To my dismay I just realised the link under my profile gave editing privileges which was never the plan. Found this out because I got a notification that Sam Roberts had changed it.

I have checked and so far it appears to be ok but if Sam is reading this could you please tell me what you changed?

@Martin Haha, cool about your friend 😉 I also think Denmark is wonderful, but mostly in spring and summer, so that’s when I’m primarily in Denmark and Scandinavia.

I can see that a lot has changed here on BTC, and I’m currently digging into it 😉 This week I’ve started testing a couple of strategies that will hopefully show some good signs, but I’d like to trade a bit while I’m testing. Is there anyone who would be willing to share 2–3 strategies that I can start trading while I run my tests?

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The first recording in my LTD let it run strategy. I could have cashed out for 90% of my stake at 53 minutes, instead Man City decided to try and give me a herina🤣

Evening all , update for November , after a poor 1st week and then the international break slowed trading down , i recovered excellently for the second half of the month
The back the draw for 1st half made a small loss overall , which was the 3rd month in a row of losses but the previous two months before i started using money was very profitable so i will carry on for one more month with this system.
The injury time goal strategy had the best returns for a month to date so was really pleased with this.

System 1 - BACK THE DRAW FOR THE 1ST HALF(2.0-2.30 ODDS) CHECK H2H 50% PLUS
TRADES 16
WON 6
LOST 10
S/RATE 37.50%
LOST £13.86

SYSTEM 2- INJURY TIME GOAL LAST 5 MATCHES (ENTER 90MINS ODDS 1.30 BELOW ON LAYING UNDER NEXT GOAL MARKET)
TRADES 51
WON 18
LOST 33
S/RATE 35.29%
PROFIT £612.86

Like i have mentioned before, i have been paper trading loads of other systems for the last few months, some i only recently started tracking so will need another couple of months of data and a couple one more month.

Anyway my new trading bank for Decmeber is £2611.77 and the new 1% liability stakes will be £26.11

@allan-poulsen these are member strategies that have been shared with us over the years, not being tracked manually as it would be impossible to track (thousands of inplay data points would need to be tracked live per week manually), though when we have the next big software update (which isn't far off) it will be possible to run them through and find out.

@Adam said in TODAYS BUDGET AND NEW TAXES:

It seems horse racing won't be hit quite as hard, but only because the Horserace Betting Levy already exists:

A new rate of General Betting Duty will be introduced for general bets made remotely (for example online) from 1 April 2027. The remote rate of 25% will apply to all remote betting other than remote bets on UK horseracing which will remain unchanged, in line with land based betting, in recognition that operators contribute 10% towards the statutory Horserace Betting Levy, resulting in an existing de-facto 25% rate for bets on UK horse races

There will be indirect effects though - less sponsorship from bookies, less marketing, fewer bonuses etc.

Casinos are being hit the hardest:

The new duty rate of 40% will apply for accounting periods that begin on or after 1 April 2026 and will be chargeable on profits on remote gaming from that date onwards.

But don't worry, you can avoid remote betting by having a weekend away and betting at the venue instead. Then you just have to pay an extra 3p per mile for driving your EV there and a tourism tax on your Airbnb or hotel.

If you're lucky enough to get a win, make sure you immediately spend it and don't put it in your bank account, or you'll pay an extra 2% tax on any savings you have!

This government will probably tax us for oxygen intake in the next budget!

ahahaha yes! @Darran-Padley

Relish is good though!

@Darran-Padley there's no definitive wrong or right way to trade or bet these games but the best way to find out is to forward test them, using small stakes - I'd stick to one approach for say a couple hundred results and see what you find. You can look to re-assess and adjust your approach after you have a fair idea of how it all works and whether or not it suits you (most important factor of all).

@Shannon-Townsend good idea to trade with no distractions, not surprised it's gone well doing that!

@Sam-roberts made a megathread a while back if you want to run the numbers on these: https://forum.betfairtradingcommunity.com/topic/3531/horse-racing-strategies-megathread/2

@Anthony-Daynes Perfect, haven't spoke with Mike in a long while I remember when he first started out in this world... god I've been around this world too long!

@Alex-Rendell Thank you

@Raj-Kukadia Im not sure what you are asking me here buddy?

@Alex-Rendell said in Hi!:

@Alessandro-Imbrescia I personally think it matters less what you actually do in terms of staying in or trading out; the most important thing for me is staying consistent and adopting the same approach during every single trade.

priceless advice!

@Lee-Greener might be worth contacting BFBOT customer service and seeing what changed on the new version?

@Martin Great, thanks

@Alex-Ionică to get 400 selections a month on a strategy can be difficult, I mean how many matches a day are likely to be value for any given strategy? Maybe 5-10? Then you would have to find them all! It's easier to do this around multiple strategies.

@Patrik-Mellqvist An excellent read.

@LATUNER-Patrick Thank you!

@Jaysen-John thanks for that update. When you say following, which specific strategy is it you are following? Then I can give some advice on it.