NOSTRADAMUS · Position Analytics Engine

SIMULATOR Will Billy Horschel win the RBC Canadian Open?

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/kalshi-kxpgatour-rbbcan26-bhor page.

▲ YES EDGE · +0.028 · f★ 2.9% · deploy 1.4% · net 2.02pp

§1 · Position economics

Payoff diagram · binary contract P/L vs resolution
YES · Expected P/L per share +0.0277@ model P(YES) = 0.068
-1.00-0.50+0.00+0.50+1.000.000.200.400.600.801.00price 0.040model 0.068YES resolution priceP/L per $1 contract
P/L per sharemarket pricemodel Pprofit zoneloss zone
Profit is linear in the eventual settlement price.
Kelly growth curve · g(f) with f★ and deployed f markers
f★ = 2.88% · g(f★) = 0.831%deploy 1.44% · g = 0.657%
-4.49%-3.13%-1.77%-0.41%0.96%0%8%16%24%32%40%f★ optimumdeployfraction of bankroll fexpected log-growth g(f)
g(f)f★ optimumdeployed fgrowth zone
Underbet leaves growth on the table; overbet destroys capital. The interior maximum is f★.

§2 · The trade ticket

Trade ticket · dollar outcomes at this stake
YES @ 0.040 · EV +$249stake $360 · 1.44% of bankroll
Deployed stakestake
$360
1.44% of bankroll
Sharesunits
9,009
each pays $1 if YES
Max payoutwin
$9,009
gross, if win
Max profitwin
+$8,649
net of cost
Max losslose
-$360
binary settles to $0
Payout multiple×
×25.00
$1 → $25.00
Risk:RewardR:R
24.00 : 1
win $24.00 per $1
Expected P/LE[P/L]
+$249
probability-weighted
OutcomeP(model)P/LContribution
Resolves YES (win)6.8%+$8,649+$585
Resolves against (lose)93.2%-$360-$336
Expected value100.0%+$249
What you actually win and lose. The bottom table tabulates probability-weighted P/L by outcome.

§3 · Break-even & cushion

Break-even & cushion · margin of safety
Cushion +2.8 pprelative edge +69.2%
Required win ratebreak-even
4.0%
price = implied probability
Model win rateP(win)
6.8%
what you forecast
Cushionedge
+2.8 pp
margin of safety
Fair pricemodel
0.068
where you think it should trade
-60-3003060020406080100you @ 4.0%market price (%)cushion (pp)
The market price equals the win rate you must beat to make money.

§4 · Odds conversion

Implied probability, decimal, American, fractional
Implied probabilityP
4.0%
= price
Decimal oddsEU
25.000
total return per $1
AmericanUS
+2400
$100 wins $2400
FractionalUK
24.00 / 1
profit per $1 risked
Profit per $100stake
+$2400.00
clean dollar framing
-1000-5000+500+1000020406080100you · 4.0%implied probability (%)American odds
underdog (+)favorite (-)your price
Five views of the same number.

§4b · Time & annualized return

Time & APR · capital lockup vs annualized return
APR 1203% · APY 931864%ROI 69.2% over 21d · 17.4 turns/yr
Time to resolvehorizon
21.0 d
504h capital lockup
Raw ROIper resolve
+69.2%
APR (simple)scaled
+1203%
ROI × 365/days
APY (compounded)if redeployed
+931864%
(1+ROI)^(365/d) − 1
Daily expectedper day
+2.54%
geometric, per day held
Capital turns/yrvelocity
×17.4
how often this slot recycles
0%205010%410020%615030%820041%1025051%121416180100120now 21ddays to resolutionannualized return (capped 1000%)
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

Cost waterfall · gross edge → net of friction
Net edge +2.02 pperosion 27% · break-even w/ fees 4.8%
-0.1pp0.6pp1.4pp2.1pp2.8pp3.6pp+2.77Gross edge-0.75- ½ spread+0.00- entry fee+0.00- exit fee+2.02Net edgeEV / share (pp)
gross edgefrictionnet edgefee 0 bps · spread 1.50¢
The number that decides whether to trade.

§6 · Sizing menu

Sizing menu · disciplined deployment
Full Kellyf★
$721
2.88% · g = 0.831%
Half Kelly½ f★
$360
1.44% · g = 0.657%
Quarter Kelly¼ f★
$180
0.72% · g = 0.405%
Flat 1%1%
$250
1.00% · g = 0.519%
Flat 2%2%
$500
2.00% · g = 0.770%
Flat 5%5%
$1,250
5.00% · g = 0.554%
Recommended¼ f★
$180
survives model error
$0$369$738$1,106$1,475$721Full Kelly2.88%$360Half Kelly1.44%$180Quarter Kelly0.72%$250Flat 1%1.00%$500Flat 2%2.00%$1,250Flat 5%5.00%
Quarter-Kelly is the industry default — survives model error far better than full Kelly.

§7 · Information theory

Binary entropy · uncertainty in bits
Market entropyH(p)
0.242 bit
max 1.0 at p = 0.5
Your entropyH(q)
0.357 bit
Δ +0.115 bit vs market
Surprise · YES−log₂ p
4.64 bit
self-information
Surprise · NO−log₂(1−p)
0.06 bit
self-information
0.000.260.530.791.050.00.20.40.60.81.0marketmodelprobabilityH (bits)
H(p) peaks at p = 0.5 (one bit of irreducible doubt).
KL divergence · upper bound on exploitable edge
NOISE · D_KL(q ‖ p) = 0.0083 nat (0.0120 bit)belief ≈ market — stand down
-0.034-0.0140.0060.0260.0460.0356YES branch-0.0273NO branchΣKL = 0.0083 natKL contribution (nat)
YES contributionNO contributionbelief ‖ marketnoise
Zero KL ⇒ you know nothing the crowd doesn't.

