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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
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    <title>Safe Choices - Prediction Market Simulation</title>
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<body>
    <!-- Header -->
    <header class="header">
        <div class="header-content">
            <div class="brand">
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                <div class="brand-text">
                    <h1>Safe Choices</h1>
                    <span class="brand-tagline">Prediction Market Simulator</span>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div class="header-meta">
                <div class="data-badge">
                    <span class="badge-dot"></span>
                    Polymarket 2025
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    </header>

    <!-- Main Layout -->
    <main class="main">
        <!-- Sidebar -->
        <aside class="sidebar">
            <!-- View Toggle -->
            <div class="sidebar-section">
                <div class="section-label">View</div>
                <div class="toggle-group">
                    <button class="toggle-btn active" data-view="simulation" onclick="selectView('simulation')">
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                        Simulator
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                        Methodology
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            <!-- Simulation Type -->
            <div class="sidebar-section simulation-view-only">
                <div class="section-label">Strategy</div>
                <div class="strategy-cards">
                    <button class="strategy-card active" data-sim="single" onclick="selectSimulation('single')">
                        <div class="strategy-icon">
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                        <div class="strategy-info">
                            <span class="strategy-name">Single Fund</span>
                            <span class="strategy-desc">All-in sequential betting</span>
                        </div>
                    </button>
                    <button class="strategy-card" data-sim="threshold" onclick="selectSimulation('threshold')">
                        <div class="strategy-icon">
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                        <div class="strategy-info">
                            <span class="strategy-name">Target Return</span>
                            <span class="strategy-desc">Stop at profit goal</span>
                        </div>
                    </button>
                    <button class="strategy-card" data-sim="multi" onclick="selectSimulation('multi')">
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                        <div class="strategy-info">
                            <span class="strategy-name">Multi Fund</span>
                            <span class="strategy-desc">Diversified portfolio</span>
                        </div>
                    </button>
                    <button class="strategy-card" data-sim="kelly" onclick="selectSimulation('kelly')">
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                        <div class="strategy-info">
                            <span class="strategy-name">Kelly Criterion</span>
                            <span class="strategy-desc">Optimal position sizing</span>
                        </div>
                    </button>
                </div>
            </div>

            <!-- Quick Info -->
            <div class="sidebar-section simulation-view-only">
                <div class="quick-stats">
                    <div class="quick-stat">
                        <span class="quick-stat-value" id="marketCount">4,265</span>
                        <span class="quick-stat-label">Markets</span>
                    </div>
                    <div class="quick-stat">
                        <span class="quick-stat-value">2025</span>
                        <span class="quick-stat-label">Dataset</span>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </aside>

        <!-- Content -->
        <div class="content">
            <!-- Simulation View -->
            <div class="simulation-content" id="simulationContent">
                <!-- Parameters Panel -->
                <section class="panel parameters-panel">
                    <div class="panel-header">
                        <h2>
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                            Parameters
                        </h2>
                    </div>

                    <!-- Hidden defaults -->
                    <input type="hidden" id="startingCapital" value="10000">
                    <input type="hidden" id="startDate" value="2025-01-01">
                    <input type="hidden" id="maxDuration" value="365">

                    <div class="params-grid">
                        <!-- Core Parameters -->
                        <div class="param-group">
                            <label class="param-label">
                                Simulations
                                <span class="param-hint" data-tooltip="Number of Monte Carlo simulation runs">?</span>
                            </label>
                            <div class="param-input-wrap">
                                <input type="number" id="numSimulations" class="param-input" value="100" min="10" max="100" step="10">
                                <span class="param-unit">runs</span>
                            </div>
                        </div>

                        <div class="param-group">
                            <label class="param-label">
                                Days Before
                                <span class="param-hint" data-tooltip="Days before market resolution to invest">?</span>
                            </label>
                            <div class="param-input-wrap">
                                <input type="number" id="daysBefore" class="param-input" value="1" min="1" max="7" step="1">
                                <span class="param-unit">days</span>
                            </div>
                        </div>

                        <div class="param-group">
                            <label class="param-label">
                                Min Prob @ 7d
                                <span class="param-hint" data-tooltip="Minimum probability 7 days before resolution">?</span>
                            </label>
                            <div class="param-input-wrap">
                                <input type="number" id="minProb7d" class="param-input" value="90" min="50" max="99" step="1">
                                <span class="param-unit">%</span>
                            </div>
                        </div>

                        <div class="param-group">
                            <label class="param-label">
                                Min Prob @ Entry
                                <span class="param-hint" data-tooltip="Minimum probability at time of investment">?</span>
                            </label>
                            <div class="param-input-wrap">
                                <input type="number" id="minProbCurrent" class="param-input" value="90" min="50" max="99" step="1">
                                <span class="param-unit">%</span>
                            </div>
                        </div>

