Different horse race trading techniques?

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jamesedwards
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Hi all.

I've been successfully trading horse race markets 'in-play' for the past 18 months but I'd like to diversify into other techniques of trading to avoid having all my eggs in one basket.

What alternative techniques are options for me to consider? I'm aware of scalping, trading steamers/drifters etc but not much else. Is there a list of popular techniques somewhere I can read up on?
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sionascaig
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Have a look at some of the automation files that have been posted, that might give you some ideas, e.g. lay the field, Back to Lay etc..
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rik
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keep testing around with low stakes i would say, i found the automation files on the forum very basic, might get better ideas observing betting forums or youtube channels
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ShaunWhite
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jameegray1 wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 17, 2020 10:55 am
 Hi all.

I've been successfully trading horse race markets 'in-play' for the past 18 months but I'd like to diversify into other techniques of trading to avoid having all my eggs in one basket.

What alternative techniques are options for me to consider? I'm aware of scalping, trading steamers/drifters etc but not much else. Is there a list of popular techniques somewhere I can read up on?
Watching Peter's vids is obviously a good thing to do if you want emulate his style, imo it's neither scalping nor swinging but more a case of using a whole bag of tricks to take advantage of various situations and possibilities on or away from the fav. It's definately not just one bet to open and another to close, it's much more fluid so perhaps ditch the idea of scalp OR swing and just go with the (order) flow.

Watch a whole heap of markets too, several hundered min, and you'll start to see little patterns such as the hesitancy/pos bounce off round numbers and trad odds equivs such as 2.5 (6/4) and 3.25 (9/4). Trad odds prices and especially round numbers are psychological barriers to punters and there's usually something happening around them that will let you take a few ticks or get a decent swing if it bounces or smashes straight thru, or both.

Have you thought about other sports? Horses are tough because there's so much stiff competition for the limited amount of profit.

They say it takes 10,000 markets to read them skillfully so you better get started :)
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