§8 · Bayesian inference

Bayesian posterior · prior + evidence → belief with 95% CI
MARKET PRICE INSIDE 95% CIposterior μ 0.068 · CI [0.00, 0.22] · κ 16.5
Posterior meanE[θ]
0.068
Beta(1.1, 15.4)
95% credible intervalHDI
[0.00, 0.22]
price INSIDE → weak edge
Concentrationκ
16.5
pseudo-obs behind belief
Disagreementvs crowd
+2.8 pp
posterior − price
0.000.200.400.600.801.00marketposterior μprobability θposterior density
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)

Mark-to-market MC · single position held to resolution
E[P/L] +50.0% · P(YES) 6.0% · VaR₉₅ 100.0%400 paths · 504 bars to resolution
Expected P/Lper $1
+50.00%
P(YES) empiricalq
6.0%
Best pathmax
+2400.0%
Worst pathmin
-100.0%
VaR 95%5%
100.0%
CVaR 95%ES
100.0%
25¢50¢75¢100¢084168252336420504entry 4.0¢model q 6.8¢bars until resolutionprice path
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)

Monte-Carlo equity fan · this profile, repeated 400× independently
Median CAGR/bet 0.63% · ruin rate 6.3%400 paths × 120 bets · f deploy 1.44%
Sharpe / betμ/σ
0.122
μ 1.13% · σ 9.3%
Sortino / betμ/σ↓
0.782
downside-only denominator
VaR 95%5%
-1.4%
per-bet worst-case
CVaR 95%ES
-1.4%
mean tail loss
Max drawdownMDD
-19.6%
Calmar 0.03
Ruin rate≤50%
6.3%
P(equity ever ≤ 50%)
0.51×2.75×4.99×7.22×9.46×11.69×020406080100120startruin 50%bet #bankroll multiple
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

Probability stack · base rate vs crowd vs model
ANCHORED · supported by convictionanchor gap -48.8pp · crowd gap -51.6pp
0%20%40%60%80%100%Reference base rate55.6%Market price4.0%Model P(YES)6.8%
Anchor gapmodel − base
-48.8 pp
Crowd gapprice − base
-51.6 pp
Verdictdiscipline
ANCHORED
Reference-class anchoring prevents narrative-driven blowups.

§11 · Forecast quality (synthetic ledger)

Brier · Murphy decomposition · reliability · ROC
SKILL POSITIVE · in-sample BSS 19.1% · AUC 0.761out-of-sample BSS (5-fold) 19.2% ± 1.8% · Brier 0.2020 · log-loss 0.6024 · n 1600n = 1600
BrierBS
0.2020
lower = better · ō 0.49
BSSvs base
19.1%
improvement over base rate
ReliabilityREL
0.0047
miscalibration · want ↓
ResolutionRES
0.0516
decisiveness · want ↑
Log lossLL
0.6024
cross-entropy
AUCROC
0.761
0.5 coin · 1.0 oracle
0.00.20.40.60.81.00.00.20.40.60.81.0stated probability fobserved frequency ō0.00.20.40.60.81.00.00.20.40.60.81.0AUC = 0.761false positive ratetrue positive rate0.0000.0750.1500.2250.3000.250UNC0.052RES0.005REL0.202BRIERcontribution
calibration curveROCUNC (irreducible)RES (skill, ↑)REL (miscalib, ↓)
Computed on a seeded synthetic forecast ledger. Reseed (⟳) to redraw.

§12 · Journal vitals (synthetic ledger)

Track record · win rate · PF · expectancy · CLV · equity curve
PROFITABLE · PF 1.07 · expectancy +0.032R180 trades · win 52.2% · Sharpe 0.029
Total P/Lnet
+$1,455
on $45,000 cycled
Win ratehit %
52.2%
94 W / 86 L
Profit factorPF
1.07
$ won / $ lost
Expectancyper trade
+$8.08
avg $ per position
R-expectancyper risk
+0.032R
in units of risk taken
Avg win / losspayoff
$244.20 / -$250.00
ratio 0.98 : 1
Sharpe / traderisk-adj
0.029
μR / σR
Closing line valueCLV
+2.65 pp
avg edge vs close
-$678$421$1,520$2,619$3,71703672108144180trade #cumulative P/L (USD)
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.

▸ Advanced metrics · M2M bundle

kalshi · kxpgatour-rbbcan26-bhor · fresh · feed 52s old
24h sparkline · 60 pts
realized vol (ann.)
68.05%
max drawdown
51.72%
sharpe
ulcer index
30.19%
RMS drawdown
pain index
29.67%
mean drawdown
mod. VaR 95%
0.09%
Cornish-Fisher
martin ratio
ret / ulcer
CDaR 95%
42.70%
cond. drawdown
gain/pain
1.15
Σgain / Σ|loss|
sterling
ret / CDaR
omega (θ=0)
1.15
upside/downside
roll spread
348.7 bps
implied (price-only)
bars used
587
store
spread
4000.0 bps
24h Δ
flow lean
carry
flat
signalNEUTRALconfidence 20%
Same bundle via M2M API: /api/m2m/kalshi-kxpgatour-rbbcan26-bhor/bundle · venue execution: kalshi