NOSTRADAMUS · Position Analytics Engine
SIMULATOR Uruguay
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A live, interactive instrument for dissecting a single binary position. Sweep the inputs and watch every indicator recompute — payoff geometry, Kelly growth, Bayesian posterior, KL divergence, cost waterfall, Monte-Carlo equity fan, forecast calibration. Companion to the live /feed/hl-pred-uruguay-312 page.
▲ YES EDGE · +0.002 · f★ 0.6% · deploy 0.3% · net -0.56pp
§1 · Position economics
YES · Expected P/L per share +0.0019@ model P(YES) = 0.668
P/L per sharemarket pricemodel Pprofit zoneloss zone
Profit is linear in the eventual settlement price.
f★ = 0.56% · g(f★) = 0.001%deploy 0.28% · g = 0.001%
g(f)f★ optimumdeployed fgrowth zone
Underbet leaves growth on the table; overbet destroys capital. The interior maximum is f★.
§2 · The trade ticket
YES @ 0.666 · EV +$0stake $70 · 0.28% of bankroll
Deployed stakestake
$70
0.28% of bankroll
Sharesunits
105
each pays $1 if YES
Max payoutwin
$105
gross, if win
Max profitwin
+$35
net of cost
Max losslose
-$70
binary settles to $0
Payout multiple×
×1.50
$1 → $1.50
Risk:RewardR:R
0.50 : 1
win $0.50 per $1
Expected P/LE[P/L]
+$0
probability-weighted
| Outcome | P(model) | P/L | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Resolves YES (win) | 66.8% | +$35 | +$23 |
| Resolves against (lose) | 33.2% | -$70 | -$23 |
| Expected value | 100.0% | — | +$0 |
What you actually win and lose. The bottom table tabulates probability-weighted P/L by outcome.
§3 · Break-even & cushion
Cushion +0.2 pprelative edge +0.3%
Required win ratebreak-even
66.6%
price = implied probability
Model win rateP(win)
66.8%
what you forecast
Cushionedge
+0.2 pp
margin of safety
Fair pricemodel
0.668
where you think it should trade
The market price equals the win rate you must beat to make money.
§4 · Odds conversion
Implied probabilityP
66.6%
= price
Decimal oddsEU
1.502
total return per $1
AmericanUS
-199
risk $199 to win $100
FractionalUK
0.50 / 1
profit per $1 risked
Profit per $100stake
+$50.19
clean dollar framing
underdog (+)favorite (-)your price
Five views of the same number.
§4b · Time & annualized return
APR 5% · APY 5%ROI 0.3% over 21d · 17.4 turns/yr
Time to resolvehorizon
21.0 d
504h capital lockup
Raw ROIper resolve
+0.3%
APR (simple)scaled
+5%
ROI × 365/days
APY (compounded)if redeployed
+5%
(1+ROI)^(365/d) − 1
Daily expectedper day
+0.01%
geometric, per day held
Capital turns/yrvelocity
×17.4
how often this slot recycles
simple APRcompounded APYyour horizon
Rank positions by APR, not raw ROI. A thin edge tomorrow beats a fat edge next year.
§5 · Costs & net edge
Net edge -0.56 pperosion 402% · break-even w/ fees 67.3%
gross edgefrictionnet edgefee 0 bps · spread 1.50¢
The number that decides whether to trade.
§6 · Sizing menu
Full Kellyf★
$140
0.56% · g = 0.001%
Half Kelly½ f★
$70
0.28% · g = 0.001%
Quarter Kelly¼ f★
$35
0.14% · g = 0.000%
Flat 1%1%
$250
1.00% · g = 0.000%
Flat 2%2%
$500
2.00% · g = -0.004%
Flat 5%5%
$1,250
5.00% · g = -0.050%
Recommended¼ f★
$35
survives model error
Quarter-Kelly is the industry default — survives model error far better than full Kelly.
§7 · Information theory
Market entropyH(p)
0.919 bit
max 1.0 at p = 0.5
Your entropyH(q)
0.917 bit
Δ -0.002 bit vs market
Surprise · YES−log₂ p
0.59 bit
self-information
Surprise · NO−log₂(1−p)
1.58 bit
self-information
H(p) peaks at p = 0.5 (one bit of irreducible doubt).
