{"id":3501,"date":"2011-03-31T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.betangel.com\/blog_wp\/?p=3501"},"modified":"2012-03-04T17:22:05","modified_gmt":"2012-03-04T17:22:05","slug":"waves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betfairtradingblog.com\/blog_wp\/2011\/03\/31\/waves\/","title":{"rendered":"Waves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For some time I&#8217;ve noticed curious elements within betting markets. I love analysing and studying what happens in the market, and it&#8217;s all to find out that critical question, why?<\/p>\n<p>Getting a deeper understanding is useful because it allows you to build a firm framework around your decisions. I&#8217;ve often seen people stumble on something that works and then come up with things to justify that. Eventually they will fail a little while later and slip out of existence, why? Finding success can gives you false belief that you &#8216;have it sussed&#8217; when in fact just finding something that works could just be a fluke. Failing to examine the &#8220;why&#8221; question is a key error for a lot of people in any market. I saw this a lot in financial markets. Sometimes people think they know why but they are only just scratching the real reason.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m interested in why things fail, or specifically exactly why does something really work.\u00a0 Each year I modify my strategy in a constant game of cat and mouse as a result of my research. It could be just to improve what I have, or to respond to a change in the market. When I do that, no doubt somebody else responds to that change and so the game continues. If I stayed still I would also get pushed out of existance.<\/p>\n<p>For some time I&#8217;ve been aware of a general &#8216;wave&#8217; in the market that determines how favourable it is for certain strategies. The market ebbs and flows and when the wave is peaking, that is the time of greatest opportunity. I never really, truly, understood why until recently. With a clear head after my holiday, I set about solving something unrelated and too my surprise I realised that it mapped very well on top of the wave. Within a few hours I had finally worked out what generates this phenomenon. 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