u/Alarmed-Error529

Hey guys, apologies in advance if it’s against the rules to promote a site. Let me know and I can take this post down.

I’ve been using the odds api to detect +EV/Arb bets for MLB/WNBA and I wanted to share what I have so everyone else can also use it.

You can check it out here: https://oddspool.up.railway.app/
(THE MOBILE VIEW LOOKS LIKE SHIT RN IM SORRY)

The main idea behind it is that whenever a user ingests odds from the odds api, all other users can also see those odds.

You can input your own odds api key and ingest odds, or wait for other users to ingest odds. Then everyone sees the same +EV/Arb bets.

You absolutely do not have to input your own odds api key if you do not feel comfortable. I will personally ingest MLB/WNBA odds throughout the day so you can check the site periodically, and see what +EV bets are available. The hope is that more people than just me will ingest odds throughout the day so hopefully the odds don’t get too stale.

You can also track as many bets as you’d like for and see for yourself if it’s actually profitable before actually spending any of your own money.

WARNINGS:

\\\\- sometimes the odds api returns incorrect odds data which leads to bets incorrectly being flagged as +EV. I’ve done my best to flag such instances or not show them at all. For all bets I try to be very clear in how the +EV is being calculated so you can determine for yourself if it’s real or not.

\\\\- I would also be cautious for any live betting. The odds seem a little out of wack for that, and I have personally only used it for pregame betting

The ui is also a little jank so I’m working on that, but everything should be functionally sound, but let me know if anything is buggy.

Let me know what you guys think, or if you have any questions or suggestions.

Everything is currently free, but I’m eating some costs in terms of hosting the site, so I plan on eventually charging for certain things, but for now everything is completely free.

I also plan on adding more sports as it grows.

Thank you!

Hey guys, apologies in advance if it’s against the rules to promote a site. Let me know and I can take this post down.

I’ve been using the odds api to detect +EV/Arb bets for MLB/WNBA and I wanted to share what I have so everyone else can also use it.

You can check it out here: https://oddspool.up.railway.app/
(THE MOBILE VIEW LOOKS LIKE SHIT RN IM SORRY)

The main idea behind it is that whenever a user ingests odds from the odds api, all other users can also see those odds.

You can input your own odds api key and ingest odds, or wait for other users to ingest odds. Then everyone sees the same +EV/Arb bets.

You absolutely do not have to input your own odds api key if you do not feel comfortable. I will personally ingest MLB/WNBA odds throughout the day so you can check the site periodically, and see what +EV bets are available. The hope is that more people than just me will ingest odds throughout the day so hopefully the odds don’t get too stale.

You can also track as many bets as you’d like for and see for yourself if it’s actually profitable before actually spending any of your own money.

WARNINGS:

\\- sometimes the odds api returns incorrect odds data which leads to bets incorrectly being flagged as +EV. I’ve done my best to flag such instances or not show them at all. For all bets I try to be very clear in how the +EV is being calculated so you can determine for yourself if it’s real or not.

\\- I would also be cautious for any live betting. The odds seem a little out of wack for that, and I have personally only used it for pregame betting

The ui is also a little jank so I’m working on that, but everything should be functionally sound, but let me know if anything is buggy.

Let me know what you guys think, or if you have any questions or suggestions.

Everything is currently free, but I’m eating some costs in terms of hosting the site, so I plan on eventually charging for certain things, but for now everything is completely free.

I also plan on adding more sports as it grows.

Thank you!

Hey guys, apologies in advance if it’s against the rules to promote a site. Let me know and I can take this post down.

I’ve been using the odds api to detect +EV/Arb bets for MLB/WNBA and I wanted to share what I have so everyone else can also use it.

You can check it out here: https://oddspool.up.railway.app/
(THE MOBILE VIEW LOOKS LIKE SHIT RN IM SORRY)

The main idea behind it is that whenever a user ingests odds from the odds api, all other users can also see those odds.

