trading life- building up my balance

[Ryan]

@gary-brown Well played matey, enjoying reading these.

[A Former User]

Week 2 Day 2 Monday
Starting Bank = £456.96 End Bank = £537.23
Profit = £80.27 increase = 17.56%
An excellent day of inplay trades on the goal markets..
Not all days will be like this so I need to take it a bit slower and not let todays success lead to mistakes. This is where I sometimes have fallen down before.

[Martin]

@gary-brown said in trading life- building up my balance:

Week 2 Day 1 Sunday
Starting Bank = £419.46 End Bank = £456.96
Profit = £37.50 % increase = 8.94%

Trades today
Football / Paris St-G v Monaco : First Half Goals 0.5 +£4.79
At the start of the match I layed 0.5 goals before HT.
Around 5 mins into the game i traded out of the bet so I had a free bet for over 0.5 goals in the first half. When PSG scored I won the trade which was £4.79 or £5 with out the commission being paid. I like this kind of trade, laying 0.5 goals for a few minutes and creating a free bet for over 0.5 goals. Watch the match carefully and again stick to your bank management so if a goal is scored within the few minutes you have the lay bet in place your not going to be too upset.

Football / Deportivo v Extremadura UD : LCS at HT = +£3.84
Football / Hacken v Djurgardens : LTD at HT +0.27
odds didn't change much at all when I guess the under dog scored first goal so I cashed out with a very very small profit rather than risk the fav scoring and the game ending in a draw. Not too keen on LTD at the moment as this happened a few times to me,

Football / Everton v Man Utd : Under 5.5 Goals +£28.76
Football / Everton v Man Utd : Under 3.5 Goals = +£1.09 (cashed out)
Football / Viborg v Naestved : LCS at HT when odds hit below 4.5 = + £4.79

Overrall a good day using some of the boys suggestions in the forum and a couple of inplay trades of my own whilst watching the matches and getting in and out of the goal markets before goals have been scored.

fantastic stuff love this!

[A Former User]

Week 2 Day 1 Sunday
Starting Bank = £419.46 End Bank = £456.96
Profit = £37.50 % increase = 8.94%

Trades today
Football / Paris St-G v Monaco : First Half Goals 0.5 +£4.79
At the start of the match I layed 0.5 goals before HT.
Around 5 mins into the game i traded out of the bet so I had a free bet for over 0.5 goals in the first half. When PSG scored I won the trade which was £4.79 or £5 with out the commission being paid. I like this kind of trade, laying 0.5 goals for a few minutes and creating a free bet for over 0.5 goals. Watch the match carefully and again stick to your bank management so if a goal is scored within the few minutes you have the lay bet in place your not going to be too upset.

Football / Deportivo v Extremadura UD : LCS at HT = +£3.84
Football / Hacken v Djurgardens : LTD at HT +0.27
odds didn't change much at all when I guess the under dog scored first goal so I cashed out with a very very small profit rather than risk the fav scoring and the game ending in a draw. Not too keen on LTD at the moment as this happened a few times to me,

Football / Everton v Man Utd : Under 5.5 Goals +£28.76
Football / Everton v Man Utd : Under 3.5 Goals = +£1.09 (cashed out)
Football / Viborg v Naestved : LCS at HT when odds hit below 4.5 = + £4.79

Overrall a good day using some of the boys suggestions in the forum and a couple of inplay trades of my own whilst watching the matches and getting in and out of the goal markets before goals have been scored.

[A Former User]

A few trades today in between family stuff.

