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Post Contest Simulator
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Three Available Fields
View Contest Simulation Button
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‘User’ Filter Details
‘Opponent’ Filter Details
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Post Contest Simulator
Introduction
At Stokastic, our goal has always been to provide the best data, tools, and resources available on the market to our valued users. Through that continued pursuit, we’re excited to present our Post Contest Simulator.
This tool is designed to go beyond the surface level analysis of a single real-life outcome, and provide users with a more advanced way of analyzing their lineups. Every day, we take every lineup that was entered for a given DraftKings contest, and run them through our proprietary simulator thousands of times. Through this process, we are able to identify the users, lineups, and players that would have performed best if the exact slate were to be played out over and over again.
This level of analysis is a game changer in the DFS industry. It allows users to accurately assess not only their own play, but the play of the top DFS professionals in the world over a larger sample size. Our Post Contest Simulator will serve as an invaluable educational tool for the Stokastic user base, and a foundational piece of the future of Stokastic.
This tool is designed to go beyond the surface level analysis of a single real-life outcome, and provide users with a more advanced way of analyzing their lineups. Every day, we take every lineup that was entered for a given DraftKings contest, and run them through our proprietary simulator thousands of times. Through this process, we are able to identify the users, lineups, and players that would have performed best if the exact slate were to be played out over and over again.
This level of analysis is a game changer in the DFS industry. It allows users to accurately assess not only their own play, but the play of the top DFS professionals in the world over a larger sample size. Our Post Contest Simulator will serve as an invaluable educational tool for the Stokastic user base, and a foundational piece of the future of Stokastic.
Post Contest Simulator
Setting up your Simulation
Upon load of the tool, you will be presented with a screen to set up your simulation.
1. There are three inputs:
a. Contest – Select the desired contest you want to analyze from the dropdown, this is a required field.
b. User – Search for the primary user you would like to analyze by typing the DraftKings user name. This can be your own username or any other user that played in the specified contest. This is an optional field.
c. Opponent – Search for the opponent user you would like to compare against the primary user by typing the DraftKings user name. This can be any user that played in the specified contest. This is an optional field.
b. User – Search for the primary user you would like to analyze by typing the DraftKings user name. This can be your own username or any other user that played in the specified contest. This is an optional field.
c. Opponent – Search for the opponent user you would like to compare against the primary user by typing the DraftKings user name. This can be any user that played in the specified contest. This is an optional field.
2. After filling out the necessary fields, hit the “View Contest Simulation” button to begin using the tool.
Post Contest Simulator
User ROI Tab
The first tab the user is presented with is the ‘User ROI’ tab. This tab breaks down the performance of all the users that entered at least one lineup into the selected contest. The following columns are displayed
1. User – The DraftKings username associated to the data.
2. Total Lineups – The total amount of lineups the user entered in the selected contest.
3. Dupes / Lineup – This column displays the average number of duplicates for each one of the user’s lineups. For example – If the user entered 100 lineups, and has a dupes / lineup metric of 0.5, the user was duplicated a total of 50 times across all of their lineups.
4. Avg Lineup ROI – The average ROI of all the user’s lineups based on thousands of simulations.
5. Avg FP – The average number of fantasy points scored across all the user’s lineups based on thousands of simulations.
6. Avg Own Sum – The average total ownership sum of all the user’s lineups.
2. Total Lineups – The total amount of lineups the user entered in the selected contest.
3. Dupes / Lineup – This column displays the average number of duplicates for each one of the user’s lineups. For example – If the user entered 100 lineups, and has a dupes / lineup metric of 0.5, the user was duplicated a total of 50 times across all of their lineups.
4. Avg Lineup ROI – The average ROI of all the user’s lineups based on thousands of simulations.
5. Avg FP – The average number of fantasy points scored across all the user’s lineups based on thousands of simulations.
6. Avg Own Sum – The average total ownership sum of all the user’s lineups.
There are two filters in this tab:
1. All – This is the default filter for this tab, and shows all the users in the field
2. Inputted ‘User’ name – This column is design to easily filter out the user who was selected in the ‘User’ search bar at the start of the simulation.
2. Inputted ‘User’ name – This column is design to easily filter out the user who was selected in the ‘User’ search bar at the start of the simulation.
Post Contest Simulator
Player ROI Tab
This tab is designed to bring analysis on individual real life players based on thousands of simulations. Which player had the highest ROI on the night? Who were the best plays? Who were the worst plays? All of those questions can be found on this tab.
