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NBA · resolved market

Raptors vs. Mavericks

Rebuilt .

What this market resolved to

Winning outcome
Mavericksof Raptors, Mavericks
Resolved
US/Eastern, the zone Polymarket writes its markets in
Scored in
NBAevery record on this page is that Category’s
Volume Polymarket published
$1,486,830
Volume TailMyPicks’s own read summed
$1,470,820

Both are shown because TailMyPicks only trusts a market it can reconcile: it reads every trade itself and compares its own total against the venue’s before scoring anything. The threshold below was applied to $1,486,830 the venue’s figure.

Every figure here describes what TailMyPicks scored — positions held to resolution in markets that cleared the thresholds below. It is not a Polymarket account balance, and open positions are not counted anywhere on this site.

Who was on this market

The 100 largest positions, of 734 wallets holding a qualified pick here — biggest first. This page details 100 at most, and the number beside it is the real one. Ordered by position size rather than by score, because this is a post-mortem of one market — a strong wallet’s small pick does not belong above a large committed one. Each wallet’s record in NBA is on its own row, so one correct call here is not mistaken for a track record.

On this marketThis wallet’s whole record in NBA
WalletEntryPositionResultP/L heldQualified picksWin ratevs expectedRealizable edgeAvg entryROI per pickTail Score
0x5afb…4511backed Mavericks50c423,911$211,242 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$212,668.855540%22 W · 33 L-2.0wins-0.04per pick44cpaid-14.7%equal weight47-0.03 edge/pick
0x2131…aaf2backed Raptors50c171,955$86,812 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$86,811.961070%7 W · 3 L+1.9wins+0.19per pick51cpaid+46.4%equal weight56+0.06 edge/pick
0x3ed7…e617backed Raptors50c170,338$85,459 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$85,458.567255.6%40 W · 32 L+1.5wins+0.02per pick54cpaid+3.4%equal weight52+0.01 edge/pick
0x16b2…a881backed Mavericks50c94,565$46,882 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$47,683.482,29851.7%1,188 W · 1,110 L+65.4wins+0.03per pick49cpaid+5.9%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0x7ff6…a199backed Mavericks50c90,276$45,138 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$45,137.751353.8%7 W · 6 L+1.2wins+0.09per pick45cpaid+32.9%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0x8f03…64d6backed Raptors51c68,182$34,773 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$34,772.611,04651.1%534 W · 512 L-0.7wins0.00per pick51cpaid-0.2%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x1117…3532backed Mavericks50c59,333$29,870 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$29,463.221,02450.8%520 W · 504 L+18.6wins+0.02per pick49cpaid+5.9%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x6a72…33eebacked Raptors50c53,024$26,312 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$26,311.9626253.8%141 W · 121 L+10.1wins+0.04per pick50cpaid+6.3%equal weight54+0.04 edge/pick
0xaf38…a59bbacked Raptors50c50,914$25,456 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$25,455.6541848.3%202 W · 216 L-7.0wins-0.02per pick50cpaid-3.9%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0x220c…43c8backed Mavericks50c50,000$25,000 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$25,0007149.3%35 W · 36 L-0.1wins0.00per pick49cpaid-2.3%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x576d…767dbacked Raptors50c50,000$25,000 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$25,0002245.5%10 W · 12 L-0.3wins-0.01per pick47cpaid+9%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0xc996…bb65backed Raptors33c49,097$16,193 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$16,192.9547144.2%208 W · 263 L-10.1wins-0.02per pick46cpaid+0.7%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0xc350…3669backed Raptors51c35,010$17,855 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$17,855.114856.1%83 W · 65 L+5.2wins+0.04per pick53cpaid+2.2%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0x2129…4222backed Raptors45c33,455$15,091 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$15,091.0447448.7%231 W · 243 L-0.4wins0.00per pick49cpaid+5.8%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xb18c…0d06backed Mavericks51c31,730$16,182 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$15,547.861258.3%7 W · 5 L+1.4wins+0.12per pick46cpaid+19.9%equal weight54+0.04 edge/pick
