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Glossary

How OddSharps defines the smart-money and prediction-market terms behind every signal — all measured against markets that actually resolved, not paper PnL.

Settle-verified win rate
A wallet's win rate computed only from Polymarket markets that have actually resolved — the share of resolved positions that won. Unlike paper PnL it ignores open, unrealized positions, so it can't be inflated by bets that haven't settled yet.
Realized win rate
Win rate over every position whose outcome is locked in — markets held to settlement plus positions closed (sold) before settlement. It is a wallet’s full realized track record, a larger sample than settle-only.
Sharp side
On a given market, the outcome that the higher-track-record ("smarter") money is positioned on. OddSharps labels each market as leaning to one outcome, MIXED, or INSUFFICIENT when there is too little history.
Holder cost basis
The average price at which each side's current holders entered their positions, shown against the live price — it reveals whether a side's holders are in profit or underwater.
Smart-money flow
Net recent buying by wallets with strong settle-verified records. Positive flow means proven winners are accumulating a side.
Paper PnL vs realized PnL
Paper (unrealized) PnL marks open positions to the current price and can swing without any trade; realized PnL counts only closed or settled outcomes. OddSharps win rates use realized/settled results, never paper.
Profit factor
Gross winning dollars divided by gross losing dollars. Above 1.0 means a wallet’s winners outweigh its losers; the higher the ratio, the more durable the edge.
Shark
A wallet class: at least $10,000 in settled profit across at least 10 resolved markets — the smart-money gate the whale feed filters on.
Smart wallet
A wallet class: at least a 60% win rate with low drawdown and a profit factor of 1.5 or higher.
Underwater %
The share of a side's holders currently sitting at a loss versus their cost basis — a high figure signals trapped, potentially forced sellers.
OddSharps score
A 0–100 composite rating of a wallet, moved by its settle win-rate edge, profit factor, sample size and net profitability. A stated formula over real stats, not an opaque black box.

See the methodology for exactly how each metric is computed.