The Sports Trader had a very slow day today and only traded on 7 horse races and 1 football match but with no losing trades.
My day got underway with 5 small winning trades. In the 16:40 at Salisbury I backed Tranquil Tiger for £50 @ 2.00 before laying off @ 1.60 to result in a profit of £20. I followed this with another small winning trade.
That was the end of my race trading and it had produced a profit of £48.
In the evening I had a small trade on the Stafford Rangers v Halifax football match where I backed Halifax for £125 @ 1.13 during injury time to produce a profit of £14.
My day had finished with a profit of £62.
I'm not much good at trading, but fail to comprehend the method in the last race of Sept 7th. where..."I laid "I Have Dreamed" for £15 @ 5.3 before greening up by backing £3 @ 8.5 giving a profit of £12.
I don't understand how this "greens up" anything. If the horse lost then the £12 profit would have been made, but if the horse won, a considerable loss would have been made.
I thought that "greening up" was when a profit was made whatever the outcome?
Elaine
Brixham
Devon
Posted by: Elaine Cullum | 09/12/2007 at 05:17 PM
Hi Elaine,
Thanks for your comments. You are right I used the wrong term as I should have said backed back £3 @ 8.50, sorry.
Ray
Posted by: Ray | 09/12/2007 at 05:34 PM