{"id":4177,"date":"2011-07-14T16:40:54","date_gmt":"2011-07-14T15:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.betangel.com\/blog_wp\/?p=4177"},"modified":"2012-02-23T21:57:12","modified_gmt":"2012-02-23T21:57:12","slug":"repeating-patterns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betfairtradingblog.com\/blog_wp\/2011\/07\/14\/repeating-patterns\/","title":{"rendered":"Repeating patterns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes the markets surprise me, but more often than not they don&#8217;t. After 11 years of doing this, even the surprises don&#8217;t seem surprising any more. But yesterday I got a surprise.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, last year, I traded a race at Catterick and got a really cracking result from it. A year later at the same course, on the same day and on the exact same race I got the same result. You would think it impossible that such a thing could happen, but it did! This is not the first time this has happened though and history does seems to repeat with alarming regularity. Now all I need to do is to understand why.<\/p>\n<p>That may take a while.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4179\" title=\"110714 - P&amp;L Day - Edit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.betangel.com\/blog_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/110714-PL-Day-Edit.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"369\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.betfairtradingblog.com\/blog_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/110714-PL-Day-Edit.png 369w, https:\/\/www.betfairtradingblog.com\/blog_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/110714-PL-Day-Edit-300x182.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_4177\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"4177\" 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>Sometimes the markets surprise me, but more often than not they don&#8217;t. 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