What Steam Move means
A steam move is a rapid, significant line movement that happens across multiple sportsbooks simultaneously, typically triggered by a large amount of sharp money hitting the market at once. Steam moves are closely watched by bettors who follow line-movement services, since a coordinated, fast shift across many books at once is a stronger signal than a single book adjusting its own number in isolation.
Key points
- A steam move is a rapid, significant line movement that happens across multiple sportsbooks simultaneously, typically triggered by a large amount of sharp money hitting the market at once.
- Steam moves are closely watched by bettors who follow line-movement services, since a coordinated, fast shift across many books at once is a stronger signal than a single book adjusting its own number in isolation.
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In practice
A steam move is a rapid, significant line movement that happens across multiple sportsbooks simultaneously, typically triggered by a large amount of sharp money hitting the market at once.
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