Treacle trading

07/04/2009 | By More

090404-1615-retrieving-your-bets-copyI can’t remember a day when I was so nervous about using the exchanges.

On Saturday, Grand National day, my biggest concern was with the stability of Betfair itself. As the day wore on and we came to the traditional 3pm pinch point, things were slower but bearable for me. Speaking to some other traders and customers though, they didn’t feel comfortable with the delays and quit. I guess the strain on Betfair was so high that delays were inevitable.

We can only speculate why this was the case, whatever the cause, it was very frustrating. Despite this I managed to beat last years total on the race and the day but the week was a little weaker. With Cheltenham and Aintree now out of the way we can focus on all the fun and games we have in front of us for the summer. Having been in the market for so many years it takes an exceptional set of circumstances to hit a record race or week. So all I can do for the summer is work hard and hope these circumstances come together at some point. Here’s hoping.

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I left a good job in the consumer technology industry to go a trade on Betfair for a living way back in June 2000. I've been here ever since pushing very boundaries of what's possible on betting exchanges and loved every minute of it.

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