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Filters & settings

A guide to every filter and setting in the Arbitrage Finder — arb percentage range, odds range, minimum bet size, the middles toggle, sportsbook selection, leagues, markets, date range, and display preferences.

How filters work

Every filter in the Arbitrage Finder sends a fresh query to the board. Changes take effect after a short debounce — roughly half a second — so you can adjust multiple controls without triggering a reload on each keystroke. All filter state persists for your session and can be saved as a named configuration, and you can set up to five alerts that push a notification when a new arb matches one of your saved filters. See Saved filters and alerts.

The header above the board stays at the top of the screen as you scroll. Once you scroll down, it shows a filter button with the number of active filters, so you can change filters without scrolling back up. On larger screens the header also shows the sportsbooks you have selected; tap them to open the filters.

Filters

  • Sportsbooks — restricts the board to matched bets where both sides come from books in your selection. By default this is set to the books available in your location. Narrowing the list to books where you actually hold funded accounts keeps results actionable.
  • Leagues — limits results to the sports and leagues you choose. Useful if you focus on specific sports or want to cut down on noise outside your area of knowledge.
  • Markets — drills into bet types within those leagues: moneylines, spreads, totals, player props, and so on. Selecting a subset is useful when you want to focus on markets you are comfortable pricing quickly.
  • Arb % — sets a minimum and/or maximum profit percentage. The percentage displayed on each card is the modelled return as a fraction of total stake across both sides, assuming both legs are placed at the displayed prices and settle. Setting a minimum (for example 0.5%) hides the thinnest arbs that may not be worth the trouble of splitting stake across two books; setting a maximum can filter out results that look too good to be true and warrant extra scrutiny.
  • Odds — set a minimum and/or maximum book price. Both sides of the arb must be priced within the range, so a match with one side outside it is hidden. Capping the range trims arbs that pair a heavy favourite with a longshot, where stakes split very unevenly across the two books.
  • Min Bet Size — hides any arb where the recommended stake on either side falls below the dollar amount you enter. This keeps the feed clear of arbs whose stake sizes are too small to be worth executing given transfer or withdrawal minimums at a book.
  • Middles — a three-way toggle: Arbs Only, Middles Only, or Both (the default). A middle is a matched bet where the two sides cover a gap — if the result lands inside that gap, both bets win. Middles carry a different risk profile than standard arbs, so separating them lets you focus the board on whichever type you are looking for. See Middles: win both sides for a full explanation.
  • Date Range — available in pregame mode only; limits results to events starting within All, Today, 24 Hours, 3 Days, or 7 Days. This is disabled when the board is in live mode.
  • Game Status — available in live mode only; lets you filter to games that are currently live or currently stopped (for example, between periods). This is disabled in pregame mode.

Start broad, then narrow

Leave sportsbooks set to everything in your location when you first open the board, then narrow once you see which books are generating the most arbs for your area. Filtering too aggressively up front can hide opportunities that arrive and vanish in seconds.

Settings

The settings panel, opened with the settings button at the right end of the header above the board, controls display and refresh behaviour rather than which arbs appear on the board.

  • Odds format — switches all prices between American (+110, -110) and decimal (2.10, 1.91) formats.
  • Pregame refresh interval — sets how often the board re-queries in pregame mode: manually (you press the Refresh button at the start of the header above the board each time), every 10 seconds, every 30 seconds, or every 60 seconds. With a timed interval, that same button pauses and resumes the refresh. In live mode the board updates as odds change — in near-real-time for some books and within about four seconds for others — and this setting has no effect.
  • Card tap action — controls what happens on mobile when you tap a bet card: expand it in place, pin it to the top of the board, or both.
  • Hide taken bets — suppresses any arb where one or both sides already appear as a wager in your recent bet history, so you do not accidentally double-up on a position.
  • Hide correlated bets — suppresses arbs where one or both sides correlate with a bet you have already taken, reducing exposure to results that move together.
  • Show hidden bets — when enabled, reveals arbs you have previously hidden by swiping or dismissing a card.
  • Market view books — configures which books appear in the Market View panel when you drill into a specific market from the card.

Saving your configuration

Once you have a filter set you use regularly, save it with the save button in the filters panel. To be notified on the web, iOS, and Android whenever a new arb matches a saved filter, open the bell beside the settings button and create an alert on it. You can hold up to five alerts on the Arbitrage Finder. For full details on managing alerts, see Saved filters and alerts.

For context on how the Arbitrage Finder works overall, see Finding arbitrage.