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Yield-Based Odds Cutoff

Plug in the tipster's opening price and their long-term yield to know the minimum odds that still keep your edge.

Required inputs

Enter the odds the tipster posted and their documented yield.

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The price the tipster shared when the pick went live.

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Historical ROI on comparable tips (percentage).

Advanced

Outputs

Updated instantly from the inputs above.

Derived win probability
57.5%
Break-even odds (no cushion)
1.74
Minimum odds to accept
1.83
Max acceptable drop from opening
8.7%
Playbook

The Odds Just Dropped - Should You Still Hit "Bet"?

Use your tipster's yield to draw a hard line in the sand.

You get a fresh tip: Spurs vs Villa Over 2.5 @ 2.10

By the time you pull up the sportsbook, the market is already 1.85.

You need a yes-or-no answer before the price slips again.

Most bettors guess. Smart bettors run the numbers in under five seconds.

Our Yield-Based Cut-off calculator turns your tipster's long-term ROI into a minimum acceptable price so you can answer that question with maths instead of gut feel.

01

Translate yield into probability - instantly

If your tipster shows +15% yield on 2.00-opening picks, the model is effectively saying the game hits 57.5% of the time.

p =2.00 / (1 + 0.15) = 0.575 -> 57.5%

That win probability is what you must defend even when the market whips lower.

02

Find the cliff edge

Once you know p, the break-even odds (zero edge) follow immediately.

O_min =1 / p = 1 / 0.575 ~ 1.74

Touch anything below 1.74 and the +15% tip turns into a leak.

03

Add a safety cushion

Pros refuse to donate their edge for free, so they add a simple cushion.

O_min(t) =p / (1 + 0.05) = 0.575 / 1.05 ~ 1.83

Price at 1.83 or higher? You still bank 5% EV. 1.82 or worse? Pass without regret.

04

Memorise the drop limit

The acceptable slide from open is always the same for a given yield and cushion.

max drop =1 - (1 + 0.15) / (1 + 0.05) = 1 - 1.15 / 1.05 ~ 8.7%

Lock in 8-9% as the danger zone and you can do the maths while the market is melting.

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Plug in the current price for an instant verdict

Feed the live number into the calculator and let it judge the bet, emotion-free.

EV(1.80) =-1.4% -> Skip
EV(1.84) =+5.1% -> Bet

No spreadsheets, no sweat. Just a green or red light before kickoff.

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Why this discipline beats "feel" every year

  • Preserves the exact edge your tipster worked years to build.
  • Removes the emotional chase when steam moves against you.
  • Turns betting into an investment process: edge -> stake -> risk control.

Markets move - edges do not have to.

Use the cut-off, protect your yield, and skip the bets that look "close enough" but quietly bleed your bankroll.

Keep the edge rolling.

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