I have to admit I have made some negative comments on this forum (Bet Angel) due to the shadow of that forum still energised in memory. Yes I always say that people often tweak things to fit what they are comfortable with since the key to being consistent is when you have something you are comfortable with.

Thanks for the feedback everyone, really enjoyed doing this as there’s not many people you can talk at this level about trading with ? I actually only really started trading football “properly” about 6 months before lockdown but I was doing it for a couple of years before without being too serious about it.Then we had Gary Lineker and Gary Neville tweeting about it and I ended up almost getting sued by Atomic Kitten.

I mean, they know I am doing it but I don’t think they realise the extent of what I’m doing and the money that I’m making from trading. I say to anyone getting into this, you MUST watch the game in as real time as possible, and trust your gut and what you’re watching. As for the Match Odds markets, I want to watch the game as much as possible as there are plenty of shils throughout a match. Good for you if you manage to stumble upon a proverbial oasis of knowledge somewhere along the way, by all means try and quench that thirst for knowledge and compare notes with like-minded people etc.Well, the only problem was, because of copyright on YouTube, I made much less doing it than the figures would suggest. The goal came too early and nothing was matched, rather than what I normally do which is to move onto the next game, I lumped the lot on O1.

Now, if anyone asks, I tentatively explain I’ve had a good week, and if they ask, I’ll divulge a few good and bad trades, but I don’t broadcast the numbers anymore as it leads to being termed arrogant, cocky, flashy and the like. I was recently conversing with a member in the UFT live room about how the big data companies relay their data to the various bookmakers. The main reason for the spreadsheet is so that when I inevitably made a ridiculous trade, it would be etched in Black and White, staring me in the face from the annuls of history, mocking me for how much of an idiot I was for dreaming of placing such a trade. As a general comment on the thread, unfortunately there is only a very small number of people who actually really do this and have a public profile.Him proudly presenting his 'Tiger' results, not realizing he actually exposes that the bets don't have value. Since then, I have refined my trading and analysis system so that I can fit it all in as a father of 3 kids with a busy schedule. I started seeing some success and I invested in a couple of programs and software’s to try and educate myself about what’s going on and become consistent. From this point onward I changed my focus from “This trade = a new X” to “These numerical units (pound coins) in my account are my soldiers. Injury for 4 minutes – it’s very similar to watching those little circles move around a pitch on football manager, it’s great but it tells nowhere near the real story.

When it comes to the big tennis matches you can often find great liquidity in the “Set Winners” markets and this can present new trading opportunities in itself. It is entirely possible to make a lot of money with trading, but you are at the mercy of a lot of factors and moving parts.Football is a war between 2 football teams and watching the game combined with having a deep understanding of the tactics and motivation of a game is a mammoth edge. Expect lots of golden nuggets of info and some revealing hints about his strategy and approach to football trading. It gave me a ginormous real world red flag of what happens if you don’t respect the strategy, your balance and the markets themselves, even if you are on the run of a lifetime.