Pick your ladder style, set your opening stake, and track every rung as you build a small bankroll toward a goal. One loss and you're back to the bottom — that's the challenge.
A ladder challenge is a structured run where you turn a small starting bankroll into a bigger one through a series of consecutive wins. Every step is a rung; win and you climb to the next, lose and you fall to the bottom and start over. It's the $5-to-$500 style of challenge, formalized — and this tracker handles the two ways people run it.
Fixed rungs keep your stake flat — you bet the same amount each step and need a set number of wins in a row to finish. The math is steady and the downside per rung is capped. Compounding rolls your entire balance forward on each win, so the stake grows every rung. It reaches a big goal in far fewer steps, but you're risking more each time — it's the steeper, higher-variance path.
Ladders are fun and they're a great discipline exercise, but be clear-eyed: needing many wins in a row is low-probability by nature. Five coin-flip-ish bets in a row hit only about 3% of the time. A ladder doesn't change your edge — it just structures variance. Use it as a challenge, size it as money you can lose, and lean on the Kelly calculator for everyday staking instead.
Yes. Your ladder, current rung, and progress are saved in your browser automatically — no account needed. Come back any time and pick up where you left off. The data stays on the device you used.
Fixed ladders use the same flat stake every rung and need a set number of wins to finish. Compounding ladders roll your whole balance onto the next bet, so the stake grows as you climb — fewer steps to a big goal, but more at risk each time.
That's the challenge — a loss ends the run. The tracker marks the rung failed and offers a fresh ladder. Some people treat a loss as "back to rung one"; this tracker treats the full climb as the goal, so one miss resets it.
Whatever you're actually betting each step. The tracker uses your odds to calculate the payout and the next rung's target. Around -110 is typical for spreads and totals; even-money (+100) is common for ladder challenges since it doubles cleanly. Check each price is fair with the no-vig calculator.
They're a fun discipline and a way to chase a big return from a small stake, but they're high-variance and don't improve your edge — stringing wins together is hard by design. Treat a ladder as a challenge with money you can afford to lose, not a core staking plan. For sizing your everyday bets, use the Kelly criterion.