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Northwestern State Demons vs. Nicholls Colonels

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What this market resolved to

Winning outcome
Nicholls Colonelsof Northwestern State Demons, Nicholls Colonels
Resolved
US/Eastern, the zone Polymarket writes its markets in
Scored in
Ncaa Basketballevery record on this page is that Category’s
Volume Polymarket published
Polymarket published no figure
Volume TailMyPicks’s own read summed
$54,911

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 $54,911 TailMyPicks’s own total, because the venue published none.

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

All 96 wallets that hold a qualified pick on this market, biggest position first. 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 Ncaa Basketball 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 Ncaa Basketball
WalletEntryPositionResultP/L heldQualified picksWin ratevs expectedRealizable edgeAvg entryROI per pickTail Score
0x8738…222bbacked Nicholls Colonels56c12,923$7,200 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$5,723.3325556.1%143 W · 112 L+12.4wins+0.05per pick51cpaid+8.6%equal weight55+0.04 edge/pick
0x4488…e319backed Northwestern State Demons46c4,986$2,293 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,293.561652.8%325 W · 291 L+21.6wins+0.04per pick49cpaid+6.5%equal weight54+0.03 edge/pick
0x507e…beaebacked Northwestern State Demons44c4,661$2,061 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,061.125,94649.3%2,932 W · 3,014 L+163.0wins+0.03per pick47cpaid-0.9%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0x3c7e…a65fbacked Northwestern State Demons39c3,767$1,478 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,477.6527947.3%132 W · 147 L+0.1wins0.00per pick47cpaid-1.5%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x0e1b…ecafbacked Northwestern State Demons45c3,194$1,445 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,444.9526945.7%123 W · 146 L-3.4wins-0.01per pick47cpaid-12.6%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0xb45a…192cbacked Nicholls Colonels54c3,108$1,669 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,438.5689645.9%411 W · 485 L-0.1wins0.00per pick46cpaid+0.8%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x733d…1ae7backed Nicholls Colonels55c2,983$1,630 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,352.27337%27 W · 46 L-4.4wins-0.06per pick43cpaid-23.3%equal weight45-0.05 edge/pick
0x204f…5e14backed Northwestern State Demons44c2,537$1,121 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,120.885,55347.4%2,634 W · 2,919 L+26.3wins0.00per pick47cpaid-3.6%equal weight510.00 edge/pick
0xf41a…ea2bbacked Nicholls Colonels54c2,450$1,330 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,120.672,68748.5%1,303 W · 1,384 L+4.8wins0.00per pick48cpaid-0.6%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xd218…b5c9backed Northwestern State Demons4c2,275$92 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$92.172,55541.6%1,062 W · 1,493 L-15.9wins-0.01per pick42cpaid-20.2%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0xc2e3…2e82backed Nicholls Colonels55c1,810$991 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$818.95154.9%28 W · 23 L+3.6wins+0.07per pick48cpaid+31.2%equal weight55+0.05 edge/pick
0xee61…debfbacked Northwestern State Demons45c1,597$716 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$716.2512,42249.8%6,191 W · 6,231 L+118.8wins+0.01per pick49cpaid+1.5%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x161a…4103backed Northwestern State Demons44c1,049$460 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$459.762,01250%1,006 W · 1,006 L+22.3wins+0.01per pick49cpaid-0.8%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xd4da…3175backed Northwestern State Demons45c1,041$468 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$468.4189850%449 W · 449 L+7.1wins+0.01per pick49cpaid0%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xe278…b608backed Nicholls Colonels56c999.94$560 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$439.9721549.3%106 W · 109 L+3.7wins+0.02per pick48cpaid+3.1%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0xada5…db70backed Nicholls Colonels56c896.1$499 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$397.2937947.8%181 W · 198 L-26.2wins-0.07per pick55cpaid-17.8%equal weight43-0.06 edge/pick
0x2652…2a1dbacked Nicholls Colonels76c848.36$644 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$203.914,84852.2%2,532 W · 2,316 L+139.2wins+0.03per pick49cpaid+1%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0xead1…c76abacked Nicholls Colonels55c795.05$437 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$357.771,51147.8%722 W · 789 L-35.2wins-0.02per pick50cpaid-9.2%equal weight47-0.02 edge/pick
0xa1a9…4c18backed Nicholls Colonels57c695.77$394 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$301.882564%16 W · 9 L+2.6wins+0.10per pick54cpaid+22.1%equal weight56+0.05 edge/pick
0x9b66…336abacked Northwestern State Demons47c632.73$297 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$297.3824847.6%118 W · 130 L+3.9wins+0.02per pick46cpaid+1.3%equal weight52+0.01 edge/pick
