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Closing line value
In one line: Whether your price beat the closing price. Beating the close over many bets is a common sign of a good price, not a guarantee.
Worked example
A bet at +120 is 2.20 in decimal. The close is +110, or 2.10 in decimal. CLV is 2.20 divided by 2.10, minus 1, which is 0.0476, or +4.8%. Your price beat the close by about 4.8%.
Illustrative prices, not a live quote.
What it is
Closing line value, or CLV, is whether your price beat the closing price. A bet at +120 when the close is +110 has positive CLV, because your payout was better than the one the market settled on.
Beating the close over many bets is a common sign of a good price, not a guarantee. CLV measures the price you got, not whether the bet won.
How to read it
Antic divides your decimal price by the closing decimal price, then subtracts 1. A positive result means your price beat the close. A negative result means the close was better.
Antic averages this across your tracked bets that have a closing price. A few bets can move the average a lot, so the number means more over many bets.
How it shows in Antic
Your Profile shows Avg CLV with a plus or minus and one decimal place, like +4.8%, beside your record and win rate.
Track bets from Edge and Parlays to see it. Bets without a closing price are left out of the average.
Common mistakes
Judging your bets from a handful of wagers. A few bets can show a large CLV by chance.
Treating positive CLV as a win. You can beat the close and still lose the bet, and CLV does not measure profit.