What's your side hustle for 2026 to fund your punting? $500 per week.

[andrewv]

As we start 2026, not all of us are wealthy enough or have access to cash that is invisible to wives/girlfriends for use to fund regular punting.

In the ideal world, it would be great to have a side hustle that would not consume too much time and would produce enough black cash to fund, say, one punt a week, let's assume $500 a week net.

If you have experience in this area, please share it in some detail, so we can all help each other. What is it, how long have you been running it, how consistent is the income, how much does it generate weekly, how easy is it to do, and how much time does it take away from your job or business?

Don't be secretive because no idea is copyrighted, and the world is a big place that can accommodate a few more players.

[neveragain]

Matched betting.

[Ron the rimmer]

As we start 2026, not all of us are wealthy enough or have access to cash that is invisible to wives/girlfriends for use to fund regular punting.

In the ideal world, it would be great to have a side hustle that would not consume too much time and would produce enough black cash to fund, say, one punt a week, let's assume $500 a week net.

If you have experience in this area, please share it in some detail, so we can all help each other. What is it, how long have you been running it, how consistent is the income, how much does it generate weekly, how easy is it to do, and how much time does it take away from your job or business?

Don't be secretive because no idea is copyrighted, and the world is a big place that can accommodate a few more players.

That’s a shame . Glad I don’t have either of those problems .

[woodland]

tutoring for cash can solve your problem.
if each session is $50, and you do 10 sessions a week, then you will have your $500 in cash undetected.

[ironmonk]

Indoor shrimp farming

[Jayballs69]

I have to make a few small withdrawals each month and prob go once a month when I have enough.
My budget is only $200 a month.

[GoldfishMan]

tutoring for cash can solve your problem.
if each session is $50, and you do 10 sessions a week, then you will have your $500 in cash undetected.

Bonus if you end up tutoring a hottie.

[11Bravo]

For those whining about the high cost of punting, how the providers are so unfair when they raise their rates (hard to believe they're doing what every other business is doing), how theirs is such as easy life, as I've often said, "If you can't beat them, join them."

https://www.realestate.com.au/lifestyle/why-families-are-abandoning-australia-for-a-cheaper-and-better-life-abroad/

Saddle Up...

[Wank_Somemore]

tutoring for cash can solve your problem.
if each session is $50, and you do 10 sessions a week, then you will have your $500 in cash undetected.

$50 was so 20 yrs ago! $150 cash per hour now. An uncle is a high school maths teacher and that's how much he charges. He is fully booked every Tue-Thu night during each semester. I'm good at maths but suck at teaching, otherwise I would have done the same.

I did car flipping for a few years buying the cheapest nastiest car on FB but it was hard work and really filthy. Sometimes I should be wearing a biohazard suit. I only did it to learn mechanics of a car but there is some money to be made. Biggest hurdle would be buying tools if you don't have access already.

[blitz]

The Chad thundercock method, just be so hot you don't need to punt but punt anyway
Only a low value man would be hot and still punt.

[neveragain]

Only a low value man would be hot and still punt.

Only a lying man would attempt to brag about the things he attempts to brag about. No one who is actually very handsome and very fit would feel the need to proclaim it at all, let alone proclaim it as much as he does lmao

[keebab]

Punt E/W on well rated horses that class well against favourites. Look for $9+ for the win and $3.5 the place pricing. Shop around the corporates and Betfair for the best price. You're aiming to find a balance of freshness, track talent, and experience. You will break even and maintain a small profit from your place wins, and get your profit from wins. You should aim for a 20%+ strike rate on your wins and 80%+ on your place bets to be sustainable long term. Dec and Jan are the least favourable for options but there is plenty of action around Spring and Autumn carnival.

[Ziggurat]

https://www.realestate.com.au/lifestyle/why-families-are-abandoning-australia-for-a-cheaper-and-better-life-abroad/

Saddle Up...

Most informative. Except not once in any example in the piece did anyone say how the ***k THEY WERE EARNING A LIVING OVER THERE. Such a minor, insignificant detail EARNING A LIVING IS. In fact it is scarcely WORTH MENTIONING.

