The Sports Trader

Tuesday 13th March 2007

As expected there was no reply from ATR regarding their xtra service. Some people have suggested that I was being unfair by directing the question to Matt Chapman. Apparently Matt has sent an email to others stating that he agrees with his viewers but has to toe the ATR line on this and say nothing. So they do have something to hide. This was not a personal attack on Matt, in fact I quite like his style of presenting and he is knowledgeable on matters concerning horse racing, but he is the face of ATR and therefore I felt justified in directing a straight forward question towards him. If I have caused any offence Matt I apologise.

There has been a lot of discussion on various forums about the ATRxtra subject and hopefully this will continue until we get the answers we all need. For the life of me I can not see why ATR, SKY, RUK and SIS can not sit down in a room and thrash out a deal where by jointly they can offer a live fast picture service covering all the UK tracks via subscription to any body that wishes it. There are very few individuals that would commit to a 3 year deal for the SIS service covering half of the UK tracks but a lot would subscribe to a service covering all tracks for a fee of say around £30 - £50 / month. Remember by doing this there would be no need for the extra equipment that you need for SIS which makes up a big proportion of the costs associated with the SIS contract.

Well The Sports Trader has had a disappointing day considering the quality of racing on offer. I often find that on days where I expect to make a decent profit I fall short and on days when I am not too confident something turns up to make for a good day. I ended up trading in just 6 races and 1 football match, but had no losing trades.

My day started with the 13:40 at Sedgefield where I laid Surricate for £43 @ 3.20 and backed back £31 @4.30 to leave me with a profit of £8. I followed this up with 3 small winning trades.

In the 16:15 at Sedgefield I laid Reasonably Sure for £21 @ 3.00 to result in a £21 profit. My last race trade was in the 16:40 at Cheltenham where I backed Heads On The Ground for £50 @ 1.20 to give me a £10 profit.

My race trading had finished for the day with a profit of £41. It was good to see that Betdaq had a record breaking day with amounts matched in the Cheltenham races ranging form £1.86m for the quietest race up to £6.20M in the 2:00 Supreme Novices Hurdle race.

In the Sunderland v Stoke football match I had one trade at the end of the match on the correct score line of 2 - 2 by backing for £71 @ 1.20 which gave me a profit of £7.

My day had finished with a profit of just £48.

Just a quick note also on The Purple Layers blog, Gavin has had a technical problem with his site that means it will be down for a few days. I hope he gets the problem resolved and gets back on track soon.

Paul at Punting for Profits has put a lot of effort into analysing the Cheltenham races this week. He started with a 10 point win for today's card and is expecting to make a lot more in the next few days.

You will also find a twice daily podcast on the Betdaq Exchange Views Blog where Russ will report directly form Cheltenham on all the latest news views and latest prices.

Monday 12th March 2007

Why will Attheraces not come clean about the future of their ATRxtra service. Everyone that trades in-running wants this question answered. Atr are really pushing the line that their service is completely free of charge. We all have to pay for Atr via our SKY package and I would assume that some of that revenue filters down to Atr. If we gloss over this fact are Atr, and Matt Chapman in particular, saying 'You don't pay for the service so we will do what the French Connection we want with the service'. We all realise that there must be some sort of political game going on here, perhaps your betting partners are fed up of funding a service that is only of use to Exchange players, perhaps SIS has put pressure on you to stop the fast pictures, perhaps Atr can not afford to continue this service, or perhaps some sparky has pulled out the wrong plug and as yet no one has found which plug to put back into the socket, causing a great deal of embarrassment all round. None of these reasons matter to us your customers, all we want to know is 'Will the ATRxtra service be back and if so when'. You don't have to give away any trade secrets just answer the simple question. To not answer is an absolute disregard of your customers wishes. So I challenge Matt Chapman to tell the nation on his broadcast tomorrow the answer to my earlier question.

I have had so many comments on my blog and via email from people wanting this ATR situation cleared up. I know that people from both Betdaq and Betfair have also been asking questions directly of the ATR management, and both exchanges have been taking a fair amount of stick for not getting the answers. The blame surely has to be put directly to ATR.

Back to today's trading. The Sports Trader has made a loss today to bring to an end my brilliant winning streak. I traded on 8 horse races, 1 football match and 1 tennis match and I had 2 losing trades.

My first trade was in the 14:00 at Plumpton where I backed Netherley for £300 @ 1.50 before laying off @ 1.36. A little latter I backed him again for £137 @ 1.40 and laid this off @ 1.10 to result in a profit of £83.

