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@ryan-carruthers
Who you are?
Craig Mull
Where you are from?
An inbred town in the North West
What stage are you at in your trading journey?
The absolute beginning with football. I have done pre race horses with no success and i also wasn't enjoying the process.
What's your background?
Electronics. Also, i have been match betting for over 18 months
Why did you join BTC?
I had previously done some football research and i wasn't getting the information i needed. I joined last week and ended up signing for the annual package within days. I love it! I fell out of love with football but i actually enjoying watching some really obscure teams around the world now.
What do you hope to get from the community?
Support, information and banter. I suppose i will be at the brunt of it (Bolton fan)
What are some of your trading goals?
Just learning the basics for now , build confidence and be comfortable with my decisions.

Ryan

@marton-tompos Welcome to the group!

Martin

@marton-tompos welcome Marton! see you on the football thread

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Hey guys,

Who you are?
Marton

Where you are from?
Budapest, Hungary

What stage are you at in your trading journey?
Pretty much at the beginning. Watched a few videos from Ben at Sports Trading Life, then found BTC. Tried the 24-hrs access for the stats software - it worked, so here I am

What's your background?
History and international affairs.

Why did you join BTC?
I got interested after watching Martin's video on the 3/3.3 overall goals strategy, so I tried the software. It was convincing, but 24 hours is not enough.

What do you hope to get from the community?
I'm interested in the statistical and psychological part of trading, like how U2.5 drops rapidly if the home favourite doesn't score early.

What are some of your trading goals?
I'd be happy to learn and master 5-6 strategies I can rotate and use.

Martin

@david-edwards welcome, great to have you here!

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Who are you? David Edwards

Where are you from? Essex..... Born, bred and still live.

What stage are you at in your trading journey? I have been doing this for about 4 or 5 months now. Mainly football and dabble in the horses very occasionally.

What's your background? Healthcare

Why did you join BTC? I want to be part of a community where no question is a stupid question. Sounds a bit strange but sometimes these groups do have those personalities that put themselves above everyone else.

What do you hope to get from the community? Following on from last question, I would like to get a better understanding of the whole process of trading from top to bottom, I imagine it will never happen as we never stop learning but I would settle for knowledge and advice to make me more consistent

What are some of your trading goals? Consistency, confidence and gradual bank building. Ideally I would like this to be self funding and give me some extra income. I don't need a ferrari, mansion or anything like that!

I hope to participate as much as possible but working times restrict me to evenings mostly, but it's part of my trading plan!

Good luck everyone!

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@dave-jessop Cheers Dave. Was kinda hoping the lunacy wasn't showing at this stage. Thanks for the welcome.

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@ryan-carruthers Thanks Ryan I'm glad too. Got alot of videos to watch.

Ryan

@richard-fieldhouse great to have you here, you are correct that we emphasise community here.

A lot of others are not about that, but a community is where it all starts and where BTC started. Communities allow you to get better and I am glad you are part of this one my friend.

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Thank you for the welcome Alan,
Yes I started writing down odds changes through a few games on the under 2.5 so it feels more familiar at this point. Had pretty consistent green, only £2 stakes, until I decided to up the stakes.
Thanks for the advice I will check that filter out once I work through how to use the software.
Best of luck.
Richard

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@richard-fieldhouse Welcome to BTC, you're in a good place with lots of help at your finger tips. If you like doing the under 2.5 goal market check out Martin Futters "Unders Galore" filter... I haven't seriously traded it so can't vouch for its profitability.

There are plenty of other members filters available to you as well.

Piece of advice... Pick one you like the look of and paper trade it for a few games and see how you get on, if you fancy trading it, start as soon as there's a losing one and hopefully you'll start with plenty of green.

Best of luck!

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Hello All,

My name is Richard. I have just joined the community. Five minutes ago.
I currently live in Rugby but am from the North West originally.

