Skip Trace

Skip Trace tracks a single digit's appearance frequency month by month, showing how its rate has shifted over time relative to the mathematical expectation for that game.

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Why It Matters

Individual draws are noisy. Monthly frequency tracking smooths that noise and shows longer-term behavioral arcs — which digits have been quietly climbing, which have dropped off, and whether those shifts are recent or have been building for months.

How Stepzero Uses It

The Skip Trace report lets you select any digit (0–9) and shows its monthly appearance rate as a bar chart with a baseline indicating expected frequency. Status labels (High Freq / Low Freq / Normal) reflect current deviation from that baseline.

Example

If digit 7 appears in 35% of draws over the last month when the expected rate is 30%, it shows a +5 percentage point deviation and is flagged as High Freq for that period.

Reading the Monthly Chart

Each bar represents one calendar month. Bars above the baseline mean the digit appeared more than the math expected that month; bars below mean less. The current month's bar shows where the digit stands right now.

Sarah aside: A single hot month doesn't mean much. Three or four months in a row above baseline starts to look structural. That's the difference between noise and a genuine behavioral shift worth noting.

Oracle Query Starters

  • How has digit 5 been performing in Florida Pick 3 over the last 6 months?
  • Which digits are running above expected frequency in Pick 3 right now?
  • Show me the skip trace for digit 0 in Florida Pick 3.

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FAQ

What does "High Freq" mean in Skip Trace?

High Freq means the digit is appearing more often than expected based on the mathematical structure of the game. It's a deviation label, not a prediction.

How is Skip Trace different from the Digit Frequency report?

Digit Frequency gives you a snapshot of the current window. Skip Trace gives you the month-by-month history for one specific digit, which shows whether recent behavior is new or part of a longer trend.