That's Not Trading

And it certainly wasn't. I said I wasn't going to trade on the England match, but the reality in the end was that I did, and I didn't.

I traded the Russia v Portugal match, which was an entertaining end-to-end game between two good sides. No problems there just my normal stuff.

Then, my wife was out in the evening so I had to do the cooking. Home-made meatballs, creamy mash, caramelised onions, thick gravy and vegetables. Yummy. Anyway, by the time we'd finished eating, the England match was well underway. I'd already placed a closing order on my Over 6.5 goals trade before the game had started (a set and go), but when I saw that it was still 0-0 with fifteen minutes of the first half remaining, I simply placed a back of England to win the first half at around 1.5.

Was this value? Almost certainly not. Was it trading. Absolutely not. Anyway, I think about three ticks later the penalty was awarded so I won £20 there. After that, I switched on the TV and scalped a few ticks on the 6.5 goals market, grabbing £35 there (including my original trade).

Considering I had no interest in the match, I was quite pleased with it in the end.

By the way, all the little penny trades you see below is just an idea I was working on. They're not serious trades.


Football: £101.54 | Tote: |  Total P&L:  £101.54 

 

Football Showing 1 - 14 of 14 markets

Market Start time Settled date Profit/loss (£)
Football / England v San Marino : Over/Under 6.5 Goals 12-Oct-12 20:00  12-Oct-12 22:01  35.27
Football / Slovenia v Cyprus : Over/Under 2.5 Goals 12-Oct-12 19:45  12-Oct-12 21:28  0.02
Football / Slovakia v Latvia : Over/Under 2.5 Goals 12-Oct-12 19:15  12-Oct-12 21:02  0.04
Football / Rep of Ireland v Germany : Over/Under 2.5 Goals 12-Oct-12 19:45  12-Oct-12 21:02  0.04
Football / England v San Marino : Half Time 12-Oct-12 20:00  12-Oct-12 20:50  23.77
Football / Moldova v Ukraine : Over/Under 2.5 Goals 12-Oct-12 19:00  12-Oct-12 20:49  0.04
Football / Turkey v Romania : Over/Under 2.5 Goals 12-Oct-12 18:30  12-Oct-12 20:30  0.02
Football / Belarus v Spain : Over/Under 2.5 Goals 12-Oct-12 19:00  12-Oct-12 20:29  0.02
Football / Luxembourg v Israel : Over/Under 2.5 Goals 12-Oct-12 20:00  12-Oct-12 20:28  0.06
Football / Kazakhstan v Austria : Over/Under 2.5 Goals 12-Oct-12 17:00  12-Oct-12 18:55  0.26
Football / Faroe Islands v Sweden : Over/Under 2.5 Goals 12-Oct-12 17:00  12-Oct-12 18:31  0.03
Football / Czech Republic v Malta : Over/Under 2.5 Goals 12-Oct-12 17:00  12-Oct-12 18:08  0.14
Football / Russia v Portugal : Correct Score 12-Oct-12 16:00  12-Oct-12 17:54  18.10
Football / Russia v Portugal : Over/Under 2.5 Goals 12-Oct-12 16:00  12-Oct-12 17:54  23.73