Cashout is a tool, not a white flag.
Only Desk → Open → the live ticket.
Not Board. Not Book, except Fix this week.
Desk does not take dollars. Enter % of the original stake that came back, or units. We round to the tier grid.
Work the % with a $25 unit (example only)
Stake 1u = $25 at $1.90 (−110).
If it wins at the window: return $47.50.
Got $19 back (cut a loser short):
$19 ÷ $25 = 0.76 → enter 76%.
Not “19%.” 19 is dollars. 76 is the share of stake that came back.
Book: small loss, not the full 1u.
Got $37 back (paid to leave a winner):
$37 ÷ $25 = 1.48 → enter 148%.
You kept most of the position and skipped the last swing.
Same method at $50/u or $100/u: received ÷ original stake = %.
If you treated 44.33 as 1u in your head, the % will be nonsense. Stake is the tier units. + cashout as a plan
Basketball full spread: some cash a slice at half to kill the backdoor. That can be discipline. It can also sell a winner. Book records what you did. Leaving the whole ticket on is allowed. Neither is surrender.
Forgot and it booked as a loss:
Book → Fix cashout, this week only. After the week rolls, frozen.
Only Desk → Open → the live ticket.
Not Board. Not Book, except Fix this week.
Desk does not take dollars. Enter % of the original stake that came back, or units. We round to the tier grid.
Work the % with a $25 unit (example only)
Stake 1u = $25 at $1.90 (−110).
If it wins at the window: return $47.50.
Got $19 back (cut a loser short):
$19 ÷ $25 = 0.76 → enter 76%.
Not “19%.” 19 is dollars. 76 is the share of stake that came back.
Book: small loss, not the full 1u.
Got $37 back (paid to leave a winner):
$37 ÷ $25 = 1.48 → enter 148%.
You kept most of the position and skipped the last swing.
Same method at $50/u or $100/u: received ÷ original stake = %.
| 1u in $ | Stake T1 | Win return @ 1.90 | Cash received | Enter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $25 | $25 | $47.50 | $19 | 76% |
| $25 | $25 | $47.50 | $37 | 148% |
| $50 | $50 | $95.00 | $38 | 76% |
| $100 | $100 | $190.00 | $148 | 148% |
If you treated 44.33 as 1u in your head, the % will be nonsense. Stake is the tier units. + cashout as a plan
Basketball full spread: some cash a slice at half to kill the backdoor. That can be discipline. It can also sell a winner. Book records what you did. Leaving the whole ticket on is allowed. Neither is surrender.
Forgot and it booked as a loss:
Book → Fix cashout, this week only. After the week rolls, frozen.