0xa925…e1c8backed Raptors43c27,567$11,930 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$11,929.968744.8%39 W · 48 L-5.3wins-0.06per pick51cpaid-21.1%equal weight45-0.05 edge/pick
0x5139…a8dbbacked Raptors50c22,399$11,300 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$11,300.1769852%363 W · 335 L+10.3wins+0.01per pick51cpaid+3.4%equal weight52+0.01 edge/pick
0xb786…b18dbacked Raptors4c20,562$791 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$790.881,31650.5%664 W · 652 L+42.4wins+0.03per pick47cpaid-0.7%equal weight54+0.03 edge/pick
0xade8…b0bdbacked Raptors54c20,304$11,015 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$11,015.185246.2%24 W · 28 L-1.9wins-0.04per pick50cpaid-15.5%equal weight47-0.02 edge/pick
0xb230…4193backed Raptors50c20,000$10,000 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$10,00019351.3%99 W · 94 L-0.3wins0.00per pick51cpaid-1.5%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xbc10…3f05backed Mavericks50c20,000$10,000 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$10,0009650%48 W · 48 L+0.6wins+0.01per pick49cpaid+0.8%equal weight510.00 edge/pick
0x5375…aeeabacked Mavericks50c19,843$9,833 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$10,009.4885742.6%365 W · 492 L-15.6wins-0.02per pick44cpaid-13.6%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0xc981…aec3backed Raptors42c13,000$5,460 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$5,46010%0 W · 1 L-0.4wins-0.42per pick42cpaid-100%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0x5994…5c8bbacked Mavericks58c13,000$7,540 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$5,4601100%1 W · 0 L+0.4wins+0.42per pick58cpaid+72.4%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x3850…c4b4backed Mavericks39c11,714$4,604 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$7,109.8412334.1%42 W · 81 L-3.1wins-0.03per pick37cpaid-13.1%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0x4c03…0cc1backed Raptors1c10,000$100 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1001,60211.8%189 W · 1,413 L-4.8wins0.00per pick12cpaid-6.4%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xe895…c3dabacked Raptors50c10,000$5,000 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$5,0007939.2%31 W · 48 L-1.6wins-0.02per pick41cpaid+23.7%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0xc605…0c70backed Raptors0c10,000$10 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1010%0 W · 1 L0.0wins0.00per pick0cpaid-100%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x35db…f0b9backed Mavericks52c8,781$4,560 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$4,221.341100%1 W · 0 L+0.5wins+0.48per pick52cpaid+92.6%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0xd8b1…a22bbacked Raptors48c8,775$4,212 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$4,211.9420%0 W · 2 L-1.0wins-0.48per pick48cpaid-100%equal weight46-0.04 edge/pick
0x781c…db68backed Raptors3c8,700$249 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$249.21,38439.4%545 W · 839 L+4.8wins0.00per pick39cpaid-21.3%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x204f…5e14backed Raptors35c8,328$2,890 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,889.558,98847.5%4,268 W · 4,720 L+96.4wins+0.01per pick46cpaid-5.4%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x4231…f63ebacked Raptors50c8,034$4,011 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$4,011.0612160.3%73 W · 48 L+10.3wins+0.09per pick52cpaid+19.7%equal weight58+0.07 edge/pick
0xe7ca…a175backed Raptors50c7,700$3,867 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$3,86782442.2%348 W · 476 L-3.7wins0.00per pick43cpaid-1.2%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x53e5…6177backed Mavericks50c7,500$3,750 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$3,7506152.5%32 W · 29 L+2.5wins+0.04per pick48cpaid+14.1%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0x0ce3…3bc3backed Mavericks54c7,001$3,766 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$3,234.962755.6%15 W · 12 L+0.8wins+0.03per pick53cpaid+15.4%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x900c…1d7abacked Raptors50c6,267$3,128 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$3,128.4771052.1%370 W · 340 L+11.9wins+0.02per pick50cpaid+3.7%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x9267…0f9abacked Raptors50c6,000$3,000 