You can input your own odds api key and ingest odds, or wait for other users to ingest odds. Then everyone sees the same +EV/Arb bets.

You absolutely do not have to input your own odds api key if you do not feel comfortable. I will personally ingest MLB/WNBA odds throughout the day so you can check the site periodically, and see what +EV bets are available. The hope is that more people than just me will ingest odds throughout the day so hopefully the odds don’t get too stale.

You can also track as many bets as you’d like for and see for yourself if it’s actually profitable before actually spending any of your own money.

WARNINGS:

\- sometimes the odds api returns incorrect odds data which leads to bets incorrectly being flagged as +EV. I’ve done my best to flag such instances or not show them at all. For all bets I try to be very clear in how the +EV is being calculated so you can determine for yourself if it’s real or not.

\- I would also be cautious for any live betting. The odds seem a little out of wack for that, and I have personally only used it for pregame betting

The ui is also a little jank so I’m working on that, but everything should be functionally sound, but let me know if anything is buggy.

Let me know what you guys think, or if you have any questions or suggestions.

Everything is currently free, but I’m eating some costs in terms of hosting the site, so I plan on eventually charging for certain things, but for now everything is completely free.

I also plan on adding more sports as it grows.

Thank you!

I’m set to do an AFF jump next week, but I’m nervous because I’ve never skydived before. I know tandem is an option, but would you guys advise against AFF if you’ve never jumped before?

I’m mainly worried about what happens after I pull my parachute. The parachute twisting, me spinning out of control, the chute collapsing etc… because at that point my instructors gone and it’s just me. I also have no clue how to land. What if I’m coming down too fast and I don’t know what to do or how to steer/navigate.

Any advice is greatly appreciated, thank you!

I think I want to do a PhD but I don’t know. I can’t think of anything I’m that passionate about.

When I first started undergrad I was planning on going to med school. It was something I looked forward to because of its challenge, its prestige, and the positive impact you have on society by being a doctor. It was something that would push me to my max intellectually.

After starting undergrad I realized I didn’t really enjoy medicine so I switched to computer science which I enjoyed a lot more and I believe I’m a lot better at.

The issue is, I’m now about to graduate, but I still want to learn more and push myself as much as possible intellectually. I don’t want my learning to just end here. I have a desire to become an expert in something and learn as much about it as possible, but I just don’t know what that is.

I enjoy math, coding, problem solving, but that’s so vague and literally anything STEM related is going to involve those things.

I currently do some research for my school and have some first authorships in review, but the area of research isn’t something I can see myself doing for 5+ years. I enjoy it don’t get me wrong, but I’m not obsessed about it.

I do spend a lot of my free time studying financial markets and sports betting markets, and I really do enjoy that as a hobby since it does involve a decent amount of math and coding, but in my opinion I’m not bringing a lot of value to society with that and I don’t want to dedicate myself to becoming and expert in something that doesn’t have a positive impact on society.

This kind of just sounds like a brain dump at this point but I am lost. I yearn for being an expert in something that is somewhat mathematically rigorous (not too mathematical otherwise I won’t be accepted into the PhD program), intellectually challenging, and benefits society.

Do I just apply and hope I figure it out by the time I start? How the hell am I gonna write a statement of purpose if I have no purpose. Does that mean a PhD isn’t right for me?

I’m afraid I can’t think of anything that meaningful that I actually care about deeply enough to dedicate myself to for the next 5+ years

I know if I don’t do a PhD I’m gonna wake up everyday and be upset with myself and feel like I didn’t push myself hard enough and that I wasted my potential. I’ve worked so hard during undergrad to have a good profile and I don’t want it to be wasted.

I would probably prefer to work in industry while I’m young and then potentially be a professor in practice once I’m older (idk how hard it is to become a professor in practice)

I appreciate any kind of advice. Thank you!

I think I want to do a PhD but I don’t know. I can’t think of anything I’m that passionate about.

