Re: Making a Point--Line Shopping Matters
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Please define fading.
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betting the opposite way of a person's picks
basically, I had no faith in that person's abilities
in retrospect, I think that poster might know enough about the sport to be a successful handicapper at it but it's still too early to tell
I would've made much more so far had I line shopped following that poster's picks instead of fading them.
However, this makes the point I'm trying to make even stronger. Here, I'm taking the side exactly opposite of someone who may be a positive handicapper. With 5-10 minutes of work line shopping every Sunday morning before kickoffs, I've been able to get the same record and make more money on less units bet. Line shopping the opposite side has overcome a handicapper who has picked above .500 and turned a profit.
I'm not even a good line shopper.
I only used a handful (about 8) of grade A rated books for this exercise.
Ideally, one wants to be all of a good capper, a good line shopper, and good at reading line movements.
This exercise is somewhat showing that line shopping > capping.
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