Is It Me..........

[andyfuller]

It's funny how we all see the markets differently and the exact reason we are all able to trade.

I found Monday and Tuesday pretty poor though I managed to scrape what I expected for the two days. This afternoon I struggled, mainly due to a poor mindset but this evening I did very well finding the markets great for scalping which brought the day back to what I expected from the day.

So all in all this week has been pretty average and I have achieved what I would have hoped to achieve but nothing more. Whereas last week was one of my best ever weeks.

However, I always find I do better as the week progresses so hopefully the next few days will make up for the average start to the week I have had.

One big thing though is that prior to the start of the year I managed to sort out my mindset and expectations for the first few months. Last year I let the delays, cancellations etc etc get to me and it had a huge impact on my trading. This year it is the complete opposite and I am having a start to the year well beyond what I had hoped for.

Keep plugging away guys and don't forget to take a long term approach, a bad day or a week is nothing over the course of a year. I find we often place far to much emphasis on our recent results and forget to look at the much bigger picture.

[Bet Angel]

Ultimately that's what makes a market, people with differing views and styles.

[Bet Angel]

Much better day today, beat yesterdays total in the first race and onwards and upwards from there. Don't know what happened yesterday.

[jimrobo]

exactly the same for me!

[Krzysztof]

Been caught by a big punter at least 3 times for a hefty loss each time. Lucky You guys or I should say unlucky me.

[jimrobo]

I got caught exactly the same later on the afternoon!

Luckily I got on the right side of the last kempton one and got a decent green from it

[rhysmr2]

I was doing ok today and then unbelievably I lost all my profit and more on the 19:00 kemp race. I took my eye off the ball for one minute and it all went tits up

can't believe I did that.

[Bet Angel]

Hmm, having trouble getting filled again today. Just had £750 sat there at Kempton for two minutes, there was only £250 in front of me and nobody took it.

[sarahsophia]

I wondered if anyone else has had the same experience as me today...? After doing this for about a month on low stakes my usual consistent daily average is between £3-£5. Today was abismal! I'm about £4 down and the markets have been the most unpredictable I've ever seen. Anyone else had a similar day or have I just made judgemental errors??

Sarah

[Krzysztof]

I have really poor day today. Not sure why but my strike rate is well below 50%.

[to75ne]

after 17 races im up 3(2.92) poxy pound. had enough cant get me head round it today.

[rhysmr2]

I've had a nightmare as well, I was about £200 down most of the day, pulled it back to near even now but still, no good!

I think the markets have been a little hard to read but I put my bad day down to my poor trading, I was aiming too high today and being to risky with pretty large stakes, lost £130 in one race

I should really know better by now

[to75ne]

rhysmr2 . I should really know better by now

your not on own.

[Krzysztof]

Last Bangor and Southwell were much better and pretty readable (favs). Hope You guys got them right too.

[andyfuller]

Been pretty happy with my day so far, nothing spectacular but kept losses to a minimum with total losses of under £3, so effectively no losses all day.

Still 10 races to go so anything can still happen. Can't say I have found the markets particularly tricky, been some nice moves I thought today and the better quality racing I thought had brought in some extra money.

Best of luck for the rest of the day.