When I first started undergrad I was planning on going to med school. It was something I looked forward to because of its challenge, its prestige, and the positive impact you have on society by being a doctor. It was something that would push me to my max intellectually.

After starting undergrad I realized I didn’t really enjoy medicine so I switched to computer science which I enjoyed a lot more and I believe I’m a lot better at.

The issue is, I’m now about to graduate, but I still want to learn more and push myself as much as possible intellectually. I don’t want my learning to just end here. I have a desire to become an expert in something and learn as much about it as possible, but I just don’t know what that is.

I enjoy math, coding, problem solving, but that’s so vague and literally anything STEM related is going to involve those things.

I currently do some research for my school and have some first authorships in review, but the area of research isn’t something I can see myself doing for 5+ years. I enjoy it don’t get me wrong, but I’m not obsessed about it.

I do spend a lot of my free time studying financial markets and sports betting markets, and I really do enjoy that as a hobby since it does involve a decent amount of math and coding, but in my opinion I’m not bringing a lot of value to society with that and I don’t want to dedicate myself to becoming and expert in something that doesn’t have a positive impact on society.

This kind of just sounds like a brain dump at this point but I am lost. I yearn for being an expert in something that is somewhat mathematically rigorous (not too mathematical otherwise I won’t be accepted into the PhD program), intellectually challenging, and benefits society.

Do I just apply and hope I figure it out by the time I start? How the hell am I gonna write a statement of purpose if I have no purpose. Does that mean a PhD isn’t right for me?

I’m afraid I can’t think of anything that meaningful that I actually care about deeply enough to dedicate myself to for the next 5+ years

I know if I don’t do a PhD I’m gonna wake up everyday and be upset with myself and feel like I didn’t push myself hard enough and that I wasted my potential. I’ve worked so hard during undergrad to have a good profile and I don’t want it to be wasted.

I would probably prefer to work in industry while I’m young and then potentially be a professor in practice once I’m older (idk how hard it is to become a professor in practice)

I appreciate any kind of advice. Thank you!

I think I want to do a PhD but I don’t know. I can’t think of anything I’m that passionate about.

When I first started undergrad I was planning on going to med school. It was something I looked forward to because of its challenge, its prestige, and the positive impact you have on society by being a doctor. It was something that would push me to my max intellectually.

After starting undergrad I realized I didn’t really enjoy medicine so I switched to computer science which I enjoyed a lot more and I believe I’m a lot better at.

The issue is, I’m now about to graduate, but I still want to learn more and push myself as much as possible intellectually. I don’t want my learning to just end here. I have a desire to become an expert in something and learn as much about it as possible, but I just don’t know what that is.

I enjoy math, coding, problem solving, but that’s so vague and literally anything STEM related is going to involve those things.

I currently do some research for my school and have some first authorships in review, but the area of research isn’t something I can see myself doing for 5+ years. I enjoy it don’t get me wrong, but I’m not obsessed about it.

I do spend a lot of my free time studying financial markets and sports betting markets, and I really do enjoy that as a hobby since it does involve a decent amount of math and coding, but in my opinion I’m not bringing a lot of value to society with that and I don’t want to dedicate myself to becoming and expert in something that doesn’t have a positive impact on society.

This kind of just sounds like a brain dump at this point but I am lost. I yearn for being an expert in something that is somewhat mathematically rigorous (not too mathematical otherwise I won’t be accepted into the PhD program), intellectually challenging, and benefits society.

Do I just apply and hope I figure it out by the time I start? How the hell am I gonna write a statement of purpose if I have no purpose. Does that mean a PhD isn’t right for me?

I’m afraid I can’t think of anything that meaningful that I actually care about deeply enough to dedicate myself to for the next 5+ years

I know if I don’t do a PhD I’m gonna wake up everyday and be upset with myself and feel like I didn’t push myself hard enough and that I wasted my potential. I’ve worked so hard during undergrad to have a good profile and I don’t want it to be wasted.