Trade 1. Man City V Spurs u4.5 goals when first goal was scored
After first goal the prices zoomed up high on the goal markets. So I took advantage of these inflated prices and backed under 5.5 goals and just left it run winning £20 in profit. I did watch the first half but felt safe to let it run rather than cash out with it being only 1-0 at HT. (WON £20.14)

Trade 2
HT trade- Bayern Munich v Werder Bremen : Over 1.5 Goals (Cashed out and lost approximately £10 before the 1st goal was scored. I would of lost less on this trade and be close to scratching the trade if I had cashed out 1min later when the first goal had been scored. BOO! (LOSS £10.28)

Trade 3
HT TRADE- Leverkusen v Nurnberg : LTD (WON £2.88)

Trade 4
10 mins to go inplay trade - Bayern Munich v Werder Bremen : Over 0.5 Goals (Won). Watching the game I could see this coming so placed a small trade on this. (WON £5.47)

Trade 5 2 x LTD at around HT
Football / Partick v Alloa WON £3.52
Football / Queens Park v Annan WON £5.09

Trade 6 Bournmouth V Fulham LTD at HT Won £0.17

The next trade was a trade I won very small (could call it a scratch trade I guess). When the under dog Fulham scored, the LTD odds went against me. I could of waited to see if Fulham would get a second goal but I didn't want to take the risk of Bournmouth getting a late goal and the match finishing in a draw. I could see this happening so I decided to cash out and scratch the trade as soon as I was in a small [profit rather than a small loss

Trade 7 Bournmouth V Fulham O1.5 goals split stake placed at HT.
The plan was to trade out of this bet when the first goal was scored in the second half. Unfortunately I was a little inpatient and I cashed out at a small loss minutes before the first goal and so lost out on a small profit. The plan was to trade out after first goal in the game. I usually a bit more patient than this.

So overall for Saturday the day ended with £25.04 profit which was a 6.35% increase in my bank. Now I have a bank of £419.30 which is £119 larger than one week a go which started at £300. This is a weekly increase of 39.8% on the original bank.

So my next target is to continue the growth of the bank and add another £100-£120 to it next week. Basically a small percentage of growth each day using small % of my bank for the stakes/liability of my bets.

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[A Former User]

Well only one trade for me after spending the day out at the coast with family. I traded the Doncaster Sunderland game on the goal market.

After the early goal I decided to jump on u4.5 and u5.5 goals. I watched the game and was ready to cash out when needed. I left the trade in for around 10-12mins before cashing out with a profit of £16 between the two trades.

May trade the Norwich game if I have time.

so today I am up around 5% of my bank and close to adding 30% to my starting bank of £300 this week which is £100. I am hoping I will achieve my the weekend if I end one more day with a small profit.

[Ryan]

@gary-brown Looking forward to reading this buddy!

[A Former User]

Well final trades of the day on the Napoli V Arsenal game whilst watching it.

trade 1 LOST
First of all my early prediction of Arsenal back to the wall and Napoli didn't happen has expected so I cashed out my lay Arsenal to qualify trade very early taking a £1.72 loss.

Trade 2 Correct Score Trade (My unexperienced attempt at ditching the market) WON

I decided to have a go at ditching the market with score lines I thought would happen. This was also my way of trying to create an insurance bet for trade 1 if Arsenal scored early or if it was a tight game rather than what I original predicted as Napoli trying for goals.

I traded 0-0 0-1 0-2 1-3 1-2
I cashed out in profit with no early goal. The 0-0 score line tumbling down in first 20mins of the game helped me to make a £7.45-£755 profit depending on the final score.

Trade 3 WON £1.72
I saw a goal coming and around 30 mins I placed my 3rd trade which was a o1.5 trade fir a small amount around £5. Basically trading some of my winnings which were due from trade 2 on this game. Then the great free kick happened and Arsenal scored so I cashed out. In hindsight I probably should of let the trade run or hedged it out so I wouldn't lose anything if it stayed at 0-1 but would gain a little bit more if a second goal came in the game.

Well the final result and what happens in 2nd half doesn't matter for me now. Going to sit back and enjoy the game but I do think this could be a good opportunity for LCS if odds look ok.

So todays trades have ended and its a good day with a profit of

£1.72 + £7.45 + £4.79 +£4.79 + £3.57 + £7.18 = £29.50

Take away the £1.72 loss from Arsenal trade that I cashed out gives a total of £27.78 which is approximately a 7.9% increase in my bank. Looking at I like this means it was double my expected target of a 3% increase from today.

Will probably take a break over the weekend and have a few days away at the coast but will post if I do squeeze in a trade or two.

