Walk-forward strategy performance

Every strategy was re-run draw by draw across the 2,686 archive drawings (2023-01-01 → 2026-09-04) using only prior data — no lookahead. Multi-Year Consistency Verification Payout table at $0.25 per family per drawing: distinct $93.75 / double $187.50 / two-double $375.00 / triple $562.50 / quadruple $2250.00 / .

What "plays" means. One play = one $0.25 bet on one boxed family for one drawing. Total plays = families played per drawing × drawings — e.g. a strategy that plays 1 families every drawing across 2,686 drawings accumulates 1,385 plays. Every single play is settled against an actual archived drawing, and every hit is listed with its date in each strategy's detail below — nothing here is estimated or modeled.
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StrategyFamilies/drawDrawingsTotal playsHitsHit rateCostGrossNetROIMax drawdown
Pickstics Empirical Follower (10-Draw Chase - Top 1) 0.5 2,686 1,385 3 0.22% $346.25 $281.25 $-65 -18.8% $-170.5
Pickstics Empirical Follower (10-Draw Chase - Top 5 Portfolio) 0.5 2,686 1,385 3 0.22% $346.25 $281.25 $-65 -18.8% $-170.5
Cici's Rules Engine (10-Draw Chase · All Candidates) 7.5 2,686 20,048 28 0.14% $5,012 $4,593.75 $-418.25 -8.3% $-904.5
Cici's Rules Engine (10-Draw Chase · Top 1) 0.9 2,686 2,506 5 0.20% $626.5 $656.25 $29.75 4.8% $-223.5
Carryover Mixed-Parity · Rapid 3-Draw Pipeline 1.2 2,686 3,127 7 0.22% $781.75 $656.25 $-125.5 -16.1% $-186.75
Carryover Mixed-Parity · Rolling 10-Draw Pipeline 1.4 2,686 3,853 9 0.23% $963.25 $843.75 $-119.5 -12.4% $-313.75
Pickstics Empirical Follower · Rolling 10-Draw Pipeline 1.2 2,686 3,208 5 0.16% $802 $562.5 $-239.5 -29.9% $-327.5
Cici's Rules Engine 7.5 2,686 20,048 29 0.14% $5,012 $4,687.5 $-324.5 -6.5% $-766.5
Followed-By (empirical top 5) 0.1 2,686 329 1 0.30% $82.25 $93.75 $11.5 14.0% $-59
Hot Families (top 10) 9.3 2,686 25,060 60 0.24% $6,265 $5,812.5 $-452.5 -7.2% $-881.25
Cold/Due Families (bottom 10) 9.3 2,686 25,060 9 0.04% $6,265 $5,437.5 $-827.5 -13.2% $-3,332.5
Hot doubles (top 18) 16.8 2,686 45,108 52 0.12% $11,277 $9,750 $-1,527 -13.5% $-2,421
Pure Matches: Quads (All 10) 9.3 2,686 25,060 2 0.01% $6,265 $4,500 $-1,765 -28.2% $-4,410
Overdue 10 (gap vs expectation) 9.3 2,686 25,060 63 0.25% $6,265 $6,562.5 $297.5 4.8% $-948.75
Carryover Overdue (top 10) 9.3 2,686 25,060 59 0.24% $6,265 $6,187.5 $-77.5 -1.2% $-1,278.75
Carryover Mixed-Parity Momentum (top 10) 9.0 2,686 24,160 47 0.19% $6,040 $4,406.25 $-1,633.75 -27.1% $-1,743.75
Profit Persisters (top 18, 1y window) 16.8 2,686 45,108 53 0.12% $11,277 $11,718.75 $441.75 3.9% $-3,378
Profit Persisters (top 18, 2y window) 16.8 2,686 45,108 40 0.09% $11,277 $9,187.5 $-2,089.5 -18.5% $-4,069.5
Profit Leaders (top 10, 90d window) 9.3 2,686 25,060 14 0.06% $6,265 $5,437.5 $-827.5 -13.2% $-2,545
Profit Leaders (top 10, 180d window) 9.3 2,686 25,060 25 0.10% $6,265 $7,218.75 $953.75 15.2% $-1,947.5
Calendar Year Top-5 4.7 2,686 12,530 38 0.30% $3,132.5 $3,562.5 $430 13.7% $-265
Baseline: All 252 Distinct Boxes 195.9 2,686 526,260 1,272 0.24% $131,565 $119,250 $-12,315 -9.4% $-12,390
Consensus Panel 9.1 2,686 24,362 58 0.24% $6,090.5 $6,000 $-90.5 -1.5% $-1,254.75
Window summary. 6 of 23 strategies finished positive in this window. · Highest Capital ROI: Profit Leaders (top 10, 180d window) (+15.2% ROI, net +$953.75)
Top Net Dollars: Profit Leaders (top 10, 180d window) +$953.75 · Profit Persisters (top 18, 1y window) +$441.75 · Calendar Year Top-5 +$430.00