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$3,00059653.4%318 W · 278 L+4.3wins+0.01per pick53cpaid+2.8%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x5116…58c4backed Raptors47c6,000$2,820 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,819.976850.3%386 W · 382 L-5.0wins-0.01per pick51cpaid-1.6%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x5f89…d508backed Mavericks54c5,895$3,189 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,705.312142.9%9 W · 12 L-0.9wins-0.04per pick47cpaid-17.9%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0x27c9…2278backed Mavericks71c5,634$3,983 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,651.31747.1%8 W · 9 L0.0wins0.00per pick47cpaid-11.6%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x86a3…33dbbacked Raptors48c5,080$2,460 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,459.74045%18 W · 22 L-2.4wins-0.06per pick51cpaid-18.8%equal weight46-0.04 edge/pick
0x8198…e96ebacked Mavericks50c5,000$2,500 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,50016446.3%76 W · 88 L-2.4wins-0.01per pick48cpaid-9.1%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x9fad…5a9fbacked Mavericks51c5,000$2,550 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,4501,82052.1%948 W · 872 L+48.5wins+0.03per pick49cpaid+4.1%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0x481b…74c1backed Mavericks55c4,960$2,725 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,235.3548046%221 W · 259 L+3.3wins+0.01per pick45cpaid-9.8%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x60cd…a1b6backed Mavericks51c4,885$2,500 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,385.028251.2%42 W · 40 L+4.3wins+0.05per pick46cpaid+12.7%equal weight54+0.04 edge/pick
0xb077…8fe8backed Mavericks47c4,702$2,200 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,502.0515549.7%77 W · 78 L-6.6wins-0.04per pick54cpaid-9%equal weight46-0.04 edge/pick
0x83b9…6124backed Raptors50c4,535$2,268 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,267.5136148.5%175 W · 186 L-3.5wins-0.01per pick49cpaid-4.7%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x2699…29f6backed Mavericks49c4,067$1,993 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,074.34553.3%24 W · 21 L+0.5wins+0.01per pick52cpaid+1.4%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x1867…92cabacked Raptors50c4,000$2,000 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,00045348.1%218 W · 235 L-3.0wins-0.01per pick49cpaid+1%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0xf3ae…7b92backed Mavericks51c4,000$2,040 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,959.9518142%76 W · 105 L+4.4wins+0.02per pick40cpaid+0.5%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x7ba5…aaf1backed Raptors51c3,865$1,971 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,971.1736748.2%177 W · 190 L-4.6wins-0.01per pick49cpaid-3.2%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x596e…7b82backed Raptors50c3,426$1,713 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,7131656.3%9 W · 7 L+1.0wins+0.06per pick50cpaid-2%equal weight53+0.02 edge/pick
0xaf9f…f6a3backed Mavericks50c3,336$1,668 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,668.076145.9%28 W · 33 L-1.5wins-0.03per pick48cpaid-2.8%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0x3c82…e0cbbacked Mavericks40c3,078$1,225 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,852.6127041.5%112 W · 158 L+10.7wins+0.04per pick38cpaid+2.9%equal weight54+0.04 edge/pick
0x5137…1556backed Raptors50c3,047$1,510 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,510.212,26543.4%982 W · 1,283 L-26.7wins-0.01per pick45cpaid-4.4%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x5b8e…5c3cbacked Raptors50c2,999$1,485 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,484.944459.7%265 W · 179 L+12.4wins+0.03per pick57cpaid+7.5%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0xde04…fa37backed Raptors5c2,604$128 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$128.272,16940.8%885 W · 1,284 L-8.7wins0.00per pick41cpaid-14.9%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x1ed5…8d08backed Mavericks50c2,130$1,065 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,0651100%1 W · 0 L+0.5wins+0.50per pick50cpaid+100%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0xf1f7…23c5backed Mavericks50c2,120$1,060 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,0602100%2 W · 0 L+1.0wins+0.49per pick51cpaid+96.2%equal weight54+0.04 edge/pick
