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Notes on building TrackFutures.
The best futures bet trackers, compared
Most bet trackers are built for a loop that closes in hours: bet Sunday, graded Sunday night. A futures ticket sits open for five months, which makes “what is it worth today” the feature that matters — and it’s the axis these five differ on.
Read moreSportsbooks vs. prediction markets, for futures specifically
A sportsbook prices a futures market to manage its own risk, and pulls it once that risk isn't worth carrying anymore. An exchange isn't carrying risk of its own — it just matches buyers and sellers, so the price never goes away.
Read moreWhat makes the TrackFutures odds screen different
Most odds screens carry the champion. Fewer carry divisions, awards and stat leaders. Almost none carry win totals, every alt rung and season-long player markets across sportsbooks and prediction markets at once — with the price history right there in the row.
Read moreWhy we built TrackFutures
Futures bets sit for months with no easy way to see what they're worth today. Here's why we built a live scoreboard for them, and what's in it.
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