diff --git a/src/Marathon.Application/UseCases/RunBacktestUseCase.cs b/src/Marathon.Application/UseCases/RunBacktestUseCase.cs
index 4f3e216..e1eba16 100644
--- a/src/Marathon.Application/UseCases/RunBacktestUseCase.cs
+++ b/src/Marathon.Application/UseCases/RunBacktestUseCase.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using Marathon.Application.Storage;
 using Marathon.Domain.AnomalyDetection;
 using Marathon.Domain.Backtesting;
 using Marathon.Domain.Entities;
+using Marathon.Domain.Enums;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using DomainEventId = Marathon.Domain.ValueObjects.EventId;
 
@@ -95,6 +96,11 @@ public sealed class RunBacktestUseCase
         {
             ct.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
 
+            // Only directional kinds are betting signals; SuspensionFreeze (favourite
+            // unchanged) is informational and must not be staked or it would skew ROI.
+            if (!anomaly.Kind.IsDirectional())
+                continue;
+
             // Cannot simulate a bet whose event hasn't been graded yet.
             if (!resultLookup.TryGetValue(anomaly.EventId, out var result))
                 continue;
diff --git a/src/Marathon.Domain/AnomalyDetection/AnomalyOutcomeEvaluator.cs b/src/Marathon.Domain/AnomalyDetection/AnomalyOutcomeEvaluator.cs
index 2678562..da7609c 100644
--- a/src/Marathon.Domain/AnomalyDetection/AnomalyOutcomeEvaluator.cs
+++ b/src/Marathon.Domain/AnomalyDetection/AnomalyOutcomeEvaluator.cs
@@ -63,6 +63,25 @@ public static class AnomalyOutcomeEvaluator
         var preFav = data.PreSuspension.Favourite;
         var postFav = data.PostSuspension.Favourite;
 
