Our Methodology
Our values are reverse-engineered from millions of real trades in hundreds of thousands of active leagues. These short articles explain how that works and share what we've learned along the way.
Testing Our Calculator, KeepTradeCut, and FantasyCalc on the Same Trades
We implemented each calculator’s real verdict logic, verified it against their live sites, and scored all three against the same community-judged trades.
How We Turn Real Trades Into Player Values
Every trade is an equation. Solving millions of them at once recovers what the market actually pays for every player and pick.
Packages, 1-for-1s, and the Value Curve
Why one stud costs more than three good players, why package trades are noisy signals, and why our curve is steeper than other sites on purpose.
Keeping Bad Trades Out of Your Values
Collusion, giveaway trades, and low-effort leagues are real. The layers of filtering that keep them from reaching your rankings.
TE Premium: Measured, Not Guessed
We measured what TE premium scoring actually does to trade prices. The adjustments come from those measurements, not a hand-tuned toggle.
How We Value Draft Picks
Nearly half of traded future 1sts land late, so why aren’t they priced like late picks? Convexity, clean market signals, and the limits of pick certainty.
We Grade Our Verdicts Against Real Dynasty Communities
Seven months of real trade debates, a test we designed to be able to fail, and what the community taught us about package trades.
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