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NFL · resolved market

Steelers vs. Lions

Rebuilt .

What this market resolved to

Winning outcome
Steelersof Steelers, Lions
Resolved
US/Eastern, the zone Polymarket writes its markets in
Scored in
NFLevery record on this page is that Category’s
Volume Polymarket published
$3,668,936
Volume TailMyPicks’s own read summed
$3,862,951

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 $3,668,936 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 883 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 NFL 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 NFL
WalletEntryPositionResultP/L heldQualified picksWin ratevs expectedRealizable edgeAvg entryROI per pickTail Score
0xb744…5210backed Lions77c699,905$538,927 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$538,926.6517041.8%71 W · 99 L-4.2wins-0.02per pick44cpaid-7.9%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0xbda3…cab2backed Steelers23c500,000$115,000 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$384,999.97650%3 W · 3 L+0.9wins+0.14per pick36cpaid+54.3%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0xe90b…5da2backed Steelers57c305,701$174,835 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$130,866.3716955%93 W · 76 L+15.0wins+0.09per pick46cpaid+6.1%equal weight59+0.08 edge/pick
0xf0bc…af98backed Lions78c260,000$202,800 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$202,800944.4%4 W · 5 L-2.0wins-0.22per pick67cpaid-33%equal weight43-0.06 edge/pick
0x5350…2fdabacked Steelers23c245,180$56,695 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$188,484.974250%21 W · 21 L+1.0wins+0.02per pick48cpaid+12.6%equal weight52+0.01 edge/pick
0xd38b…5029backed Steelers23c160,000$36,800 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$123,20019553.8%105 W · 90 L+16.1wins+0.08per pick46cpaid+23.7%equal weight58+0.07 edge/pick
0x9267…0f9abacked Lions72c111,974$80,453 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$80,452.6324652%128 W · 118 L+1.7wins+0.01per pick51cpaid+0.8%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x90ab…ded1backed Steelers27c104,910$28,010 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$76,900.442556%14 W · 11 L+1.9wins+0.07per pick49cpaid+29.2%equal weight54+0.04 edge/pick
0x27cb…169ebacked Steelers23c100,000$23,000 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$77,0005431.5%17 W · 37 L+1.7wins+0.03per pick28cpaid+2.6%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0xe74a…40eebacked Steelers23c100,000$23,000 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$77,000850%4 W · 4 L+0.3wins+0.03per pick47cpaid+15.8%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x1455…e5cdbacked Lions76c88,892$67,615 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$67,614.8319152.9%101 W · 90 L+0.7wins0.00per pick53cpaid+2.5%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xcc3e…37efbacked Steelers32c75,337$24,308 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$51,028.927736.4%28 W · 49 L+2.2wins+0.03per pick33cpaid+6.6%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x9d94…017dbacked Lions23c60,341$13,751 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$13,750.8820026%52 W · 148 L-2.0wins-0.01per pick27cpaid-29.4%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x8ca8…bf49backed Steelers34c52,136$17,500 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$34,636.271936.8%7 W · 12 L-1.4wins-0.07per pick44cpaid-15.7%equal weight46-0.03 edge/pick
0xff7a…4c4cbacked Lions77c39,543$30,448 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$30,448.31633.3%2 W · 4 L-0.8wins-0.13per pick46cpaid-41.6%equal weight47-0.02 edge/pick
0xd6a3…9489backed Lions23c37,803$8,693 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$8,692.5873651.2%377 W · 359 L+25.9wins+0.04per pick48cpaid+5.5%equal weight54+0.03 edge/pick
0x8f03…64d6backed Lions77c35,551$27,374 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$27,374.3824957%142 W · 107 L+12.6wins+0.05per pick52cpaid+12.3%equal weight55+0.05 edge/pick
0xfa25…05e8backed Steelers53c33,906$17,813 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$16,093.412948.3%14 W · 15 L-0.6wins-0.02per pick50cpaid-5.3%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x7b88…5d08backed Steelers23c33,800$7,774 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$26,02618650%93 W · 93 L+9.3wins+0.05per pick45cpaid+14.3%equal weight55+0.04 edge/pick
0x60d0…2e36backed Lions77c32,350$24,902 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$24,901.552437.5%9 W · 15 L-2.3wins-0.09per pick47cpaid+3.2%equal weight45-0.05 edge/pick
0xc3c3…eec8backed Steelers26c30,000$7,800 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$22,20013654.4%74 W · 62 L+3.4wins+0.02per pick52cpaid+4%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0xf152…64aabacked Lions77c30,000$23,100 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$23,099.95453.7%29 W · 25 L-2.4wins-0.04per pick58cpaid-1%equal weight47-0.03 edge/pick
