NOSTRADAMUS · Position Analytics Engine

SIMULATOR Will Morocco advance to the knockout stages at the 2026 FIFA World Cup?

A live, interactive instrument for dissecting a single binary position. Sweep the inputs and watch every indicator recompute — payoff geometry, Kelly growth, Bayesian posterior, KL divergence, cost waterfall, Monte-Carlo equity fan, forecast calibration. Companion to the live /feed/pm-will-morocco-advance-to-the-knockout-stages-at-the-2026-fifa-world-cup page.

▲ YES EDGE · +0.003 · f★ 4.9% · deploy 2.5% · net -0.43pp

§1 · Position economics

Payoff diagram · binary contract P/L vs resolution
YES · Expected P/L per share +0.0032@ model P(YES) = 0.938
-1.00-0.50+0.00+0.50+1.000.000.200.400.600.801.00price 0.935model 0.938YES resolution priceP/L per $1 contract
P/L per sharemarket pricemodel Pprofit zoneloss zone
Profit is linear in the eventual settlement price.
Kelly growth curve · g(f) with f★ and deployed f markers
f★ = 4.93% · g(f★) = 0.009%deploy 2.47% · g = 0.006%
-0.58%-0.43%-0.29%-0.14%0.01%0%8%16%24%32%40%f★ optimumdeployfraction of bankroll fexpected log-growth g(f)
g(f)f★ optimumdeployed fgrowth zone
Underbet leaves growth on the table; overbet destroys capital. The interior maximum is f★.

§2 · The trade ticket

Trade ticket · dollar outcomes at this stake
YES @ 0.935 · EV +$2stake $617 · 2.47% of bankroll
Deployed stakestake
$617
2.47% of bankroll
Sharesunits
660
each pays $1 if YES
Max payoutwin
$660
gross, if win
Max profitwin
+$43
net of cost
Max losslose
-$617
binary settles to $0
Payout multiple×
×1.07
$1 → $1.07
Risk:RewardR:R
0.07 : 1
win $0.07 per $1
Expected P/LE[P/L]
+$2
probability-weighted
OutcomeP(model)P/LContribution
Resolves YES (win)93.8%+$43+$40
Resolves against (lose)6.2%-$617-$38
Expected value100.0%+$2
What you actually win and lose. The bottom table tabulates probability-weighted P/L by outcome.

§3 · Break-even & cushion

Break-even & cushion · margin of safety
Cushion +0.3 pprelative edge +0.3%
Required win ratebreak-even
93.5%
price = implied probability
Model win rateP(win)
93.8%
what you forecast
Cushionedge
+0.3 pp
margin of safety
Fair pricemodel
0.938
where you think it should trade
-60-3003060020406080100you @ 93.5%market price (%)cushion (pp)
The market price equals the win rate you must beat to make money.

§4 · Odds conversion

Implied probability, decimal, American, fractional
Implied probabilityP
93.5%
= price
Decimal oddsEU
1.070
total return per $1
AmericanUS
-1438
risk $1438 to win $100
FractionalUK
0.07 / 1
profit per $1 risked
Profit per $100stake
+$6.95
clean dollar framing
-1000-5000+500+1000020406080100you · 93.5%implied probability (%)American odds
underdog (+)favorite (-)your price
Five views of the same number.

§4b · Time & annualized return

Time & APR · capital lockup vs annualized return
APR 6% · APY 6%ROI 0.3% over 21d · 17.4 turns/yr
Time to resolvehorizon
21.0 d
504h capital lockup
Raw ROIper resolve
+0.3%
APR (simple)scaled
+6%
ROI × 365/days
APY (compounded)if redeployed
+6%
(1+ROI)^(365/d) − 1
Daily expectedper day
+0.02%
geometric, per day held
Capital turns/yrvelocity
×17.4
how often this slot recycles
0%28%55%83%110%138%121416180100120now 21ddays to resolutionannualized return (capped 1000%)
simple APRcompounded APYyour horizon
Rank positions by APR, not raw ROI. A thin edge tomorrow beats a fat edge next year.

