NOSTRADAMUS · Position Analytics Engine

SIMULATOR Will Roberto Sánchez Palomino win the 2026 Peruvian presidential election?

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-roberto-snchez-palomino-win-the-2026-peruvian-presidential-election page.

▲ YES EDGE · +0.010 · f★ 1.0% · deploy 0.5% · net 0.20pp

§1 · Position economics

Payoff diagram · binary contract P/L vs resolution
YES · Expected P/L per share +0.0095@ model P(YES) = 0.020
-1.00-0.50+0.00+0.50+1.000.000.200.400.600.801.00price 0.010model 0.020YES 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★ = 0.96% · g(f★) = 0.343%deploy 0.48% · g = 0.275%
-3.03%-2.17%-1.32%-0.46%0.39%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 @ 0.010 · EV +$109stake $120 · 0.48% of bankroll
Deployed stakestake
$120
0.48% of bankroll
Sharesunits
11,430
each pays $1 if YES
Max payoutwin
$11,430
gross, if win
Max profitwin
+$11,310
net of cost
Max losslose
-$120
binary settles to $0
Payout multiple×
×95.24
$1 → $95.24
Risk:RewardR:R
94.24 : 1
win $94.24 per $1
Expected P/LE[P/L]
+$109
probability-weighted
OutcomeP(model)P/LContribution
Resolves YES (win)2.0%+$11,310+$226
Resolves against (lose)98.0%-$120-$118
Expected value100.0%+$109
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 +1.0 pprelative edge +90.5%
Required win ratebreak-even
1.0%
price = implied probability
Model win rateP(win)
2.0%
what you forecast
Cushionedge
+1.0 pp
margin of safety
Fair pricemodel
0.020
where you think it should trade
-60-3003060020406080100you @ 1.0%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
1.0%
= price
Decimal oddsEU
95.238
total return per $1
AmericanUS
+9424
$100 wins $9424
FractionalUK
94.24 / 1
profit per $1 risked
Profit per $100stake
+$9423.81
clean dollar framing
-1000-5000+500+1000020406080100you · 1.0%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 1573% · APY 7309571%ROI 90.5% over 21d · 17.4 turns/yr
Time to resolvehorizon
21.0 d
504h capital lockup
Raw ROIper resolve
+90.5%
APR (simple)scaled
+1573%
ROI × 365/days
APY (compounded)if redeployed
+7309571%
(1+ROI)^(365/d) − 1
Daily expectedper day
+3.12%
geometric, per day held
Capital turns/yrvelocity
×17.4
how often this slot recycles
0%1608106%3216211%4824317%6432422%8040528%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 +0.20 pperosion 79% · break-even w/ fees 1.8%
-0.1pp0.2pp0.5pp0.7pp1.0pp1.3pp+0.95Gross edge-0.75- ½ spread+0.00- entry fee+0.00- exit fee+0.20Net 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★
$240
0.96% · g = 0.343%
Half Kelly½ f★
$120
0.48% · g = 0.275%
Quarter Kelly¼ f★
$60
0.24% · g = 0.172%
Flat 1%1%
$250
1.00% · g = 0.343%
Flat 2%2%
$500
2.00% · g = 0.139%
Flat 5%5%
$1,250
5.00% · g = -1.542%
Recommended¼ f★
$60
survives model error
$0$369$738$1,106$1,475$240Full Kelly0.96%$120Half Kelly0.48%$60Quarter Kelly0.24%$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)
0.084 bit
max 1.0 at p = 0.5
Your entropyH(q)
0.141 bit
Δ +0.057 bit vs market
Surprise · YES−log₂ p
6.57 bit
self-information
Surprise · NO−log₂(1−p)
0.02 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) = 0.0034 nat (0.0050 bit)belief ≈ market — stand down
-0.012-0.0050.0020.0090.0170.0129YES branch-0.0095NO branchΣKL = 0.0034 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 0.020 · CI [0.00, 0.30] · κ 4.4
Posterior meanE[θ]
0.020
Beta(0.1, 4.4)
95% credible intervalHDI
[0.00, 0.30]
price INSIDE → weak edge
Concentrationκ
4.4
pseudo-obs behind belief
Disagreementvs crowd
+0.0 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] +90.5% · P(YES) 2.0% · VaR₉₅ 100.0%400 paths · 504 bars to resolution
Expected P/Lper $1
+90.48%
P(YES) empiricalq
2.0%
Best pathmax
+9423.8%
Worst pathmin
-100.0%
VaR 95%5%
100.0%
CVaR 95%ES
100.0%
25¢50¢75¢100¢084168252336420504entry 1.0¢model q 2.0¢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 1.13% · ruin rate 0.0%400 paths × 120 bets · f deploy 0.50%
Sharpe / betμ/σ
0.147
μ 1.35% · σ 9.2%
Sortino / betμ/σ↓
2.704
downside-only denominator
VaR 95%5%
-0.5%
per-bet worst-case
CVaR 95%ES
-0.5%
mean tail loss
Max drawdownMDD
-11.8%
Calmar 0.10
Ruin rate≤50%
0.0%
P(equity ever ≤ 50%)
0.65×3.38×6.11×8.85×11.58×14.31×020406080100120startruin 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 -46.4pp · crowd gap -47.3pp
0%20%40%60%80%100%Reference base rate48.4%Market price1.0%Model P(YES)2.0%
Anchor gapmodel − base
-46.4 pp
Crowd gapprice − base
-47.3 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 24.5% · AUC 0.791out-of-sample BSS (5-fold) 24.6% ± 1.7% · Brier 0.1884 · log-loss 0.5642 · n 1600n = 1600
BrierBS
0.1884
lower = better · ō 0.52
BSSvs base
24.5%
improvement over base rate
ReliabilityREL
0.0023
miscalibration · want ↓
ResolutionRES
0.0640
decisiveness · want ↑
Log lossLL
0.5642
cross-entropy
AUCROC
0.791
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 = 0.791false positive ratetrue positive rate0.0000.0750.1500.2250.3000.250UNC0.064RES0.002REL0.188BRIERcontribution
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 1.02 · expectancy +0.011R180 trades · win 46.1% · Sharpe 0.009
Total P/Lnet
+$495
on $45,000 cycled
Win ratehit %
46.1%
83 W / 97 L
Profit factorPF
1.02
$ won / $ lost
Expectancyper trade
+$2.75
avg $ per position
R-expectancyper risk
+0.011R
in units of risk taken
Avg win / losspayoff
$298.14 / -$250.00
ratio 1.19 : 1
Sharpe / traderisk-adj
0.009
μR / σR
Closing line valueCLV
+2.64 pp
avg edge vs close
-$1,502-$500$501$1,503$2,50403672108144180trade #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-roberto-snchez-palomino-win-the-2026-peruvian-presidential-election · fresh · feed 0s old
24h sparkline · 60 pts
realized vol (ann.)
33.04%
max drawdown
40.00%
sharpe
ulcer index
22.92%
RMS drawdown
pain index
20.06%
mean drawdown
mod. VaR 95%
0.00%
Cornish-Fisher
martin ratio
ret / ulcer
CDaR 95%
40.00%
cond. drawdown
gain/pain
1.11
Σgain / Σ|loss|
sterling
ret / CDaR
omega (θ=0)
1.11
upside/downside
roll spread
2.2 bps
implied (price-only)
bars used
2000
store
spread
24h Δ
flow lean
carry
flat
signalNEUTRALconfidence 20%
Same bundle via M2M API: /api/m2m/pm-will-roberto-snchez-palomino-win-the-2026-peruvian-presidential-election/bundle · venue execution: polymarket