I would probably prefer to work in industry while I’m young and then potentially be a professor in practice once I’m older (idk how hard it is to become a professor in practice)

I appreciate any kind of advice. Thank you!

So I’m at about 800 bets tracked, -8% ROI, but beat closing lines at roughly 55-60% and have an EV of \\\~2% based on my CLV.

I’ve recently refined my methods and have been getting even better CLV, beating the closing lines about 60+% of the time with about 4% EV, but still negative ROI.

I really don’t think there’s a flaw in my methods. I’m using pinnacle and other exchanges as a sharp baseline, and betting into softer books where there’s a pretty large price discrepancy. Nothing crazy.

My bankrolls been halved so a little bit demoralized, but I’m just curious if I should continue with my method or am I past the point of variance being the issue?

I’m mainly betting MLB player props along with a little bit of MLB mainlines. Some WNBA sprinkled in there as well.

Don’t really feel like these are illiquid markets where CLV is irrelevant, but I could be wrong.

Any input/advice is appreciate. Thank you!

(Also I will note that I’m using pikkit to track my CLV. I’m not entirely sure what closing line they’re comparing my bets against, but I assume the same book I bet at? I’m using the free version, so I can only see my CLV for the current week, but I’ve never had a week with negative CLV. Been tracking for about 6 weeks)

So I’m at about 800 bets tracked, -8% ROI, but beat closing lines at roughly 55-60% and have an EV of \~2% based on my CLV.

I’ve recently refined my methods and have been getting even better CLV, beating the closing lines about 60+% of the time with about 4% EV, but still negative ROI.

I really don’t think there’s a flaw in my methods. I’m using pinnacle and other exchanges as a sharp baseline, and betting into softer books where there’s a pretty large price discrepancy. Nothing crazy.

My bankrolls been halved so a little bit demoralized, but I’m just curious if I should continue with my method or am I past the point of variance being the issue?

I’m mainly betting MLB player props along with a little bit of MLB mainlines. Some WNBA sprinkled in there as well.

Don’t really feel like these are illiquid markets where CLV is irrelevant, but I could be wrong.

Any input/advice is appreciate. Thank you!

(Also I will note that I’m using pikkit to track my CLV. I’m not entirely sure what closing line they’re comparing my bets against, but I assume the same book I bet at? I’m using the free version, so I can only see my CLV for the current week, but I’ve never had a week with negative CLV. Been tracking for about 6 weeks)

So I’m at about 800 bets tracked, -8% ROI, but beat closing lines at roughly 55-60% and have an EV of ~2% based on my CLV.

I’ve recently refined my methods and have been getting even better CLV, beating the closing lines about 60+% of the time with about 4% EV, but still negative ROI.

I really don’t think there’s a flaw in my methods. I’m using pinnacle and other exchanges as a sharp baseline, and betting into softer books where there’s a pretty large price discrepancy. Nothing crazy.

My bankrolls been halved so a little bit demoralized, but I’m just curious if I should continue with my method or am I past the point of variance being the issue?

I’m mainly betting MLB player props along with a little bit of MLB mainlines. Some WNBA sprinkled in there as well.

Don’t really feel like these are illiquid markets where CLV is irrelevant, but I could be wrong.

Any input/advice is appreciate. Thank you!

(Also I will note that I’m using pikkit to track my CLV. I’m not entirely sure what closing line they’re comparing my bets against, but I assume the same book I bet at? I’m using the free version, so I can only see my CLV for the current week, but I’ve never had a week with negative CLV. Been tracking for about 6 weeks)

We’ll have the TV on for maybe a few hours and everything is working fine. Then a random commercial will play, and everything goes black for maybe 5-10 minutes, and then that same commercial comes back on, and then the TV goes black again and this loop will repeat until I change channels. Changing channels fixes everything back to normal for an hour or two.