0xf588…2b81backed Nicholls Colonels53c600.59$320 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$280.852,12450.4%1,070 W · 1,054 L+40.6wins+0.02per pick48cpaid+0.1%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0xd1ed…d7cbbacked Northwestern State Demons5c528.78$26 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$26.441,54041.3%636 W · 904 L+4.7wins0.00per pick41cpaid-16.4%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x6ac5…4b6ebacked Nicholls Colonels54c525.38$284 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$241.712,89650%1,448 W · 1,448 L+71.0wins+0.02per pick48cpaid+5.2%equal weight53+0.02 edge/pick
0xcdb8…abbebacked Northwestern State Demons23c498.53$116 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$116.241,98326.4%523 W · 1,460 L-55.5wins-0.03per pick29cpaid-12%equal weight47-0.03 edge/pick
0x236b…26b7backed Northwestern State Demons46c496.65$226 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$226.0325837.6%97 W · 161 L-5.9wins-0.02per pick40cpaid-5.7%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0x6932…6878backed Northwestern State Demons45c459.13$205 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$205.4124737.7%93 W · 154 L+13.2wins+0.05per pick32cpaid+24.2%equal weight55+0.05 edge/pick
0xd727…eccebacked Northwestern State Demons45c396.54$178 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$178.441,31733.6%443 W · 874 L+14.9wins+0.01per pick33cpaid-1%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x6027…4320backed Northwestern State Demons46c349.56$161 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$160.81,39752.7%736 W · 661 L+26.1wins+0.02per pick51cpaid+3.7%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x989a…afbcbacked Northwestern State Demons45c332.96$149 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$148.7570349.6%349 W · 354 L-6.2wins-0.01per pick51cpaid-4.7%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x80d8…b703backed Northwestern State Demons45c318.83$143 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$143.211,29645.1%584 W · 712 L-23.9wins-0.02per pick47cpaid-6%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0x6b3a…2841backed Northwestern State Demons45c289.47$130 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$130.2682048.2%395 W · 425 L+6.5wins+0.01per pick47cpaid+0.5%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x21ff…0d71backed Nicholls Colonels54c276.55$149 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$127.2130649%150 W · 156 L-9.0wins-0.03per pick52cpaid-7.8%equal weight47-0.03 edge/pick
0x87b8…29dcbacked Northwestern State Demons44c228.02$100 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$100.3312147.9%58 W · 63 L+1.6wins+0.01per pick47cpaid+6.9%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xa578…6702backed Northwestern State Demons44c222.07$98 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$97.7178052.2%407 W · 373 L+19.1wins+0.02per pick50cpaid+6%equal weight53+0.02 edge/pick
0x1df2…89a0backed Northwestern State Demons13c213.96$27 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$26.8818548.6%90 W · 95 L+5.4wins+0.03per pick46cpaid-16.7%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0x6e25…db26backed Nicholls Colonels58c210.26$122 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$88.312850%14 W · 14 L-2.1wins-0.07per pick57cpaid-11.1%equal weight46-0.04 edge/pick
0x2160…bcb3backed Nicholls Colonels55c205.87$113 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$92.6415055.3%83 W · 67 L+6.3wins+0.04per pick51cpaid+7.2%equal weight54+0.04 edge/pick
0x2fa4…9a4cbacked Northwestern State Demons45c200$90 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$908048.8%39 W · 41 L-1.6wins-0.02per pick51cpaid-6%equal weight48-0.01 edge/pick
0xd610…4c9abacked Northwestern State Demons42c199.99$84 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$842,19433.4%733 W · 1,461 L+19.2wins+0.01per pick33cpaid-0.4%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x5aa9…febebacked Nicholls Colonels74c190.44$141 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$49.7631837.7%120 W · 198 L-10.1wins-0.03per pick41cpaid-26.9%equal weight47-0.03 edge/pick
0xd37a…2358backed Northwestern State Demons45c181.82$82 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$82.241,44643.4%627 W · 819 L+10.6wins+0.01per pick43cpaid-4.1%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xff34…694bbacked Northwestern State Demons36c173.49$62 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$62.1577142.3%326 W · 445 L+2.1wins0.00per pick42cpaid-17%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x12c3…b054backed Nicholls Colonels59c168.84$99 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$69.6913565.9%89 W · 46 L+12.7wins+0.09per pick56cpaid+15.4%equal weight59+0.08 edge/pick
0x6814…a9e7backed Northwestern State Demons40c158.51$63 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$63.073,38049.5%1,673 W · 1,707 L+30.4wins+0.01per pick49cpaid-9.4%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xd9f8…e913backed Northwestern State Demons44c157.72$69 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$69.425049.2%123 W · 127 L+8.6wins+0.03per pick46cpaid+8.8%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0x2077…8161backed Northwestern State Demons46c122.92$56 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$56.487561.3%46 W · 29 L+6.4wins+0.09per pick53cpaid+15.7%equal weight57+0.06 edge/pick