[JJBlows]

In my job I sort of Rort the overtime to fund my punts and hobbies

[woodland]

$50 was so 20 yrs ago! $150 cash per hour now. An uncle is a high school maths teacher and that's how much he charges. He is fully booked every Tue-Thu night during each semester. I'm good at maths but suck at teaching, otherwise I would have done the same.

I did car flipping for a few years buying the cheapest nastiest car on FB but it was hard work and really filthy. Sometimes I should be wearing a biohazard suit. I only did it to learn mechanics of a car but there is some money to be made. Biggest hurdle would be buying tools if you don't have access already.

wow - does he also run classes? classes would scale better than one on one tutoring.

[Funkyfeelgood]

In the good old days when I earned a decent annual bonus you could have that paid into a different bank account - it’s how all the execs do it lol. Key is not to let your other half have access to all bank accounts or you need a cash income as you said.

[11Bravo]

Most informative. Except not once in any example in the piece did anyone say how the ***k THEY WERE EARNING A LIVING OVER THERE. Such a minor, insignificant detail EARNING A LIVING IS. In fact it is scarcely WORTH MENTIONING.

Saw that myself, but in all fairness, the article was about decreasing your COST (less for more) of living by moving. EARNING... just take your skill set with you. Now, if your set is not transportable, yea, you might just be SOL.

So learn a new trade... I have yet to meet a provider whose school counselor told her that overseas sex work was an excellent fit.

[Backthefront]

More cashies in-between punts

[Punt2Win]

Writing covered calls. Google this. Much more simple than it sounds. Take a chunk of cash, buy a solid stock or ETF after researching and understanding it, write calls every week or two with the click of a mouse, there's your income.

[keebab]

Writing covered calls. Google this. Much more simple than it sounds. Take a chunk of cash, buy a solid stock or ETF after researching and understanding it, write calls every week or two with the click of a mouse, there's your income.

Help me understand this better. Covered calls should return 1-2% in call premium each month on decent stocks right? So you'd need a fuckload of cash to actually make any real return.

Is there any way to borrow say through a protected equity loan or similar and "loan" your package of shares that you then write calls on? You could have a long term put option to protect the downside.

I'm not knocking the strategy, but it doesn't replace an income until you're at least $500K in stocks.

[chemistry84]

Writing covered calls. Google this. Much more simple than it sounds. Take a chunk of cash, buy a solid stock or ETF after researching and understanding it, write calls every week or two with the click of a mouse, there's your income.

Basically my strategy but with Government Bonds [Covered Calls and sometimes Naked Puts] and some Indices. It helps I do this for a living so definitely encourage anyone that is looking into to do proper solid research, play with practice accounts as you can blow your capital very quickly.

[Punt2Win]

Help me understand this better. Covered calls should return 1-2% in call premium each month on decent stocks right? So you'd need a fuckload of cash to actually make any real return.

Is there any way to borrow say through a protected equity loan or similar and "loan" your package of shares that you then write calls on? You could have a long term put option to protect the downside.

I'm not knocking the strategy, but it doesn't replace an income until you're at least $500K in stocks.

Don't know where you got 1-2% from. The return is based on a number of factors including time until expiration, distance of strike to price, and most importantly implied volatility. So the return is totally customisable to the risk you are comfortable taking.

For example I have been selling puts and calls on a gold mining stock for the past two years. I sell about 45 days out but close usually after 30 days, and get roughly 7% for that.

That stock has an implied volatility of about 60%, whereas there are some stocks that have an IV of 16% and therefore the premiums are much less.

Builds up very fast and then you can sell for even more contracts. Builds up EVEN faster if you're not spraying that return all over a 20 yo's back every week.

[Linza Giz]

I've been running a dog walking service but I leave the dogs in the yard, then I punt. After I take the dogs back to the owners and clean up the shit etc from the yard. Easy money

[ColesBag]

I did car flipping for a few years buying the cheapest nastiest car on FB but it was hard work and really filthy. Sometimes I should be wearing a biohazard suit. I only did it to learn mechanics of a car but there is some money to be made. Biggest hurdle would be buying tools if you don't have access already.

People were making some serious money during covid on used cars as new car manufacturing and importing essentially stopped or was slowed significantly.

[Vader]

I've been running a dog walking service but I leave the dogs in the yard, then I punt. After I take the dogs back to the owners and clean up the shit etc from the yard. Easy money

Well that is a very dishonest way of making money and ripping people off. What a nice person you are.

