Which preset profile should I start with?

Solid drops. The one hour window gives you time to compare prices and find a book still above fair, which is what value betting needs.

What makes the Steam preset different?

It requires the bookmaker maximum bet to have changed inside the same window as the price drop. That filters for moves the book is actively backing, which is the signal that a move may continue.

How many profiles should I run at once?

As few as tell you different things. Profiles that differ only by a percentage will surface the same matches repeatedly. Differ them by approach instead.

Example profiles for each approach

The three shipped presets are not interchangeable. Each one suits a different way of betting, and here is which is which.

The Terminal ships three ready-made profiles. They look like difficulty settings, mild through aggressive, but that is not what they are. Each one is tuned for a different way of using a drop, and picking the wrong one for how you actually bet is why some people conclude the feed is too noisy or too quiet.

The three shipped profiles with their drop percentage and time window — Steam wants 3% in fifteen minutes with the limit moving, Solid drops 5% in an hour, Big movers 8% since the price opened

Solid drops, for value betting

5% inside an hour
Every market, main lines only
Odds 1.40 to 4.00
The hour leaves you time to shop

Steam, for anticipation

3% inside fifteen minutes
Core markets, within 24h of kickoff
Odds 1.50 to 3.50
Requires the limit to move too

Solid drops: the value-betting workhorse

5% or more within an hour, every market, main lines only, prices between 1.40 and 4.00, following Pinnacle.

The hour-long window is the important part. It catches moves that are still recent without demanding they happen in the last few minutes, which leaves you time to open the panel, compare your books and find a price that still beats fair. That is exactly what value betting needs. Start here if you are doing way one.

Steam: built for anticipation

3% within fifteen minutes, core markets only, prices between 1.50 and 3.50, within 24 hours of kickoff, and it requires the maximum bet to have changed inside the same window.

That last condition is what makes this an anticipation profile rather than a faster value one. Requiring the limit to move filters for the book actively inviting money at its new number, which is the signal that the move has further to run. Expect a lot of alerts and expect most of them to already be through fair by the time you look.

Big movers: a different question entirely

8% or more since the price first opened, main lines, up to 5.00, following Pinnacle.

This one measures against the opening price rather than a rolling window, so it finds games the market has genuinely re-rated over hours or days. You will see few of these. They are useful for understanding what the market changed its mind about, but a move that large has usually been fully absorbed, so check against fair carefully before treating one as value.

Building your own

Once you know which way you are betting, the settings follow from it.

For value betting: a longer window, a minimum max bet to keep thin markets out, and "available at my bookmakers only" switched on so you are not reading drops you cannot act on.
For anticipation: a short window, require the limit to move, stay close to kickoff, and keep to main lines where continued movement is most likely.

Give each profile its own alert sound. After a day you will know which approach is firing without looking at the screen.