0x6239…c24fbacked Mavericks50c2,100$1,050 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,049.7895049.4%469 W · 481 L+10.8wins+0.01per pick48cpaid+2.4%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x214a…66ddbacked Raptors51c2,088$1,065 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,06510%0 W · 1 L-0.5wins-0.51per pick51cpaid-100%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0xe1a4…0f7bbacked Raptors51c2,078$1,060 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,06030%0 W · 3 L-1.4wins-0.47per pick47cpaid-100%equal weight44-0.05 edge/pick
0xd589…27c2backed Raptors50c2,000$1,000 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,00017637.5%66 W · 110 L-16.3wins-0.09per pick47cpaid-20.3%equal weight41-0.08 edge/pick
0x41b7…f6babacked Mavericks49c2,000$980 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,02080146.4%372 W · 429 L-1.3wins0.00per pick47cpaid-1.4%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x5351…9b3cbacked Raptors51c1,990$1,015 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,014.920355.2%112 W · 91 L+7.9wins+0.04per pick51cpaid+5%equal weight54+0.03 edge/pick
0xcb43…3c74backed Raptors50c1,750$875 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$87547748.8%233 W · 244 L+1.8wins0.00per pick48cpaid-1.8%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xb61f…9958backed Raptors8c1,742$133 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$132.842010%2 W · 18 L-0.6wins-0.03per pick13cpaid-48.5%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x30d5…28e6backed Mavericks52c1,600$832 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$768633.3%2 W · 4 L-0.9wins-0.14per pick48cpaid-33.9%equal weight47-0.03 edge/pick
0x75d5…880abacked Raptors48c1,600$768 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$768944.4%4 W · 5 L-0.3wins-0.03per pick48cpaid-13.7%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0xdb3f…ca5abacked Raptors48c1,600$768 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$768850%4 W · 4 L+0.3wins+0.04per pick46cpaid+7.8%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xd6bc…35e8backed Mavericks52c1,600$832 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$768850%4 W · 4 L-0.7wins-0.09per pick59cpaid-19.5%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0xcd50…84adbacked Raptors48c1,600$768 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$7681050%5 W · 5 L+0.5wins+0.05per pick45cpaid+21.5%equal weight52+0.01 edge/pick
0xec6b…869dbacked Mavericks52c1,600$832 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$768771.4%5 W · 2 L+1.6wins+0.23per pick48cpaid+46.3%equal weight56+0.05 edge/pick
0xcacf…35ffbacked Raptors2c1,550$27 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$27.57211%7 W · 714 L-2.6wins0.00per pick1cpaid-32.7%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x74bc…98c9backed Mavericks76c1,520$1,159 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$361.2213042.3%55 W · 75 L-9.3wins-0.07per pick49cpaid-21.8%equal weight43-0.06 edge/pick
0x6775…17efbacked Mavericks52c1,379$722 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$656.692650%13 W · 13 L-0.9wins-0.03per pick53cpaid-16.3%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0xfefb…4b5dbacked Raptors3c1,336$39 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$38.5981529.4%240 W · 575 L-37.0wins-0.05per pick34cpaid-43%equal weight45-0.04 edge/pick
0xdbb9…ed8dbacked Raptors50c1,304$652 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$651.912,73646.7%1,277 W · 1,459 L-67.4wins-0.02per pick49cpaid-4.9%equal weight47-0.02 edge/pick
0x531c…eb0dbacked Raptors18c1,290$235 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$234.617843.6%34 W · 44 L+3.9wins+0.05per pick39cpaid+2%equal weight54+0.04 edge/pick
0x81f5…70afbacked Raptors54c1,200$648 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$64819448.5%94 W · 100 L+0.3wins0.00per pick48cpaid+3.9%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x377c…91aebacked Mavericks45c1,100$495 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$604.9947535.8%170 W · 305 L+41.1wins+0.09per pick27cpaid+26.7%equal weight59+0.08 edge/pick
0xc35a…e5d8backed Mavericks46c1,079$500 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$578.576440.6%26 W · 38 L-9.1wins-0.14per pick55cpaid-28.1%equal weight39-0.10 edge/pick
0x2005…75eabacked Mavericks58c1,035$603 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$432.312,63036.7%966 W · 1,664 L-119.1wins-0.05per pick41cpaid-25.5%equal weight45-0.04 edge/pick
