Printer friendly version :: A debate on Optimal settings

I've been making odds myself for years now, but also now looking at maybe odds wizard doing some of the work for me, or to simply compare with my own work.

I usually when making my own odds analyse up to 2 seasons back, I notice Odds Wizard uses a Depreciation period (default) of 900 days, how has everyone found this, work better than say setting it to something more like 750? (2 seasons) Also I don't use cup games as a factor with my own work, would anyone care to comment if they do/don't use the cup games feature, and how it affects this?

Also, I see a new Algorithm is being used, is this proving for most bettors to be better than the old one? (2002 version)

Would be great to hear some thoughts on these issues.