FadeThePublic
Market Sharp
- Joined
- Sep 7, 2024
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There's a category of bet that nobody discusses honestly because discussing it honestly removes every justification for placing it.
The boredom bet.
Not: I've identified a pricing inefficiency and I'm expressing a probability view.
Not: I love this team and I want skin in the game.
Just: it's Tuesday at 9pm, there's a Uruguayan Primera División match with a market open, and something needs to happen.
The boredom bet has no analytical foundation. No emotional investment. No reason for existing except that the alternative to placing it is sitting with nothing.
I've placed this bet more times than I want to quantify.
What's interesting about boredom as a trigger is that it's probably the most honest description of a larger proportion of all betting decisions than anyone admits.
The analytical framing is the story we tell. The vacancy the bet is filling is the actual mechanism.
Has anyone actually tracked how many of their bets were placed from genuine conviction versus how many were placed because something needed to happen.
The boredom bet.
Not: I've identified a pricing inefficiency and I'm expressing a probability view.
Not: I love this team and I want skin in the game.
Just: it's Tuesday at 9pm, there's a Uruguayan Primera División match with a market open, and something needs to happen.
The boredom bet has no analytical foundation. No emotional investment. No reason for existing except that the alternative to placing it is sitting with nothing.
I've placed this bet more times than I want to quantify.
What's interesting about boredom as a trigger is that it's probably the most honest description of a larger proportion of all betting decisions than anyone admits.
The analytical framing is the story we tell. The vacancy the bet is filling is the actual mechanism.
Has anyone actually tracked how many of their bets were placed from genuine conviction versus how many were placed because something needed to happen.
