Tennis Hedging Strategy

A couple of times over the past month, I've had a look at trading tennis matches in-play.

These matches generally have high liquidity, but can be very jumpy. I made small gains, but it's clear to me that in order to trade such markets successfully it's essential to have live pictures, or at a minimum, live scores. Even the official 'live scores' direct from the tournament website can be some minutes behind the play, making it very difficult.

This led me to think about an article I'd read some time ago by Peter Webb of Bet Angel fame. I don't have it to hand but, from memory, he was suggesting that, irrespective of your opening position at the start of the match, you can place a closing trade which will have a high probability of being matched - as long as you are not greedy.

Tennis Trading

Tennis is a very dynamic type of sports, so it is very suited for trading bets. In tennis points get scored after every few seconds and the ratio is changing constantly as well. The biggest changes in the ratio happen when a serve is broken or a set has been won. You can earn a lot of money when watching the game live and analysing the performance of the sportsmen if you have the right strategy and you have strong discipline.

The biggest mistake in tennis trading is not following the system and relying on the hope that the sportsman will regain the points needed and still win the game – this usually ends with significant losses. So, to become a winner, you have to be able to control yourself and your emotions.

Grand Theft Roto: Get ready to S.T.E.A.L.

For many of my formative fantasy years, I thought I was the only one who loved trading more than any other aspect of the game. I mean, drafts are fun, auctions are even better and winning is tremendous. But the moment of pulling off a deal and watching everyone else in the league react to the transaction e-mail with outrage and envy beats it all.

Like I said, I thought I was the only one, until I began writing Grand Theft Roto and started receiving e-mails like this.

"I am the greatest fantasy trader in the world! No one deals like me! I fall asleep at night trying to think of ways of turning Mark Buehrle into Max Scherzer. When a waitress offers me more coffee, I counter and get her to make it a latte and a free biscotti thrown in."

Football Trading

Football trading or football betting? Is there a difference, and if yes, then what is the difference?

I believe there is a difference. I also believe that there are many different variations of football trading.

For example I trade using a pre match trading method of my own. I have previously, and am again going to be trading using the Assured Soccer Profits football trading system as well. I’ve also known of others (and have tried it at times myself) who have traded by laying the draw, or have traded the Over/Under 2.5 goals market in running, or Over/Under 1.5 or 3.5 goals.

History of Sports Trading Cards

Sports trading cards may just be pieces of cardboard splashed with printed images of sports figures on one side and their profile and statistics on the other, but their history can be traced back over 120 years.  They have stood the test of time.

Sports trading cards were first produced and offered in the 1880's by tobacco manufacturers who would include them as a free accompaniment to purchasers of their products.  Gum and candy makers soon employed the same marketing strategy and by the 1930's, the collecting of trading cards, along with other sports memorabilia, was rather commonplace.