Hi,
I started a trade on the Gil Vicente v Sporting Lisbon game with a £2 back trade on Sporting @1.81 however Gil Vicente scored first, so I placed another back trade on Sporting @3.60 all in the first half. In the second half of game I cashed out for a loss of approx £2.20 over half my stake. I monitored game and Sporting equalised at 83' and then score again 1 minute into extra time. I cashed out as I didn't want the trade to get away from me completely, however do I just suck it up or should I be looking at laying the draw in the closing stages as a more 'sensible' trade? Your comments would be appreciated.
Cheers
Frustrating
What exactly was your plan? I'm guessing you didn't plan what you were going to do for each side to score or no goal?fullchat wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 11:36 pmHi,
I started a trade on the Gil Vicente v Sporting Lisbon game with a £2 back trade on Sporting @1.81 however Gil Vicente scored first, so I placed another back trade on Sporting @3.60 all in the first half. In the second half of game I cashed out for a loss of approx £2.20 over half my stake. I monitored game and Sporting equalised at 83' and then score again 1 minute into extra time. I cashed out as I didn't want the trade to get away from me completely, however do I just suck it up or should I be looking at laying the draw in the closing stages as a more 'sensible' trade? Your comments would be appreciated.
Cheers
Trading can be frustrating but you should never be frustrated simply because a trade went against you, especially when there was probably about a 35-40% chance that the underdog would score first. My advice would be to experiment with a few different angles (with £2 stakes you can't lose much) and give it several games. Laying the draw late in the game is a low-risk strategy that could pay off. Scalping the noise in the draw or O/U markets is another possibility. Backing the favourite isn't a good risk to reward ratio (not saying it's not profitable, never tried it) because if they score they'd just be down to about 1.3 whereas conceding and their price doubles. Good luck.
I decided to take my own advice and try experimenting with a different, on-the-fly strategy in a Portuguese match. Scalped the 1.35 fav Porto but only laying first so I didn't have much liability. They went a goal down and I started scalping the draw and building up a free bet. Then they were 2 down at HT. Placed a small bet on Porto at 9.8 hoping they'll at least get one back. Greened-up at about 3.2 when the score was 1-2 and hoped for an equaliser so I could green-up my draw free bet. I was watching CNN when the equaliser came and before I could even green-up it was 2-3! Talk about frustrating.fullchat wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 11:36 pmHi,
I started a trade on the Gil Vicente v Sporting Lisbon game with a £2 back trade on Sporting @1.81 however Gil Vicente scored first, so I placed another back trade on Sporting @3.60 all in the first half. In the second half of game I cashed out for a loss of approx £2.20 over half my stake. I monitored game and Sporting equalised at 83' and then score again 1 minute into extra time. I cashed out as I didn't want the trade to get away from me completely, however do I just suck it up or should I be looking at laying the draw in the closing stages as a more 'sensible' trade? Your comments would be appreciated.
Cheers
I stopped watching the market as it was in the dying minutes but when I later looked at my P/L it must have finished 3-3 as the free bet won. 
The reason I'm posting this is that the pattern of the first 5 goals was exactly the same as the match you traded and there are so may angles you can approach trading it from. Laying odd-on favourites or backing them at a good price when they're down and pushing hard to get back in the game may be a lower risk trade to consider.
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Trader Pat wrote: ↑Sat Feb 13, 2021 11:32 pm
Finished 2-2 Porto goal was disallowed, VAR came to your rescue
Forgot to mention the missed penalty. I would have enjoyed that match if it wasn't for that fat git getting impeached!