Wednesday 14th February 2007

It's been a very sad day for the Sports Trader. This is the first year since 1974 that I haven't received a Valentines Card from a Special woman. I did get three from my kids and I will make do with them. Unlike the lucky Russ Wiseman of Betdaq who says on today's Exchange Views that he received 15, I don't believe him, but then I am jealous.

We have had much more racing today and a lot better quality than of late. I traded on 10 races, and 2 football matches.

My first trade, in the 13:55 at Fairyhouse, was my only losing race of the day. I laid the eventual winner, Prince Picasso, for £100 @ 2.50 just after the last hurdle when headed by the runner up, Hidden Agent, to cost me a painful £150.

In my next race, the 14:00 at Mussleburgh, I almost made amends by laying Middleton Dene for £200 @ 1.90 before backing back £100 @ 2.50 and £13 @ 3.50. On the run in I laid him for a further £45 @ 12.00 to end the race with a profit of £133.

My next was the 14:25 at Fairyhouse and here I backed Offshore Account for £57 @ 2.67 to earn a profit of £94. I then had a small but profitable trade.

In the 14:40 at Leicester I backed the very short priced favourite, Chief Yeoman, for £133 @ 1.15 and laid off @ 1.05. I backed him again for £26 @ 1.04 on the run in to net a profit of £14.

My next race was the 15:55 at Fairyhouse. I started with a lay of £124 @ 4.00 on Condara, once headed at about half distance. I backed him for £94 @ 4.55 and a further £5 @ 7.00 to cover my liability and then had a small back on the winner, Stabalan Lass, to net me a profit of £26.

In the 16:00 at Mussleburgh I laid Kings Quay for £9 @ 4.00 to make a profit of £9. Next was the 16:10 at Leicester where I laid To The top for £10 @ 5.00 before covering this with a back of £9 @ 6.00. I then laid Hopesarising for £55 @ 3.95 and backed back £45 @ 4.30. In the final furlong I backed Chita's Flight for £10 @ 1.20 and £32 @ 1.06 to give me a profit of £15 on the race.

My next race was the 16:25 at Fairyhouse where I backed Here Comes Sally for £100 @ 2.22 just before she was headed at the last hurdle to give me an uncomfortable few seconds before she regained the lead and go on to win by just over a length to make me a profit of £122. I had one more very small but profitable trade to leave me with a profit on my race trading day of £265.

I watched the Hapoel Tel-Aviv v Rangers match from just after the half-time interval. I backed the under 2.5 goals, just after the second goal had been scored, for £20 @ 2.70 and laid off @ 2.20. So when the third goal was scored no harm was done, I just missed out on a potential profit of £10. Later I did back the under 3.5 goals for 36 @ 1.55 and laid this off @ 1.12, which resulted in a profit of £16.

I also had a few very small trades on the Bolton v Arsenal match to gain me another £4. So my day had finished with a total profit of £285.

I normally read about a dozen blogs written by other traders everyday and on one of these, The Betfair Trader, posted a very interesting article yesterday entitled Going Full Time On Betfair, I would encourage everyone to read this especially if you are a part-timer and looking to start full time trading.

Comments

[ramps]

Cards are over rated mate. I didn't get any either.

[Ray]

Hi Brian,
Atleast you have the lovely Clare to give you cuddles, who needs cards when you have her. Sorry about your missed wager yesterday.
Ray

[owen]

love the blog

do you do all your trading on betdaq? was on the 2.5 goal market very little liquidity

[Ray]

Hi Owen,
Yes all the trading reported on this blog is with Betdaq. Liquidity is a bit low just at the moment but it will pick up shortly. Good Luck.
Ray