Performance matrix — net by trailing window (all strategies)

Each cell is a strategy's net over the trailing calendar window, from the full-archive run — green means the strategy made money in that window, red means it lost. The last column counts how many of the last 12 active months were profitable.

Strategy1M3M6M1Y2Y3YAll timePositive months (12)
Profit Leaders (top 10, 180d window) +$355 +$608 +$715 +$368 +$1,824 +$181 +$954 8/12
Profit Persisters (top 18, 1y window) +$339 +$906 +$2,150 +$2,480 +$2,008 -$349 +$442 9/12
Calendar Year Top-5 -$10 +$116 +$76 +$278 +$490 +$419 +$430 7/12
Overdue 10 (gap vs expectation) -$20 +$45 -$410 -$383 -$520 +$369 +$298 5/12
Cici's Rules Engine (10-Draw Chase · Top 1) -$2 -$33 -$79 +$18 +$211 +$121 +$30 1/12
Followed-By (empirical top 5) -$1 -$8 -$20 -$36 +$32 +$16 +$12 0/12
Pickstics Empirical Follower (10-Draw Chase - Top 1) -$2 -$28 -$63 -$23 +$55 -$35 -$65 1/12
Pickstics Empirical Follower (10-Draw Chase - Top 5 Portfolio) -$2 -$28 -$63 -$23 +$55 -$35 -$65 1/12
Carryover Overdue (top 10) -$20 -$143 -$598 -$851 -$708 +$88 -$78 2/12
Consensus Panel -$18 +$58 -$404 -$607 -$753 +$234 -$91 2/12
Carryover Mixed-Parity · Rolling 10-Draw Pipeline -$3 +$130 +$155 +$96 -$4 -$93 -$120 3/12
Carryover Mixed-Parity · Rapid 3-Draw Pipeline -$3 -$45 -$6 -$33 -$83 -$119 -$126 2/12
Pickstics Empirical Follower · Rolling 10-Draw Pipeline -$6 -$75 -$188 -$260 -$44 -$201 -$240 1/12
Cici's Rules Engine -$16 -$77 -$441 -$419 -$191 -$436 -$325 4/12
Cici's Rules Engine (10-Draw Chase · All Candidates) -$16 +$486 +$122 -$419 -$191 +$33 -$418 3/12
Hot Families (top 10) -$20 +$45 +$59 +$274 -$239 -$288 -$453 7/12
Cold/Due Families (bottom 10) +$543 +$233 +$2,028 +$2,055 +$230 -$850 -$828 4/12
Profit Leaders (top 10, 90d window) -$20 +$233 -$223 -$1,133 -$895 -$2,163 -$828 2/12
Hot doubles (top 18) -$36 +$156 +$462 +$887 +$789 -$630 -$1,527 8/12
Carryover Mixed-Parity Momentum (top 10) -$20 +$45 -$129 -$195 -$801 -$1,413 -$1,634 3/12
Pure Matches: Quads (All 10) -$20 -$330 +$1,465 +$555 -$1,270 -$850 -$1,765 1/12
Profit Persisters (top 18, 2y window) +$339 +$156 +$650 +$230 -$524 -$2,880 -$2,090 5/12
Baseline: All 252 Distinct Boxes -$45 -$86 -$1,110 -$3,814 -$8,858 -$10,725 -$12,315 2/12