In the 14:10 at Taunton I backed Noble Bily for £50 @ 1.80 and laid off @ 1.57 to give me a profit of £12.

The next was my worst result of the day and it was in the 14:40 at Taunton where I had backed Spidam for £382 @ 1.50 when well in the lead and going well with three fences to go, then his French temperament started to show and he all but refused to continue to race. I did have a lay up @ 1.18 but only got matched for £2 so I lost £380.  Although a big loss it really didn't get to me as this is just one of those things that will happen when trading.

My next trade was in the 15:30 at Plumpton and here I laid Bright Eagle for £218 @ 50.00,(proof as requested on the Betfair Forum Download screenshot.png ),as he blundered at a fence early in the race. On the run in  I backed Wenger for £160 @ 1.70 and just got beaten on the line, so I ended the race with a profit of £58.

I followed this with 4 small trades, one of which cost me a pound and the other three where all winning trades. I had finished my race trading with a loss of £222.

Later I watched the live football match between Burton Albion and Forest Green. I didn't have a trade until the goal was scored early in the second half when I backed the under 2.5 goals for £366 @ 1.55. I laid off £121 @ 1.40, £66 @ 1.42, £160 @ 1.41 and £20 @ 1.36 to leave me with a profit of £50.

I also had a quick trade on the under 1.5 goal market. With 4 minutes left on the clock I backed the unders for £68 @ 1.50 and laid off @ 1.24 about two minutes later to result in a profit of £17.

In the late evening I started to watch the tennis match between Rochus and Roddick. I only traded during the tie break of the second set and backed Roddick for £100 @ 1.15. I was looking to lay off @ 1.05 but the odds were moving all over the place and in the end I cancelled my lay as Roddick won the match to give me a profit of £15.

I have to take my metaphoric hat off to those that trade tennis, the odds change so much and so quickly. It always seems to me that you can never get a good value trade. But there appears to be plenty of people willing to trade early in a match at very small odds.

Well my day had finished and I have to report a loss of £140.

Sunday 11th March 2007

It has been another solid day for The Sports Trader with 3 good race meetings on. I traded on 13 horse races, 1 football match and 1 Golf tournament with just 1 losing trade.

Like yesterday, my first trade was my best. This was in the 14:10 at Warwick where I laid First Slip for £340 @ 7.94. Somebody was pretty certain that this horse would win as several sizable bets were put up around the 8.00 level. I let the first few go but when I saw First Slip starting to gradually fall back through the field I took the bait. I quickly put up a back for £100 @ 32.00 to leave myself with a profit of £240.

My next trade was in the 14:20 at Market Rasen and here I backed Mendo for £25 @ 1.60 before laying off @ 1.49. with Mendo taking the lead and approaching the final hurdle I backed him again for £496 @ 1.10. I put a lay up @ 1.05 but cancelled after £37 had been matched to result in a profit of £53. My next trade was a small winning one.

In the 14:40 at Warwick I backed Old Benny within a few yards of the finishing line for £300 @ 1.25 to result in a profit of £75. At first I thought he had lost the race on the line and I put up a lay in the photo betting but the result came quickly and in the end he had won by almost a head.

My next trade was in the 14:50 at Market Rasen where I laid Runthatpastmeagain for £40 @ 3.23 before backing back £10 @ 5.00 and then getting matched for £1 @ 112.00 to leave me with a profit of £29.

In the 15:10 at Warwick I laid Ironside for £20 @ 6.00 and backed back £10 @ 11.00 to leave a profit of £10. My next was my only losing trade of the day. It was in the 15:30 at Naas where I backed Flying Dustman for £10 @ 1.50 but lost as he was headed just before the line to cost me £10. I followed up with 2 small winning trades.

In the 16:40 at Warwick I backed Persian Hero for £252 @ 1.10 at the final fence an in control of the race to result in a profit of £25. I finished my race trading day with 3 more small winning trades.

I had finished the day's race trading with a profit of £432.

After racing I watched the Plymouth v Watford match. I had missed most of the first half and started with a back on the under 2.5 goals market for £125 @1.68. I laid all this off @ 1.62 as I had to make a phone call and didn't want to take the risk of holding on whilst I was speaking. Later I backed the unders for £47 @ 1.23 and laid off £40 @ 1.18 and £7 @ 1.16 to leave me with a profit of £10.

