It sounds almost too simple to matter: we log every selection, and the price it was available at, before the race runs. That one discipline is the difference between a record you can trust and a highlight reel you can't.
The problem with after-the-fact tips
Anyone can post a winner once it's won. Screenshots are easy to crop, bad days are easy to forget, and "I was on that" is impossible to disprove. A record assembled after results are known tells you nothing about whether a process actually works.
What pre-off registration fixes
- No hindsight. The selection existed before the result did.
- A real price. We capture the odds that were genuinely available, not the best price in retrospect.
- Losers stay on the record. Nothing is quietly deleted.
It's what makes CLV possible
Crucially, registering a price beforehand is the only way to compute closing-line value — comparing the price we flagged to the market's final price. Without a timestamped, pre-off price, CLV simply can't exist. The discipline isn't bureaucracy; it's the foundation of the one metric that can't be faked.
How it works in practice
Each morning the model rates the day's cards, and every tip is written to a ledger with its price and a timestamp. After racing, each is graded automatically against the result. That ledger is what will power our public track record — and why you can take it seriously. See also how proofing works.