Introduce Yourself to the Community
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@bottlabroon Great to have you here! Looking forward to seeing more of your posts as well.
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Just realised it was probably quite ignorant of me to start posting on the forum without introducing myself properly - So here goes:
Who are you? I'm Mike
Where are you from? North Tyneside - which many will have guessed from my username
What stage are you at in your trading journey? Full time trader although I should add that I'm now retired with a pension and don't have to rely on my trading for my income, so much less pressure!
What's your background? Retired businessman after running my own businesses in the marketing and logistics sectors. Trading background I started to dabble in trading many years ago, for the old timers like me that was back in the Flutter days pre Betfair
I really started to take it much more seriously about 5 or 6 years ago and then stepped it up further after retiring 18 months ago.Why did you join BTC? To discuss trading in general with like-minded people. Everything I read on trading has value as it sparks off ideas for research and research is seldom wasted. I'd also be delighted if my experience can help some new traders along the way - I don't and never will class myself as an expert, I'm always learning and still make mistakes and that probably won't change as I'm a fairly aggressive trader but if I can help and encourage others to find the right path along the way it would be a bonus.
What do you hope to get from the community? Probably answered that above.
What are some of your trading goals? To add different sports to my portfolio. I primarily trade football & cricket, I've tried and failed miserably in the past with horse racing and would like to add Tennis to my portfolio along the way.
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@kristian said in Introduce Yourself to the Community:
@martin-futter I was travelling around Asia and just liked it so much I decided to stay, plus I met a girl there haha
that's how I ended up in the North West
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@alden-murdock said in Introduce Yourself to the Community:
@martin-futter
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its whole year. argentina match i lost 100€. Argentina went and won the match 1-0 they did the goal too early.ouch hope we can help you turn it around!
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@martin-futter I was travelling around Asia and just liked it so much I decided to stay, plus I met a girl there haha
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@martin-futter
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its whole year. argentina match i lost 100€. Argentina went and won the match 1-0 they did the goal too early. -
@alden-murdock said in Introduce Yourself to the Community:
After losing about 1k in trading i think its time i join your guys community, just now was doing duthcing correct score, i got out early because i thought argentina would do more than 3 goal, what i mistake
Welcome Alden, was that loss on one trade?
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@kristian said in Introduce Yourself to the Community:
Hey all,
Joined here a few days ago and wanted to introduce myself..
Who you are? I'm Kris
Where you are from? I'm from Manchester, but now live in Indonesia
What stage are you at in your trading journey? Beginner
What's your background? Teaching English, matched betting and a bit of Forex trading
Why did you join BTC? I joined to learn more about BF trading and hopefully get some guidance from some pro's
What do you hope to get from the community? I hope to find some consistent profitable strategies and more importantly learn how to pick the correct game for that strategy. After that i'd like to use it to continue learning and hopefully one day help others as well
What are some of your trading goals? My main goal is to make a comfortable profit each month
Cheers!
Welcome! How come you live in Indonesia now, quite a distance!
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After losing about 1k in trading i think its time i join your guys community, just now was doing duthcing correct score, i got out early because i thought argentina would do more than 3 goal, what i mistake
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Hey all,
Joined here a few days ago and wanted to introduce myself..
Who you are? I'm Kris
Where you are from? I'm from Manchester, but now live in Indonesia
What stage are you at in your trading journey? Beginner
What's your background? Teaching English, matched betting and a bit of Forex trading
Why did you join BTC? I joined to learn more about BF trading and hopefully get some guidance from some pro's
What do you hope to get from the community? I hope to find some consistent profitable strategies and more importantly learn how to pick the correct game for that strategy. After that i'd like to use it to continue learning and hopefully one day help others as well
What are some of your trading goals? My main goal is to make a comfortable profit each month
Cheers!
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@martyn-hemmens 100% I would say the daily email is perhaps your best place to start @Martin-Futter emails out selections daily that he's tested from the members and also the stats, this would be where I would start.
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@martyn-hemmens hi mate and welcome.
Just on the point of software. The markets move so fast in horse racing that Id say software is basically essential.
The Betfair interface is more than adequate for football trading. There’s also some simple strategies for football which are really good for an introduction to trading. Lay the draw and as @Matt-Wood says second half goals are a good place to start. There’s in depth explanations on this on the site and throughout the forum.
