Tennis trading for dummies

01/07/2009 | By More

Thanks to the unusual scoring system, tennis matches experience some of the wildest swings you will see in any inplay market and are worth a dabble even if you have never done it before. It can be pretty low risk as well.

I’ve worked for ages to model Tennis matches accurately. I’ve got to the point wehre I now have the ability to look ahead to see where the odds should be given any scenario. While this is useful, it’s not a pre-requistie to successful Tennis trading. In fact, if you are starting out it’s really quite simple to get your first successful trade under your belt.

Even at short odds the majority of odds drift in-play. This generally occurs because of a break of serve  occuring at some point, or in the case of a very short priced favourtie a failure to break. If you don’t get either then the odds will obviously shorten. If you are at laying at low odds, then you have already framed your downside. So by using low stakes and laying the favorite at short odds at the start of the match, you have limited downside and lots of potential for upside. You are very likely to be able to trade out profitably.

Taking a bit more care to qualify or watch the start of the match and your strike rate will go up.  Timing your exit when the favourite comes back into the match will allow you to get a better exit. Even if you use little skill you shouldn’t find yourself losing match after match, subject to your exit of course! From there you can build out to more adventurous strategies. Make sure you use Guardian as this will allow you to trade more than one match at the same time with stop losses and all the usual functions.

Andy Murray - Tennis traders dream!

Andy Murray - Tennis traders dream!

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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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