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How to manually calculate an arb?

Sun Apr 14, 2019 12:26 pm

I was wondering how exactly is an arb calculated.

If I had one bookie offering odds of 1.4 for example, is there a quick calculation I can do to determine what odds it should be above at the other bookie?
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Re: How to manually calculate an arb?

Sun Apr 14, 2019 12:51 pm

(1/0.4)+1=3,50 break even
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Re: How to manually calculate an arb?

Sun Apr 14, 2019 12:53 pm

if you have 1,20 you have to do: 1/(1,20-1)+1=6
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Re: How to manually calculate an arb?

Mon Apr 15, 2019 9:27 pm

Excellent, thanks
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Re: How to manually calculate an arb?

Tue Apr 16, 2019 9:53 am

alealeale wrote: if you have 1,20 you have to do: 1/(1,20-1)+1=6
True, but for me is less simpler to calculate like this way

odd / (odd -1)
in this scenario for 1.20
1.2/0.2 = 6

another example 1.80
1.80/0.80 = 2.25
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Re: How to manually calculate an arb?

Fri Apr 19, 2019 5:30 pm

That's great :) Do you also know what calculation would be required to a 5 or 10% arb for example?

Its very useful to know the maths you already outlined, but is there a similar calculation to work out what percentage arb im getting?

thanks :)
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Re: How to manually calculate an arb?

Wed Apr 24, 2019 8:18 pm

You can convert both odds to probabilities, add them together and then divide 100 by the sum of the two, minus one.

For example, if you had 2.1 with one bookie and 2.1 with another. The calculation for converting a decimal odd to a percentage probability is

Price A. 100 / 2.1 = 47.62
Price B. 100 / 2.1 = 47.62

47.62 + 47.62 = 95.2

95.2% is the combined probability in this case. Since it's under 100 it's an arb and we could call it an 'underround'. Any two prices offered by the same bookmaker will always be over 100 and are referred to as an 'overround'.

Anyways, 100/95.2 - 1 = 5%. So, in this case it's a 5% arb.
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Re: How to manually calculate an arb?

Fri Apr 26, 2019 5:38 pm

when i started doing arbitrages i printed this "paper helper"
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