ECC
In all honesty, I am being a little lazy and not reading through your thread from last year, but with my PL methods, they seem to come on strong from the New Year on. I am not a big fan of chases (personal preference), but I would submit considering a post New Year review from last year. I think somewhere you/someone made a comment that "the rest of the year" was a wash, but hard to know exactly what part was completely profitable given that some of these chases can last weeks.
I typically play my PL plays small until literally the new year, then I step it up. My model is different than just a points comparison, but just wanted to pass along a thought.
Cheers
Oz