Introduce Yourself to the Community
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Hi!
My name's Stephen and I'm from Nottingham
I'm right at the very start of my trading journey. I've only placed about 3 or 4 trades, and most of them lost (which I think is probably a good thing at this stage, because it's made me quite cautious and sensible)I've come here from matched betting with Profit Accumulator/Outplayed. I'm very slow with that, and didn't really like it very much.
I worked out yesterday I made around £8 per day matched betting, and I watched Ryan's YT video about making £10 a day, so it made sense to be hereI've joined BTC because the YouTube videos Ryan & Martin make are so friendly and welcoming and fun, I kinda felt like I might fit in here
I hope to contribute to the community once I'm up to speed with my trading knowledge
For now, my only trading goal is to make around £10-20 a day - honestly, that will do me just fine!! -
Hi everyone my name is Geoff
I live in Stafford, but really from Yorkshire
I have been experimenting with trading for a couple of months
I currently work as a picker, but looking forward to retirement within 4 years, I need to supplement my income and hopefully be in a position to retire a couple of years earlier.
I have joined BTC, to help with strategies and ideas for picking appropriate games to trade
I need to become a better trader, having looked at various sites, I feel this could well be the best place to achieve this -
@mark-reynolds Welcome! Great to have you here, looking forward to getting you firing on this and get you smashing Betfair
Bookies do gub ya, horrible that! Least we have Betfair!
Have you started checking the videos out? They are here if you haven't https://forum.betfairtradingcommunity.com/category/10/new-members-start-here
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Hi Everyone, Im new to the Community and thought id introduce myself.
Who you are? Mark
Where you are from? A small town on the outskirts of Belfast in Northern Ireland.
What stage are you at in your trading journey? I have dabbled before in a few systems and strategies but never made anything worth talking about. I done matched betting for a year or two and done well, I have also used many tipsters which didn't do so well.
What's your background? I work in IT
Why did you join BTC? I see trading as the only real way to make money gambling when its done right, bookmakers gub you if you are in anyway successful.
What do you hope to get from the community? To learn as much as possible about successful trading, Meet like minded people and to make some profit would be nice also :).
What are some of your trading goals? Bank management, decision making and to make profit.
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Ohhhh you are my kinda guy @karl-pick!!!
Need a few more like you
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I have watched all the videos and steps....time is one thing I have plenty of!
Two weeks into Lay the Draw strategy which seems to be pretty good with small stakes and adding new criteria to fine tune.
So study, testing and learning is what I am currently focused on...small steps.
Finding the opportunity to use the software is fascinating there is so much it can do, everyday is a school day! -
@karl-pick Welcome to the group matey!
You aren't that far from me, I in Lincoln!
Great to have you here, I've started pushing everybody to this section: https://forum.betfairtradingcommunity.com/category/10/new-members-start-here
It's the best place to start!
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Who you are? Karl
Where you are from? Boston, Lincolnshire
What stage are you at in your trading journey? Beginner, been betting for 30 years but time to try and even the odds!
What's your background? Previously worked for Royal Mail 27 years, but Covid (2020) has taken its toll on me and have I Long Covid, so pretty much housebound, Legs don' t work somedays, Good days I can walk for 5minutes Now. So I have taken a payment to leave.
So time for a New Career, looked at all sorts of trading and because of how my brain analyses everything thought Betfair may give me opportunities.
Why did you join BTC? Looked, researched and studied many options of learning to trade, but really liked the amount of videos you have done on social media and the software sounded interesting and worth the investment for a trial period. But I have already learnt there is more to offer than what is says on the tin!
What do you hope to get from the community? KNOWLEDGE, advise and a push or nudge when I get stuck.
What are some of your trading goals? The dream is to make steady money not shed loads just enough to supplement my income and enjoy the experience and challenge of developing New and hopefully profitable skills. -
@jarvis-de-souza welcome great to have you here.
property management, you will fit in well here!
I love that you love a spreadsheet. Man after my own heart!
if you need any help with anything let me know
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Who you are? Jarvis
Where you are from? NW London
What stage are you at in your trading journey Still early just tried a few bits
What's your background? property management
Why did you join BTC? I want to make more money, but i also like the idea of trading, i like numbers, and spread sheets
What do you hope to get from the community? advice
What are some of your trading goals? to become a professional -
@harminder-chohan Welcome!!!
Great to have you here, I think the best place to start is here: https://forum.betfairtradingcommunity.com/category/10/videos
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@ryan
One thing I noticed in casinos is that if everyone left when they were ahead a small amount, the profits would be a hell of a lot less.
So i guess, don't play(trade in this case) for the sake of it is something I should be wary of. Along with not letting trades run trying to squeeze a little bit more profit, especially as I'm only starting out.It is very hard to take much from the levels of play I used to see as a lot of players would do more than my salary was at the time in one spin/hand.
In that regard, you stop seeing it as money to some degree I guess.
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@vaughn-taylor said in Introduce Yourself to the Community:
tennis
hope it improves for you, if you need anything just ask
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@martin I've dabbled in football, tennis and hose racing with little to no success. This community looks like it has a lot to offer members
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@shaun-sykes said in Introduce Yourself to the Community:
HI everyone, just a quick intro from myself.
Who you are? Shaun Sykes
Where you are from? Originally from the NE of England, but lived all over England and am currently pretty much nomadic, going where I like, when I like.
What stage are you at in your trading journey Just left the starting blocks!
What's your background? I worked in very high end Mayfair casinos for over 20 years and took redundancy during the lockdown.
Why did you join BTC? I have watched a fair few of Ryans vids recently and liked his style. Mainly though, I wanted access to the stats
What do you hope to get from the community? Guidance, knowledge and the comfort of knowing there are others at various points of the journey I am on.
What are some of your trading goals? Long term goal is financial independence, short term is to build a profitable strategy or two on my own.
I like how you tried to butter me up first my telling me you liked my style but actually you are just here for the stats
Interesting about the high end casinos, what from that world did you pick up on? I'm fascinated on how that life can help you in this trading one.