I also had a look at the match result market. With the score line at 0 - 1 I backed Watford for £173 @ 1.38 an laid this off @ 1.35. Later, and in injury time, I backed Watford for £75 @ 1.07 and laid off @ 1.01 to result in another £10 profit.

After the match I switched to the PODS golf Tournament and traded during the last two holes of play. I backed Mark Calcavecchia for £58 @ 1.26 and laid Heath Slocum for £25 @ 4.40. To cover these I later laid Mark for £153 @ 1.01. I ended this event with a profit of £41.

So I had finished another day with a profit of £493. This has rounded off a very good week with no losing days and a total profit on the week of £2715.

Saturday 10th March 2007

The Sports Trader has had a good day but almost spoilt it with some poor trading on a football match. I ended up trading in 13 horses races, 3 football matches and 1 boxing match, and had just two losing events.

Before racing started I had a business colleague and friend come round to my office to see how I do this trading thing. I hadn't seen Keith for a couple of years but he tracked me down via a web site that we are both members of and noticed that I had changed my profession, so he did a search and found my blog. He was intrigued by what he saw and asked if I could show him at first hand how I trade with a view of doing it himself on as a hobby. I spent half an hour showing him my IT set up and talking about how we trade and then he sat in whilst I traded the first few races of the day. He went away with the intention of buying a new computer and starting to trade football to get used to using the site before having a go on the horses.

The first trade of my day was in the 14:05 at Sandown where I had a perfect start by backing Albertas Run for £815 @ 1.50 when coming away from the last hurdle in front and looking to go on and win under the famous A P McCoy drive to result in a profit of £408.

My next trade was in the 14:35 at Sandown where I laid Cousin Nicky for £47 @ 2.89 when making a mistake two fences out and coming under pressure to land me a profit of £47.

Next for me was the 15:00 at Chepstow, and here I laid Madison Avenue for £17 @ 6.20 at about 3 out when weakening and not looking happy with the conditions. I also backed Pop Gun for £2 @ 1.25 to end the race with a profit of £18. I followed this up with two small winning trades.

In the 15:55 at Ayr I laid Haut de Gamme for £15 @ 4.20 before backing back £15 @ 4.20 and then at the finish I backed Snowy for £1100 @ 1.01 to result in a profit of £14. Next I had two more small winning trades.

In the 16:45 at Chepstow I backed Nice Try for £5 @ 2.00 and then again for £150 @ 1.60 before laying all off @ 1.35 to result in a profit of £42. I followed this up with another three small, winning trades.

My last racing trade was in the 17:25 at Sandown where I backed the favourite, Hoo La Baloo for £250 @ 1.28 and laid off @ 1.06 to result in a profit of £55.

At the end of my race trading day I had a profit of £599.

As soon as the racing had finished I switched to the Middlesbrough v Manchester United FA Cup Quarter Final match. I had missed most of the first half and started trading the under 2.5 goal market when the score was 0 - 1. I had twelve very quick trades and ended up with no liability when the third goal was scored, so no damage done. I then traded on the under 3.5 goal market and when the fourth goal was scored I had a £1 profit on the overs. I also traded on the correct score line of 2 - 2 with 3 minutes left on the clock by backing for £65 @ 1.24 and laid off £8 @ 1.09 to result in a profit of £15. So I had done a lot of trading and ended up with a profit on the match of £16.

My next match was the Levante v Villarreal game I missed the start but then backed the under 2.5 goals for £196 @ 1.66. I started to lay off my liability @ 1.63 for £47 and had further lays @ 1.56 for £50, @ 1.54 for £50 and @ 1.22 for £70. After the first goal I backed the unders again for £50 @ 1.70 and laid off £9 @ 1.35 to result in a profit of £36.

My final football match of the day was the Grande Clasico in Spain between Barcelona and Real Madrid. I decided to trade this one quite heavily, big mistake. Pre kick off I backed the under 2.5 goals for £157 @ 1.96. I was just starting to put up my lays when the first goal was scored. I then backed the unders again for £55 @ 3.27 and the second goal was scored. Luckily the third goal came very quickly and I hadn't backed again so I was left facing a loss of £212 on the match.

I decided to wait until late on in the match when you can normally find a trade or two to salvage some of the damage. With 15 minutes left I started to trade the correct score line of 2 - 3 with a back for £200 @ 1.88. I laid off £46 @ 1.52, £54 @ 1.48 and £50 @ 1.33. Then the 6th goal was scored to cost me another £50.

