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How to profit from Betting Exchanges (BEX)     

Scripophilist - 27 Oct 2004 23:40


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Scripophilist - 15 Mar 2005 20:01 - 1857 of 10502

All green on Chelsea even without a goal. Laid West Brom at early 20's just before the off and thanks to Chelsea strong start have decided to green up at 25's

Fundamentalist - 15 Mar 2005 20:23 - 1858 of 10502

Scrip

i decided to wait and see if west brom could hold out for 30 mins with the plan to then back chelsea at approx 1.35 - missed out by about 3 mins lol

Scripophilist - 15 Mar 2005 20:47 - 1859 of 10502

Looked like a couple of good chances to score early on.

Scripophilist - 15 Mar 2005 22:30 - 1860 of 10502

Pretty unconvincing win by Chelsea. I put a few quid of the free money on the Chelsea next goal market. But it never came!!

Kayak - 16 Mar 2005 02:12 - 1861 of 10502

lol :-)


experience 16 Mar 00:20

The Scripophilist guy (i think his name's Peter) probably uses something smart such as hedging, statistical distributions or used link Excel spreadsheets with data triangles, forecasts etc etc . He probably has got a bot set up too. You are not this guy, so let's all be grown up and face up to it.

Scripophilist - 16 Mar 2005 09:27 - 1862 of 10502

It would appear my powers to move a one trillion pound market are lengendary. Quite how I do it I don't know. That thread looks like another one of those legendary spats that occur on these mediums from time to time. Quite funny. Especially as I haven't even posted to it! I think I shall resist temptation.

Scripophilist - 16 Mar 2005 17:53 - 1863 of 10502

Big gamble going on in the 18:00 Wolverhampton, Instant hit in from 25 to 7's, matched at 6's

Tempted to lay it.

Scripophilist - 16 Mar 2005 17:55 - 1864 of 10502

Have you noticed how Wolverhampton keeps throwing these things up?

Scripophilist - 16 Mar 2005 17:59 - 1865 of 10502

Stuck a lay with a trailing stop and just closed out at 12's.

Bobcolby - 17 Mar 2005 08:14 - 1866 of 10502

Scrip

How do you execute a trailing stop??

Scripophilist - 17 Mar 2005 09:57 - 1867 of 10502

You can't manually unfortunately. I was using the software I demonstrated at the course. Should be out on beta soon.

Scripophilist - 17 Mar 2005 09:58 - 1868 of 10502

Kayak, Thank you for crediting that five point move in the auction to me!! ;-)

That will get them talking. I did trade it actually but resisted the urge to post, I thought the odds on offer were a little large.

Kayak - 17 Mar 2005 10:17 - 1869 of 10502

It's certainly fun to wind that lot up :-)

Fundamentalist - 17 Mar 2005 19:47 - 1870 of 10502

Anyone on the football tonight?

Scripophilist - 17 Mar 2005 20:19 - 1871 of 10502

Just had some dinner and watched the first 30 mins. Not sure to be honest. Borough need to score SP don't.

Harlosh - 17 Mar 2005 20:20 - 1872 of 10502

Just looking at it now Steve.

Fundamentalist - 17 Mar 2005 20:50 - 1873 of 10502

Backed under 2.5 goals prior to the match so quite happy i am being bored senseless by the game - tempted to back lisbon as boro have got to take more chances and are likely to leave themselves open

Fundamentalist - 17 Mar 2005 20:53 - 1874 of 10502

Lol - what a chance boro have just wasted

Scripophilist - 17 Mar 2005 20:54 - 1875 of 10502

I've been trading over / unders a bit more of late. I managed to model it recently so have a bit more confidence in where the market is heading. Also a good hedge.

Stunning miss from Middlesborough!

Fundamentalist - 17 Mar 2005 21:10 - 1876 of 10502

The game just gets worse - lisbon cant be bothered to attack and boro cant keep the ball long enough to - under 2.5 looks the safest bet in the world
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