Methodology

How the engine thinks.

Propeller converts player context, market movement, matchup data, and recent form into one directional signal score. Historical rows are later graded against final stats, with archive limitations documented separately.

By Scott Olmer, Founder · Reviewed July 13, 2026

01

Analyze the prop.

The model starts with the player, market, line, book, game context, team environment, and recent usage.

02

Score the direction.

Signals lean the prop toward OVER or UNDER. Confidence measures how far that signal is from neutral, not whether it is an OVER.

03

Grade the outcome.

After the event, the final stat determines win, loss, or push. The historical archive updates from those graded rows.

Agent system

Separate signals, one research view.

Each agent looks at a different part of the prop. The product experience is intentionally simple, but the model keeps the reasons separate so users can inspect what is driving a pick.

Matchup

Opponent tendencies, position context, pace, and defensive shape.

Usage

Minutes, role, workload, lineup changes, and recent opportunity.

Market

Book lines, movement, implied probability, and available prices.

Form

Recent production, volatility, and trend quality without blindly chasing streaks.

Injury Context

Status updates, replacement usage, and team-level ripple effects.

Game Script

Total, spread, pace environment, and how the matchup is likely to play.

Why UNDERs matter

High confidence is not the same as high score.

The raw model score is over-perspective. A low raw score can be a very strong UNDER. That is why the public record normalizes confidence before grouping results by range.

Audit path

The record has to reconcile.

Sport totals, signal ranges, OVER/UNDER splits, and the historical totals come from public API endpoints. Raw rows and collapsed ledger entries are kept separate, and neither is presented as a forward-tested ROI record.

Historical archive

Legacy data is research context.

The archive includes repeated snapshots and retrospective records. It does not expose a reliable publication time, model version, or evaluation mode for every row.

Forward ROI standard

Featured public picks use a stricter contract.

Eligible high-confidence picks are frozen before a verified event start with the exact side, line, named book, and American price captured no later than publication. Wins earn price-based profit, losses lose one unit, pushes return zero, and void or unpriced outcomes are excluded. ROI equals net units divided by priced settled picks.

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