line movement

Team news is where a lot of football bets are won or quietly donated. This is not because “insiders” are smarter. It is because most people react emotionally to headlines, rush into the worst price, and call it analysis. For: football bettors who want to understand lineup impact, injury news...

At an advanced level, you stop asking “did the line move?” and start asking “why did it move, and does that change my edge?” Line movement is information, but it is not instruction. Pros read it as a story about what the market believes, when it gained confidence, and what it is reacting to...