Walk-forward strategy performance

Every strategy was re-run draw by draw across the 730 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 $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 730 drawings accumulates 721 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) 1.0 721 721 3 0.42% $180.25 $112.5 $-67.75 -37.6% $-82.25
Pickstics Empirical Follower (10-Draw Chase - Top 5 Portfolio) 2.3 727 1,691 10 0.59% $422.75 $450 $27.25 6.5% $-68.75
Cici's Rules Engine (10-Draw Chase · All Candidates) 7.7 730 5,630 22 0.39% $1,407.5 $1,350 $-57.5 -4.1% $-214.5
Cici's Rules Engine (10-Draw Chase · Top 1) 1.0 730 730 2 0.27% $182.5 $112.5 $-70 -38.4% $-94
Carryover Mixed-Parity · Rapid 3-Draw Pipeline 1.4 730 986 5 0.51% $246.5 $187.5 $-59 -23.9% $-104.5
Carryover Mixed-Parity · Rolling 10-Draw Pipeline 1.8 730 1,324 8 0.60% $331 $300 $-31 -9.4% $-146.25
Pickstics Empirical Follower · Rolling 10-Draw Pipeline 7.9 730 5,743 32 0.56% $1,435.75 $1,425 $-10.75 -0.8% $-160.75
Cici's Rules Engine 7.8 730 5,714 19 0.33% $1,428.5 $1,050 $-378.5 -26.5% $-378.5
Followed-By (empirical top 5) 1.2 661 777 2 0.26% $194.25 $75 $-119.25 -61.4% $-119.25
Hot Families (top 10) 10.0 730 7,300 47 0.64% $1,825 $1,762.5 $-62.5 -3.4% $-447.5
Cold/Due Families (bottom 10) 10.0 730 7,300 18 0.25% $1,825 $1,762.5 $-62.5 -3.4% $-257.5
Hot doubles (top 18) 18.0 730 13,140 41 0.31% $3,285 $3,075 $-210 -6.4% $-348
Pure Matches: Triples (All 10) 10.0 730 7,300 7 0.10% $1,825 $1,575 $-250 -13.7% $-305
Overdue 10 (gap vs expectation) 10.0 730 7,300 38 0.52% $1,825 $1,987.5 $162.5 8.9% $-155
Carryover Overdue (top 10) 10.0 730 7,300 37 0.51% $1,825 $1,800 $-25 -1.4% $-267.5
Carryover Mixed-Parity Momentum (top 10) 10.0 730 7,300 41 0.56% $1,825 $1,612.5 $-212.5 -11.6% $-310
Profit Persisters (top 18, 1y window) 18.0 730 13,140 55 0.42% $3,285 $2,700 $-585 -17.8% $-1,060.5
Profit Persisters (top 18, 2y window) 18.0 730 13,140 54 0.41% $3,285 $2,625 $-660 -20.1% $-970.5
Profit Leaders (top 10, 90d window) 10.0 730 7,300 28 0.38% $1,825 $1,800 $-25 -1.4% $-252.5
Profit Leaders (top 10, 180d window) 10.0 730 7,300 26 0.36% $1,825 $1,500 $-325 -17.8% $-490
Calendar Year Top-5 5.0 730 3,650 24 0.66% $912.5 $900 $-12.5 -1.4% $-167.5
Baseline: All 252 Distinct Boxes 120.0 730 87,600 539 0.62% $21,900 $20,212.5 $-1,687.5 -7.7% $-1,687.5
Consensus Panel 6.2 730 4,494 24 0.53% $1,123.5 $1,162.5 $39 3.5% $-140.25
Window summary. 3 of 23 strategies finished positive in this window. · Highest Capital ROI: Overdue 10 (gap vs expectation) (+8.9% ROI, net +$162.50)
Top Net Dollars: Overdue 10 (gap vs expectation) +$162.50 · Consensus Panel +$39.00 · Pickstics Empirical Follower (10-Draw Chase - Top 5 Portfolio) +$27.25

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)
Consensus Panel -$11 +$114 +$66 +$51 +$200 +$397 +$697 5/12
Followed-By (empirical top 5) -$2 -$31 -$34 -$79 +$154 +$119 +$130 2/12
Pickstics Empirical Follower · Rolling 10-Draw Pipeline +$98 +$77 +$96 -$63 +$7 -$44 -$14 5/12
Pickstics Empirical Follower (10-Draw Chase - Top 1) -$2 +$5 -$41 -$55 -$157 -$138 -$96 3/12
Overdue 10 (gap vs expectation) -$20 +$158 +$115 +$73 -$23 -$48 -$100 4/12
Pickstics Empirical Follower (10-Draw Chase - Top 5 Portfolio) -$2 +$5 -$41 -$55 -$157 -$138 -$106 3/12
Calendar Year Top-5 -$10 -$90 -$130 -$20 -$330 -$268 -$200 3/12
Cici's Rules Engine (10-Draw Chase · Top 1) -$2 -$33 -$79 -$19 -$51 -$196 -$250 3/12
Carryover Mixed-Parity · Rapid 3-Draw Pipeline -$3 -$4 -$29 -$39 -$74 -$258 -$279 5/12
Profit Leaders (top 10, 180d window) -$20 -$143 -$373 -$378 -$585 -$760 -$288 4/12
Carryover Overdue (top 10) -$20 +$120 +$153 -$40 -$360 -$235 -$363 5/12
Carryover Mixed-Parity · Rolling 10-Draw Pipeline -$5 -$17 -$61 -$75 -$138 -$337 -$395 5/12
Cici's Rules Engine -$16 -$61 -$162 -$276 -$544 -$329 -$448 4/12
Hot Families (top 10) -$20 -$105 -$260 -$115 -$473 -$573 -$475 4/12
Profit Leaders (top 10, 90d window) +$55 +$158 +$153 +$35 -$735 -$1,248 -$588 5/12
Cici's Rules Engine (10-Draw Chase · All Candidates) +$59 +$109 +$157 -$42 -$226 -$336 -$730 4/12
Carryover Mixed-Parity Momentum (top 10) -$20 -$30 -$185 -$228 -$735 -$835 -$1,000 4/12
Cold/Due Families (bottom 10) -$20 +$120 +$115 -$3 -$923 -$1,623 -$1,413 5/12
Profit Persisters (top 18, 1y window) -$36 -$219 -$588 -$567 -$1,256 -$1,728 -$1,463 3/12
Hot doubles (top 18) -$36 -$69 -$213 -$192 -$993 -$1,278 -$1,650 4/12
Pure Matches: Triples (All 10) -$20 -$105 -$110 -$115 -$1,035 -$1,735 -$1,750 6/12
Profit Persisters (top 18, 2y window) +$2 -$332 -$663 -$680 -$1,743 -$2,291 -$2,025 5/12
Baseline: All 252 Distinct Boxes -$90 -$548 -$1,020 -$1,530 -$3,270 -$4,845 -$5,625 3/12