I had just about resigned myself to taking a loss of £262 on the match when a brilliant opportunity presented itself on the match result market. I had a few small trades on the draw but with the game already in the first of 4 injury time minutes and the game drawing I backed the draw for £130 @ 1.20 and then with 40 seconds on the clock, up popped £1467 @ 1.15, so I hit the submit button. The referee blew his whistle a little early so I only had a 15 second wait to win back £247. I had therefore finished the match with a loss of £15. A real result.

Later I watched the boxing between Derry Mathews and John Simpson. I only had a few very small trades and ended up losing £3 after what I thought was a little strange result.

My day had therefore ended with a profit of £633.

Friday 9th March 2007

The Sports Trader has had a reasonable day and it was good to see the Ayr meeting go ahead as planned along with Leicester and Lingfield. I managed to trade in 11 races and 1 football match with just one losing trade.

My race trading started in the 14:20 at Leicester where I backed Durante for £200 @ 1.75 before laying off @ 1.66. Later I backed Lenny for £155 @ 1.10 when well clear of the field but with two fences to jump and I laid him for £145 @ 1.03 and £10 @ 1.04 to result in a profit of £11.

In the 14:30 at Ayr I backed Baron Monty for £74 @ 1.32 before laying off @ 1.30. With a furlong to go I backed him again for £165 @ 1.25 to leave me with a profit of £42. I followed this up with two small winning trades.

My only loss of the day was in the 15:10 at Lingfield where I laid Art Modern for £9 @ 8.80 when not looking to be travelling too well but I got it totally wrong and he went on to win leaving me with a loss of £68. Next was another small winning trade.

My best result of the day was in the 15:35 at Ayr. I did nothing until the last furlong when Inch High was well in the lead and running on well. There was a lot of liquidity in this race and I was able to back Inch High for £2993 @ 1.04 to land a profit of £120 on the race. I followed this up with 3 more small winning trades.

My last racing trade of the day was in the 17:20 at Ayr where I laid No Shenanigans for £50 @ 8.00 when weakening at the second last fence to result in a profit of £50.

My race trading for the day had resulted in a profit of £171.

Tonight's televised football match was the Championship game between Birmingham and Derby. I had several other things to do tonight so I just had the odd few small trades on the under 2.5 goal market. I started pre kick off with a back for £12 @ 1.72 and with 14 minutes on the clock I backed a further £20 @ 1.57. I laid all off @ 1.44. I had to leave my computer at this point for twenty minutes and when I got back the score was 1 - 0. I backed a further £30 @ 1.56 and laid this off @ 1.38 to result in a profit of £11.

I also had a small trade on the correct score line of 1 - 0 for £30 @ 1.30 and laid this off @ 1.22 to give me a profit of £2.

That was the end of my trading day which had resulted in a total profit of £185.

There is another new blog started by Gareth. He calls his blog Small Time Sports Trader but looking at his trading over the last few day's it looks like he will have to change his name as his results are definitely not small time. Good Luck Gareth I hope your trading and blog go well.

Thursday 8th March 2007

It was good to have two National Hunt meetings today although the going was described as soft at Wincanton and heavy at Thurles. I ended up trading in 11 horse races and 2 Premier League darts matches, with just one losing trade on the day.

I started with the 14:10 at Wincanton where I had a small but profitable trade. My next was in the14:25 at Thurles where I backed Kazal for £143 @ 2.20 but laid off @ 2.05 as, although that was his 5th straight win, he just did not seem to want to win the race. I ended the race with a £22 profit.

My only loss on the day was in the 14:40 at Wincanton where I had laid Wild Tonto for £5 @ 2.04 to lose me £5. In the 15:15 at Wincanton I laid Trading Up for £15 @ 10.00, at the third last fence when making a mistake, to result in a £15 profit.

My next trade was in the 15:30 at Thurles where I laid Rossback for £60 @ 12.00 when falling back through the field with 5 fences to go, to result in a profit of £60.

My best racing result of the day was in the 15:50 at Wincanton. I had started with a small back on Jericho of £7 @ 3.40 and laid off @ 2.83. A little later I backed him for £107 @ 2.20 and laid all off @ 1.90. Then going over the last fence  I backed him again for £753 @ 1.30, with no challenger for the lead I held on with out laying off to result in a profit of £262.

I finished my horse race trading with 5 more small winning trades and this resulted in a profit on the day of £367.

I always look forward to the Premier League Darts matches on a Thursday evening as I find this to be one of the best trading events, so I missed all the Football matches.