I’d also say make use of the forum if you’re new to it. Ask questions and learn from others but ultimately be your own trader. Finding what works for you is ultimately the best way to success. You will become a better trader by joining BTC if you commit to it.
I wish you the best of luck.
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@martyn-hemmens said in Introduce Yourself to the Community:
Cheers Matt, even the acronyms are a bewilderment to start with “SHG” trading ?
Martyn.
Haha Im sorry its so easy to slip into using them, I had no idea when I started either.
Quick list of a few:
SHG=Second Half Goal
FHG=First Half Goal
1H or H1=1st half
2H or H2=2nd half
You might see reference to 'ELO' that is the football ratings (button between tennis stats and forum on the dashboard)Hope that helps a bit
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@martyn-hemmens Welcome to BTC. Certainly you are in the right place to learn trading here.
I have been here 4 short months and my knowledge has come on loads thanks to everyone here. Feel free to shout any questions you have. There is always someone on here willing to offer some help.
Starting strategy, I can only speak from my personal experience, I would look at some of the SHG ideas. There are loads of different ways to trade SHG so find one that suits you. I say this as I bounced around like a pinball to begin with, very much a kid in a sweet shop, as there are almost endless opportunities.
I found that the best sense of control I have got so far is from SHG trading. Alternatively there is a BTC daily email sent out highlighting games from proven strategies. Make sure you read up on them in the strategies section first though.
Best thing you can do as a general point is listen to the pros like Ryan and Martin. They know what they are doing
Best of luck in your journey
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@ryan-carruthers
Hi Ryan, as its probably my first real go at this, can you point into the right direction of a trading strategy that I should be starting with, I don’t mind whether it’s football or racing, and can I do it without having any trading software to start with?
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@martyn-hemmens
Welcome to the group my friend!
I stopped the Casino offers as well! I didn't fully trust the variance and it started eating my profits - I knew I could make more with less time trading and most importantly I was in control of that situation!
With that being said, what's the one thing you want to get right first or answered so we can get you moving towards being a better trader?
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Hi, I’m Martyn, hailing from North Yorkshire, been match betting for almost a year now, made a small/modest bank, but no where near some guys regularly post about, struggled with casino offers, I’m one of those unlucky people that never seem to get a break when doing the offers, I know the advice was too trust variance, but became a little to depressing day after day, so decided to quit casino, with the match betting I find myself spending several hours chasing the free bet offers, which as said earlier, I’m just not that lucky, and trying to keep ql’s To a minimum is becoming is a bit of a pain, re the amount of time I’m spending. (Says the wife
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Recently started watching trading videos on YouTube, which is where I found the BTC, was refreshing to see you guys discussing regular/normal stuff centred around trading, so thought I’d give you ago.
I’m currently employed full time, but recent events have forced me to think long and hard about the future, the big 60 next year, and with various events over the years not being kind, was looking at other possible income streams. Obviously I’ve dabled a bit over the last few weeks, lay the draw, overs/under, time decay, kinda stuff, but soon came to the realisation that I really need some help and guidance, so here I am, looking forward to chatting to you guys, hopefully you can start me on a path of trading successfully. I’m under no illusions that losses occur on the path to successful trading but what I can see so far from your community is there is a better way. So thanks for reading my waffle, and here we goMartyn.
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@allan-poulsen WOW!! Whats the name of the restaurant?
BTC night out by the sounds of this!!
Great to have you here, I'm happy to help if you need anything - what's the first goal you want to achieve?
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Who you are? Hello my name is Allan
Where you are from? I'm from Denmark
What stage are you at in your trading journey. i have been trading on and off for a few years. when Corona kept me home from work for 2 month in april and may i decided to spend my time getting better to trading and to take it a step further and hopefully i can make it full time with in a few years.
What's your background? I'm a chef and one of the best;) with Michelinstars and all that s**t;)
Why did you join BTC? like everybody else that get into trading, i have been watching many many youtube videos and one day i saw some videos from BTC and for the first time it didn't feel like a cheater company. you guys are really good when you explain all your strategy and ideas.
What do you hope to get from the community? in the last few months after startet working again i haven't had the time to be an active part of the community. but i have been watching from the sideline.
as a newbie it's takes a bit of time to learn the trading terms, words, slang but when i got familiar to that its very interesting to follow some of the more experience traders and i will be an active part of the community in the future.What are some of your trading goals? I want to make it fulltime