0xda16…ac2bbacked Mavericks50c1,000$500 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$50011939.5%47 W · 72 L-3.4wins-0.03per pick42cpaid-13.1%equal weight47-0.02 edge/pick
0xb7a7…d3abbacked Mavericks50c1,000$500 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$50020034%68 W · 132 L-3.1wins-0.02per pick36cpaid+28.7%equal weight48-0.01 edge/pick
0xa576…89a4backed Raptors50c1,000$500 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$5002748.1%13 W · 14 L+3.2wins+0.12per pick36cpaid+23.2%equal weight57+0.06 edge/pick
0xbfdf…8e02backed Raptors50c1,000$500 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$50033945.1%153 W · 186 L-5.1wins-0.02per pick47cpaid-3.3%equal weight48-0.01 edge/pick
0x4fc1…ec92backed Mavericks50c1,000$500 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$50075347.5%358 W · 395 L+10.4wins+0.01per pick46cpaid+0.8%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x4c86…1ed3backed Raptors50c1,000$500 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$5004647.8%22 W · 24 L-1.2wins-0.03per pick50cpaid-2.7%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0x54b3…d326backed Raptors1c1,000$10 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$102231.8%7 W · 15 L+1.1wins+0.05per pick27cpaid+9%equal weight53+0.02 edge/pick
0x9621…b76cbacked Mavericks47c1,000$470 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$5302520%5 W · 20 L-3.8wins-0.15per pick35cpaid-39.6%equal weight42-0.08 edge/pick
0x93bc…8ca3backed Raptors54c999.99$540 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$5401,75240.6%712 W · 1,040 L-3.3wins0.00per pick41cpaid-5.6%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x60cc…f0dfbacked Raptors51c980.39$500 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$50010852.8%57 W · 51 L-0.1wins0.00per pick53cpaid-3.7%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x44a0…c3b9backed Raptors50c970$483 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$48327547.6%131 W · 144 L-2.1wins-0.01per pick48cpaid-11.6%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0xf68a…5b1bbacked Raptors50c901.94$451 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$450.972,15351.3%1,105 W · 1,048 L+76.7wins+0.04per pick48cpaid+6.9%equal weight54+0.04 edge/pick
0x6b7c…5f83backed Raptors49c899.21$441 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$440.613,34243.4%1,450 W · 1,892 L+81.2wins+0.02per pick41cpaid-0.5%equal weight53+0.02 edge/pick
0xe401…7b88backed Mavericks57c886.06$506 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$380.195,84446.7%2,728 W · 3,116 L+32.7wins+0.01per pick46cpaid-3.1%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x52ec…a6f3backed Raptors50c855.67$424 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$424.143051.4%221 W · 209 L+2.5wins+0.01per pick51cpaid-2.2%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x3505…f7a3backed Raptors50c850$425 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$4257455.4%41 W · 33 L-5.1wins-0.07per pick62cpaid-13.3%equal weight44-0.05 edge/pick

Entry is the average price this wallet paid on the side it backed, so being right at 20c is distinguishable from being right at 95c. Position is what it was left holding in shares, with what it spent underneath. Result opens that one pick on a page of its own, which is the link to send somebody. P/L held is what that position would have been worth held to resolution — not cash the wallet withdrew, because selling early is still a correct forecast. The seven columns on the right describe the wallet’s whole record in NBA and say nothing about this market.

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Polymarket sells these questions together. 6 in all. TailMyPicks has no name for an event — the venue publishes an identifier and no title — so they are listed by their own questions.

Not every trade counts. A Pick has to clear four thresholds to be scored.

TailMyPicks scores a wallet on what it can actually be judged on: positions held to resolution, in markets with enough volume to be real, at prices where being right was not already priced in.

  • The market traded at least $500.
  • The entry price was between 0.00 and 0.80 — a near-certainty is not a call.
  • The position was at least $10 — dust is not a position.
  • The market has resolved, so there is a right answer to grade against.

Thresholds behind these numbers: set by an operator decision, not measured.