§5 · Costs & net edge

Cost waterfall · gross edge → net of friction
Net edge -0.43 pperosion 234% · break-even w/ fees 94.3%
-0.6pp-0.4pp-0.2pp0.0pp0.3pp0.5pp+0.32Gross edge-0.75- ½ spread+0.00- entry fee+0.00- exit fee-0.43Net edgeEV / share (pp)
gross edgefrictionnet edgefee 0 bps · spread 1.50¢
The number that decides whether to trade.

§6 · Sizing menu

Sizing menu · disciplined deployment
Full Kellyf★
$1,234
4.93% · g = 0.009%
Half Kelly½ f★
$617
2.47% · g = 0.006%
Quarter Kelly¼ f★
$308
1.23% · g = 0.004%
Flat 1%1%
$250
1.00% · g = 0.003%
Flat 2%2%
$500
2.00% · g = 0.006%
Flat 5%5%
$1,250
5.00% · g = 0.009%
Recommended¼ f★
$308
survives model error
$0$369$738$1,106$1,475$1,234Full Kelly4.93%$617Half Kelly2.47%$308Quarter Kelly1.23%$250Flat 1%1.00%$500Flat 2%2.00%$1,250Flat 5%5.00%
Quarter-Kelly is the industry default — survives model error far better than full Kelly.

§7 · Information theory

Binary entropy · uncertainty in bits
Market entropyH(p)
0.347 bit
max 1.0 at p = 0.5
Your entropyH(q)
0.335 bit
Δ -0.012 bit vs market
Surprise · YES−log₂ p
0.10 bit
self-information
Surprise · NO−log₂(1−p)
3.94 bit
self-information
0.000.260.530.791.050.00.20.40.60.81.0marketmodelprobabilityH (bits)
H(p) peaks at p = 0.5 (one bit of irreducible doubt).
KL divergence · upper bound on exploitable edge
NOISE · D_KL(q ‖ p) = 0.0001 nat (0.0001 bit)belief ≈ market — stand down
-0.005-0.003-0.0000.0020.0040.0032YES branch-0.0031NO branchΣKL = 0.0001 natKL contribution (nat)
YES contributionNO contributionbelief ‖ marketnoise
Zero KL ⇒ you know nothing the crowd doesn't.

§8 · Bayesian inference

Bayesian posterior · prior + evidence → belief with 95% CI
MARKET PRICE INSIDE 95% CIposterior μ 0.938 · CI [0.78, 1.00] · κ 15.1
Posterior meanE[θ]
0.938
Beta(14.2, 0.9)
95% credible intervalHDI
[0.78, 1.00]
price INSIDE → weak edge
Concentrationκ
15.1
pseudo-obs behind belief
Disagreementvs crowd
+0.3 pp
posterior − price
0.000.200.400.600.801.00marketposterior μprobability θposterior density
market prior (dashed)model posterior95% credible bandmarket price
When the market price falls outside the 95% credible interval, your disagreement is statistically meaningful.

§9 · Tail risk · Monte-Carlo (mode A · single position to resolution)

Mark-to-market MC · single position held to resolution
E[P/L] -0.8% · P(YES) 92.8% · VaR₉₅ 100.0%400 paths · 504 bars to resolution
Expected P/Lper $1
-0.80%
P(YES) empiricalq
92.8%
Best pathmax
+7.0%
Worst pathmin
-100.0%
VaR 95%5%
100.0%
CVaR 95%ES
100.0%
25¢50¢75¢100¢084168252336420504entry 93.5¢model q 93.8¢bars until resolutionprice path
median path25/75 + 5/95 bandsentry pricemodel q
Logit-space mean-reverting walk + terminal flip with probability q. Answers: 'what happens to THIS one position'. Distinct from the repeated-edge fan below.

