This NBA season, I turned $100 into $1,200 using nothing but data — and I did it all publicly, right on Portfolio EV tools. Let me walk you through how Portfolio EV helped me do it — and how you can too.
How Portfolio EV Built My NBA Bankroll from $100 to $1,200
Step 1: Building Smarter Bets With the Portfolio Lab
I started each day inside the Portfolio EV dashboard, specifically the Portfolio Lab. This is where I built and refined my betting strategy based on historical results and the market inefficiencies the tools identified.
At the beginning of the season, I built NBA-specific portfolios for DraftKings and FanDuel. Why those two? Because they’re the most popular books and provide plenty of betting volume. More importantly, they each have soft spots — and Portfolio EV helps you find them.
I set my risk strategy to “Conservative” — not because I was scared, but because this approach spreads your bankroll across more +EV bets per day. This smooths out the variance and gives you more opportunities to capitalize. Think of it like flipping a coin — the more flips you make, the more your results converge toward the true probability.
The tool also uses a stat called Min OS Rating — basically a catch-all metric for evaluating a bet’s quality. I set mine at 2.0 and left everything else default. No overthinking. Just trust the data.
Step 2: Filtering Out the Noise
Not all bet types are created equal. For DraftKings, most NBA markets were solid, so I left things pretty broad. But FanDuel was a different story — some markets performed great (like rebounds), while others (like assists and 3-pointers) were tough to beat.
The Portfolio Lab helped me isolate the high-ROI markets and eliminate the weak ones. After filtering out the duds, my projected ROI jumped from -1.7% to over 5% — without sacrificing too many bets per day. That’s a massive edge.
Once my portfolios were dialed in, I saved them and moved to the Top Bets page.
Step 3: Scaling My Bets as My Bankroll Grew
Every day, I’d update the tool with my current bankroll, which would automatically adjust the bet sizes based on risk and confidence level. Start with $100 and you’ll get mostly $1 bets. Grow to $500 and bet sizes increase accordingly.
This dynamic scaling is crucial. It helps compound your gains and ensures that you’re never overexposed — or leaving money on the table.
I posted each day’s bets in a Twitter thread with all the key details: Sportsbook, bet type, odds and stake. At the end of each night, I graded the results, updated the bankroll and got ready for the next day.
It was rinse, repeat and let the math do the work.
The Results: From $100 to $1,200 in One Season
There were cold streaks. I had a brutal run in December/January with 14 straight losing days. But I stayed disciplined, trusted the tools and the process paid off.
By the end of the NBA regular season, I had 12x’d my bankroll, all while posting every single result publicly. That kind of growth doesn’t come from hot takes or guesswork — it comes from a system designed to find and exploit market inefficiencies, day in and day out.
You Can Do This Too
I didn’t build my own model. I just followed the data and trusted the tools. If you want to start growing your bankroll like I did, here’s what to do:
- Sign up for Portfolio EV on OddsShopper.
- Use promo code THREAD for 50% off your first payment.
- Follow the exact same steps I took — conservative risk, high OS rating, filter your markets and update your bankroll daily.
There’s no magic here. If I can turn $100 into $1,200 in one season, you can too.