I watched the first match between Dennis Priestly and Peter Manley with no trades. The next game was the one I was most looking forward to with Phil 'The Power' Taylor facing Adrian Lewis. I didn't trade in the early part of the match as I felt Phil was looking tired and quite old compared to last week. He had just won the UK open at the weekend so that must have taken it's toll on him. With the score sitting at 3 -2 and Phil now starting to play like we all know he can the odds started to look more value. Phil was at the oche throwing for the 6th leg when I backed him for £1840 @ 1.41. Within minutes I was able to lay off £500 @ 1.30. Now Phil was 5 -2 up and I laid him for £500 @ 1.21, £300 @ 1.20 and £100 @ 1.18. With The Power well in control I waited a little longer and laid him for another £120 @ 1.12 and then greened up @ 1.05 to leave me with a profit of £375 whatever the result. On Phil's final throw to secure the win I laid the draw for £10 @ 510.00 to give me a profit on the match of £385.

I didn't trade in the Raymond van Barneveld v Roland Scholten match. The final match of the night was between Colin Lloyd and Terry Jenkins. I started with a back on Jenkins for £35 @ 1.57 and laid off @ 1.23. Later I backed him again for £100 @ 1.15 before laying this off @ 1.10. I ended this match with a profit of £17.

My day had finished with a profit of £768.

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Wednesday 7th March 2007

More of the same for the Sports Trader today. A slow day and not a lot of trading. I managed to trade in 11 UK horse races and 2 football matches, with 2 losing trades.

My racing day was very slow to start with, I just could not get going and I therefore started with 3 small winning trades. The first race trade of note was in the 14:40 at Fontwell where I laid Daggy Boy for £55 @ 7.10 before backing back £30 @ 10.00 and £5 @ 15.00. Towards the end of the race I backed Alfadora for £10 @ 1.30 to finish the race with a profit of £23.

I followed up with another 3 small winning trades. My worst result of the day came in the 16:25 at Catterick where I laid Bright Sparky for £51 @ 4.20 and ended up backing back £47 @ 2.90 to lose £74. My next race was also a loser but this time only for £7.

In the 16:45 at Fontwell I laid Presenting Diva for £95 @ 13.50 when not looking to be enjoying the conditions and I backed back £22 @ 27.00, £4 @ 23.00 and £2 @ 380.00 to leave me with a profit of £67.

My last race of the day was the 16:55 at Catterick. I got this one wrong to start with but managed to trade out of trouble and into a decent profit. I started with a lay of £86 @ 2.94 on very aptly named Trading Trouble. I quickly backed him back for £85 @ 3.05. I then backed him again for £25 @ 3.20 and laid off £34 @ 2.60. Towards the end of the race I backed him again for £5 @ 2.30 and 100 @ 1.30 before a final lay of £27 @ 1.05 to result in a profit of £42.

I finished my race trading for the day with a profit of £68.

With my confidence to predict the outcome of football matches still quite low at present I decided not to trade on any match until well after the start. I decided to watch the match between Manchester United and Lille. My first trade was in the 80th minute, when the score was 1-0, where I backed the correct score of 1-0 for £130 @ 1.70. I laid off £50 @ 1.42, £10 @ 1.46, £30 @ 1.31 and £20 @ 1.21. Just when Silvestre was injured in the first minute of the 3 injury minutes I backed the same score line for £187 @ 1.13 and then laid off @ 1.05 when the game resumed a good few minutes later. This resulted in a profit on the match of £61.

As soon as the match had finished I switched to the extra time being played between AC Milan and Celtic. I dived straight in with a back on the under 1.5 goals for £91 @ 1.28 just seconds before AC scored. As soon as the market was reformed I backed the unders for £343 @ 2.00. I started to lay off @ 1.92 for £184. Next I backed again for £44 @ 1.97 and then followed with lays of £194 @ 1.86. The odds where all over the place and it made for ideal trading conditions. Next I backed the unders for £128 @ 1.75. I then laid off £63 @ 1.70, £15 @ 1.64, £50 @ 1.58 and £50 @ 1.57. With just 3 minutes left I backed the unders again for £217 @ 1.39 and laid off £217 @ 1.31 and with only seconds to go I backed again for £187 @ 1.13 and laid this off @ 1.05. The end result was a profit of £60, which considering I had been wrong footed in the first minute was a decent result.

My day has therefore finished with a profit of £188.

