Walk-forward strategy performance

Every strategy was re-run draw by draw across the 364 archive drawings (2025-09-02 → 2026-09-02) using only prior data — no lookahead. ★ Recommended Sweet Spot: 1-Year Cycle 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 364 drawings accumulates 191 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) 1.0 191 191 0 0.00% $47.75 $0 $-47.75 -100.0% $-47.75
Pickstics Empirical Follower (10-Draw Chase - Top 5 Portfolio) 1.0 191 191 0 0.00% $47.75 $0 $-47.75 -100.0% $-47.75
Cici's Rules Engine (10-Draw Chase · All Candidates) 8.0 364 2,912 3 0.10% $728 $562.5 $-165.5 -22.7% $-420
Cici's Rules Engine (10-Draw Chase · Top 1) 1.0 364 364 0 0.00% $91 $0 $-91 -100.0% $-91
Carryover Mixed-Parity · Rapid 3-Draw Pipeline 1.3 364 489 1 0.20% $122.25 $93.75 $-28.5 -23.3% $-98
Carryover Mixed-Parity · Rolling 10-Draw Pipeline 1.7 364 626 1 0.16% $156.5 $93.75 $-62.75 -40.1% $-122.5
Pickstics Empirical Follower · Rolling 10-Draw Pipeline 1.7 258 445 0 0.00% $111.25 $0 $-111.25 -100.0% $-111.25
Cici's Rules Engine 8.0 364 2,912 4 0.14% $728 $750 $22 3.0% $-188
Followed-By (empirical top 5) 1.0 45 45 0 0.00% $11.25 $0 $-11.25 -100.0% $-11.25
Hot Families (top 10) 10.0 364 3,640 9 0.25% $910 $843.75 $-66.25 -7.3% $-302.5
Cold/Due Families (bottom 10) 10.0 364 3,640 1 0.03% $910 $562.5 $-347.5 -38.2% $-760
Hot doubles (top 18) 18.0 364 6,552 6 0.09% $1,638 $1,125 $-513 -31.3% $-652.5
Pure Matches: Quads (All 10) 10.0 364 3,640 0 0.00% $910 $0 $-910 -100.0% $-910
Overdue 10 (gap vs expectation) 10.0 364 3,640 6 0.16% $910 $562.5 $-347.5 -38.2% $-347.5
Carryover Overdue (top 10) 10.0 364 3,640 10 0.27% $910 $937.5 $27.5 3.0% $-141.25
Carryover Mixed-Parity Momentum (top 10) 10.0 364 3,640 9 0.25% $910 $937.5 $27.5 3.0% $-206.25
Profit Persisters (top 18, 1y window) 18.0 364 6,552 5 0.08% $1,638 $2,062.5 $424.5 25.9% $-570
Profit Persisters (top 18, 2y window) 18.0 364 6,552 6 0.09% $1,638 $2,250 $612 37.4% $-570
Profit Leaders (top 10, 90d window) 10.0 364 3,640 0 0.00% $910 $0 $-910 -100.0% $-910
Profit Leaders (top 10, 180d window) 10.0 364 3,640 4 0.11% $910 $1,125 $215 23.6% $-297.5
Calendar Year Top-5 5.0 364 1,820 3 0.16% $455 $281.25 $-173.75 -38.2% $-281.25
Baseline: All 252 Distinct Boxes 210.0 364 76,440 188 0.25% $19,110 $17,625 $-1,485 -7.8% $-1,908.75
Consensus Panel 8.7 364 3,162 5 0.16% $790.5 $468.75 $-321.75 -40.7% $-321.75
Window summary. 6 of 23 strategies finished positive in this window. · Highest Capital ROI: Profit Persisters (top 18, 2y window) (+37.4% ROI, net +$612.00)
Top Net Dollars: Profit Persisters (top 18, 2y window) +$612.00 · Profit Persisters (top 18, 1y window) +$424.50 · Profit Leaders (top 10, 180d window) +$215.00

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 Persisters (top 18, 2y window) -$9 +$1,025 +$1,182 +$743 +$1,172 +$1,971 +$2,307 4/12
Profit Leaders (top 10, 180d window) -$5 +$215 +$178 +$288 +$880 +$2,408 +$2,178 4/12
Profit Persisters (top 18, 1y window) -$9 +$837 +$995 +$555 +$984 +$1,784 +$2,120 4/12
Carryover Overdue (top 10) -$5 -$66 -$104 +$100 +$130 +$908 +$959 7/12
Cici's Rules Engine -$4 -$122 -$113 -$177 +$166 +$990 +$814 3/12
Overdue 10 (gap vs expectation) -$5 -$160 -$198 -$275 -$339 +$720 +$678 3/12
Consensus Panel -$5 -$141 -$148 -$266 -$472 +$571 +$609 3/12
Hot doubles (top 18) -$9 +$87 -$131 -$383 -$329 -$92 +$57 5/12
Cold/Due Families (bottom 10) -$5 -$160 -$385 -$275 -$1,183 +$158 -$73 1/12
Followed-By (empirical top 5) -$1 -$13 -$28 -$51 -$91 -$113 -$118 0/12
Hot Families (top 10) -$5 +$28 -$10 -$88 -$433 -$124 -$166 6/12
Profit Leaders (top 10, 90d window) -$5 -$160 -$385 -$838 -$808 -$30 -$260 0/12
Calendar Year Top-5 -$3 +$108 -$5 -$138 -$404 -$296 -$318 3/12
Carryover Mixed-Parity Momentum (top 10) -$5 +$121 -$10 +$100 -$339 -$686 -$691 7/12
Pure Matches: 10 Quads -$3,335 0/0
Baseline: All 252 Distinct Boxes +$83 +$109 -$585 -$1,463 -$1,301 -$3,536 -$4,148 4/12