                        <div class="param-group">
                            <label class="param-label">
                                Min Volume
                                <span class="param-hint" data-tooltip="Minimum market volume in USD">?</span>
                            </label>
                            <div class="param-input-wrap">
                                <input type="number" id="minVolume" class="param-input" value="1000000" min="100000" max="10000000" step="100000">
                                <span class="param-unit">$</span>
                            </div>
                        </div>

                        <div class="param-group">
                            <label class="param-label">
                                Trading Frequency
                                <span class="param-hint" data-tooltip="How often to trade when opportunities exist">?</span>
                            </label>
                            <select id="investmentProbability" class="param-input param-select">
                                <option value="0.02">Conservative</option>
                                <option value="0.04" selected>Moderate</option>
                                <option value="0.06">Aggressive</option>
                                <option value="1.0">Every Possible Day</option>
                            </select>
                        </div>

                        <!-- Threshold-specific -->
                        <div class="param-group threshold-only">
                            <label class="param-label">
                                Target Return
                                <span class="param-hint" data-tooltip="Stop trading when this return is reached">?</span>
                            </label>
                            <select id="targetReturn" class="param-input param-select">
                                <option value="4.14">4.14% (Treasury)</option>
                                <option value="10.56">10.56% (NASDAQ)</option>
                                <option value="custom">Custom...</option>
                            </select>
                            <input type="number" id="customTarget" class="param-input custom-target-input" min="1" max="100" step="0.1" placeholder="Enter %">
                        </div>

                        <!-- Multi-fund specific -->
                        <div class="param-group multi-only">
                            <label class="param-label">
                                Number of Funds
                                <span class="param-hint" data-tooltip="Split capital across independent funds">?</span>
                            </label>
                            <div class="param-input-wrap">
                                <input type="number" id="numFunds" class="param-input" value="5" min="2" max="10" step="1">
                                <span class="param-unit">funds</span>
                            </div>
                        </div>

                        <!-- Kelly-specific -->
                        <div class="param-group kelly-only">
                            <label class="param-label">
                                Kelly Fraction
                                <span class="param-hint" data-tooltip="Fraction of Kelly bet to use (lower = less variance)">?</span>
                            </label>
                            <select id="kellyFraction" class="param-input param-select">
                                <option value="0.25">Quarter Kelly (25%)</option>
                                <option value="0.5" selected>Half Kelly (50%)</option>
                                <option value="1.0">Full Kelly (100%)</option>
                            </select>
                        </div>

                        <div class="param-group kelly-only">
                            <label class="param-label">
                                Edge Estimate
                                <span class="param-hint" data-tooltip="How to estimate your edge over the market">?</span>
                            </label>
                            <select id="edgeEstimate" class="param-input param-select">
                                <option value="historical" selected>Historical Win Rate</option>
                                <option value="fixed_edge">Fixed 1% Edge</option>
                                <option value="fixed_edge_2">Fixed 2% Edge</option>
                            </select>
                        </div>
                    </div>

                    <!-- Run Button -->
                    <div class="run-container">
                        <button class="run-btn" onclick="runSimulation()" id="runBtn">
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                                <polygon points="5 3 19 12 5 21 5 3"/>
                            </svg>
                            <span class="run-text">Run Simulation</span>
                            <div class="run-spinner"></div>
                        </button>
                        <span class="run-estimate" id="estimatedTime">~5-10 seconds</span>
                    </div>
                </section>

                <!-- Progress Bar -->
                <section class="panel progress-panel" id="progressPanel">
                    <div class="progress-content">
                        <div class="progress-header">
                            <span id="progressText">Initializing...</span>
                            <span id="progressPercent">0%</span>
                        </div>
                        <div class="progress-track">
                            <div class="progress-fill" id="progressFill"></div>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </section>

                <!-- Results Section -->
                <section class="results" id="resultsSection">
                    <!-- Key Metrics -->
                    <div class="metrics-row">
                        <div class="metric-card metric-primary">
                            <div class="metric-label">Average Return</div>
                            <div class="metric-value" id="avgReturn">--</div>
                        </div>
                        <div class="metric-card metric-survivors">
                            <div class="metric-label">Avg Return (Survivors)</div>
                            <div class="metric-value" id="avgReturnSurvivors">--</div>
                        </div>
                        <div class="metric-card">
                            <div class="metric-label">Success Rate</div>
                            <div class="metric-value" id="successRate">--</div>
                        </div>
                        <div class="metric-card metric-risk">
                            <div class="metric-label">Bust Rate</div>
                            <div class="metric-value" id="bustRate">--</div>
                        </div>
                    </div>

