The Sports Trader

Monday 17th September 2007

A good start to the week for the Sports Trader with 5 horse races 1 cricket match and 1 football match traded.

Although I ended up with a good result my first trade was not great. It was in the 15:15 at Listowel where I had backed Tuscan Evening for £352 @ 2.06 and then put up a lay to cover my liability @ 1.77 but only got matched for £250 so I ended the race with a loss of £102. My next trade resulted in a small loss.

In the 15:50 at Musselburgh I backed Kings Point for £157 @ 2.10 to give me my best result of the day and a profit of £173.

In the 15:45 at Listowel I backed Paco Jack for £348 @ 2.20 before laying off @ 2.12. I then backed again for £46 @ 2.20 which I laid off @ 1.75 and finally I laid again for £38 @ 1.97 to result in a profit of £38.

My next and final race trade was also at Listowel, in the 17:15, and this time I backed Tomorrow's Dream for £116 @ 1.40 to give me a profit of £46.

My race trading had finished with a profit of £152.

Now I turned my attention to the Twenty20 cricket match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka where I had a total of 10 trades but the ones that mattered were when I backed Pakistan for £350 @ 1.59 which I laid off @ 1.39 within seconds and a further back of Pakistan for £604 @ 1.30 which was laid off again within seconds @ 1.15. Both these trades where as wickets were taken and they resulted in a profit of £154.

In the evening I traded on the Derby v Newcastle football match. I started with the under 2.5 goals market where I backed the unders for £540 @ 1.64 and laid off at an average of 1.52 to produce a profit of £57. With 6 minutes left I also backed  under 1.5 goals for £37 @ 1.22 to secure another £8 profit.

My day had finished with a profit of £371.

Sunday 16th September 2007

Well the Sports Trader had a very unusual, but enjoyable day today as I decided to go to Loch Lomond for lunch that turned into an all day outing and I therefore didn't trade at all.

My week had finished with a profit of £801.

Saturday 15th September 2007

The Sports Trader had a good day after trading on 12 horse races and 3 football matches.

My day started with 2 trades that ended with small profits. My next was in the St.Leger Stakes at Doncaster where I backed Lurcano for £307 @ 1.20 after laying the same horse for £2 @ 5.00 to result in a profit of £54. I followed this with another 2 trades that resulted in small profits.

In the 15:50 at Doncaster I laid Duff for £15 @ 3.95 to give me a profit of £15. Then in the 16:05 at Goodwood I backed Beckermet for £20 @ 2.10 and a further £500 @ 1.02 approaching the finishing line to result in a profit of £34. My next 3 race trades all finished with small profits.

The best result of my day came in the 17:30 at Doncaster where I backed The Illies for £323 @ 1.50 to give me a profit of £162. The last race trade of my day came in the 20:50 at Kempton where I managed to produce a small profit.

My race trading had therefore resulted in a profit of £307.

The first football match I traded was the Plymouth v Cardiff game. I started trading on the under 2.5 goals market with a back of the unders for £300 @ 1.86 with the 1 goal already scored. I managed to lay off all but £50 @ an average price of 1.70 before the second goal was scored. I then laid off £10 @ 2.26 when the third goal was scored leaving me with a loss of £40.

I moved on to the under 3.5 goals and backed £93 @ 1.60 just before the 4th goal was scored so I now had a further £93 loss. Next I backed the correct score of 2 -2 for £453 @ 1.17 with just 2 minutes of the match to go and this did produce a profit of £77, so my match result was a loss of £56.

I had a very quick trade on the Chelsea v Blackburn match where I backed under 2.50 goals for £690 @ 1.02 with just 6 minutes left on the clock to produce a profit of £14.

My final trades of the day came in the Athletic Bilbao v Real Zaragoza match where I backed the under 2.5 goals for £50 @ 10.00 after the second very early goal had been scored. Within minutes I had laid off half of my liability @ 6.50 and then I gradually laid off the rest before finally greening up with a lay of £50 @ 1.50 to leave me with a profit of £50.