What stage in my trading journey am I? Hmm the losing stage! Come from matched betting. Been attempting to trade for 1 month approx. Watching too many videos on youtube and attempting every one with bad results haha.
Currently undertaking a OU degree computing.

The reason I joined? I would like to do this professionally, I imagine alot of people do. Always wanted to work from home.

I joined BTC specifically because of a video, again on youtube I was watching at dinner break today.
Top 5 Mistakes Betfair Traders with Small Bankrolls Make
By Martin Futter
I was impressed by the way he was describing the sense of community and the help offered here at BTC. Felt that that was what I needed and other sites had not emphasized this.
I hope to soak up as much knowledge as humanly possible, become profitable, improve my bank roll and in turn help others who join after me.
Trading goals, think i have mentioned these above.

I do not watch sport for fun. Never have. I do understand football and have mostly been concentrating on that. Some of the fun with football so far have included-
Backing under 2.5 with £2 bets, making pennies! £50 goes on Boom! Goal!

Correct score market 0-0 60th minute, 1 strike on target. Backed everything up to 2-2. Come back full time 2-3!

Everytime I have tried trading horses have been a disaster. Don't know what to look for. Big brown animals with small fellas in silks on them.

Anyway, hope you all have a profitable week, good luck.
Richard

Ryan

@allan-capes Welcome to the group matey!

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@allan-capes Welcome to BTC Allan you're in a good place... Best of luck on your journey!

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Who you are? Allan Capes
Where you are from?
Gateshead originally but moved more times than a Gypsies dog!
Now live in Rochdale.
What stage are you at in your trading journey.
I have been using the betfair exchange for a while but just as a place to get better odds. I still tend to gamble but really want to get enough discipline to Trade. Work to be done on the mental side of trading!
What's your background? I did an electrical apprenticeship on a gold mine in South Africa but am now a project Manager installing the Audio and lighting stuff in theatres and schools!
Why did you join BTC?
I want to learn strategies that can return regular profit and get support on the right events and matches to focus on.
What do you hope to get from the community? Learn from others making the same mistakes as I am.
What are some of your trading goals? initially I just want to see that trading can make me a regular second income and hopefully one day a full time source of income.

Ryan

@sam-hankin Welcome!!

Another Lincolnshire lad! I am from Lincoln, not too far from you!

Great to have you here and you are in the right place to chat with like minded people buddy

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Hi All,

Who are you?
Sam Hankin

Where are you from?
Grimsby (Lincolnshire)

What stage are you at in your trading journey?
Right at the start, I only found out about sports trading at the start of October 2019, Ive already made a lot of mistakes by wanting to get involved in every game without doing research before hand ect. I have watched tons of videos on youtube and listened to the BTC podcast on my way to work and im slowly becoming more disciplined because of it.

What's your background?
I'm currently an Aircraft Technician

Why did you join BTC?
I joined because I wanted to find a place to talk to other like minded people about trading, discuss new ideas and make use of all the stats and news available on BTC.

What do you hope to get from the community?
I want to improve my trading techniques and meet like minded people along the way.

What are some of your trading goals?
I'm starting with a fairly small bank and my aim is to build it up until I can match my monthly income from work with what I earn from trading.

Another goal is to become more disciplined with trading and I think by researching good trades by using the software available will stop my jumping into dodgy trades or trading on Kazakhstan Division 2 with 0 liquidity just because its on.

Lets do this!

Ryan

@ivan1977uk Welcome to the group, great to have you here. I for the LTD we have a couple of filters already set up to help you on the members filters....

Ryan Betgreen
Keith's HT LTD

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Who you are?

-ivan, 42 years old.

Where you are from?

-Croatia but living and working in Sheffield.

What stage are you at in your trading journey

-Not far from beginning. S

What's your background?

-Match betting and dabbling with LTD on random games

Why did you join BTC?

-for better selection of matches

What do you hope to get from the community?

-get the useful tips and second opinion

What are some of your trading goals?

couple of 100 £/month extra

Ryan

@alan-steward Welcome to the community, great to have you here buddy