I’ve read some stuff online and suspect these commercials that cause the loop are local commercials, and the cable box has trouble going back to the national program? I’m not sure

I’ve tried the following:
- hard resetting the cable box
- trying a different (but older) cable box
- changing the coax cable

Not a huge issue, but it gets pretty inconvenient after a whole

Any help is greatly appreciate, thank you!

The odds api is ok, but it’s constantly missing books when I make a request (most notable fanduel and pinnacle), the exchange odds are out of wack sometimes, hardrockbet\_oh odds are out of wack sometimes, and there are a couple major books that it doesn’t have (Caesar’s, bet365, circa, etc…)

I will say I am using their free tier, so maybe some of these issues get fixed when paying for a monthly subscription? But there’s still a bit that I’m not satisfied with.

I’m just wondering if im asking for too much or if there are better alternatives. I’m willing to pay as well, I just want to make sure it’s worth it.

I’m essentially just building my own oddsjam/profitduel, and would prefer to pay for an api instead of their services. Maybe I should just pay for their software instead since they likely have access to better odds data but I’m not sure.

Odds API still gets the job done, but it could definitely be better.

P.S. if you’re gonna promote your odds tool you better give me a free trial

The odds api is ok, but it’s constantly missing books when I make a request (most notable fanduel and pinnacle), the exchange odds are out of wack sometimes, hardrockbet\_oh odds are out of wack sometimes, and there are a couple major books that it doesn’t have (Caesar’s, bet365, circa, etc…)

I will say I am using their free tier, so maybe some of these issues get fixed when paying for a monthly subscription? But there’s still a bit that I’m not satisfied with.

I’m just wondering if im asking for too much or if there are better alternatives. I’m willing to pay as well, I just want to make sure it’s worth it.

I’m essentially just building my own oddsjam/profitduel, and would prefer to pay for an api instead of their services. Maybe I should just pay for their software instead since they likely have access to better odds data but I’m not sure.

Odds API still gets the job done, but it could definitely be better.

P.S. if you’re gonna promote your odds tool you better give me a free trial

I feel like I’m the luckiest person to have ever lived. I have the greatest family ever. I have the most amazing friends. School is great. Career is going well. I genuinely couldn’t ask for much more and I love everyone and everything.

But everyday there’s a pit in my stomach. I keep thinking to myself, “I wish I had a girlfriend”. I want someone to share all my little moments and achievements with. I want to hear about her day. I want to envision a future with someone else. I want to love someone and be around them everyday. I don’t want to go to bed alone. I want to be able to be myself around someone and have someone be themselves around me.

I go to bed every night and imagine she’s right there next to me, and I can tell her how much I love her, but as I get older, the idea of that becoming a reality just becomes less and less likely.

I just graduated college, and I have no idea if I will ever see her again. I wish I had gotten to know her more when I would see her during our hangouts, but I was too scared. To be honest I don’t even really know her that well, but she was so beautiful. I think she’s the most beautiful person that’s ever lived. Maybe she was an asshole with a pretty face. Maybe she was the love of my life. I’ll never know.

I’m scared that I’m gonna get too old and won’t be able to find a partner and have to live the rest of my life alone. I think that’s the root cause of the pit in my stomach.

Maybe this girl I’m thinking about all the time represents a deeper issue I need to address within myself.

I just don’t know what’s wrong with me. I have almost everything I could possibly want, but I guess I just wish I had someone I could be emotionally intimate with. I can’t really be emotionally intimate with any of my friends or family.

I’m genuinely pretty happy most of the time, but sometimes I fall into this hole of extreme yearning for this girl and it hurts so much because I don’t think I’ll ever see here again.

I would like to hear the wisdom of other people. Should I just continue focusing on myself? Should I be look for potential partners? I’m a very introverted person, and not very outgoing when it comes to talking to women. I can talk to them as friends no problem, but I don’t think I’ll ever be able to make a move and express my interest in someone being my partner.