0x53c5…cb95backed Northwestern State Demons30c121.22$36 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$36.185438.9%21 W · 33 L-2.3wins-0.04per pick43cpaid-22.3%equal weight47-0.03 edge/pick
0xe320…e0c5backed Northwestern State Demons33c120$40 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$39.69845.9%45 W · 53 L-6.2wins-0.06per pick52cpaid-16.1%equal weight44-0.05 edge/pick
0x8a3d…316cbacked Nicholls Colonels57c114.01$65 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$49.0350745.2%229 W · 278 L+0.6wins0.00per pick45cpaid+2.3%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xeb76…7ffebacked Northwestern State Demons44c112.03$49 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$49.2961244.9%275 W · 337 L+1.9wins0.00per pick45cpaid+3.7%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x0e40…cf85backed Nicholls Colonels54c111.11$60 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$51.1121937.4%82 W · 137 L-10.4wins-0.05per pick42cpaid-10%equal weight45-0.04 edge/pick
0x27f3…8382backed Northwestern State Demons46c107.75$50 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$49.5713450%67 W · 67 L+3.5wins+0.03per pick47cpaid+9.5%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x1733…1e15backed Northwestern State Demons46c106.63$49 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$49.051,23147%578 W · 653 L-17.6wins-0.01per pick48cpaid-2.8%equal weight48-0.01 edge/pick
0x7baf…4acabacked Northwestern State Demons48c103.26$50 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$49.561637.5%6 W · 10 L-2.0wins-0.12per pick50cpaid-26.3%equal weight45-0.05 edge/pick
0xc0e5…293bbacked Nicholls Colonels59c100.83$59 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$41.341560%9 W · 6 L+0.2wins+0.01per pick59cpaid+2%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x6982…5831backed Nicholls Colonels55c99.13$55 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$44.612100%2 W · 0 L+0.8wins+0.40per pick60cpaid+69%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0xc07d…fffbbacked Northwestern State Demons18c98.93$18 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$17.8110%0 W · 1 L-0.2wins-0.18per pick18cpaid-100%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x3abf…b143backed Northwestern State Demons44c95.15$42 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$41.6964647.5%307 W · 339 L+5.7wins+0.01per pick47cpaid-4.5%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xc90d…e7d6backed Nicholls Colonels54c91.79$50 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$42.221662.5%10 W · 6 L+1.8wins+0.11per pick51cpaid+20.5%equal weight55+0.04 edge/pick
0xe1bb…6cc9backed Northwestern State Demons45c88.12$40 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$39.6510849.1%53 W · 55 L-2.8wins-0.03per pick52cpaid-5.1%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0x2a69…d2f7backed Northwestern State Demons44c80.05$35 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$35.3981528.8%235 W · 580 L-19.9wins-0.02per pick31cpaid-17%equal weight47-0.02 edge/pick
0xac9e…cca3backed Northwestern State Demons44c78.86$35 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$34.71872.2%13 W · 5 L+4.2wins+0.23per pick49cpaid+46.8%equal weight61+0.10 edge/pick
0x8935…7daabacked Northwestern State Demons45c63.93$29 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$28.5133445.8%153 W · 181 L-0.8wins0.00per pick46cpaid-4.1%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x7b05…25dfbacked Nicholls Colonels55c60.38$33 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$27.175540%22 W · 33 L+0.3wins+0.01per pick39cpaid-1.5%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x52d9…fb1abacked Northwestern State Demons45c53.2$24 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$23.9425829.5%76 W · 182 L-4.9wins-0.02per pick31cpaid-16.8%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0x1cdd…e595backed Northwestern State Demons35c53$19 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$18.5519522.1%43 W · 152 L-36.3wins-0.19per pick41cpaid-53.7%equal weight32-0.16 edge/pick
0x9d70…fdd9backed Northwestern State Demons45c50$23 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$22.593247.3%441 W · 491 L-22.6wins-0.02per pick50cpaid-12.8%equal weight47-0.02 edge/pick
0xbbaa…dd4fbacked Northwestern State Demons46c50$23 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$232556%14 W · 11 L+2.6wins+0.11per pick45cpaid+26%equal weight56+0.05 edge/pick
0xf333…038cbacked Nicholls Colonels58c48.62$28 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$20.428460.7%51 W · 33 L-3.2wins-0.04per pick64cpaid-6.4%equal weight47-0.03 edge/pick
0x8353…01a8backed Nicholls Colonels54c45.94$25 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$21.163145.2%14 W · 17 L-1.5wins-0.05per pick50cpaid-1.2%equal weight47-0.03 edge/pick
0xf1ee…519cbacked Nicholls Colonels64c45.64$29 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$16.372669.2%18 W · 8 L+2.7wins+0.10per pick59cpaid+16.4%equal weight56+0.05 edge/pick
