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The Betfair exchange, Inefficient efficiency

One of the questions that people often ask me is whether the markets are easier to trade than they were 10 or 20 years ago? Are the markets following efficient market theory on the Betfair exchange, so are they more efficient now? Eugene Fama was ‘famous’ for the efficient market hypothesis, though his work was mainly aimed at…

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My very strange end to the football season

May traditionally brings the end of the football season. Another season is over and many hopes have been dashed and many expectations raised for the new season. And as you will know, I am a Southampton fan and have been since I was a boy. A legacy of my Dad’s friends taking me to matches,…

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Betfair Trading – Scalping – Explained Part 3/3

It this post I’ll look at another tool within Bet Angel which is handy for scalping and also a slightly different method of scalping than what’s been shown earlier in Part 1 and Part 2 of this series. In the previous blogs of this Basic Betfair Scalping series we looked first at the ‘Make Market’…

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Using Ready-Made Servants – Step-by-Step guide

Bet Angel Servants In late 2017, Bet Angel launched its new Servants feature. Servants are unique to Bet Angel and the only feature of any Betfair trading software that combines all the advantages of manual trading with the lighting speed of automation to give Bet Angel users the best of both worlds. Some element of…

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Betfair trading software – Live vs practice mode

Practice / Training mode on Betfair trading software When you first start trading on the Betfair exchange you will need some sports trading software. When you first glance at any software it can be a little daunting. The One click grid interface, ladder interfaces, automation, there is a lot to take in. Fortunately quite a…

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Betfair Trading – Scalping – Explained Part 2/3

This article follows on from part 1 of this series of blogs on the popular Betfair Trading strategy of Scalping. If you’ve not yet seen part one you can read it here. Scalping a betting market, like pre off horse racing, is all about profiting from small price movements in a highly liquid market. Horse…

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Betfair Premium charge explained | Will you pay it?

Premium Charge – the basics Previously, I covered the subject and context of the Betfair premium charge. This time the focus will be on how it affected me and how it could, or could not, affect you. Read on to find out about the dilemmas I came upon with Betfair’s premium charges and how I…

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Sky Bet, Flutter, Betfair – A goliath is created

On Tuesday the 5th of May a mammoth betting conglomerate was formally created. What will be the impact on the industry? The merger of Flutter PLC, the owner of Paddy Power and Betfair, with the Stars Group, a Canadian operator that bought Sky bet in 2018, was proposed last year. It was cleared by the…

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Sky Bet, Flutter, Betfair – A goliath is created

On Tuesday the 5th of May a mammoth betting conglomerate was formally created. What will be the impact on the industry? The merger of Flutter PLC, the owner of Paddy Power and Betfair, with the Stars Group, a Canadian operator that bought Sky bet in 2018, was proposed last year. It was cleared by the…

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Betfair premium charge – Explained – Part one

A common question that pops up regularly in support, the forum or my inbox, is about Betfair’s premium charge. It’s a charge than only appears in the online betting world on betting exchanges. It’s a bit of a weighty topic so I’ve broken it down into two posts. The first explores what it is, the…

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