starting out

My first year of Betfair trading for a living

So, let me take you back two decades ago… I was still in a ‘normal’ job working in a 9 to 5, but I had this dream of sports trading on Betfair for a living! I’d traded financial markets and prior to that, I’d done a lot of stuff in gambling markets. Here was my…

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Starting out as a sports trader – Scaling up

I was back on my small account on Monday. I was recording a few videos at low stakes (I posted one last week) and also giving instruction to my daughter; she is progressing nicely.

I’m also teaching a new recruit to the team. It’s interesting to watch and learn from newbies and how they look at the market. I feel like It’s a microcosm of the entire market. I ‘feel’ this in the market every day, but experiencing first hand …

Starting out as a sports trader

I am conscious that when I post bigger totals people wonder how they were created? The first thing to note is that the commonality with them is that they were all created with a lot of experience and hard work! There are no shortcuts when it comes to really good quality trading. Knowledge, experience, hard work, the rollercoaster that is trading, all count. It takes a lot of practice to trade with larger stakes confidently, but you can do it!…