0xead1…c76abacked Steelers24c27,044$6,403 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$20,640.5253348.4%258 W · 275 L+1.7wins0.00per pick48cpaid+1.1%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x5aa9…febebacked Lions29c26,138$7,538 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$7,537.5612748%61 W · 66 L+4.3wins+0.03per pick45cpaid-5.3%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0x3450…6793backed Lions37c25,407$9,444 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$9,4447255.6%40 W · 32 L+3.7wins+0.05per pick50cpaid+6%equal weight54+0.04 edge/pick
0x84db…aeebbacked Lions75c24,863$18,674 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$18,674.3111544.3%51 W · 64 L-6.9wins-0.06per pick50cpaid-7.3%equal weight45-0.05 edge/pick
0x6a72…33eebacked Lions49c22,165$10,794 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$10,794.3730043.7%131 W · 169 L-4.4wins-0.01per pick45cpaid-15.1%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x57a8…6933backed Steelers22c20,406$4,489 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$15,917.0422450%112 W · 112 L+8.0wins+0.04per pick46cpaid+10.4%equal weight54+0.03 edge/pick
0xde04…fa37backed Lions47c20,298$9,480 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$9,479.6464747.3%306 W · 341 L+42.5wins+0.07per pick41cpaid+56.4%equal weight57+0.06 edge/pick
0x64b5…7543backed Steelers25c20,000$5,000 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$15,00014342%60 W · 83 L+6.9wins+0.05per pick37cpaid+10.3%equal weight55+0.04 edge/pick
0xe0b1…faebbacked Lions34c19,635$6,689 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$6,688.857737.7%29 W · 48 L+3.0wins+0.04per pick34cpaid+5.8%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0xd218…b5c9backed Steelers42c17,147$7,159 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$9,987.1323244.4%103 W · 129 L+4.5wins+0.02per pick42cpaid-14.9%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0xee61…debfbacked Lions76c17,023$12,862 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$12,861.671,19649.9%597 W · 599 L+1.4wins0.00per pick50cpaid-0.1%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xf655…7ea4backed Steelers24c16,912$4,078 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$12,833.8416226.5%43 W · 119 L+0.9wins+0.01per pick26cpaid-30.3%equal weight510.00 edge/pick
0x6d3c…d294backed Lions74c16,500$12,210 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$12,209.9639447.7%188 W · 206 L-7.3wins-0.02per pick50cpaid-2.4%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0xdefe…5432backed Lions74c15,200$11,248 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$11,247.953863.2%24 W · 14 L+2.8wins+0.07per pick56cpaid+12.7%equal weight55+0.04 edge/pick
0xb230…4193backed Lions76c14,581$11,090 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$11,089.976645.5%30 W · 36 L-4.1wins-0.06per pick52cpaid-6.9%equal weight45-0.04 edge/pick
0x44a1…bd21backed Lions67c14,000$9,380 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$9,3801421.4%3 W · 11 L-3.8wins-0.27per pick48cpaid-64.5%equal weight39-0.10 edge/pick
0xfefb…4b5dbacked Lions45c12,957$5,769 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$5,768.9919235.4%68 W · 124 L-0.6wins0.00per pick36cpaid-35%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xe60a…6a47backed Steelers24c12,659$2,979 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$9,680.347348.4%229 W · 244 L+1.1wins0.00per pick48cpaid+0.2%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x2005…75eabacked Lions34c12,230$4,218 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$4,218.1550242.4%213 W · 289 L-5.6wins-0.01per pick44cpaid-10.9%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x9731…9b35backed Steelers23c12,000$2,760 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$9,24054451.7%281 W · 263 L+7.6wins+0.01per pick50cpaid+2.5%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xc9df…249ebacked Lions43c12,000$5,136 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$5,135.72714.3%1 W · 6 L-2.0wins-0.28per pick43cpaid-68.3%equal weight43-0.06 edge/pick
0x661d…4dc6backed Lions29c11,893$3,494 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$3,494.039853.1%52 W · 46 L+9.1wins+0.09per pick44cpaid+10.5%equal weight58+0.07 edge/pick
0x6911…947cbacked Steelers61c11,637$7,110 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$4,526.478540%34 W · 51 L-3.8wins-0.05per pick45cpaid-17.3%equal weight46-0.03 edge/pick
0x3d7d…ec26backed Lions74c11,312$8,379 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$8,378.981936.8%7 W · 12 L-3.8wins-0.20per pick57cpaid-41.3%equal weight40-0.09 edge/pick
0x79f0…964ebacked Lions10c10,862$1,086 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,086.23633.3%2 W · 4 L-0.8wins-0.13per pick47cpaid-57.5%equal weight47-0.03 edge/pick
0xd696…8a49backed Lions75c10,834$8,126 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$8,125.6521254.2%115 W · 97 L+5.0wins+0.02per pick52cpaid+5.2%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x15a6…bf5dbacked Steelers30c10,704$3,214 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$7,489.974360.5%26 W · 17 L+6.1wins+0.14per pick46cpaid+42.5%equal weight60+0.09 edge/pick