+        // Non-directional kinds (e.g. SuspensionFreeze — the favourite did NOT change)
+        // make no side prediction. Grading them as "favourite won" would just measure the
+        // base favourite-win rate, polluting the hit-rate and score-bin calibration, so we
+        // leave them Unresolved (the favourites are still surfaced for display).
+        if (!anomaly.Kind.IsDirectional())
+        {
+            return new ResolvedAnomaly(
+                AnomalyId: anomaly.Id,
+                EventId: anomaly.EventId,
+                DetectedAt: anomaly.DetectedAt,
+                Score: anomaly.Score,
+                Kind: anomaly.Kind,
+                Sport: sport,
+                PreFlipFavourite: preFav,
+                PostFlipFavourite: postFav,
+                ActualWinner: result?.WinnerSide,
+                Outcome: AnomalyOutcomeKind.Unresolved);
+        }
+
         if (result is null)
         {
             return new ResolvedAnomaly(
diff --git a/src/Marathon.Domain/Enums/AnomalyKindExtensions.cs b/src/Marathon.Domain/Enums/AnomalyKindExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..830bca6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Marathon.Domain/Enums/AnomalyKindExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+namespace Marathon.Domain.Enums;
+
+/// <summary>Semantic classification of anomaly kinds.</summary>
+public static class AnomalyKindExtensions
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Whether the kind makes a <i>directional</i> prediction — a specific side/favourite
+    /// expected to win — that can be graded against the result and bet on in a backtest.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// <see cref="AnomalyKind.SuspensionFlip"/> and <see cref="AnomalyKind.SteamMove"/> are
+    /// directional (they point at a favourite). <see cref="AnomalyKind.SuspensionFreeze"/> is
+    /// informational — the line did NOT move — so "predicting" the unchanged favourite would
+    /// merely measure the base favourite-win rate; it is excluded from outcome grading and
+    /// from backtest staking so it does not distort detector calibration.
+    /// </remarks>
+    public static bool IsDirectional(this AnomalyKind kind) => kind switch
+    {
+        AnomalyKind.SuspensionFlip => true,
+        AnomalyKind.SteamMove => true,
+        AnomalyKind.SuspensionFreeze => false,
+        _ => false,
+    };
+}
diff --git a/tests/Marathon.Application.Tests/UseCases/RunBacktestUseCaseTests.cs b/tests/Marathon.Application.Tests/UseCases/RunBacktestUseCaseTests.cs
index 280efd8..3bc7040 100644
--- a/tests/Marathon.Application.Tests/UseCases/RunBacktestUseCaseTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Marathon.Application.Tests/UseCases/RunBacktestUseCaseTests.cs
@@ -85,6 +85,25 @@ public sealed class RunBacktestUseCaseTests
         result.BetsPlaced.Should().BeGreaterThan(0, "the in-range graded anomaly produces a bet");
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Should_SkipNonDirectionalAnomalies_When_BuildingCandidates()
+    {
+        // A SuspensionFreeze anomaly (favourite unchanged) must not be staked.
+        var id = new EventId("88888888");
+        var freeze = new Anomaly(
+            Guid.NewGuid(), id, BaseTime, AnomalyKind.SuspensionFreeze, 0.9m, FlipEvidence);
+
+        _anomalies.ListAsync(Arg.Any<CancellationToken>())
+            .Returns(new[] { freeze }.ToList().AsReadOnly());
+        _events.GetAsync(id, Arg.Any<CancellationToken>()).Returns(MakeEvent(id));
+        _results.GetAsync(id, Arg.Any<CancellationToken>())
+            .Returns(new EventResult(id, 0, 2, Side.Side2, DateTimeOffset.UtcNow));
+
+        var result = await CreateSut().ExecuteAsync(DefaultStrategy(), CancellationToken.None);
+
+        result.BetsPlaced.Should().Be(0, "SuspensionFreeze is non-directional and must not be staked");
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public async Task Should_ReturnEmptyResult_When_NoAnomaliesExist()
     {
diff --git a/tests/Marathon.Domain.Tests/AnomalyDetection/AnomalyOutcomeEvaluatorTests.cs b/tests/Marathon.Domain.Tests/AnomalyDetection/AnomalyOutcomeEvaluatorTests.cs
index cbaca0b..5c380f7 100644
--- a/tests/Marathon.Domain.Tests/AnomalyDetection/AnomalyOutcomeEvaluatorTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Marathon.Domain.Tests/AnomalyDetection/AnomalyOutcomeEvaluatorTests.cs
@@ -73,6 +73,27 @@ public sealed class AnomalyOutcomeEvaluatorTests
         verdict.ActualWinner.Should().Be(Side.Side1);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void Should_ReportUnresolved_When_KindIsNonDirectional()
+    {
+        // SuspensionFreeze is informational (the favourite did not change) — it must NOT be
+        // graded hit/miss even when a result exists, or its base favourite-win rate would
+        // pollute the calibration. Favourites are still surfaced for display.
+        var anomaly = new Anomaly(
+            Id: Guid.NewGuid(),
+            EventId: DefaultEventId,
+            DetectedAt: new DateTimeOffset(2026, 5, 10, 18, 5, 0, MoscowOffset),
+            Kind: AnomalyKind.SuspensionFreeze,
+            Score: 0.9m,
+            EvidenceJson: ThreeWayFlipJson);
+        var result = MakeResult(Side.Side2, s1: 0, s2: 2);
+
+        var verdict = AnomalyOutcomeEvaluator.Evaluate(anomaly, new SportCode(6), result);
+
+        verdict.Outcome.Should().Be(AnomalyOutcomeKind.Unresolved);
+        verdict.PostFlipFavourite.Should().Be(Side.Side2);
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public void Should_ReportMiss_When_DrawOccurred_AndPostFlipFavouriteIsNotDraw()
     {
diff --git a/tests/Marathon.Domain.Tests/Enums/AnomalyKindExtensionsTests.cs b/tests/Marathon.Domain.Tests/Enums/AnomalyKindExtensionsTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2777f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Marathon.Domain.Tests/Enums/AnomalyKindExtensionsTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+using FluentAssertions;
+using Marathon.Domain.Enums;
+
+namespace Marathon.Domain.Tests.Enums;
+
+public sealed class AnomalyKindExtensionsTests
+{
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(AnomalyKind.SuspensionFlip, true)]
+    [InlineData(AnomalyKind.SteamMove, true)]
+    [InlineData(AnomalyKind.SuspensionFreeze, false)]
+    public void IsDirectional_Should_ClassifyKinds(AnomalyKind kind, bool expected)
+    {
+        kind.IsDirectional().Should().Be(expected);
+    }
+}