I’m sorry if this was more of a vent, I would just like some wisdom.

Thank you guys. ❤️

I feel like I’m the luckiest person to have ever lived. I have the greatest family ever. I have the most amazing friends. School is great. Career is going well. I genuinely couldn’t ask for much more and I love everyone and everything.

But everyday there’s a pit in my stomach. I keep thinking to myself, “I wish I had a girlfriend”. I want someone to share all my little moments and achievements with. I want to hear about her day. I want to envision a future with someone else. I want to love someone and be around them everyday. I don’t want to go to bed alone. I want to be able to be myself around someone and have someone be themselves around me.

I go to bed every night and imagine she’s right there next to me, and I can tell her how much I love her, but as I get older, the idea of that becoming a reality just becomes less and less likely.

I just graduated college, and I have no idea if I will ever see her again. I wish I had gotten to know her more when I would see her during our hangouts, but I was too scared. To be honest I don’t even really know her that well, but she was so beautiful. I think she’s the most beautiful person that’s ever lived. Maybe she was an asshole with a pretty face. Maybe she was the love of my life. I’ll never know.

I’m scared that I’m gonna get too old and won’t be able to find a partner and have to live the rest of my life alone. I think that’s the root cause of the pit in my stomach.

Maybe this girl I’m thinking about all the time represents a deeper issue I need to address within myself.

I just don’t know what’s wrong with me. I have almost everything I could possibly want, but I guess I just wish I had someone I could be emotionally intimate with. I can’t really be emotionally intimate with any of my friends or family.

I’m genuinely pretty happy most of the time, but sometimes I fall into this hole of extreme yearning for this girl and it hurts so much because I don’t think I’ll ever see here again.

I would like to hear the wisdom of other people. Should I just continue focusing on myself? Should I be look for potential partners? I’m a very introverted person, and not very outgoing when it comes to talking to women. I can talk to them as friends no problem, but I don’t think I’ll ever be able to make a move and express my interest in someone being my partner.

I’m sorry if this was more of a vent, I would just like some wisdom.

Thank you guys. ❤️

I’m using a top down approach where I take the odds from sharp books like pinnacle and Novig as my source of truth, and then bet into softer books like DraftKings. My questions is, currently I’m weighing the odds like 60% pinnacle, 30% betonline, 10% Novig. Because of this I am finding a lot of +EV plays on Novig, but should I be avoiding this because a betting exchange might be just as sharp as pinnacle? The thing is that there is such little vig on Novig, they almost always have the best odds

It just feels like something is flawed with my method, but let me know what your guys experience is!

I’m using a top down approach where I take the odds from sharp books like pinnacle and Novig as my source of truth, and then bet into softer books like DraftKings. My questions is, currently I’m weighing the odds like 60% pinnacle, 30% betonline, 10% Novig. Because of this I am finding a lot of +EV plays on Novig, but should I be avoiding this because a betting exchange might be just as sharp as pinnacle? The thing is that there is such little vig on Novig, they almost always have the best odds

It just feels like something is flawed with my method, but let me know what your guys experience is!

Hi all,

Sorry if this has been answered a bunch of times in this sub already. I’m mainly asking because I’m looking to get a CMA account to act as both a savings and checking account

1. How do taxes work on a cma account? Do I have realized gains every time I move money out of the account? I’m assuming fidelity will just tell me what my gains were at the end of the year when it’s time to pay taxes?

2. Why would I go with the bank sweep option rather than the mmf option? Is it mainly for FDIC insurance?

3. Why would someone use vanguards cash plus account over a fidelity CMA account? The cash plus account bank sweep option vs the cma mmf option are basically the same thing, no? Except with fidelity you get a debit card, atm access, and check writing, so what’s the benefit of vanguard other than I’m comparing an fdic insured option vs a spic insured option in this example

Any help or insights are greatly appreciated, thank you!