[A Former User]

@gary-brown well good luck with it, I look forward to seeing how you get on. Your insight and trades seem decent so just to crack the other side (I have the same issues)

[A Former User]

@lee-woodman Hi Lee I have traded on and off for a while but only as a beginner making silly mistakes. I have blown that many banks without doing proper research and before I came to BTC that I am hoping to turn things around. The mentality and the bank role management is what I needed help with. I once took a £1000 bank to £10,000 and lost the lot. This was just before I started here.

[A Former User]

18/04/2019 Easter Hols for me so I have been off work today. I may not get much chance to trade over the weekend so I thought I would spend the day chilling out and taking part in a few trades to help me master my skills. My main aim for today was to try and achieve 3% of my bank in profit. My my bank is small only as I recently blew a bank after making silly mistake and not sticking to my bank management plan. this was a shame as I had spent the last 3 weeks making a profit each day and i had come very close to doubling the bank in less than a month. I am hoping by creating a blog it will help me not to stray away from my bank management plan and risk losing a big amount of the bank which can lead to silly unforeseen mistakes to try and win back what I have lost.

I started last week at £270 on Sunday and now its £350 at the start of the day, I have been happy with the small % of profit on a regualr baisis and this is what I hope to continue without making stupid mistakes,

This afternoon trades
Football / FC Copenhagen v Midtjylland : First Half Goals 0.5 +£4.79
Football / Esbjerg v Brondby : Match Odds +£ 4.79
Football / Esbjerg v Brondby : Over/Under 2.5 Goals + £3.57
Football / Sydney FC v Perth Glory : Over/Under 2.5 Goals +£7.18

Trade 1 Sydney FC v Perth Glory : Over/Under 2.5 Goals +£7.18

I decided to go for u2.5 goals as I saw this to be a tight game against the top 2 in the league. a bit of a stalemate you could say. I used the website called foot report to double check my thoughts and everything led to a tight game for me. I don't like to be too risky so I decided to place a Under 2.5 goal trade and be prepared to cash out any time if I didn't think my prediction of a tight game was right. I like to watch the game as I get the best feel for what is happening and this help me to trade better,

This was a successful trade and I cashed out just after 12-14 minutes. The game ended 1-0 and so my thoughts were correct it was a tight game. If I kept the trade in longer yes it would of won but that would be a researched bet rather than a trade.

Trade 2 Football / Esbjerg v Brondby : Over/Under 2.5 Goals + £3.57
I entered the trade around 30 minutes into the game. I was looking for a trading opportunity in this game. Whilst watching the game and looking at the inplay stats it didn't look like a game where goals were going to flow in the first half. It was very quite and not much action. I thought this would be a great opportunity to test out U2.5 goals. I went into the trade and cashed out after 10-13 mins. I monitored the game whilst the trade was in place and was prepared to cash out anytime if I thought the game was likely to lead to a goal. It didn't and to be honest I think only 1 or 2 max half chances took place. I cashed out with a profit and had a well earned mental rest.

Trade 3 Football / Esbjerg v Brondby : Match Odds +£ 4.79
I went back into the game late during the 2nd half. I noticed that the action had picked up and Esbjerg were dominating. I decided to lay the draw as I thought Esbjerg would score. They did and I made a profit.

Trade 4. FC Copenhagen v Midtjylland : First Half Goals 0.5
I had done some research on this game. I looked at some websites and it was on both Martin's List for LTD and Ryan's list for over 1.5 goals split stake trade. Everything indicated goals in the game and that it wouldn't end in a draw. I decided to go for a small trade whilst watching the game for over o.5 FH goals. It looked likely that a goal was going to be scored from the first few minutes of the game. And so that's what happened and I had a successful trade. I was hoping to go back into the trade and wait for the odds to increase a bit to place a over 2,5 trade or drop for a LCS trade at HT as I was sure another goal would take place. Well I was correct but the gaol came to soon for me to consider a trade and the home side went 2-0 up before HT, It was tine to move on and chill out.

So far a successful day of inplay trades based on research and tips from the boys.

[A Former User]

Good luck with it! I ended up using mine as a bit of a therapist at times but it helped me in a way so its worth doing.

How long have you been trading for?