Just about everyone on this board is aware of the D'Alembert, which starts at 1 unit and increases by 1 after a loss and decreases by 1 after a win. The theory is that if you lose at 1, lose at 2, win at 3 and then win at 2, you will have won 1 unit for each win that you have had (the 3 won offsets the 2 lost and the 2 won offsets the 1 lost). Anyone who has taken it for a spin knows that the streaky nature of roulette can turn against us quickly, with a series of losses taking our drawdown to steep levels quickly. However, we know that a balanced number of wins and losses gives us a bunch of +1 wins equal to the total number of our wins for the session, with the wins at high points to offset the lower losses.
It is great that the +9 offsets the -8 and the +8 offsets the -7. What is even better is when a +9 offsets the -8 and +9 also offsets the -7. If a win on a D'Alembert is always at a recent high-water mark, so is a streak of wins back to back.
What I am doing with this progression is moving up on a loss like the typical D'Alembert. If I get a win, rather than dropping a unit down, I repeat my bet. If I lose, it is a wash and I repeat again at the same level. However, if I get a string of wins, I let them continue winning at this high level for as long as the wins come. I stop betting only after my first loss. For instance, if I am at level 9 and I hit a string of 5 wins and then a loss, I have effectively won 9 units a net of 4 times. This is +9 against -8, -7, -6, and -5, meaning that I have netted +1, +2, +3, and +4, or a total of +10 instead of the usual +4. At this point, I will reduce my betting level by the net wins (4), meaning in the example I would begin betting again at level 5. If I lose again, I move up to 6. If I win at 5, I repeat again as before and look for another profitable streak.
Variation:
What you will notice is that a series of chops is nothing more than a wash in this method. In the typical D'Alembert, each chop is a +1 unit for your bankroll, such as +9 -8 +9 -8 +9 -8. The same can be accomplished with this method by decreasing after the first win and then holding at the next level down for the remainder of the streak.
It is great that the +9 offsets the -8 and the +8 offsets the -7. What is even better is when a +9 offsets the -8 and +9 also offsets the -7. If a win on a D'Alembert is always at a recent high-water mark, so is a streak of wins back to back.
What I am doing with this progression is moving up on a loss like the typical D'Alembert. If I get a win, rather than dropping a unit down, I repeat my bet. If I lose, it is a wash and I repeat again at the same level. However, if I get a string of wins, I let them continue winning at this high level for as long as the wins come. I stop betting only after my first loss. For instance, if I am at level 9 and I hit a string of 5 wins and then a loss, I have effectively won 9 units a net of 4 times. This is +9 against -8, -7, -6, and -5, meaning that I have netted +1, +2, +3, and +4, or a total of +10 instead of the usual +4. At this point, I will reduce my betting level by the net wins (4), meaning in the example I would begin betting again at level 5. If I lose again, I move up to 6. If I win at 5, I repeat again as before and look for another profitable streak.
Variation:
What you will notice is that a series of chops is nothing more than a wash in this method. In the typical D'Alembert, each chop is a +1 unit for your bankroll, such as +9 -8 +9 -8 +9 -8. The same can be accomplished with this method by decreasing after the first win and then holding at the next level down for the remainder of the streak.