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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/pm-iran-agrees-to-end-enrichment-of-uranium-by-june-30 page.
▲ YES EDGE · +0.025 · f★ 3.9% · deploy 1.9% · net 1.71pp
§1 · Position economics
YES · Expected P/L per share +0.0246@ model P(YES) = 0.395
P/L per sharemarket pricemodel Pprofit zoneloss zone
Profit is linear in the eventual settlement price.
f★ = 3.90% · g(f★) = 0.128%deploy 1.95% · g = 0.096%
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 @ 0.370 · EV +$32stake $487 · 1.95% of bankroll
Deployed stakestake
$487
1.95% of bankroll
Sharesunits
1,317
each pays $1 if YES
Max payoutwin
$1,317
gross, if win
Max profitwin
+$830
net of cost
Max losslose
-$487
binary settles to $0
Payout multiple×
×2.70
$1 → $2.70
Risk:RewardR:R
1.70 : 1
win $1.70 per $1
Expected P/LE[P/L]
+$32
probability-weighted
| Outcome | P(model) | P/L | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Resolves YES (win) | 39.5% | +$830 | +$327 |
| Resolves against (lose) | 60.5% | -$487 | -$295 |
| Expected value | 100.0% | — | +$32 |
What you actually win and lose. The bottom table tabulates probability-weighted P/L by outcome.
§3 · Break-even & cushion
Cushion +2.5 pprelative edge +6.6%
Required win ratebreak-even
37.0%
price = implied probability
Model win rateP(win)
39.5%
what you forecast
Cushionedge
+2.5 pp
margin of safety
Fair pricemodel
0.395
where you think it should trade
The market price equals the win rate you must beat to make money.
§4 · Odds conversion
Implied probabilityP
37.0%
= price
Decimal oddsEU
2.703
total return per $1
AmericanUS
+170
$100 wins $170
FractionalUK
1.70 / 1
profit per $1 risked
Profit per $100stake
+$170.27
clean dollar framing
underdog (+)favorite (-)your price
Five views of the same number.
§4b · Time & annualized return
APR 115% · APY 205%ROI 6.6% over 21d · 17.4 turns/yr
Time to resolvehorizon
21.0 d
504h capital lockup
Raw ROIper resolve
+6.6%
APR (simple)scaled
+115%
ROI × 365/days
APY (compounded)if redeployed
+205%
(1+ROI)^(365/d) − 1
Daily expectedper day
+0.31%
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 +1.71 pperosion 31% · break-even w/ fees 37.8%
gross edgefrictionnet edgefee 0 bps · spread 1.50¢
The number that decides whether to trade.
§6 · Sizing menu
Full Kellyf★
$974
3.90% · g = 0.128%
Half Kelly½ f★
$487
1.95% · g = 0.096%
Quarter Kelly¼ f★
$244
0.97% · g = 0.056%
Flat 1%1%
$250
1.00% · g = 0.058%
Flat 2%2%
$500
2.00% · g = 0.098%
Flat 5%5%
$1,250
5.00% · g = 0.118%
Recommended¼ f★
$244
survives model error
Quarter-Kelly is the industry default — survives model error far better than full Kelly.
§7 · Information theory
Market entropyH(p)
0.951 bit
max 1.0 at p = 0.5
Your entropyH(q)
0.968 bit
Δ +0.017 bit vs market
Surprise · YES−log₂ p
1.43 bit
self-information
Surprise · NO−log₂(1−p)
0.67 bit
self-information
H(p) peaks at p = 0.5 (one bit of irreducible doubt).
NOISE · D_KL(q ‖ p) = 0.0013 nat (0.0018 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 0.395 · CI [0.28, 0.51] · κ 65.4
Posterior meanE[θ]
0.395
Beta(25.8, 39.6)
95% credible intervalHDI
[0.28, 0.51]
price INSIDE → weak edge
Concentrationκ
65.4
pseudo-obs behind belief
Disagreementvs crowd
+2.5 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] +11.5% · P(YES) 41.3% · VaR₉₅ 100.0%400 paths · 504 bars to resolution
Expected P/Lper $1
+11.49%
P(YES) empiricalq
41.3%
Best pathmax
+170.3%
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 0.08% · ruin rate 0.3%400 paths × 120 bets · f deploy 1.95%
Sharpe / betμ/σ
0.047
μ 0.12% · σ 2.6%
Sortino / betμ/σ↓
0.062
downside-only denominator
VaR 95%5%
-1.9%
per-bet worst-case
CVaR 95%ES
-1.9%
mean tail loss
Max drawdownMDD
-5.8%
Calmar 0.01
Ruin rate≤50%
0.3%
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 -17.4pp · crowd gap -19.9pp
Anchor gapmodel − base
-17.4 pp
Crowd gapprice − base
-19.9 pp
Verdictdiscipline
ANCHORED
Reference-class anchoring prevents narrative-driven blowups.
§11 · Forecast quality (synthetic ledger)
SKILL POSITIVE · in-sample BSS 17.3% · AUC 0.753out-of-sample BSS (5-fold) 17.6% ± 1.4% · Brier 0.2067 · log-loss 0.6179 · n 1600✓ n = 1600
BrierBS
0.2067
lower = better · ō 0.49
BSSvs base
17.3%
improvement over base rate
ReliabilityREL
0.0059
miscalibration · want ↓
ResolutionRES
0.0494
decisiveness · want ↑
Log lossLL
0.6179
cross-entropy
AUCROC
0.753
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)
BLEEDING · PF 0.94 · expectancy -0.030R180 trades · win 50.0% · Sharpe -0.028
Total P/Lnet
-$1,364
on $45,000 cycled
Win ratehit %
50.0%
90 W / 90 L
Profit factorPF
0.94
$ won / $ lost
Expectancyper trade
-$7.58
avg $ per position
R-expectancyper risk
-0.030R
in units of risk taken
Avg win / losspayoff
$234.84 / -$250.00
ratio 0.94 : 1
Sharpe / traderisk-adj
-0.028
μR / σR
Closing line valueCLV
+3.16 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.