0x3859…3070backed Steelers25c10,000$2,480 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$7,519.993351.5%17 W · 16 L+3.2wins+0.10per pick42cpaid+15.2%equal weight56+0.05 edge/pick
0x5eb7…05f6backed Lions78c9,703$7,568 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$7,568.1710144.6%45 W · 56 L+4.5wins+0.04per pick40cpaid+7.7%equal weight54+0.04 edge/pick
0x7702…9791backed Steelers26c9,615$2,500 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$7,115.383271.9%23 W · 9 L+5.1wins+0.16per pick56cpaid+39.6%equal weight60+0.09 edge/pick
0x27f2…702cbacked Lions71c9,234$6,599 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$6,599.049359.1%55 W · 38 L-6.8wins-0.07per pick67cpaid-12.4%equal weight44-0.06 edge/pick
0xd1ed…d7cbbacked Lions35c8,506$2,936 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,936.1131543.2%136 W · 179 L+6.9wins+0.02per pick41cpaid-14.5%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x01b4…372ebacked Lions1c8,180$82 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$81.84515.6%7 W · 38 L+6.1wins+0.13per pick2cpaid+931.6%equal weight60+0.09 edge/pick
0x6a32…0086backed Steelers53c8,151$4,291 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$3,859.688551.8%44 W · 41 L+1.6wins+0.02per pick50cpaid+1.6%equal weight52+0.01 edge/pick
0x9f13…e0fdbacked Lions75c7,947$5,935 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$5,934.8512744.9%57 W · 70 L-8.8wins-0.07per pick52cpaid-14.8%equal weight44-0.06 edge/pick
0xc5b5…7e80backed Steelers50c7,873$3,966 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$3,90720757.5%119 W · 88 L+17.5wins+0.08per pick49cpaid+13.3%equal weight58+0.08 edge/pick
0x36c8…53a9backed Lions51c7,856$4,034 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$4,033.651833.3%6 W · 12 L-1.8wins-0.10per pick44cpaid-35.5%equal weight45-0.04 edge/pick
0x0a7e…fce4backed Steelers23c7,413$1,709 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$5,703.894544.4%20 W · 25 L+6.4wins+0.14per pick30cpaid+37.5%equal weight60+0.09 edge/pick
0x204f…5e14backed Steelers36c7,031$2,503 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$4,528.227348.7%133 W · 140 L-1.6wins-0.01per pick49cpaid-7.7%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0xb123…0a15backed Lions33c6,579$2,139 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,139.175248.1%25 W · 27 L-0.9wins-0.02per pick50cpaid-2.4%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0xff80…9b4dbacked Lions41c6,553$2,671 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,670.661163.6%7 W · 4 L+1.4wins+0.12per pick51cpaid+20.5%equal weight54+0.04 edge/pick
0x16b2…a881backed Steelers24c6,028$1,447 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$4,580.9386547.9%414 W · 451 L-6.6wins-0.01per pick49cpaid-2.5%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0xa849…c825backed Steelers36c6,000$2,160 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$3,839.988351.8%43 W · 40 L+4.9wins+0.06per pick46cpaid+13.3%equal weight55+0.05 edge/pick
0xd1e0…8913backed Lions76c5,977$4,515 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$4,5154957.1%28 W · 21 L+0.3wins+0.01per pick57cpaid+6.3%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xf68a…5b1bbacked Lions77c5,632$4,337 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$4,336.5183147.8%397 W · 434 L+13.7wins+0.02per pick46cpaid+8%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0xba69…8e9dbacked Lions71c5,619$3,989 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$3,989.49650%3 W · 3 L-0.2wins-0.03per pick53cpaid+10.5%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0xd4a3…0848backed Steelers23c5,596$1,287 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$4,308.654252.4%22 W · 20 L+2.8wins+0.07per pick46cpaid+10.5%equal weight55+0.04 edge/pick
0xe965…6559backed Steelers71c5,575$3,974 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,601.036149.2%30 W · 31 L-3.5wins-0.06per pick55cpaid-14.8%equal weight46-0.04 edge/pick
0x49d0…8503backed Lions55c5,231$2,869 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,868.861241.7%5 W · 7 L-0.1wins-0.01per pick42cpaid-10.2%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x507e…beaebacked Steelers49c5,149$2,524 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,624.8475852.5%398 W · 360 L+21.9wins+0.03per pick50cpaid+4.6%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0xf165…2194backed Steelers33c5,141$1,683 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$3,458.141625%4 W · 12 L-2.0wins-0.13per pick38cpaid-52%equal weight45-0.05 edge/pick
0xe7ca…a175backed Lions19c5,000$950 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$95025744.4%114 W · 143 L+0.3wins0.00per pick44cpaid-0.6%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x226b…cad6backed Steelers23c5,000$1,150 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$3,85023937.7%90 W · 149 L-9.3wins-0.04per pick42cpaid-7.8%equal weight46-0.04 edge/pick
