Cheat Codes Football Trading Systems Review (2025) – My Early Experience

This is a full Cheat Codes review written by UFT member James who was given early Beta access in exchange for sharing his experiences of doing this course with other members and the community. His thoughts and experiences are his own.

Hi everyone, so for transparency I will start by saying I was one of the original beta testers of Cheat Codes which got me early access a few weeks before everyone. But I will be giving you a balanced, honest perspective.

After all, if you’re on the fence about investing in this, you don’t need hype,you need to know if it’s actually going to move the needle for your trading?

The short answer? For me, it already has.

I’ve been trading football on Betfair since 2014. Joined UFT (Ultimate Football Trading, a UK-based education brand for Betfair traders) in 2018 and have been involved with most of their big product launches over the years. Some have been great, some not quite for me, but when the early whispers about Cheat Codes started circulating and apparently these systems built off deep stat modelling, thousands of simulations, real trading data, I knew I had to see what it was about.

And what I found was the kind of thing I wish existed back when I first started.

What Is Cheat Codes?

Firstly, what even is cheat codes? I was a bit thrown off by the name (as cool as it might initially sound)

Well, Cheat Codes is a football trading system bundle which are what I would call data-driven strategies built and tested by the machines.

The difference with this compared to other strategies is the definitive clear entry and exit rules (aka cheat codes) which are what help these strategies be long term profitable.

And every strategy is proven over multiple seasons backed up with every single result also, so its not a “this works well sometimes” sort of thing, its proven.

But let’s cut to the chase: Cheat Codes is not a beginner’s course. It assumes you know what a Lay the Draw is, how to back and lay in the markets, and why timing matters. What it does give you is that next level of clarity. The confidence to know that your trade idea isn’t just a gut instinct or based on a few stats, but something that’s been tested across thousands of similar situations.

No more “hmm, it feels like a good LTD” or “stats look good so maybe I’ll go in now? Or maybe wait a bit more?”.

Instead, you get: here’s the setup, here’s the filters, here’s when to enter, here’s the historical performance.

That’s massive.

You know that feeling when you go for a trade because the stats look good but the trade loses and you feel a bit angry and confused? Well, that shouldn’t happen anymore since you can easily see this is one of those long term profitable trades. Sure this one lost, but if you keep taking them you will be in profit overall which is what matters.

Initial Impressions of Cheat Codes

From the start, you can see all the Cheat Codes systems had been properly road-tested. The Shifter was the first one I dived into. Laying the team that’s winning against the run of play is something most of us have done. But this system quantifies that. It gives you the xG thresholds. The SOT patterns. Even what to do if the underdog scores again. So things like this are no longer a mystery and it was interesting to find that something I typically do in my trading has actually been costing me long term profits (when you see it you will know what i mean)

Anyway the results? Across the sample trades I tested, the strike-rate and profits tracks almost bang on with what they showed in the testing results. No silly staking plans or high-risk stuff. You can flat stake this.

The Fortress system is another standout. It’s a way of trading strong home favourites in a financial markets style. In and out. Re-entries etc. I hadn’t seen that approach applied to football trading before, and I was honestly surprised at how robust it was. I used it on the Champions League and Europa League last week and won every trade I picked out, very nice to get a high strike-rate system that works.

My only “criticism” is its a bit complex, I have to constantly refer back to the slides and my notes to make sure I am doing it right, but then again, if it was a simple system everyone would be doing it!

Snowball Mini is deceptively clever. It targets low-action games and helps you pick up quick profits while everyone else is zoning out. I’ll admit I underestimated it initially, but after using it in-play during a few League One matches, I’ve come to appreciate the edge.

The only annoying thing about snowball mini is lack of qualifiers so far, the International break threw up no qualifiers and then the first week back there was a handful. I managed to find 5, 3 wins and 2 losses for an overall profit but if finding the qualifiers is going to be this hard I might stick to the other systems. Each to their own of course.

Escalator System

Now, the Escalator. This one’s probably going to get the most attention long-term. If you didn’t want the full bundle and just wanted one system then this is probably going to be it.

I absolutely LOVE trading goals in the second half, and nothing beats the feeling of catching a really late one.

So I was intrigued by this.

Anyway, using the cheat codes you will learn some interesting criteria which unlocks those second halves of matches that are filled with goals. We might have thought it was random but the data shows it isn’t and when you know what to look for its golden.

The idea with this is to create FREE bets then you sit back and wait for further goals to land your profits with no risk.

Fair play that this is the most profitable way to use the system but I can imagine lots of people will want to press that cash out button. Fine if you do that, but its interesting to note that they tested the cash out options and it wasn’t profitable.

You will also need to follow your notes and the slides the first few times as it is not a simple “2 step” strategy, lots of different things to cover with it.

The Boss System

But my personal favourite so far is the Boss System.

Being a member of Correct Score Mastery, I fell in love with the CS markets due to the flexibility you get from it. Feels a bit more like real trading yknow?

Anyway, the Boss System gives you a second-half entry strategy based on the game state, and the triggers are clear.

It fits my style of trading fine, I am happy to wait around for those big “jackpot” style wins with my trading and the BOSS system can definitely give you that opportunity.

After seeing what I am seeing with it, I am considering using the system without the cheat codes “guard rails” and just going with it and using my own judgement along the way.

Negatives?

Sure, no product is perfect and I can safely say this isn’t gonna be a course for everyone.

Firstly, you need experience with football trading and maybe a few years at that.

Secondly, you do have to really look around for these qualifiers. You might want to invest in an alerts system to make that easier for you instead of looking at your sofascore stats constantly.

I found it helped to just look for the score-lines first that might qualify at half-time and then go from there but others might find it time consuming.

Also, while the training videos are solid, I’d love to see a quick-reference PDF or cheat sheet for each system. Something I can glance at mid-trade but I understand why they can’t offer something like that with all the piracy these days.

But honestly, this is all quite minor stuff.

At the end of the day, these systems are proven and backed up with the results. It is kinda hard to make an argue against owning something like this.

Like here is the long term results of the Escalator system

They also include the full trade result logs for each system, which I think is one of the most underrated features. Not just to verify the performance, but to feel the rhythm of the strategy. You see where the losses come, what kind of losing runs you might hit, and you realise, yeah, this is realistic and if I have 3-4 losers in a row this is normal.

Support’s been sharp as usual too. I had a question about adapting the Fortress system to the Brazilian leagues and got a thoughtful, non-generic answer within 24 hours. That matters.

Cheat Codes Directors Cut?

I also opted in for the “Directors Cut” add-on which I am told is only available in limited supply. So because of that I won’t go into much detail on that.

But it was also pretty good and you get to learn a few systems which didn’t make it into the main package. They are still profitable but there were issues which held them back.

Very interesting and, there was actually a good spin on the Escalator system in there which I, dare say, I actually prefer.

So well worth grabbing this add-on if it is still available and you really like to dig in to the details.

So who is Cheat Codes for?

If you’re a complete beginner, I’d say hold off. Learn the exchange first. Get your feet wet.

But if you already trade football and want to level up? Want to add systems that aren’t just theory but are statistically backed? Want ideas you can plug into your existing workflow?

Then this is worth every penny.

It’s the closest thing I’ve seen to a trading edge you can actually trust.

I mean you have the systems, you have the results, its now just a matter of following it.

I would absolutely buy this twice, actually, I’m a bit annoyed I didn’t have this five years ago. Would have saved me a lot of trial and error.

My final verdict, if you are experienced and want an extra system or to find some extra edges, then go for it!

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