. Nearly two years in and still not there, what a bugger
What if I have found my edge
Been trading for a couple of months now and think i'v found my edge.rogerlisa wrote:Just to let you all know. Yet another failing 'edge'. Back to the drawing board then once again
Nearly two years in and still not there, what a bugger
I think controling what you lose is more important than what you win.
All the systems i use are controling my loses i.e lose as little as possible.
question addressing Euler.
Peter somewhere you said a short while ago that Betfair could make one's system work not efficiently if they realised one's a winner... I work on live races and shoot the bet if certain conditions occur, reserving me the option to green up if things become dangerous. Today, it happend a couple of times, the flow of data suddenly stopped a second before I clicked the button and signal returned when it was too late... on those precise occasions I'd have won. It just appeared like a strange coincidence and I never saw this happen before with such presision. Hence the question: is it possible for Betfair to stop dataflow just for one account? I must say, it seems far fetched that someone is actually monitoring anyone and so on, but nevertheless it looked really odd..
thanks
Ennio
Peter somewhere you said a short while ago that Betfair could make one's system work not efficiently if they realised one's a winner... I work on live races and shoot the bet if certain conditions occur, reserving me the option to green up if things become dangerous. Today, it happend a couple of times, the flow of data suddenly stopped a second before I clicked the button and signal returned when it was too late... on those precise occasions I'd have won. It just appeared like a strange coincidence and I never saw this happen before with such presision. Hence the question: is it possible for Betfair to stop dataflow just for one account? I must say, it seems far fetched that someone is actually monitoring anyone and so on, but nevertheless it looked really odd..
thanks
Ennio
I live in italy and work on a server located in england. If it had been an internet interruption it were very strange that it happened at BT and Telecom Italia simultaneously, but it wasn't that because the communication with the server was fine, I could navigate otherwise, just my excel sheet stopped receiving data. So it was a drop in the dataflow from Betfair, but if you say you saw it as well than that's the answer to my question i.e. nothing to worry about.
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sillyjeans
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I've just picked this thread up and thought that I'd put my twopenneth in. I lose money. I enjoy doing it as a trader. I know its gambling, but it gives me a bigger bang for my buck than straight out backing horses. Do I have an edge? Yes. I enjoy myself.
From what I can gather most people have a dream of sitting back and watching the money come rolling in whilst they sit in the sun sipping their poison of choice. If you want to win you have to work at it (you knew that anyway) and have the discipline not to get involved when you're unsure as to the outcome. I know that sounds glib, but everyone quotes it as if they own it but in reality only ever pay it lip service.(myself especially).
So whether you're scalping, swing trading or playing around with your nether regions (I changed that from scratching your balls to be inclusive, how politically correct am I) make sure you enjoy it, and if you want to make money have the discipline not to get involved when you're unsure as to an outcome. Yes I repeated myself, because it is that important. Please do not twist this to mean that you never get involved, you know what I mean, when you're comfortable GET IN THERE and when you aren't move your hands away from the back/lay buttons and let them drift toward your nether regions.
Make your edge ENJOYING YOURSELF, whether that be making money, the possibility of making money, the knowledge that you are learning how to make money or satisfying an overactive libido(if this is the case I'd recommend another course of action)
When all is said and done this is probably a rant to try and alleviate my own personal demons (yes i lack discipline) but I hope somebody may get something out of it.
By the way I know I mentioned losing money, but did I mention I also win money as well. Guess what I win more money than I lose when I only get involved in trades where I am pretty sure of an outcome. But that involves hard work to find these scenarios and the discipline not to get involved when I am unsure, despite having done all that research to only find that I am unsure. Yes its a percentage call, and the harder I work and the more disciplined I am the better my percentages are. My only problem is the more disciplined I am the sorer my nether regions become.
A personal dream was to have a bot earn all the money for me so as I could pay for a personal masseuse with a supply of exotic oils to look after my nether regions without creating sores, but in analysis I would miss the thrill of trading/gambling. So a more practical solution has been to invest in a jar of zinc and castor oil for general use and sturdy strap on apparel in case of emergencies. But I digress....
That is my rant. I've enjoyed it. Thank you for reading if you get this far. Back to the trading.
Oh, by the way, earlier in this thread it was pointed out that the PC is scaring the big hitters away. I believe that what BF are missing is one of their biggest marketing tools is the fact that there are these big hitters who do make a lot of money trading.
This attracts more losers, such as myself, to the market in the hope that we can make money trading. Maybe one day I will have a pair of wings. I just hope it isn't at the expense of a sex life away from my computer.
sillyjeans
From what I can gather most people have a dream of sitting back and watching the money come rolling in whilst they sit in the sun sipping their poison of choice. If you want to win you have to work at it (you knew that anyway) and have the discipline not to get involved when you're unsure as to the outcome. I know that sounds glib, but everyone quotes it as if they own it but in reality only ever pay it lip service.(myself especially).
So whether you're scalping, swing trading or playing around with your nether regions (I changed that from scratching your balls to be inclusive, how politically correct am I) make sure you enjoy it, and if you want to make money have the discipline not to get involved when you're unsure as to an outcome. Yes I repeated myself, because it is that important. Please do not twist this to mean that you never get involved, you know what I mean, when you're comfortable GET IN THERE and when you aren't move your hands away from the back/lay buttons and let them drift toward your nether regions.
Make your edge ENJOYING YOURSELF, whether that be making money, the possibility of making money, the knowledge that you are learning how to make money or satisfying an overactive libido(if this is the case I'd recommend another course of action)
When all is said and done this is probably a rant to try and alleviate my own personal demons (yes i lack discipline) but I hope somebody may get something out of it.
By the way I know I mentioned losing money, but did I mention I also win money as well. Guess what I win more money than I lose when I only get involved in trades where I am pretty sure of an outcome. But that involves hard work to find these scenarios and the discipline not to get involved when I am unsure, despite having done all that research to only find that I am unsure. Yes its a percentage call, and the harder I work and the more disciplined I am the better my percentages are. My only problem is the more disciplined I am the sorer my nether regions become.
A personal dream was to have a bot earn all the money for me so as I could pay for a personal masseuse with a supply of exotic oils to look after my nether regions without creating sores, but in analysis I would miss the thrill of trading/gambling. So a more practical solution has been to invest in a jar of zinc and castor oil for general use and sturdy strap on apparel in case of emergencies. But I digress....
That is my rant. I've enjoyed it. Thank you for reading if you get this far. Back to the trading.
Oh, by the way, earlier in this thread it was pointed out that the PC is scaring the big hitters away. I believe that what BF are missing is one of their biggest marketing tools is the fact that there are these big hitters who do make a lot of money trading.
This attracts more losers, such as myself, to the market in the hope that we can make money trading. Maybe one day I will have a pair of wings. I just hope it isn't at the expense of a sex life away from my computer.
sillyjeans
It would seem apparent from sillyjeans post that he realises he is lacking discipline but also it would appear that his nether regions gets considerably more attention. I would be interested to know how much money he could make if he was more disciplined about his nether regions 
More on my original post about my edge. It didnt work and am still looking for a new one. It is strange to have lost so much money in two years but looking back I have enjoyed it, even if at the time of a big loss I hated it.
More on my original post about my edge. It didnt work and am still looking for a new one. It is strange to have lost so much money in two years but looking back I have enjoyed it, even if at the time of a big loss I hated it.