Jul 8, 2026 · 16 min · 8 segments
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I want to start with why this matters in set and forget betting.
The reason it is attractive to serious bettors, particularly in the modern world where people are very impatient, don't have time for anything, don't want to put a lot of work into anything in my opinion.
and they want to do set and forget betting.
When we do surveys, it is usually up around 70% of the FTS audience say they prefer set and forget because it addresses two of those real problems at once.
The first is time.
Most serious bettors have lives around their betting, a job, family, other commitments, stuff we talked about in the last episode of this when we talked about talking to your family.
live trading or any approach that requires sustained daily attention is simply not realistic for the majority and if you're not going to give it the full time it's actually probably dangerous because you're diving in and out at inopportune moments set and forget is designed for people who need a process that runs within the time they actually have not the time they wish they had The second is discipline.
One of the most consistent findings across survey data for us again is that experience better struggle with process discipline, particularly their temptation to override their own system during difficult periods, tweak it, set and forget.
should address this structurally.
If selections are made and placed in one focus session, the process does not require you then to revisit anything until a review period, be it in the football season, Christmas break or end of the season.
There's fewer decision points in set and forget betting that can cause failure.
Both of those are real benefits, but they only exist if you are actually doing set and forget and not a variation on it, which people tend to get confused with.
I want to start with why this matters in set and forget betting.
The reason it is attractive to serious bettors, particularly in the modern world where people are very impatient, don't have time for anything, don't want to put a lot of work into anything in my opinion.
and they want to do set and forget betting.
When we do surveys, it is usually up around 70% of the FTS audience say they prefer set and forget because it addresses two of those real problems at once.
The first is time.
Most serious bettors have lives around their betting, a job, family, other commitments, stuff we talked about in the last episode of this when we talked about talking to your family.
live trading or any approach that requires sustained daily attention is simply not realistic for the majority and if you're not going to give it the full time it's actually probably dangerous because you're diving in and out at inopportune moments set and forget is designed for people who need a process that runs within the time they actually have not the time they wish they had The second is discipline.
One of the most consistent findings across survey data for us again is that experience better struggle with process discipline, particularly their temptation to override their own system during difficult periods, tweak it, set and forget.
should address this structurally.
If selections are made and placed in one focus session, the process does not require you then to revisit anything until a review period, be it in the football season, Christmas break or end of the season.
There's fewer decision points in set and forget betting that can cause failure.
Both of those are real benefits, but they only exist if you are actually doing set and forget and not a variation on it, which people tend to get confused with.
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