0x6ade…f5b0backed Steelers23c5,000$1,150 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$3,85012944.2%57 W · 72 L-1.7wins-0.01per pick45cpaid-3.5%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x30ae…4318backed Lions75c5,000$3,750 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$3,7505459.3%32 W · 22 L+0.4wins+0.01per pick59cpaid-4%equal weight510.00 edge/pick
0xdbb9…ed8dbacked Lions75c4,727$3,560 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$3,560.21,06551.3%546 W · 519 L+25.3wins+0.02per pick49cpaid+3.7%equal weight53+0.02 edge/pick
0xbce9…03e9backed Lions1c4,700$69 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$68.69980%0 W · 98 L-0.9wins-0.01per pick1cpaid-100%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0xac88…c4d9backed Steelers32c4,685$1,499 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$3,185.89540%2 W · 3 L+0.2wins+0.05per pick35cpaid+53.4%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x7b2c…af48backed Lions76c4,400$3,358 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$3,3585547.3%26 W · 29 L-3.7wins-0.07per pick54cpaid-7.6%equal weight45-0.05 edge/pick
0xe9cb…d096backed Lions38c4,331$1,659 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,659.2211643.1%50 W · 66 L+1.8wins+0.02per pick42cpaid-15.5%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xa9d1…4660backed Steelers9c4,082$361 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$3,720.7111122.5%25 W · 86 L+13.9wins+0.13per pick10cpaid+428.1%equal weight61+0.10 edge/pick
0x17e5…f205backed Lions1c4,000$40 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$40230%0 W · 23 L-0.8wins-0.03per pick3cpaid-100%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0x3505…f7a3backed Lions78c3,846$3,000 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$3,0008461.9%52 W · 32 L-1.5wins-0.02per pick64cpaid-3.1%equal weight48-0.01 edge/pick
0x5ba6…0f07backed Steelers34c3,700$1,249 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,450.735446.3%25 W · 29 L0.0wins0.00per pick46cpaid+4.7%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xa99f…9c1ebacked Lions3c3,500$96 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$95.541127.3%3 W · 8 L+2.4wins+0.22per pick5cpaid+221.8%equal weight58+0.07 edge/pick
0x892a…962bbacked Steelers26c3,500$910 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,590250%1 W · 1 L+0.3wins+0.16per pick34cpaid+92.3%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x7f5a…9ecdbacked Steelers23c3,478$800 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,678.265038%19 W · 31 L+4.0wins+0.08per pick30cpaid+7.7%equal weight56+0.05 edge/pick
0xb786…b18dbacked Lions73c3,365$2,457 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,456.7531848.1%153 W · 165 L+5.8wins+0.02per pick46cpaid-2.5%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0xa313…e124backed Steelers24c3,333$800 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,533.3316648.2%80 W · 86 L+3.0wins+0.02per pick46cpaid+6.4%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x086d…8f95backed Lions74c3,311$2,450 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,450.1210%0 W · 1 L-0.7wins-0.74per pick74cpaid-100%equal weight47-0.03 edge/pick
0xab8f…3f00backed Steelers26c3,307$860 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,447.18520%1 W · 4 L-0.1wins-0.03per pick23cpaid-23.1%equal weight490.00 edge/pick
0x5375…aeeabacked Lions59c3,296$1,945 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,944.6447738.6%184 W · 293 L-6.8wins-0.01per pick40cpaid-12.2%equal weight48-0.01 edge/pick
0xe916…4563backed Steelers23c3,043$700 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,343.486965.2%45 W · 24 L+9.4wins+0.14per pick52cpaid+30.7%equal weight61+0.10 edge/pick
0xad88…3c1ebacked Steelers73c3,032$2,205 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$827.4412548.8%61 W · 64 L-1.1wins-0.01per pick50cpaid-8.3%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x2b51…e165backed Steelers26c3,000$780 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,22030446.7%142 W · 162 L-6.2wins-0.02per pick49cpaid-10.1%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0xf142…57e7backed Lions73c3,000$2,190 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,1902458.3%14 W · 10 L+1.0wins+0.04per pick54cpaid+25.9%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x1388…339abacked Lions24c3,000$730 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$73010142.6%43 W · 58 L+1.2wins+0.01per pick41cpaid-1%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x6b7c…5f83backed Lions55c2,961$1,625 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,625.0227644.2%122 W · 154 L-7.6wins-0.03per pick47cpaid-13%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 NFL and say nothing about this market.

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Polymarket sells these questions together. 8 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.