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Model lab

Serious model lab

Rolling pre-match Poisson, Elo/form, capped hybrid market overlays, totals, Asian handicap and longshot guard models. No bets placed. Diagnostic rows use closing prices or closing movement.

Train before 2022-07-01. Test from 2022-07-01.

Opening market log loss0.9991
Closing market log loss0.996
Live backboneRouter

Strategy Results

StrategyTypeBetsP/LROIWLPushAvg oddsMax DDVerdict
Diagnostic AH line movementDiagnostic8525+367.69u4.3%448734515871.84-36.02udiagnostic
Diagnostic longshot with market moveDiagnostic965+68.45u7.1%23872704.635-38.73udiagnostic
Diagnostic totals price movementDiagnostic8720+96.08u1.1%4618410201.937-128.25udiagnostic
Elo/form guarded 1X2Live-test4344-173.95u-4.0%1778256602.409-224.65uunstable
Hybrid market/model 1X2 cappedLive-test123-1.79u-1.5%467702.639-17.81uunstable
Hybrid market/Poisson AH openingLive-test291+15.39u5.3%144125222.0-12.24ucandidate
Hybrid market/Poisson totalsLive-test688+5.88u0.9%32935902.126-27.89uunstable
Market price-shop 1X2Live-test21+17.27u82.2%13803.076-3.87uexploratory
Poisson AH opening lineLive-test18119-239.74u-1.3%8467844012121.969-276.97ureject
Poisson guarded 1X2Live-test4879-248.95u-5.1%1753312602.771-258.53uunstable
Poisson totals valueLive-test6994-199.77u-2.9%3468352601.981-204.55ureject
Rough-patch fade proxy AHLive-test420-30.79u-7.3%176226181.964-43.30uunstable

Top Candidates

  • Hybrid market/Poisson AH opening: 291 bets, ROI 5.3%. Live-test candidate.
  • Diagnostic longshot with market move: 965 bets, ROI 7.1%. Diagnostic only.
  • Diagnostic AH line movement: 8525 bets, ROI 4.3%. Diagnostic only.

Recommendation

No standalone live model earns promotion yet. Promote the market router: store openers, paper-trade Asian handicap and DNB first, keep longshot catalyst gate, and use Poisson/Elo only as capped overlays.

  • Poisson and Elo are useful overlays, not market-overruling brains.
  • Asian handicap line movement is still the best research direction.
  • The bot must store openers and current lines live before AH movement becomes a public tip engine.
  • Longshot catalyst gate stays.

Raw report: serious-model-lab.md. Machine-readable data: serious-model-lab.json.