Walk-forward strategy performance

Every strategy was re-run draw by draw across the 314 archive drawings (2025-09-04 → 2026-09-04) 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 314 drawings accumulates 174 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) 0.6 314 174 0 0.00% $43.5 $0 $-43.5 -100.0% $-43.5
Pickstics Empirical Follower (10-Draw Chase - Top 5 Portfolio) 0.6 314 174 0 0.00% $43.5 $0 $-43.5 -100.0% $-43.5
Cici's Rules Engine (10-Draw Chase · All Candidates) 7.4 314 2,328 1 0.04% $582 $187.5 $-394.5 -67.8% $-416
Cici's Rules Engine (10-Draw Chase · Top 1) 0.9 314 291 0 0.00% $72.75 $0 $-72.75 -100.0% $-72.75
Carryover Mixed-Parity · Rapid 3-Draw Pipeline 1.1 314 360 1 0.28% $90 $93.75 $3.75 4.2% $-74
Carryover Mixed-Parity · Rolling 10-Draw Pipeline 1.4 314 452 0 0.00% $113 $0 $-113 -100.0% $-113
Pickstics Empirical Follower · Rolling 10-Draw Pipeline 1.1 314 340 1 0.29% $85 $93.75 $8.75 10.3% $-56.5
Cici's Rules Engine 7.4 314 2,328 2 0.09% $582 $281.25 $-300.75 -51.7% $-362
Followed-By (empirical top 5) 0.1 314 34 0 0.00% $8.5 $0 $-8.5 -100.0% $-8.5
Hot Families (top 10) 9.3 314 2,910 9 0.31% $727.5 $843.75 $116.25 16.0% $-332.5
Cold/Due Families (bottom 10) 9.3 314 2,910 1 0.03% $727.5 $562.5 $-165 -22.7% $-337.5
Hot doubles (top 18) 16.7 314 5,238 4 0.08% $1,309.5 $750 $-559.5 -42.7% $-627
Pure Matches: Quads (All 10) 9.3 314 2,910 1 0.03% $727.5 $2,250 $1,522.5 209.3% $-597.5
Overdue 10 (gap vs expectation) 9.3 314 2,910 6 0.21% $727.5 $562.5 $-165 -22.7% $-342.5
Carryover Overdue (top 10) 9.3 314 2,910 6 0.21% $727.5 $562.5 $-165 -22.7% $-342.5
Carryover Mixed-Parity Momentum (top 10) 9.3 314 2,910 4 0.14% $727.5 $375 $-352.5 -48.4% $-352.5
Profit Persisters (top 18, 1y window) 16.7 314 5,238 6 0.11% $1,309.5 $1,218.75 $-90.75 -6.9% $-533.25
Profit Persisters (top 18, 2y window) 16.7 314 5,238 6 0.11% $1,309.5 $1,218.75 $-90.75 -6.9% $-533.25
Profit Leaders (top 10, 90d window) 9.3 314 2,910 0 0.00% $727.5 $0 $-727.5 -100.0% $-727.5
Profit Leaders (top 10, 180d window) 9.3 314 2,910 0 0.00% $727.5 $0 $-727.5 -100.0% $-727.5
Calendar Year Top-5 4.6 314 1,455 3 0.21% $363.75 $281.25 $-82.5 -22.7% $-195
Baseline: All 252 Distinct Boxes 194.6 314 61,110 164 0.27% $15,277.5 $15,375 $97.5 0.6% $-648.75
Consensus Panel 8.2 314 2,564 5 0.20% $641 $468.75 $-172.25 -26.9% $-373
Window summary. 5 of 23 strategies finished positive in this window. · Highest Capital ROI: Pure Matches: Quads (All 10) (+209.3% ROI, net +$1522.50)
Top Net Dollars: Pure Matches: Quads (All 10) +$1522.50 · Hot Families (top 10) +$116.25 · Baseline: All 252 Distinct Boxes +$97.50

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)
Hot doubles (top 18) -$18 -$257 -$233 -$560 -$93 +$749 +$881 3/12
Profit Persisters (top 18, 1y window) -$18 -$69 +$143 -$91 -$749 +$374 +$506 3/12
Profit Persisters (top 18, 2y window) -$18 -$69 +$143 -$91 -$749 +$374 +$506 3/12
Hot Families (top 10) -$10 +$326 +$319 +$116 +$271 +$520 +$479 5/12
Calendar Year Top-5 -$5 +$23 +$113 -$83 -$286 -$21 +$99 3/12
Pickstics Empirical Follower · Rolling 10-Draw Pipeline -$1 -$21 -$42 +$9 +$141 +$98 +$98 1/12
Pickstics Empirical Follower (10-Draw Chase - Top 1) -$1 -$10 -$20 -$44 +$110 +$80 +$80 0/12
Pickstics Empirical Follower (10-Draw Chase - Top 5 Portfolio) -$1 -$10 -$20 -$44 +$110 +$80 +$80 0/12
Profit Leaders (top 10, 90d window) -$10 -$143 -$338 -$728 +$178 -$230 +$10 0/12
Consensus Panel -$9 -$127 -$202 -$172 -$153 +$129 -$2 4/12
Followed-By (empirical top 5) -$2 -$4 -$9 -$14 -$19 -$19 0/11
Carryover Mixed-Parity · Rapid 3-Draw Pipeline -$1 +$78 +$52 +$4 -$92 -$76 -$76 1/12
Profit Leaders (top 10, 180d window) -$10 -$143 -$338 -$728 -$948 -$324 -$84 0/12
Pure Matches: Quads (All 10) -$10 -$143 -$338 +$1,523 +$740 -$43 -$178 1/12
Carryover Mixed-Parity · Rolling 10-Draw Pipeline -$2 -$17 -$48 -$113 -$236 -$233 -$233 0/12
Cici's Rules Engine (10-Draw Chase · Top 1) -$1 -$14 -$34 -$73 -$151 -$229 -$243 0/12
Overdue 10 (gap vs expectation) -$10 -$143 -$150 -$165 -$198 -$324 -$459 4/12
Carryover Overdue (top 10) -$10 -$143 -$244 -$165 -$198 -$324 -$459 5/12
Carryover Mixed-Parity Momentum (top 10) -$10 -$49 -$244 -$353 -$666 -$703 -$703 3/12
Cici's Rules Engine (10-Draw Chase · All Candidates) -$8 -$114 -$83 -$395 -$364 -$803 -$723 1/12
Cici's Rules Engine -$8 -$114 -$83 -$301 -$927 -$803 -$911 2/12
Cold/Due Families (bottom 10) -$10 -$143 -$338 -$165 -$573 -$980 -$1,115 1/12
Baseline: All 252 Distinct Boxes +$71 +$8 -$244 +$98 -$1,241 -$2,205 -$2,321 5/12