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Fundy and Harlosh, Thanks for welcome.

If anyone is interested in tennis - Aussie Open, get onto

www.australianopen.com/en_AU/scores/index.html

Scores are live and refresh on a live basis.

Thanks Bakko, just been looking for a site with that info.

Very poor liquidity unfortunately.

Harlosh, I agree but the big singles matches are much better.

Yep, just looking at the Hewitt match. Don't know much about his opponent though.

Nalbandian's a pretty useful player. He got to the wimbledon final a couple of years ago where he got hammered by Federer. Hewitt's is probably got the edge with the home crowd

Thanks Bakko. Looks like an easy one for Hewitt now. The odds have collapsed. Might be worth a lay soon though for a 5 set comeback!!! I wish.

I'm amazed at the liquidity actually on the singles games. One the other day was over 3m. More than football. And at this time of the morning too. Who are these people that sit at home all day gambling on tennis matches I wonder!

Been to Homebase this morning with my wife so haven't been up to much this morning. Have you seen this headline?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4205925.stm

Betfair expands with Yahoo deal

UK online betting exchange Betfair has signed a deal with Yahoo UK and Ireland, extending its betting platform to a mass market audience.

Yahoo Betting, to be launched in March, will be built and managed by Betfair and customised for Yahoo users.

I totally agree. Looks like these "layabouts" have a few bob to throw around too.

Not in on this game but will keep it running in the background and get in if an opportunity arises

BTW, Welcome to the thread Bakko. Good to see you here.

Scrip, thanks for the welcome too. As mentioned earlier I will contact you in due course when I find a spare moment as I work full time.

I've looked at other sports and possible opportunities. As you're the guru, I'd like to see if they're viable or not

Sure, I continue to do work on other events so may have some new pointers in the future.

Couldn't resist the tennis, 6.6m traded, Because it is a cracking game and so close I have just been making a book on the event overround 2% at a time. The closest thing to printing money you can get IMHO.

Sorry to burden with such a simple question BUT what is the difference between spread betting and CFD's, and what advantage (if any) has one over the other?

Thanks
Steve

Scrip, did you capture a .csv from the tennis match ? I haven't looked at tennis yet and am interested to see how it behaved.

Yes, Email me.

Whyallasteve,

Your really on the wrong thread here but don't wish to ignore you.
The answer to your question is rather complex. Too long I think to give an answer on here.

If you go to one of the compay's that trade both (D4F, Finspreads etc) you should find the information you are looking for there.

Better still, if you get hold of a copy of Shares magazine, give them a ring and try and order recent back issues. They have been doing a lot of very informative articles on S/B and CFD's just recently. The articles will tell you everything you wish to know.

Hope that helps.

Harlosh

Thanks for acknowledging me and many thanks for the advice.

Stick with this thread and go on Scrip's course. You'll be better off short term and probably longer term also.

Football available from 5pm tonight. Anybody know any excercises I can do sat at my PC?