Walk-forward strategy performance

Every strategy was re-run draw by draw across the 732 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 $37.50 / double $75.00 / triple $225.00 / .

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 732 drawings accumulates 728 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) 1.0 728 728 5 0.69% $182 $187.5 $5.5 3.0% $-52.5
Pickstics Empirical Follower (10-Draw Chase - Top 5 Portfolio) 2.1 729 1,517 6 0.40% $379.25 $262.5 $-116.75 -30.8% $-137.75
Cici's Rules Engine (10-Draw Chase · All Candidates) 7.7 732 5,646 23 0.41% $1,411.5 $1,350 $-61.5 -4.4% $-178
Cici's Rules Engine (10-Draw Chase · Top 1) 1.0 732 732 4 0.55% $183 $225 $42 22.9% $-76.5
Carryover Mixed-Parity · Rapid 3-Draw Pipeline 1.4 732 1,037 8 0.77% $259.25 $300 $40.75 15.7% $-94
Carryover Mixed-Parity · Rolling 10-Draw Pipeline 2.0 732 1,453 8 0.55% $363.25 $300 $-63.25 -17.4% $-166
Pickstics Empirical Follower · Rolling 10-Draw Pipeline 7.8 732 5,726 37 0.65% $1,431.5 $1,462.5 $31 2.2% $-81.5
Cici's Rules Engine 7.8 732 5,695 27 0.47% $1,423.75 $1,537.5 $113.75 8.0% $-178
Followed-By (empirical top 5) 1.1 644 728 1 0.14% $182 $37.5 $-144.5 -79.4% $-144.5
Hot Families (top 10) 10.0 732 7,320 52 0.71% $1,830 $1,950 $120 6.6% $-52.5
Cold/Due Families (bottom 10) 10.0 732 7,320 13 0.18% $1,830 $1,087.5 $-742.5 -40.6% $-747.5
Hot doubles (top 18) 18.0 732 13,176 33 0.25% $3,294 $2,475 $-819 -24.9% $-819
Pure Matches: Triples (All 10) 10.0 732 7,320 6 0.08% $1,830 $1,350 $-480 -26.2% $-705
Overdue 10 (gap vs expectation) 10.0 732 7,320 29 0.40% $1,830 $1,462.5 $-367.5 -20.1% $-517.5
Carryover Overdue (top 10) 10.0 732 7,320 35 0.48% $1,830 $1,725 $-105 -5.7% $-357.5
Carryover Mixed-Parity Momentum (top 10) 10.0 732 7,320 43 0.59% $1,830 $1,687.5 $-142.5 -7.8% $-422.5
Profit Persisters (top 18, 1y window) 18.0 732 13,176 49 0.37% $3,294 $3,150 $-144 -4.4% $-396
Profit Persisters (top 18, 2y window) 18.0 732 13,176 54 0.41% $3,294 $3,150 $-144 -4.4% $-309
Profit Leaders (top 10, 90d window) 10.0 732 7,320 30 0.41% $1,830 $2,625 $795 43.4% $-145
Profit Leaders (top 10, 180d window) 10.0 732 7,320 21 0.29% $1,830 $1,762.5 $-67.5 -3.7% $-412.5
Calendar Year Top-5 5.0 732 3,660 13 0.36% $915 $487.5 $-427.5 -46.7% $-530
Baseline: All 252 Distinct Boxes 120.0 732 87,840 527 0.60% $21,960 $19,762.5 $-2,197.5 -10.0% $-2,227.5
Consensus Panel 5.9 732 4,343 20 0.46% $1,085.75 $1,012.5 $-73.25 -6.8% $-240
Window summary. 7 of 23 strategies finished positive in this window. · Highest Capital ROI: Profit Leaders (top 10, 90d window) (+43.4% ROI, net +$795.00)
Top Net Dollars: Profit Leaders (top 10, 90d window) +$795.00 · Hot Families (top 10) +$120.00 · Cici's Rules Engine +$113.75

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, 90d window) -$10 +$55 +$275 +$940 +$353 +$1,035 +$1,395 8/12
Hot Families (top 10) -$10 +$168 +$163 +$153 -$98 +$135 -$30 3/12
Followed-By (empirical top 5) -$3 -$146 -$161 -$216 -$98 -$9 -$40 5/12
Cici's Rules Engine -$8 -$63 +$33 +$190 -$302 -$341 -$159 9/12
Carryover Mixed-Parity Momentum (top 10) -$10 +$168 +$200 -$148 -$135 -$315 -$255 2/12
Pure Matches: 10 Triples -$405 0/0
Consensus Panel -$6 -$24 -$5 -$260 -$263 -$160 -$435 5/12
Profit Leaders (top 10, 180d window) -$10 -$58 +$163 +$78 -$623 -$503 -$443 5/12
Carryover Overdue (top 10) -$10 +$55 -$100 -$298 -$360 -$428 -$555 3/12
Profit Persisters (top 18, 2y window) -$18 -$164 -$8 -$71 -$618 -$650 -$647 4/12
Calendar Year Top-5 -$5 +$103 -$50 -$355 -$668 -$683 -$690 1/12
Profit Persisters (top 18, 1y window) -$18 -$351 -$45 +$80 -$993 -$950 -$947 5/12
Overdue 10 (gap vs expectation) -$10 -$58 -$138 -$485 -$885 -$878 -$1,005 3/12
Cold/Due Families (bottom 10) -$10 -$170 -$363 -$748 -$1,373 -$1,253 -$1,568 1/12
Hot doubles (top 18) -$18 -$351 -$45 -$558 -$1,368 -$2,562 -$2,259 5/12
Baseline: All 252 Distinct Boxes +$30 -$315 -$1,125 -$2,183 -$3,308 -$5,430 -$6,585 1/12