The Sports Trader had a very mixed day today with variable results after trading on 11 horse races, 4 football matches and 1 golf tournament.
My first trade was in the 14:00 at Uttoxeter where I backed Shouldhavehadthat for £200 @ 1.18 before laying off £160 @ 1.07 and should have laid off the rest but by the time I had decided I had called this wrong it was too late and I had lost £40.
My next trade was in the 14:20 French 1000 Guineas where I laid Finsceal Beo for £10 @ 10.00 to result in a profit of £10. Next was the 14:35 at Killarney where I backed Impudent for £162 @ 1.10 to give me a profit of £16. I followed this with a small winning trade.
Then things started to go wrong with the 15:10 at Plumpton where I backed Desert Tommy for £112 @ 1.95. I laid off £36 @ 1.94. Next I backed Cresswell Willow for £15 @ 1.50 and a further £37 @ 1.44 to result in a loss of £52.
In the delayed 15:00 at Uttoxeter I backed Green 'n' Gold for £52 @3.10 before laying off @ 2.80. I then decided to back Green 'n' Gold for £50 @ 2.00 and could not lay off so I lost another £50. I followed this up with a small winning trade.
Next I backed Archipenko for £25 @ 2.00 in the 15:55 at Leopardstown to result in a profit of £25. My next trade was in the 16:05 at Killarney where I backed Jim for £44 @ 2.71 and laid off at 2.02 to leave me with a profit of £30.
In the 16:00 at Uttoxeter I laid Pantherus for £200 @ 5.00 and backed back £68 @ 5.00, £13 @ 5.60, £54 @ 6.50, £10 @ 12.00 and £3 @ 72.00. I then laid Etendard Indien for £44 @ 2.79 to result in a profit of £95.
My last race trade of the day came in the 17:00 at Uttoxeter where I backed Riverbank Rainbow for £112 @ 2.20 and laid off @ 1.20, then on the run in I backed again for £545 @ 1.01 to result in a profit of £117.
My race trading had finished for the day with a profit of £162.
I had a small trade on the match result of the Manchester United game which resulted in a profit of £3.
In the Oldham v Blackpool match I backed the draw for £83 @ 1.27 with 4 minutes left on the clock only to see Blackpool score about a minute later to lose me £83.
Next I traded in the Barcelona v Real Betis match on the under 1.5 goals market with 10 minutes to go. I backed the unders for £250 @ 1.59 and laid off £50 @ 1.44, £50 @ 1.41 and £50 @ 1.36 when in goes a 2nd goal to cost me £100.
My last football match of the day was the Valencia v Real Zaragoza game and here I started trading the under 2.5 goal market soon after kick off. I backed the unders for £200 @ 1.78 and started laying off @ 1.68 for £50. I made further lays @ 1.64 for £50 and £1.55 for £75. Then the first goal was scored and I backed the unders for £177 @ 2.33. I started laying off @ 2.14 for £100 and made further lays @ 2.10 for £50 and 2.00 for £50. The second goal came and again I backed the unders for £58 @ 4.00. I laid off £58 @ 3.80. Later I started to green up with lays @ 2.86 and 1.84 to leave me with a profit of £42 whatever the result.
My football trading had finished with a loss of £137.
I did trade on the Players Championship and made a profit but this will come into tomorrow's result as the tournament finished after 12:00 midnight. So my day had finished with a grand total profit of £24.
My week has finished with a very good profit of £1761.
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