Methodology

How Event Alpha Radar scores a read.

The current radar estimate is a transparent heuristic intelligence score. It is not a guaranteed forecast, not personalized advice, and not a trading instruction.

Validation phase

RADAR ESTIMATE is heuristic, not a proven oracle.

RADAR ESTIMATE starts from the market probability and adjusts for 24h probability movement, volume, liquidity, matched news, and crypto impulse when relevant. The result is a research estimate used to detect divergence from the market, not a promise that the radar is right.

Primary sourcePolymarket
RefreshWorker loop
ConfidenceCalibrating
ClaimsNo guarantees
Trust rule

What we refuse to fake.

If a read has no external source match, it is labeled market-data-only. If the worker is fresh but a source is failing, the desk shows DEGRADED. If follow-up data is not old enough, the ledger shows Pending instead of claiming accuracy.

Signal score components

These components explain why a read appears higher or lower on the desk.

Market-model gap

Distance between market-implied probability and the heuristic estimate.

24H move

Recent probability movement from the market price feed.

Liquidity and volume

Depth and flow used to reduce thin-market false positives.

Evidence depth

Matched external news increases evidence score; market-only reads stay under calibration.

Freshness

Only real CLOB probability history earns a freshness contribution; unavailable history is not synthesized.

Risk penalty

Thin liquidity and weak evidence reduce the final signal score.

Track Record policy

Trust comes from review, not loud claims.

Recorded at signal time

Each tracked read records the opening market probability and radar estimate when the worker sees it.

Follow-up windows

Reads are reviewed after 1h, 6h, or 24h depending on the event horizon.

No early accuracy claims

Accuracy-style summaries should wait until enough live samples have accumulated.