Tag: journey

Betfair trading – Ten years apart

Betfair trading – Ten years apart

A reflective and rather long post for the bank holiday weekend.

Don’t look back in anger

I recently looked back at some stats from the start of 2007 and compared them to 2017. I’ll often compare previous periods and markets to see what I find. I’ve always archived huge amounts of data as doing so allows me to monitor my own activity, but also see how the market changes over time.

My strike rate on racing in 2007 was a …

15/04/2017 | By | Reply More
My Betfair birthday

My Betfair birthday

I celebrated my ‘Betfair Birthday’ this week, I am now a Betfair teenager! It’s been just over thirteen years since I opened my account and started betting.

What better way to ‘celebrate’ than to look back at the moment I took the big jump? If you would have told me that thirteen years ago what I do now, I just wouldn’t have believed it remotely possible. Therefore, I suggest you always use the word impossible with the greatness of caution.…

22/06/2013 | By | 1 Reply More
My Sports trading journey – Part four

My Sports trading journey – Part four

Links to Part one, Part two & part three

The leap into the unknown

So I was in my early 30’s, had a desire to work for myself, but was in a well-paid job and travelling all over the place; which I quite enjoyed. Some things had always niggled me though.

If you work for somebody else, you feel you never truly control your own destiny. As you rise to more senior roles, you realise you are pretty much …

29/03/2013 | By | Reply More
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