{"id":11710,"date":"2016-02-13T06:08:14","date_gmt":"2016-02-13T06:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.betangel.com\/blog_wp\/?p=11710"},"modified":"2016-03-06T15:48:16","modified_gmt":"2016-03-06T15:48:16","slug":"my-trading-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betfairtradingblog.com\/blog_wp\/2016\/02\/13\/my-trading-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"My trading journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">February can be a bit quiet and with a lack of high profile events in some key markets can be a bit depressing. So how about some inspiration for you?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I grew up in the middle of nowhere into a family of not much. I didn&#8217;t arrive in the world with massively high expectations lets say. I left school with not much of a leg up into the world, as my favourite subject was playing sport, so I couldn&#8217;t hang my hat on top qualifications.\u00a0That I succeeded making anything of my life was something of a miracle. But I had plenty of drive (which I found out was 95% of success).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Putting all those stories to one side, here is a summary of how I came to trade on Betfair full time and how I got there: &#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">My journey &#8211; parts\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.betangel.com\/blog_wp\/2013\/01\/09\/my-sports-trading-journey-part-one\/\">1<\/a>,<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.betangel.com\/blog_wp\/2013\/01\/10\/my-sports-trading-journey-part-two\/\">2<\/a>,<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.betangel.com\/blog_wp\/2013\/01\/11\/my-sports-trading-journey-part-three\/\">3<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.betangel.com\/blog_wp\/2013\/03\/29\/my-sports-trading-journey-part-four\/\">4<\/a>\u00a0&amp;\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.betangel.com\/blog_wp\/2013\/06\/22\/my-sports-trading-journey-part-five\/\">5<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.betangel.com\/blog_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/000618-Joined-18th-June-2000-Edit.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"51\" \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_11710\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"11710\" 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>February can be a bit quiet and with a lack of high profile events in some key markets can be a bit depressing. 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