Tuesday 6th March 2007

It has been another slow and frustrating day for the Sports Trader, caused by a lack of decent racing and a visit from my estranged wife. The first problem should be resolved next week with the Cheltenham Festival on, the second in the divorce courts later this year. The net effect today was that I only traded in 8 UK horse races and 1 football match.

My first trade was a small winning one in the 13:40 at Southwell. In the 14:30 at Newcastle I had my first losing trade for three days. I laid Flake for £9 @ 7.00 quite early in the race with the intention of backing at a higher price but never got a chance due to having a discussion with my visitor, so I lost £53.

In the 16:00 at Newcastle I laid Formal Cliche for £15 @ 21.00 towards the end of the race, when well behind the eventual winner, to win £15. Next was another small winning trade.

My next trade was in the 16:30 at Newcastle where I laid Crackadee for £3 @ 1000.00 when being pulled up. I also laid Iron Warrior for £3 @ 15.00 when many lengths behind the leaders. Between the last two fences I backed Trisons Star for £11 @ 1.40 and then at the last backed him again for £94 @ 1.20 to result in a profit of £28. Next was another small winning trade.

My best trade of the day was in the 17:00 at Newcastle where I backed the short priced favourite, Starting Point, for £200 @ 1.85 before laying off £100 @ 1.56, £2 @ 1.15 and £20 @ 1.01 to leave me with a profit of £113. My final race of the day was another small winning trade.

The result for my horse trading was a profit of £111.

With 4 brilliant football matches on tonight I plumped to watch the Liverpool v Barcelona game. I didn't trade until well into the second half when I decided to back the under 1.5 goal market for £127 @ 1.16 with about 3 minutes left to play and the score standing at 0 - 1. This produced a profit of £20. I also backed the correct score line of 0 - 1 for 48 @ 1.30 with a few minutes on the clock. I later backed again for £50 @ 1.26 and laid off all my liability @ 1.16 to leave me with a profit of £11.

My trading day had therefore finished with a profit of £142.

Monday 5th March 2007

The Sports Trader is becoming hooked on David Stewart's HorseGraphs.com site. He has managed to make a profit for the 5th day on the trot, this time with The Fisio winning the 3:30 at Lingfield.

It has been some time since we have lost so many race meetings due to the bad weather and there are inspections due for both of the National Hunt meetings tomorrow morning. My style of trading does not work as well on the all weather tracks so I have had a slow day with just 6 races traded and 1 football match and again with no losses.

I started with the 14:00 at Lingfield and managed to back Our Kes, when challenging for the lead, at the furlong marker for £445 @ 1.30. There was never a moments doubt once she had her head in front and this resulted in a profit of £134. I followed this up with 4 small winning trades.

My final race trade was in the 17:00 at Lingfield where I started with a lay of £77 @ 3.85 on the favourite, Saucy. I backed her for £10 @ 4.20 and 14 @ 4.10 to partially offset my liability and ended the race with a profit of £53.

I had finished my race trading with a profit of £203.

I had a good look at the stats for tonight's Championship match between Preston and Southampton. The conclusion on SoccerSTATS.com was for an under 2.5 goal game but I disagreed and therefore started trading quite cautiously. In fact I only backed the unders for £35 @ 1.85 pre kick off. I laid off £24 @ 1.63 and then backed again for £9 @ 1.68. I then laid off the rest of my liability @ 1.52. So when the first goal came I had no liability.

Things really got going for me after the market was reformed. I thought the price should have been around 1.70 at most, but there was plenty of money put up @ 1.80/1.81 so I backed the unders for £317 @ 1.81 and £389 @ 1.80. I immediately put up lays at 1.70 and got matched for £250. Then another chunk of money appeared @ 1.80 so I backed a further £137 @ 1.80. Soon after another £393 of my lay @ 1.70 was taken. I then lowered my lay price to 1.68 and got matched for £101 I laid the rest of my liability @ 1.58. 

The second goal came and again I had no liability. When the market had been reformed, the price appeared to be too high again and I backed the unders for £207 @ 3.17 and a further £72 @ 3.10. I quickly put up lays @ 2.78 and got matched for £168 before lowering my lay price to 2.63 where I was matched for £100. I then proceeded to green up with lays @ 2.57 down to 2.15 and by the 63rd minute of the game had a position where I made £102 whatever the result. I sat back and watched the rest of the match.

That was the best football trading I have done for a long while. Whilst I will be the first to admit that the goals all came at exactly the right time for me and that very generous odds were available. I am always happy to get such a good result trading on the under's, but when three or more goals have been scored.

My day has finished with a profit of £305.