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2026 · Preseason
Honest Track Record · Moneyline

We grade ourselves on the closing line.

CLV — closing line value — is the overfit-resistant test of a real edge: not wins, not luck. Across 4 seasons tested out of sample, the model beat the closing line (a positive CLV edge, not a claim of winning every year) in every single one — and the pooled return across all of them is positive.

4/4 SEASONS CLV+EVERY LOSS SHOWN
Pooled out-of-sample ROI · 4 seasons
+11.1%ROI
flat 1u / pick · vig-adjusted · 457 bets · 2022–2025
or +22.8% on amount risked at our ½-Kelly staking — the sizing the picks use (317 staked, the rest Pass).
+0.104
Mean CLV / bet
+22.8%
½-Kelly ROI · on staked
4 / 4
Seasons CLV-positive

Closing-line value by tested season

CLV by season · edge vs the closing number
+0.077
+0.134
+0.101
+0.104
Closing line · break-even
2022118 bets
2023114 bets
2024122 bets
2025103 bets
The edge, accumulating · cumulative CLV × bets
CLOSING LINE · ZERO EDGE +9.1+24.4+36.6+47.4 2022202320242025

CLV is the model's edge against Vegas's closing number — the metric that survives out-of-sample. It was positive in every tested season (2022–2025), so the running total above only climbs. The pooled vig-adjusted ROI (+11.1%) is bet-weighted across all 4 of them.

Live 2026

Live 2026 ledger — empty until Week 1
One append-only entry per settled week, graded against the closing line. The monitoring rule was frozen and hashed before kickoff — no mid-season re-tuning. 0 of 18 weeks played.

Graded picks — the live ledger

The sections above are sealed out-of-sample backtest evidence — history the model was tested against, never traded live. This section is different: the live graded ledger. Picks are members-only before kickoff; every pick becomes public here after it settles, fully graded — the frozen bet-time price, the close, CLV vs close, and the result. Win/loss is not profitability — CLV vs the close is the durable signal.

The graded ledger opens when the first 2026 pick settles

Picks are members-only before kickoff. Every pick becomes public here after it settles, fully graded — the matchup, the pick, the frozen bet-time price, the close, CLV vs close, and the W/L/VOID result, with week records and running season totals. Nothing is hidden and nothing is retro-edited: the ledger is append-only, and a re-settle is always visibly marked.

Membership = picks before kickoff — the graded history stays public for everyone.

Win/loss is not profitability — CLV vs the close is the durable signal, and every settled pick shows both.