My day had finished with a profit of £315.

Friday 14th September 2007

It was another quiet but good day for the Sports Trader as I traded on 6 horse races and 1 Twenty20 cricket match.

My first 2 race trades resulted in small profits. In the 15:00 at Bangor I laid Ice Tea for £450 @ 2.20 before backing back £304 at an average of 2.80. I then laid Ice tea for a further £6 @ 12.00 to leave me with a profit of £152.

In the 16:10 at Bangor I backed Country Escape for £38 @ 2.48 to result in a profit of £56.

I had 3 more trades that all resulted in small profits which left me  with a total profit of £221 on the day from race trading.

In the Twenty20 match that I traded, the clash between India and Pakistan I had built up a reasonable profit on both India and Pakistan only to see the match end in a draw, so no profit.

My day had therefore finished with a profit of £221.

Thursday 13th September 2007

The Sports Trader had a slow day with just 1 cricket match, 4 horse races and 2 snooker matches traded.

My day started with the Twenty20 cricket match between Bangladesh and West Indies. I have found these matches good for trading with the odds changing very quickly and it is a case of getting the first trade right which then allows you to trade comfortably through the match. With this match I managed to back Bangladesh for £500 @ 1.35 just before the odds dropped down to 1.16 where I laid off all my first trade. I then had a few more very quick trades to leave me with a profit of £103.

My horse race trading was very uneventful as all 4 trades resulted in small profits to leave me with a total profit of £13.

In the evening I traded on 2 of the Premier League snooker matches. In the first one I laid the draw for £15 @ 26.00 which resulted in a profit of £15. In the second one I started backing Ronnie O Sullivan for £143 @ 1.90 but soon had to trade out of this when it appeared the Rocket wasn't firing properly. To lay Ronnie was going to leave me with a big loss so I decided to lay the draw and ended up losing £16 on the match.

My day had finished with a profit of £115.

Wednesday 12th September 2007

It was a decent day for the Sports Trader today after trading on 6 horse races, 1 cricket match and 1 football match.

I started my day with the 14:15 at Uttoxeter where I backed Prince De Bersy for £100 @ 3.20. This resulted in my only loss of the day at £100. I followed up with 4 small but profitable trades.

My last race trade of the day was in the 17:05 at Uttoxeter where I laid Innbrodericksbar for £100 @ 6.00 to result in a profit of £100.

My horse race trading had finished with a profit of £4.

In the evening I traded the Australia v Zimbabwe Twenty20 cricket match. This was just a case of laying Australia for £23 @ 1.60, £100 @ 2.10 and £6 @ 3.80 to result in a profit of £129.

Later I traded the England v Russia European Qualifying football match. I backed the under 2.5 goals soon after the second goal had been scored for £25 @ 5.35 and laid this off @ 3.90 for £21 and 4.33 for £5. I then gradually greened up my position until I had a profit of £16 no matter the result.

My day had finished with a profit of £150.

Tuesday 11th September 2007

The Sports Trader ended another very quiet day with a loss after trading on just 5 horse races and 1 cricket match.

My day start in the worst possible way with a sizable loss as I had backed Thought Is Free for £176 @ 1.72, in the 14:10 at Lingfield, whilst in the lead and looking comfortable. She was headed with a furlong to go and I could not trade out so I lost £176.

In the 15:00 at Beverley I laid Miss Daawe for £86 @ 10.00 to result in a profit of £86.

Next came my second and last loss of the day as I backed Splendid Susie for £137 @ 2.12, in the 15:45 at Galway, again as she was leading but only to see her headed inside the final furlong, this time to cost me £137.

In the 16:10 at Lingfield I backed Missit for £163 @ 2.10 and then laid off @ 1.30 to result in a profit of £130.

My final race trade of the day was in the 18:20 at Galway where I laid Vinatieri for £10 @ 8.50 to result in a profit of £10.

My race trading had finished with a loss of £87.