0x8e78…8bb1backed Northwestern State Demons44c45.06$20 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$19.831747.1%8 W · 9 L+0.1wins0.00per pick47cpaid-0.7%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xbf57…ecc4backed Northwestern State Demons44c44.83$20 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$19.737748.1%37 W · 40 L-6.5wins-0.08per pick57cpaid-17.9%equal weight43-0.06 edge/pick
0x2c93…0fb8backed Northwestern State Demons44c43.11$19 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$18.975248.1%25 W · 27 L-3.6wins-0.07per pick55cpaid-12.2%equal weight45-0.05 edge/pick
0x4cd9…a643backed Nicholls Colonels55c42.16$23 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$19.1516255.6%90 W · 72 L-2.2wins-0.01per pick57cpaid-9.8%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0xc5c3…9792backed Nicholls Colonels60c41.64$25 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$16.8427055.6%150 W · 120 L+2.9wins+0.01per pick54cpaid-1.6%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xf0b0…8cabbacked Nicholls Colonels61c39.23$24 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$15.260551.4%311 W · 294 L+8.0wins+0.01per pick50cpaid-5.9%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xa07d…a037backed Northwestern State Demons36c38.52$14 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$13.971,24916.4%205 W · 1,044 L-189.4wins-0.15per pick32cpaid-51.1%equal weight33-0.15 edge/pick
0xa38a…821dbacked Nicholls Colonels63c38.15$24 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$14.2349345.4%224 W · 269 L+7.2wins+0.01per pick44cpaid-15.5%equal weight52+0.01 edge/pick
0x94bb…c320backed Northwestern State Demons44c37.13$16 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$16.4419348.7%94 W · 99 L+7.7wins+0.04per pick45cpaid+3.8%equal weight54+0.04 edge/pick
0x6fc0…8f18backed Northwestern State Demons45c35.69$16 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$16.2211840.7%48 W · 70 L-2.4wins-0.02per pick43cpaid-3.7%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0xe7e0…a433backed Nicholls Colonels57c34.79$20 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$14.9615246.7%71 W · 81 L-8.3wins-0.05per pick52cpaid-12.8%equal weight45-0.05 edge/pick
0x0324…fdbcbacked Nicholls Colonels57c34.79$20 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$14.962458.3%14 W · 10 L-0.9wins-0.04per pick62cpaid+0.3%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0xdf58…711fbacked Nicholls Colonels54c34.09$18 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$15.756253.2%33 W · 29 L+2.4wins+0.04per pick49cpaid+7%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0x1121…6604backed Northwestern State Demons45c32.71$15 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$14.7230050.7%152 W · 148 L+8.8wins+0.03per pick48cpaid+6.9%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0x15ee…512dbacked Northwestern State Demons45c32.71$15 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$14.7248551.1%248 W · 237 L+15.4wins+0.03per pick48cpaid+7.1%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0x0e0a…745dbacked Northwestern State Demons45c32.71$15 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$14.7224148.5%117 W · 124 L+2.7wins+0.01per pick47cpaid+3.3%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xcf02…3a63backed Northwestern State Demons45c32.71$15 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$14.7232850%164 W · 164 L+8.7wins+0.03per pick47cpaid+6.6%equal weight53+0.02 edge/pick
0x14e4…eabbbacked Northwestern State Demons46c32.33$15 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$14.8758652.9%310 W · 276 L+23.3wins+0.04per pick49cpaid+9.9%equal weight54+0.04 edge/pick
0x0f8e…3082backed Northwestern State Demons48c28.98$14 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$13.913,68442.8%1,576 W · 2,108 L+32.6wins+0.01per pick42cpaid-5.7%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xbf90…8e17backed Northwestern State Demons45c27$12 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$12.156336.5%23 W · 40 L-0.9wins-0.01per pick38cpaid-17.7%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x2b78…c6b5backed Northwestern State Demons45c26.5$12 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$12.0460954.5%332 W · 277 L+15.3wins+0.03per pick52cpaid+3.5%equal weight53+0.02 edge/pick
0xc353…30a8backed Northwestern State Demons46c24.33$11 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$11.1916140.4%65 W · 96 L+3.2wins+0.02per pick38cpaid+6.9%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x0b87…9414backed Northwestern State Demons45c23.39$11 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$10.5382846.1%382 W · 446 L+15.1wins+0.02per pick44cpaid+1.6%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0xdd08…84b0backed Nicholls Colonels67c22.21$15 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$7.3329954.2%162 W · 137 L-1.5wins-0.01per pick55cpaid-2.1%equal weight490.00 edge/pick
0x489d…f6e3backed Nicholls Colonels55c19.99$11 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$943053.3%229 W · 201 L-12.1wins-0.03per pick56cpaid-11.5%equal weight47-0.03 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 Ncaa Basketball and say nothing about this market.

The rest of this event

Polymarket sells these questions together. 7 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.