§9b · Tail risk · Monte-Carlo (mode B · repeated independent edges)

Monte-Carlo equity fan · this profile, repeated 400× independently
Median CAGR/bet -0.01% · ruin rate 0.0%400 paths × 120 bets · f deploy 2.47%
Sharpe / betμ/σ
-0.013
μ -0.01% · σ 0.7%
Sortino / betμ/σ↓
-0.003
downside-only denominator
VaR 95%5%
-2.5%
per-bet worst-case
CVaR 95%ES
-2.5%
mean tail loss
Max drawdownMDD
-4.0%
Calmar -0.00
Ruin rate≤50%
0.0%
P(equity ever ≤ 50%)
0.82×0.89×0.96×1.03×1.10×1.17×020406080100120startruin 50%bet #bankroll multiple
median25/75 band5/95 bandruin line
Answers a different question: 'if I could find this exact edge forever, what is the bankroll trajectory'. Compounds 120 sequential resolutions which is NOT what happens to a single position.

§10 · Base-rate & macro context

Probability stack · base rate vs crowd vs model
ANCHORED · supported by convictionanchor gap +40.1pp · crowd gap +39.8pp
0%20%40%60%80%100%Reference base rate53.7%Market price93.5%Model P(YES)93.8%
Anchor gapmodel − base
+40.1 pp
Crowd gapprice − base
+39.8 pp
Verdictdiscipline
ANCHORED
Reference-class anchoring prevents narrative-driven blowups.

§11 · Forecast quality (synthetic ledger)

Brier · Murphy decomposition · reliability · ROC
SKILL POSITIVE · in-sample BSS 16.2% · AUC 0.747out-of-sample BSS (5-fold) 16.2% ± 2.9% · Brier 0.2096 · log-loss 0.6280 · n 1600n = 1600
BrierBS
0.2096
lower = better · ō 0.50
BSSvs base
16.2%
improvement over base rate
ReliabilityREL
0.0056
miscalibration · want ↓
ResolutionRES
0.0474
decisiveness · want ↑
Log lossLL
0.6280
cross-entropy
AUCROC
0.747
0.5 coin · 1.0 oracle
0.00.20.40.60.81.00.00.20.40.60.81.0stated probability fobserved frequency ō0.00.20.40.60.81.00.00.20.40.60.81.0AUC = 0.747false positive ratetrue positive rate0.0000.0750.1500.2250.3000.250UNC0.047RES0.006REL0.210BRIERcontribution
calibration curveROCUNC (irreducible)RES (skill, ↑)REL (miscalib, ↓)
Computed on a seeded synthetic forecast ledger. Reseed (⟳) to redraw.

§12 · Journal vitals (synthetic ledger)

Track record · win rate · PF · expectancy · CLV · equity curve
PROFITABLE · PF 1.39 · expectancy +0.166R180 trades · win 57.8% · Sharpe 0.150
Total P/Lnet
+$7,454
on $45,000 cycled
Win ratehit %
57.8%
104 W / 76 L
Profit factorPF
1.39
$ won / $ lost
Expectancyper trade
+$41.41
avg $ per position
R-expectancyper risk
+0.166R
in units of risk taken
Avg win / losspayoff
$254.37 / -$250.00
ratio 1.02 : 1
Sharpe / traderisk-adj
0.150
μR / σR
Closing line valueCLV
+2.54 pp
avg edge vs close
-$250$2,084$4,419$6,753$9,08703672108144180trade #cumulative P/L (USD)
cumulative P/Lprofitable zonered zonesynthetic · seeded from asset
The scorecard every trader checks. Synthetic ledger seeded from the asset slug — recomputes against your real fill history once wired.

▸ Advanced metrics · M2M bundle

polymarket · will-morocco-advance-to-the-knockout-stages-at-the-2026-fifa-world-cup · fresh · feed 0s old
realized vol (ann.)
max drawdown
sharpe
ulcer index
RMS drawdown
pain index
mean drawdown
mod. VaR 95%
Cornish-Fisher
martin ratio
ret / ulcer
CDaR 95%
cond. drawdown
gain/pain
Σgain / Σ|loss|
sterling
ret / CDaR
omega (θ=0)
upside/downside
roll spread
implied (price-only)
bars used
0
insufficient
spread
24h Δ
flow lean
carry
flat
signalNEUTRALconfidence 0%
  • insufficient history for risk metrics — directional read only
Same bundle via M2M API: /api/m2m/pm-will-morocco-advance-to-the-knockout-stages-at-the-2026-fifa-world-cup/bundle · venue execution: polymarket