Methodology note: August 2026.
Effective 1 August 2026 · Published 6 July 2026 · Competitions list finalised 8 July 2026
From 1 August 2026 the S8 Insights published record narrows to a tighter, more repeatable process. This page is the canonical statement of that policy. It is dated, it is public, and any future change to it will be published the same way.
What we publish
- Singles first. The flagship record is built on single positions. Multi-leg products, accumulators and bet builders, are retired from the flagship record. They may still appear in clearly labelled content elsewhere, but they no longer enter the headline numbers.
- There is no weekly quota. Volume follows the fixture list and what survives review: some weeks several positions, some weeks none. Nothing is published to fill a schedule.
- Every position ships with its numbers. Each published position carries the model probability, the market-implied probability, the calculated edge, and the written reasoning behind it. If a position cannot be published with those four things, it is not published.
- Closing price is logged for every position. The odds at publication and the closing price are both recorded, so the record shows not only whether positions won but whether they beat the market's final judgement.
Where we publish from
- Premier League
- La Liga
- Bundesliga
- Serie A
- Ligue 1
- UEFA Champions League
- UEFA Europa League
- UEFA Conference League
This list is the boundary. A competition must be named on this page before a position from it enters the record. If the list grows, the change will be dated and noted here.
What happens to the earlier record
Nothing is removed. Our first six months, February to July 2026, tested multiple markets, formats and leagues, including accumulators and bet builders. That testing period is preserved in full, wins and losses, as the Legacy Record on the tracker. From 1 August 2026 the headline figures reflect only the narrowed process described above, and the two are never mixed.
Why the change
Breadth was useful for testing. It is not useful for judgement. A record that mixes formats, markets and leagues is hard to evaluate, for us and for you. Narrowing to singles in defined competitions makes every number in the record attributable to one repeatable process. That is the standard we want to be measured against.
Percentages for the new record are published once it reaches 30 settled positions. Until then the tracker states the count plainly. Small samples do not support ROI or win-rate claims, and we would rather show you a number that means something.