In the evening I traded on the South Africa v West Indies Twenty20 cricket match. I started off backing the West Indies for £217 @ 2.45 and laying this all off at an average price of 2.25. Towards the end of the game I started to lay the West Indies and managed to end up with a profit of £75.

My day had therefore finished with a small loss of £12.   

Monday 10th September 2007

The Sports Trader had a very quiet day today with only 8 horse races and 1 tennis match traded.

I started in the early hours of the morning with the USA Open tennis final where I had laid Federer at the start hoping that Djokovic would get a set or at least brake federer's serve. In the end there where chances to get out very early on but I decided to hang in for more profit. This was the wrong decision and I was left chasing the game to eventually get out with a loss of £3.

My race trading got off to a bad start in the 14:10 at Bath where I backed Blue Zenith for £164 @ 1.92 only to see her beaten on the line by a short head to cost me £164.

In the next race at Bath, the 14:40, I managed to claw back most of my opening loss as I backed  Palm Court for £230 @ 1.70 to result in a profit of £161. My next to trades both resulted in small profits.

My next trade was in the 16:45 at Galway where I laid Rekaab for £26 @ 10.00 for a profit of £26. Next came another small winning trade.

In the 18:45 at Galway backed Zaffran Star for £74 @ 1.28 to result in a profit of £21.

The final trade of my day came in the 19:15 at Galway. I backed Our Little Club for £34 @ 1.20 when attempting to lead from the start to the finish of the race but he was headed in the finla 50 yards to cost me £34.

My day had finished with a profit of £12. 

Sunday 9th September 2007

A good performance again from the Sports Trader after trading on 1 football match and 13 horse races.

My day started in the late morning as I watched the U17 football match between Spain and Nigeria. I started to trade late in the second half, when the score was still 0 - 0, with a back of the draw for £46 @ 1.42 which I laid off @ 1.31. Then in the 88th minute I backed the draw for £760 @ 1.25 and laid off @ 1.13 for £46, 1.11 for £295, 1.10 for £131 and 1.06 for £297. I had one final lay at 1.02 for £40 to partially green up and I finished the match with a profit of £124.

My horse race trading got under way with the 14:35 at Cork which resulted in a small profit. In the 14:50 at York I laid Tugalu for £30 @ 3.00 to result in a profit of £30.

Next was the 15:15 at Fontwell where I had backed Mapilut du Molin for £50 @ 3.00 only to see him overtaken soon after the last hurdle to cost me £50. This result broke my record streak of 45 trades without a loss. My next trade resulted in a small profit.

In the 15:35 at Stratford I backed Ellerslie Tom for £47 @ 1.82 before only managing to lay off £29 @ 1.59, which resulted in a loss of £18. My next 6 trades all resulted in small profits.

In the 17:30 at York I laid El Alamein for £13 @ 9.00 to give me a profit of £13. The final race trade of my day was in the 17:35 at Galway where I backed Cool Running for £199 @ 1.25 to result in a profit of £50.

My day had finished with a profit of £175.

That was the end of my best week for a while where I ended up with a profit of £1989.

Saturday 8th September 2007

Another good day for the Sports Trader with 17 horse races and 1 football match traded and again no losing trades.

The first trade of my day was in the 14:05 at Haydock where I backed Indian Trail for £169 @ 1.60 to result in a profit of £101. My next 9 trades all resulted in small profits.

In the 16:10 at Haydock laid Little Big Boy for £121 @ 7.80 before backing back £14 @ 12.00 to result in a profit of £107. Next I had 3 more small but profitable trades.

In the 16:50 at Stratford I backed Waterspray for £111 @ 2.00 and then laid off @ 1.35 to result in a profit of £72. The final 2 race trades of my day both resulted in small profits.

My race trading had finished with a profit of £321.

Later in the evening I watched the Portugal v Poland UEFA European Qualifying football match and I backed the draw for £151 @ 1.18, with the score at 2 - 2 and with 2 minutes of normal time to go, which resulted in a profit of £27.

My day had finished with a profit of £348.