Do quants ignore motivation? I tested the most famous motivation angles in football, revenge games and blowout bounce backs, against 20+ years of real NFL closing lines. One of them was legitimately profitable. Then the market found it. This is the full lifecycle of a betting edge, tested live against 20+ years of real NFL closing lines.
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SHOW INDEX
0:00 - The Misconception
1:07 - I Am One of the Spreadsheet Guys
2:45 - Millions of Angles, We Test One
5:07 - Quantify Everything
5:58 - The Market Knew Something I Didn't
8:39 - Motivation in Golf
10:00 - Defining Revenge (For Real)
11:31 - 3,000 Revenge Games
13:18 - The Bounce Back
15:32 - Does It Still Work?
16:55 - Watching an Angle Die
19:55 - The Small Sample Trap
21:08 - The Million Dollar Catch
23:24 - Sponsored by ProphetX
24:42 - Refusing to Guess
25:21 - What Should We Test Next?
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