kalshi think gas prices will likely still be elevated for longer now. Speculators think there's a 75% chance that gas prices on election day, Nov.