Kelly
by Portfolio Stats in Other
Kelly criterion fraction for a stated win probability and payoff, with growth rate and overbet threshold. NOT advice.
https://portfolio-stats.x402tookit.com/kelly- Price
- $0.02
- per call in USDC
- Uptime
- 66.7%
- last 30 days
- Response time
- 530 ms
- 660 ms slowest 5%
- Last check
- Passed
- 10 h ago, next any minute now
Reliability
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How to call it
GET https://portfolio-stats.x402tookit.com/kelly
Each call costs $0.02 in USDC on Polygon, paid with the request over x402.
Run a free test callOne unpaid request, the way an agent sends it. You see the payment challenge it gets back. Nothing is charged.
Example request
From the listing.
GET https://portfolio-stats.x402tookit.com/kelly?b=1&p=0.6Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
a | number | No | Loss on a loss as a fraction of the stake, above 0 and at most 1 (default 1 = lose the whole stake) |
b | number | Yes | Gain on a win as a fraction of the stake (1 = even money, 2 = win twice the stake) |
fractionOfKelly | number | No | Optional multiple of full Kelly to also report, above 0 and at most 1 (0.5 = half Kelly) |
p | number | Yes | Win probability you state, between 0 and 1 (exclusive) |
Example response
The provider's example. We can't check it without paying.
Example response, 30 lines
{
"asOf": "2026-10-12T00:57:39.833Z",
"degraded": false,
"disclaimer": "Screening signal computed from the named public source. Not financial, legal or investment advice; provided as is. Verify at the source before acting.",
"educationalOnly": "Educational arithmetic on the numbers you supplied. Not investment advice: it does not say what to buy, sell, hold or how much to risk, and a supplied or past series does not predict the future.",
"expectedValuePerUnitStaked": 0.2,
"formulaValue": 0.2,
"fullKelly": 0.2,
"gainFraction": 1,
"growthRateAtHalfKelly": 0.01504190162,
"growthRateAtKelly": 0.02013551355,
"halfKelly": 0.1,
"lossFraction": 1,
"notChecked": [
"NOT ADVICE: the formula assumes your probability and payoff are exactly right and repeat independently, which is almost never true; small errors in p make full Kelly far too aggressive",
"ruin, drawdowns, taxes, fees, liquidity and your own circumstances",
"…1 more"
],
"oddsBreakEvenProbability": 0.5,
"overbetThresholdStake": 0.3893906833,
"reasons": [
"Kelly fraction f* = p/a - (1 - p)/b maximises expected log growth for repeated independent bets with exactly these stated odds.",
"Expected log growth per bet at stake x is p*ln(1 + b*x) + (1 - p)*ln(1 - a*x).",
"…2 more"
],
"source": "computed locally",
"summary": "Stated edge (p 0.6, win 1, lose 1): full Kelly fraction 0.2 of the bankroll; expected log growth 0.02013551355 per bet. Arithmetic only, not advice.",
"verdict": "KELLY_POSITIVE_EDGE",
"winProbability": 0.6
}Call it from code
The curl command shows the payment challenge. The JavaScript and Python versions pay and call, and never pay more than $0.02.
curl: see the payment challenge
# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i 'https://portfolio-stats.x402tookit.com/kelly?b=1&p=0.6'
# x402 v2 sends the challenge base64-encoded in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header (v1 sends it in the body).
# To read the header:
curl -sS -g -o /dev/null -D - 'https://portfolio-stats.x402tookit.com/kelly?b=1&p=0.6' \
| grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decodeJavaScript: pay and call
// npm i @x402/fetch @x402/evm viem
import { wrapFetchWithPayment, x402Client } from "@x402/fetch";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";
// Pays at most $0.02 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.02" });
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: privateKeyToAccount(process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY) });
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);
// Not sure it's safe to pay? ToolVet checks it first for $0.005. Pay for that from a separate
// client: this one is capped at $0.02 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fportfolio-stats.x402tookit.com%2Fkelly
const res = await pay("https://portfolio-stats.x402tookit.com/kelly?b=1&p=0.6");
console.log(res.status, await res.text());Python: pay and call
# pip install "x402[requests,evm]"
import os
from eth_account import Account
from x402 import x402ClientSync
from x402.http.clients import x402_requests
from x402.mechanisms.evm import EthAccountSigner
from x402.mechanisms.evm.exact.register import register_exact_evm_client
# Pays at most $0.02 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.02"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))
with x402_requests(client) as session:
res = session.get("https://portfolio-stats.x402tookit.com/kelly?b=1&p=0.6")
print(res.status_code, res.text)Security scan
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Recent checks
| When | Result | HTTP | Time | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 h ago | Passed | 402 | 530 ms | $0.02 |
| 22 h ago | Expected HTTP 402, got 530 | 530 | 102 ms | - |
| 34 h ago | Passed | 402 | 544 ms | $0.02 |
| 47 h ago | Expected HTTP 402, got 530 | 530 | 28 ms | - |
| 2 days ago | Passed | 402 | 536 ms | $0.02 |
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| 3 days ago | Passed | 402 | 564 ms | $0.02 |
| 3 days ago | Passed | 402 | 543 ms | $0.02 |
| 5 days ago | Expected HTTP 402, got 530 | 530 | 88 ms | - |
| 5 days ago | Expected HTTP 402, got 530 | 530 | 106 ms | - |
| 5 days ago | Expected HTTP 402, got 530 | 530 | 278 ms | - |
| 5 days ago | Expected HTTP 402, got 530 | 530 | 149 ms | - |
| 5 days ago | Passed | 402 | 538 ms | $0.02 |
| 5 days ago | Passed | 402 | 529 ms | $0.02 |
| 6 days ago | Passed | 402 | 515 ms | $0.02 |
| 6 days ago | Passed | 402 | 521 ms | $0.02 |