{"id":11744,"date":"2016-03-05T18:02:46","date_gmt":"2016-03-05T18:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.betangel.com\/blog_wp\/?p=11744"},"modified":"2016-03-15T07:50:46","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T07:50:46","slug":"when-saturday-comes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betfairtradingblog.com\/blog_wp\/2016\/03\/05\/when-saturday-comes\/","title":{"rendered":"When Saturday comes…"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I first started sports trading I treated it like a 9-5 job.<\/span><\/p>\n

I did all the usual things you would in a\u00a0normal job and returned to my out of work activities after the day was over.\u00a0Fairly quickly I realised that this wasn’t going to work. All the best opportunities tend to occur outside of ‘normal’ hours and therefore I had to shift my working patterns.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shifting my workload<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

At first this was a little tricky, I started doing the odd ‘out of hours’\u00a0trading to gradually\u00a0integrate the shift into my home life. But eventually, it was a permanent fixture and that’s the way it has remained since. This didn’t go down particularly well at home, but soon they realised how important it was and what a significant financial impact it had.<\/span><\/p>\n

Before long I realised that focusing my trading around key sports events was key. I could earn a lot of money in a short time frame easily and when it was quieter I didn’t need to worry about trading or profit targets so much.<\/span><\/p>\n

The psychological side effect<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

But I also realised how critical it was to be around for the opportunities. Missing a key trading period, for any reason, would put a nasty dent in my totals. But it also added to pressure on quieter days. It turns out missing key periods made me a worse trader during other times! So being around at important times is like a footballer turning up on a Saturday for a top of the table clash. It’s pretty\u00a0important.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is why I run training courses on a Monday, it has less impact and it’s also uneconomic on a Saturday. If you look at my twitter feed today you will see I was chatting to other traders at 04:30am and will continue to hack away until the last ball is kicked this evening. There is so much going on today, it’s not to be missed.<\/span><\/p>\n

OK it’s a long day, but if you saw what you can do, you would too! After All, that is why I did this in the first place. To earn enough to make my own destiny and not be beholden to somebody else. Long may that continue!<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information, have a look at this video from last Summer where I discuss the life of a sports trader and the sports cycle: –<\/span><\/p>\n