                    <!-- Secondary Stats -->
                    <div class="stats-row">
                        <div class="stat-panel">
                            <h3>Risk Analysis</h3>
                            <div class="stat-list">
                                <div class="stat-item">
                                    <span class="stat-label">Volatility</span>
                                    <span class="stat-value" id="volatility">--</span>
                                </div>
                                <div class="stat-item">
                                    <span class="stat-label">Max Drawdown</span>
                                    <span class="stat-value" id="maxDrawdown">--</span>
                                </div>
                                <div class="stat-item">
                                    <span class="stat-label">5th Percentile</span>
                                    <span class="stat-value" id="percentile5">--</span>
                                </div>
                                <div class="stat-item">
                                    <span class="stat-label">95th Percentile</span>
                                    <span class="stat-value" id="percentile95">--</span>
                                </div>
                            </div>
                        </div>

                        <div class="stat-panel multi-stats">
                            <h3>Portfolio Stats</h3>
                            <div class="stat-list">
                                <div class="stat-item">
                                    <span class="stat-label">Surviving Funds</span>
                                    <span class="stat-value" id="avgSurvivingFunds">--</span>
                                </div>
                                <div class="stat-item">
                                    <span class="stat-label">Survivorship Rate</span>
                                    <span class="stat-value" id="survivorshipRate">--</span>
                                </div>
                                <div class="stat-item">
                                    <span class="stat-label">Diversification</span>
                                    <span class="stat-value" id="diversificationBenefit">--</span>
                                </div>
                            </div>
                        </div>

                        <div class="stat-panel threshold-stats">
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                        <h1>Safe Choices</h1>
                        <p class="article-subtitle">Assessing the efficiency of "safe bets" on prediction markets</p>
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                            <p>Imagine 50 hedge funds, each deploying $100 on a "State Earthquake Trade." Each fund bets on their state NOT being hit by an earthquake (10% annual probability), earning 1.11x if correct.</p>
                            <p>After 10 years across 100,000 simulations: <strong>17.42 funds survive on average</strong> (range: 4-32). These survivors produced 11% annual returns for a decade. In an efficient market, luck becomes the differentiating factor between investment legends and bankruptcy.</p>
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                        <h2>Research Questions</h2>
                        <p>We explore the efficiency of "safe choices" (markets trading at 90+ cents before resolution):</p>
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                            <li>How often will traders making random walks across these markets go bust?</li>
                            <li>How often will they beat traditional benchmarks?</li>
                            <li>Does stopping at a return threshold (e.g., 12%) improve outcomes?</li>
                            <li>Does splitting capital across multiple funds improve survivorship?</li>
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                            <strong>Hypothesis:</strong> Inefficiencies in "safe" markets provide opportunities for positive expected value trades exceeding traditional benchmarks like the risk-free rate.
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                        <h2>Dataset</h2>
                        <p>Data collected via Polymarket's Gamma API and CLOB API, filtering out high-variability categories:</p>
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                            <span class="tag tag-excluded">Sports</span>
                            <span class="tag tag-excluded">Esports</span>
                            <span class="tag tag-excluded">Crypto Prices</span>
                            <span class="tag tag-excluded">Weather</span>
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                        <p>For remaining markets, we log probability snapshots from 7 days to 1 day before resolution. The dataset covers 2024-2025 and is available on <a href="https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/dhruvgup/polymarket-closed-2025-markets-7-day-price-history/data" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kaggle</a>.</p>
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                                <span class="step-text">Each day, decide to invest with probability <strong>alpha</strong> (trading frequency)</span>
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                                <span class="step-text">Select uniformly at random from eligible markets meeting thresholds</span>
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                                <span class="step-text">Remain locked until resolution, then reinvest winnings</span>
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                                <span class="step-text">Continue until: bust, target reached, or simulation ends</span>
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                        <h2>Strategies</h2>
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                                <h3>Single Fund</h3>
                                <p>Deploy all capital sequentially across safe markets, reinvesting all winnings. High risk, high reward.</p>
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                                <h3>Target Return</h3>
                                <p>Same as Single Fund but stop trading once a target return (e.g., Treasury rate or NASDAQ average) is reached.</p>
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                                <h3>Multi Fund</h3>
                                <p>Split capital into N independent funds. Tests whether diversification improves survivorship rates.</p>
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                        <h2>Technical Notes</h2>
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                            <li>Uses actual Polymarket data filtered for 2025+ resolution</li>
                            <li>Vectorized operations for performance (~1000 sims in 10-20s)</li>
                            <li>Binary outcomes: win = 1/probability return, loss = total loss</li>
                            <li>Reproducible results via random seeds</li>
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                        <h2>Limitations</h2>
                        <p>At $10,000 scale distributed across funds, liquidity isn't a concern. However, scaling this strategy significantly would face real liquidity constraints and potential market impact.</p>
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