There are three filters in this tab:
1. All – Shows the player metrics based on ALL of the lineups in the field
2. Inputted ‘User’ Name – Shows the player metrics based on the selected user’s lineups only
3. Inputted ‘Opponent’ Name – Show the player metrics based on the selected opponent’s lineups only
2. Inputted ‘User’ Name – Shows the player metrics based on the selected user’s lineups only
3. Inputted ‘Opponent’ Name – Show the player metrics based on the selected opponent’s lineups only
The ‘All’ filter view consists of three columns:
1. Player – The real life player name
2. Avg Player ROI – The average ROI of all the lineups that player was in based on thousands of simulations
3. Field Own % – The ownership percentage of that player across all players entered in the selected contest
2. Avg Player ROI – The average ROI of all the lineups that player was in based on thousands of simulations
3. Field Own % – The ownership percentage of that player across all players entered in the selected contest
The inputted ‘User’ name filter consists of six columns:
1. Player – The real life player name
2. Field Own % – The ownership percentage of that player across all players entered in the selected contest.
3. Average Player ROI – The average ROI of all the lineups in the entire contest that player was in based on thousands of simulations.
4. Inputted ‘User’ Player ROI – The inputted ‘User’ name’s average ROI of all the lineups the specified user entered that included the associated player.
5. Inputted ‘User’ Own % – The ownership percentage of the associated player based on all of the inputted ‘User’ lineups.
6. Inputted ‘Opponent’ Own % – The ownership percentage of the associated player based on all of the inputted ‘Opponent’ lineups.
2. Field Own % – The ownership percentage of that player across all players entered in the selected contest.
3. Average Player ROI – The average ROI of all the lineups in the entire contest that player was in based on thousands of simulations.
4. Inputted ‘User’ Player ROI – The inputted ‘User’ name’s average ROI of all the lineups the specified user entered that included the associated player.
5. Inputted ‘User’ Own % – The ownership percentage of the associated player based on all of the inputted ‘User’ lineups.
6. Inputted ‘Opponent’ Own % – The ownership percentage of the associated player based on all of the inputted ‘Opponent’ lineups.
The inputted ‘Opponent’ name filter consists of six columns:
1. Player – The real life player name
2. Field Own % – The ownership percentage of that player across all players entered in the selected contest.
3. Average Player ROI – The average ROI of all the lineups in the entire contest that player was in based on thousands of simulations.
4. Inputted ‘Opponent’ Player ROI – The inputted ‘Opponent’ name’s average ROI of all the lineups the specified user entered that included the associated player.
5. Inputted ‘Opponent’ Own % – The ownership percentage of the associated player based on all of the inputted ‘Opponent’ lineups.
6. Inputted ‘User’ Own % – The ownership percentage of the associated player based on all of the inputted ‘User’ lineups.
2. Field Own % – The ownership percentage of that player across all players entered in the selected contest.
3. Average Player ROI – The average ROI of all the lineups in the entire contest that player was in based on thousands of simulations.
4. Inputted ‘Opponent’ Player ROI – The inputted ‘Opponent’ name’s average ROI of all the lineups the specified user entered that included the associated player.
5. Inputted ‘Opponent’ Own % – The ownership percentage of the associated player based on all of the inputted ‘Opponent’ lineups.
6. Inputted ‘User’ Own % – The ownership percentage of the associated player based on all of the inputted ‘User’ lineups.
Post Contest Simulator
Lineup ROI Tab
This tab is designed to bring analysis at the individual lineup level. This view will allow you to see which lineups had the best ROI % based on thousands of simulations of the entire slate.
There are three filters in this tab:
1. All – Shows all the lineups in the entire contest.
2. Inputted ‘User’ Name – Filters the list to only show the inputted user’s lineups.
3. Inputted ‘Opponent’ Name – Filters the list to only show the inputted opponent’s lineups
2. Inputted ‘User’ Name – Filters the list to only show the inputted user’s lineups.
3. Inputted ‘Opponent’ Name – Filters the list to only show the inputted opponent’s lineups
Regardless of the selected filter, this tab has five total columns:
1. User – The associated user name with listed lineup.
2. Lineup ROI – The average ROI of the listed lineup based on thousands of simulations.
3. Projected FP – The total projected fantasy points for the lineup.
4. Own Sum – The actual combined ownership for the listed lineup.
5. Lineups – The actual lineup that was entered by the specified user.
2. Lineup ROI – The average ROI of the listed lineup based on thousands of simulations.
3. Projected FP – The total projected fantasy points for the lineup.
4. Own Sum – The actual combined ownership for the listed lineup.
5. Lineups – The actual lineup that was entered by the specified user.