[Linza Giz]

Well that is a very dishonest way of making money and ripping people off. What a nice person you are.

The dogs haven't complained. I gather feedback from every dog. In one bowl I place a letter of complaint.. In another a dog treat that signals satisfaction. No dog has ever chosen the letter.

[keebab]

Don't know where you got 1-2% from. The return is based on a number of factors including time until expiration, distance of strike to price, and most importantly implied volatility. So the return is totally customisable to the risk you are comfortable taking.

For example I have been selling puts and calls on a gold mining stock for the past two years. I sell about 45 days out but close usually after 30 days, and get roughly 7% for that.

That stock has an implied volatility of about 60%, whereas there are some stocks that have an IV of 16% and therefore the premiums are much less.

Builds up very fast and then you can sell for even more contracts. Builds up EVEN faster if you're not spraying that return all over a 20 yo's back every week.

Ok, that's really interesting. I looked at Covered calls about 10 years ago and could only find 1-2% across the big 4, BHP, Rio etc.

How are you vetting and running your trades? What platform?

I'm a CIM guy so I spray my returns very specifically.

[Punt2Win]

Usually it's a decent Implied Volatility with an IV rank above 50 (two separate things - easy to understand when you research them a bit), 45 days out from expiration, at strong technical levels where I'm happy to buy or sell if I get assigned. Rinse and repeat. I use Interactive Brokers to filter all this. Best one I've seen in Australia.

[keebab]

Usually it's a decent Implied Volatility with an IV rank above 50 (two separate things - easy to understand when you research them a bit), 45 days out from expiration, at strong technical levels where I'm happy to buy or sell if I get assigned. Rinse and repeat. I use Interactive Brokers to filter all this. Best one I've seen in Australia.

Are you rolling out your contracts to avoid getting assigned? I'm assuming you're holding the underlying for capital growth as well.

Thanks for the reco on Interactive Brokers, I'm checking out the platform now.

[Punt2Win]

Are you rolling out your contracts to avoid getting assigned? I'm assuming you're holding the underlying for capital growth as well.

Thanks for the reco on Interactive Brokers, I'm checking out the platform now.

Yeah mate depending how the stock behaves I may roll, but it's rare. I'm selling puts at a price I think is value otherwise I won't just force it. Like right now I'm all in cash because my stocks are very overbought but refuse to pull back.

The usual situation is I'll sell the contracts for 65 cents and they'll hit 12 cents for example and then I'll buy them back as all the risk reward is gone of holding for that last 12 cents. So in that case yes, roll. Not just rolling for the sake of defending strikes from getting hit.

With IB use the TWS workstation for all the good options tools. The web and desktop version seem to be watered down simple versions. Workstation looks really complicated but you only end up using 5% of all the features and they're easy and worth it.

[ColesBag]

The dogs haven't complained. I gather feedback from every dog. In one bowl I place a letter of complaint.. In another a dog treat that signals satisfaction. No dog has ever chosen the letter.

I laughed at this.

[DogBouy]

I've been running a dog walking service but I leave the dogs in the yard, then I punt. After I take the dogs back to the owners and clean up the shit etc from the yard. Easy money

This is fucking gold mate, gave me a good chortle.

I watched a bum hang at the edge of Fairfield Maccas today and approach every car as they waited at the next window for their food. He made a killing for the 30 min I watched, not to mention the load of free food people bought him. Then I went to the nearest traffic lights and 2 junkies there were counting out their booty for the day from people paying them not to clean their windows. One guy even gave out 5 ciggies as a payment to fuck off. I read once that homeless and pretending that sit on busy streets make $50K a year tax free!

[GoldfishMan]

I've been running a dog walking service but I leave the dogs in the yard, then I punt. After I take the dogs back to the owners and clean up the shit etc from the yard. Easy money

So you're a rent-my-backyard / dog shit cleaning business rather than dog walking. Funny bro, lol...

[ditchtheboss]

So you're a rent-my-backyard / dog shit cleaning business rather than dog walking. Funny bro, lol...

Good one mate, hate these people who cheat others. I bet he is not even good enough to pick the shit off his own backyard.