If you are a regular reader of this site you may have noticed some recent changes. We just moved our web domain from dailyfanatsyadvice.net to DFSArmy.com and relaunched a new look and feel to the website. For the previous four years this site existed as a somewhat basic blog where I would write out my weekly “Geek’s Vegas Lines NFL Breakdown” columns. In August of 2015 I decided to launch the DFS Army VIP team concept. More on that in a minute, First a little background on myself.
Some of you know me as “The Fantasy Football Geek” or by my DFS handle, ChiefST. Outside of this blog my work background includes a B.S. in Finance as well as 8 years working as a successful proprietary high-frequency day trader. Being a successful day trader requires a similar skill set to becoming a successful DFS’er. As a day trader, I watched plenty of people fail because they lacked a system and more importantly the discipline to stick with a system. When I started this blog back in 2012 DFS was a fairly new thing. I’ve always been an early adapter and I had actually started on Fanduel back in 2011. During the early days of DFS. I quickly developed a bankroll allocation strategy that allowed me to maintain my roll while taking shots at the GPP contests that make DFS so exciting. I cover that in our Fanduel Winning Strategies article. The point being that I’ve been successful at DFS because I use a system that works for me and adheres to strict discipline. Thats what we teach here at the DFS Army. It’s all about sharing the strategies that allow you to become successful.
The best way to really know if the DFS writer you are taking advice from is legit is to check their profile on Rotogrinders. Here is the link to my profile on RotoGrinders
I finished the 2014 NFL Season ranked 69th overall for NFL DFS players. By the end of the 2015 Season, I had earned the #56th place overall welterweight ranking on Rotogrinders. If you browse my profile you can actually check out some of my biggest wins. I’m sharing this because there are plenty of writers out there dispensing advice that have no clue what they are doing. I don’t just talk the talk here. I walk the walk.
Here is a look at my Form 10-99 MISC from Draftkings for the 2015 Season:
Why Am I Telling You This?
When I scan Twitter and the Web I’ve noticed that the DFS advice world is full of pretenders trying to sucker players into paying them for lineups or advice. They claim to be experts but don’t show their history or rankings. Buying lineups is a suckers game anyway and taking advice from someone that does not have a proven record of success is also not a great idea.
“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime” – Chinese Proverb
I’ve always been a big fan of that proverb whether it is applied to politics, life or daily fantasy sports it rings true for me. I don’t like to rely on the generosity or competency of others. More so I prefer to educate myself and rely on #1. That’s one of the reasons that on this blog I’ve always tried to focus on teaching the strategies and techniques it takes to become a profitable DFS’er rather than focusing exclusively on weekly player picks or selling lame lineups. I need you as the reader to understand that this site is different from the many copycat sites out there in that the writers and experts here are legitimate DFSers. We are experts in the sports we cover and the numbers show it.
In 2015 I launched DFS Army VIP Memberships Team. The DFS Army is based around my concept of teaching a team of enthusiastic players the ins and outs of Daily Fantasy Sports. It’s similar to when I was involved in proprietary day trading and would train the new recruits in our systems. In this case, I’m taking the bankroll management and lineup construction techniques I developed over my years of successfully playing Daily Fantasy Football giving newer players all the tools necessary for success. When I was trading I would call out my trades and the group could choose to follow along or do their own thing. We do the same in the DFS Army. Our sport specific DFS experts provide cheat sheets and player picks for all the big slates. Our team members can then decide which ones they want to use or not. Obviously results are not certain. There will be up weeks and down weeks over the course of a season. Hopefully more up weeks then down. The main thing is to have fun playing the game we love with the possibility of a big prize making things that much more exciting.
When I started the DFS Army last season the plan was to stick exclusively with NFL. Our first NFL season (2015) was incredible We wound up with four separate members cashing 6 figure lineups! You can read about some of those wins and check out some screenshots on our TESTIMONIALS page. The chances of that happening by accident are astronomically small. We built our concept around teaching the lineup construction methodologies that lead to winning results. One of the great thing about our team is that we have many different types of players with different DFS philosophies. Some prefer to focus on cash games and chalky plays. Others focus on Multi-Entry GPP strategies. Some of our members will play $10 to $50 a slate while others play for thousands and make their full time living doing DFS. Each of them is a valuable contributor to our team.
As time progressed we went out and recruited more DFS Pros to head up all of the different DFS sports. We now cover NBA, MLB, PGA, NHL, NASCAR, eSports and MMA. Each sport is lead by a DFS expert, vetted by me, in that particular sport. Our VIP members get access to sport-specific channels where the team leaders call out top plays, point out the chalk, discuss strategy and update the latest player status and pivot information in real time. In addition, our experts post cheat sheets for just about every slate and sport. The ability to jump on to a chat forum and know all of the outs and pivots ahead of the mob and at a quick glance is an incredibly valuable tool for DFS purposes and just one of the benefits of our VIP program.
MEMBERSHIP PRIVLIDGES
Our goal is to teach the ins and outs of DFS to our membership. For that reason, we take a two-pronged approach. We focus on the combination of general strategy and individual slate player picks. Our strategy content includes a constant stream of podcasts and columns focused on things like lineup construction methodology, using the Vegas Lines to influence player picks, differing approaches to GPP versus Cash.
Strategy Books
One of the first thing new members get are links to download two 200+ page (Kindle) books on Daily Fantasy Football strategies. These books are incredible and will open up you eyes to concepts you had probably never considered, backed up with stats and facts to back up the assertions. Understanding the correlations between players on the same team, opposing teams, as well as the concepts of stacking and contrarianism are all key to improving your DFS skillset.
Player Picks
Each week of the NFL Season (and for all the sports we cover) I put out a complete player picks list with explanations. The list I put out to our VIP members is comprehensive and covers every player I’m considering using for that week’s slate. The player picks list is unique in how comprehensive it is. The goal of the list is less about helping you pick which players to use. It’s actually more of a guideline on which players not to use. See the first thing we try to accomplish is to stop our members from making “fish” mistakes. I tell our members to stick to the list as much as possible when making their lineups. They are the same players I personally use in my lineups.
Click here to read about our current membership plan – On the membership page, you can learn about how to get a free month of membership as well find a code for 20% off the monthly membership rate.
If you want to join a team of hardcore DFS players, get player info and picks from verified DFS experts, and generally socialize with others that share a passion for daily fantasy sports, then sign up as a DFS Army VIP today. If not we will see you in the lobby!