How would you like to trade a market where you get large regular price swings every 10 minutes in the afternoon, seven days a week. A
market where all prices are set purely by supply and demand, few transaction costs, no middle men and you only pay commission if you win? Where you can freely act as a market maker and where you have direct market access and where you can create a spread for others to take?

Betfair has revolutionised the betting market and created an open platform for exchanging risk on sports events. This market is now viewed much more like a traditional financial risk market than an old fashioned betting market. Smart users have realised that there are huge opportunities on Betfair because they can buy and sell risk in much the same way they would in a normal financial market but without the burden of cost or the restricted access that is usually associated with traditional financial markets.

Click here to learn more

I will be laying Brazil from the start.

Mr E

Very against the rules and theyll trace it very quickly and bar you from the site and circulate your details to other poker sites. Would advise very strongly not to do so

Ps hope you did lump on brazil

ooops that was always the risk!!!

Scrip how to play out now then (he asks for a bit of free advice ;))

Laying the favourite is always a much lower risk strategy.

so lay them again?

I am not paying much attention to the football today and looking at Wimbledon instead.

scrip is much of your method based around saloing time decaying markets?

Pommy, I wouldn't advise laying again. Only listening to the game here and based on the commentary there's more Brazil goals to come. Take the loss on the chin mate.

Alternatively, you could lump on Brazil, big samba style and hope they wrap up the game. Not for the faint hearted though!

i backed them at 1.08 and laid them again at 1.02 so reduced my loss!!

Bottled the french game, after saying it was one to watch I laid them in the end then decided i would revert to my original idea to just watch the game so closed it for a 20quid win on france. :)

Didn't get on the Brasil game in the end. Won a bit on France but only put a 100 on.

The bet of the day for me I think is the cricket. Sri Lanka look very good value at 1.82, Pieterson / Collingwood are doubtful making an England win more unlikely.

Will put 2k on I think.

Mr E

already on at 2.0 ;-)

On too now and moved the nudged the price a couple of points.

Mr E

just for onfo i will be trading my bet quite actively through the game. The biggest worry as a SL backer could well be the weather intervention and a shortened game being decided by Duckworth Lewis.

Im only a few miles from Old Trafford and currently its pretty grim with some dark clouds about (but dry at the moment)

Thanks, keep me posted.

Here in the south of france it's about 35, which is cool for this time of year! It's warming up in a couple of days :-( Hopefully Martini is coming to stay in the next week.

Fundy whats your strategy for trasding during the game? If you dont mind me asking.

Must be tough having weather like that Mr E lol

As for trading the game, i mainly trade on value during the game and based on an expectation of what the likely scenarios are going forward. I played a lot of cricket when a bit younger at all but the top level hence find it easy to break the game down into smaller segments which is what the two sides should be looking to do and then look at where the prices will go if certain events occur. I also keep an eye on the spreadbet markets as to a guide to what the market sees as a par score.

During most games there are points where one side (usually the batting side) will effectively become a free lay for 3 or 4 overs where there price wont shorten but on a wicket will blow out severely. I also look to trade the general overreaction to wickets

A free lay is always welcome. Definitely beats paying for one.