Solo staking

Yes, but your opportunity running outside a pool will be different.
Opportunity to be chosen as a slot-leader (produce a new transaction block and sign it) is derived by dividing your stake by the total value in the Cardano SL (Settlement Layer) system.

Example:
Your stake = 100
ADA Pool = 29,900
Total value in SL = 100,000

Solo:
100 / 100,000 = 0.001%

Pool:
(100 + 29,900) / 100,000 = 0.3%
100 / 29,900 = 0.00334448%

Opportunity to be chosen as a slot-leader:
Solo = 0.001%
Pool = 0.3%
Your contribution to the pool = 0.00334448%

The choice really is yours but the opportunity and thus rewards are different.

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