NOISE · D_KL(q ‖ p) = 0.0000 nat (0.0000 bit)belief ≈ market — stand down
YES contributionNO contributionbelief ‖ marketnoise
Zero KL ⇒ you know nothing the crowd doesn't.
§8 · Bayesian inference
MARKET PRICE INSIDE 95% CIposterior μ 0.668 · CI [0.55, 0.78] · κ 60.6
Posterior meanE[θ]
0.668
Beta(40.5, 20.1)
95% credible intervalHDI
[0.55, 0.78]
price INSIDE → weak edge
Concentrationκ
60.6
pseudo-obs behind belief
Disagreementvs crowd
+0.2 pp
posterior − price
market prior (dashed)model posterior95% credible bandmarket price
When the market price falls outside the 95% credible interval, your disagreement is statistically meaningful.
§9 · Tail risk · Monte-Carlo (mode A · single position to resolution)
E[P/L] -8.0% · P(YES) 61.3% · VaR₉₅ 100.0%400 paths · 504 bars to resolution
Expected P/Lper $1
-8.01%
P(YES) empiricalq
61.3%
Best pathmax
+50.2%
Worst pathmin
-100.0%
VaR 95%5%
100.0%
CVaR 95%ES
100.0%
median path25/75 + 5/95 bandsentry pricemodel q
Logit-space mean-reverting walk + terminal flip with probability q. Answers: 'what happens to THIS one position'. Distinct from the repeated-edge fan below.
§9b · Tail risk · Monte-Carlo (mode B · repeated independent edges)
Median CAGR/bet -0.00% · ruin rate 0.0%400 paths × 120 bets · f deploy 0.50%
Sharpe / betμ/σ
0.002
μ 0.00% · σ 0.4%
Sortino / betμ/σ↓
0.001
downside-only denominator
VaR 95%5%
-0.5%
per-bet worst-case
CVaR 95%ES
-0.5%
mean tail loss
Max drawdownMDD
-0.7%
Calmar -0.00
Ruin rate≤50%
0.0%
P(equity ever ≤ 50%)
median25/75 band5/95 bandruin line
Answers a different question: 'if I could find this exact edge forever, what is the bankroll trajectory'. Compounds 120 sequential resolutions which is NOT what happens to a single position.
§10 · Base-rate & macro context
ANCHORED · supported by convictionanchor gap +21.5pp · crowd gap +21.3pp
Anchor gapmodel − base
+21.5 pp
Crowd gapprice − base
+21.3 pp
Verdictdiscipline
ANCHORED
Reference-class anchoring prevents narrative-driven blowups.
§11 · Forecast quality (synthetic ledger)
SKILL POSITIVE · in-sample BSS 17.8% · AUC 0.755out-of-sample BSS (5-fold) 17.9% ± 2.3% · Brier 0.2055 · log-loss 0.6125 · n 1600✓ n = 1600
BrierBS
0.2055
lower = better · ō 0.50
BSSvs base
17.8%
improvement over base rate
ReliabilityREL
0.0061
miscalibration · want ↓
ResolutionRES
0.0498
decisiveness · want ↑
Log lossLL
0.6125
cross-entropy
AUCROC
0.755
0.5 coin · 1.0 oracle
calibration curveROCUNC (irreducible)RES (skill, ↑)REL (miscalib, ↓)
Computed on a seeded synthetic forecast ledger. Reseed (⟳) to redraw.
§12 · Journal vitals (synthetic ledger)
PROFITABLE · PF 1.12 · expectancy +0.061R180 trades · win 50.0% · Sharpe 0.047
Total P/Lnet
+$2,759
on $45,000 cycled
Win ratehit %
50.0%
90 W / 90 L
Profit factorPF
1.12
$ won / $ lost
Expectancyper trade
+$15.33
avg $ per position
R-expectancyper risk
+0.061R
in units of risk taken
Avg win / losspayoff
$280.66 / -$250.00
ratio 1.12 : 1
Sharpe / traderisk-adj
0.047
μR / σR
Closing line valueCLV
+2.60 pp
avg edge vs close
cumulative P/Lprofitable zonered zonesynthetic · seeded from asset
The scorecard every trader checks. Synthetic ledger seeded from the asset slug — recomputes against your real fill history once wired.