{"id":10195,"date":"2014-08-29T09:18:15","date_gmt":"2014-08-29T08:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.betangel.com\/blog_wp\/?p=10195"},"modified":"2014-08-29T09:20:37","modified_gmt":"2014-08-29T08:20:37","slug":"sometimes-trading-can-take-back-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betfairtradingblog.com\/blog_wp\/2014\/08\/29\/sometimes-trading-can-take-back-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes trading can take a back seat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">No trading for me this afternoon as I&#8217;m am off to the funeral. An old school friend has lost his father and, to cut a very long story short, I wasn&#8217;t lucky enough to have a conventional upbringing but his family and that of another friend filled in the gaps for me. So it&#8217;s the least I can do to offer him my support at a time like this. But as they say, his Dad had a good innings, so not the saddest of proceedings this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I&#8217;ll return later to have a look at the Tennis. The first week of the US open has been pretty positive so far TBH. But I&#8217;ve been lucky in that I have had few results go against me immediately, so I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s fair to talk about the rather inflated P&amp;L I&#8217;m seeing at the moment. It doesn&#8217;t include any real negatives, which is an unrealistic assessment of performance. I&#8217;m sure there are few waiting around the corner to balance things out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the Racing I&#8217;m having a positive week, which is great.\u00a0This is the last week of the summer schedule so it will be annoying to see opportunities go, but at least I can look forward to an easier schedule. I&#8217;ve traded 94 races this week, you can see from my P&amp;L consistency is my missing middle name. When you are trading indiviudal results can seem a bit over the place at times, but it&#8217;s remarkable how often the average result reverts to mean. I&#8217;ve skipped a lot of the lower quality stuff this week as I am less consistent in those markets. Yesterday afternoon was terrible, so I skipped a lot of races; but the evening produced some decent rewards. It&#8217;s always worth focusing on what you know will work rather than trying to make something from nothing. Most of the opportunity seems to be at Thirsk this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I&#8217;ll be back in the fold this evening and of course at the weekend. Good luck today!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.betangel.com\/blog_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/29-08-2014-PL-to-Friday-Copy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10196 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.betangel.com\/blog_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/29-08-2014-PL-to-Friday-Copy.png\" alt=\"29-08-2014 - P&amp;L to Friday - Copy\" width=\"368\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.betfairtradingblog.com\/blog_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/29-08-2014-PL-to-Friday-Copy.png 368w, https:\/\/www.betfairtradingblog.com\/blog_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/29-08-2014-PL-to-Friday-Copy-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_10195\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"10195\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/www.betfairtradingblog.com\/blog_wp\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=betangel\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No trading for me this afternoon as I&#8217;m am off to the funeral. 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