Betfair scalping for beginners

[baggiestan]

anyone use the course on bfscalper .com ? I know it shows him doing well but can you really do as well manually?

Hi
Currently working my way through the bfscalper course,i have found some useful information in there,lots of video which teaches what to look out for and how to set screens up for scalping,i would say it has improved my strike rate.
I get the impression that a lot of the larger wins shown on the course are from letting it go in play i.e. a free bet on the horses that you have been scalping.
Overall i would i am happy with the course.

[LeTiss]

Can you actually still profit manually scalping horses or are the bots unbeatable?

1 tick scalping is harder now than it was in the past. That's for sure

[Ronan1001]

anyone use the course on bfscalper .com ? I know it shows him doing well but can you really do as well manually?

Personally, I found it uncomfortable. But maybe later it will seem different to me when I get deeper into it.

[ShaunWhite]

anyone use the course on bfscalper .com ? I know it shows him doing well but can you really do as well manually?

Personally, I found it uncomfortable. But maybe later it will seem different to me when I get deeper into it.

I've never understood why people choose scalping as a first strategy apart from it sounding easy. You need quick reaction times and an awareness of factors beyond what the usual beginner has. It's a really low ambition strategy too taking one tick at a time. What's wrong with some nice gentle low stress swing trading?

[Emmson]

anyone use the course on bfscalper .com ? I know it shows him doing well but can you really do as well manually?

Personally, I found it uncomfortable. But maybe later it will seem different to me when I get deeper into it.

I've never understood why people choose scalping as a first strategy apart from it sounding easy. You need quick reaction times and an awareness of factors beyond what the usual beginner has. It's a really low ambition strategy too taking one tick at a time. What's wrong with some nice gentle low stress swing trading?

When does a scalp become a swing? for myself its anything above 4 ticks and on the vast majority of horse racing markets on here now looking for 1 tick is no longer feasible, they're just too jumpy, scalping used to be the main topic of discussion on this forum.

[ShaunWhite]

When does a scalp become a swing?

I thought it was putting your money on both sides at once, or maybe as time with an open position, seconds rather than minutes. I just think there's more than enough for new people to take in without doing something that's quite rapid, something slower might help, cricket maybe

[wearthefoxhat]

Personally, I found it uncomfortable. But maybe later it will seem different to me when I get deeper into it.

I've never understood why people choose scalping as a first strategy apart from it sounding easy. You need quick reaction times and an awareness of factors beyond what the usual beginner has. It's a really low ambition strategy too taking one tick at a time. What's wrong with some nice gentle low stress swing trading?

When does a scalp become a swing? for myself its anything above 4 ticks and on the vast majority of horse racing markets on here now looking for 1 tick is no longer feasible, they're just too jumpy, scalping used to be the main topic of discussion on this forum.

If the market is too jumpy then it's not a good one for 1 tick scalping.

Ideally look for a stable market. (evidence of price movement within a small range)

[Kai]

If looking for 1-tick scalps would you even need movement at all

[Emmson]

If looking for 1-tick scalps would you even need movement at all

No but you'll get movement and too much movement and that is the problem if you're hunting for 1 tick on the nags in all but a very few markets

[Ronan1001]

Personally, I found it uncomfortable. But maybe later it will seem different to me when I get deeper into it.

I've never understood why people choose scalping as a first strategy apart from it sounding easy. You need quick reaction times and an awareness of factors beyond what the usual beginner has. It's a really low ambition strategy too taking one tick at a time. What's wrong with some nice gentle low stress swing trading?

Not the first strategy. I have to learn, how else could I? Is there any other way to gain experience?

[mrColeman]

The only thing I realized is that here you also need to be able to control your nerves, when something goes wrong, you need to overpower yourself and close even though with a small minus, and earn on the last movements, rather than wait until your minus will kill you.

[Hortic07]

Hi all newbie on bet angel although ive been using betfair for years manually.

Im just trying to get used to the software. Im trying to make some very low profit to start by scalping football matches. I'm simply hoping to back at the lay price and lay at the back price. Tonight is alvarez vs real madrid. I was hoping to back Alvarez at 6.2 and lay at 6.0, fairly boring i know but im just getting started. Except when i queue a bet that dosent get matched im not given the option to green up until it matches. Other than manually calculating my lay stake is there anyway to get bet angel to do this for me on an unmatched bet?

[Dallas]

Hi all newbie on bet angel although ive been using betfair for years manually.

Im just trying to get used to the software. Im trying to make some very low profit to start by scalping football matches. I'm simply hoping to back at the lay price and lay at the back price. Tonight is alvarez vs real madrid. I was hoping to back Alvarez at 6.2 and lay at 6.0, fairly boring i know but im just getting started. Except when i queue a bet that dosent get matched im not given the option to green up until it matches. Other than manually calculating my lay stake is there anyway to get bet angel to do this for me on an unmatched bet?

You can use the 'Offset bet with greening' option from the Global Settings area to do this
https://www.betangel.com/user-guide/bet ... tings.html

[Kai]

Hi all newbie on bet angel although ive been using betfair for years manually.

Im just trying to get used to the software. Im trying to make some very low profit to start by scalping football matches. I'm simply hoping to back at the lay price and lay at the back price. Tonight is alvarez vs real madrid. I was hoping to back Alvarez at 6.2 and lay at 6.0, fairly boring i know but im just getting started. Except when i queue a bet that dosent get matched im not given the option to green up until it matches. Other than manually calculating my lay stake is there anyway to get bet angel to do this for me on an unmatched bet?

No real need to hedge every tick/pip you win when casually scalping or market making, you can keep it simple with flat stakes and green up once you're done.

Not a fan of offsetting bets in general, with offset here you would have to wait much longer to get scalps through which means you win less ticks overall.

[Trader724]

It makes sense to hedge as soon as the profit is equal to or greater than the expected value.