http://betting.betfair.com/education/trading/01-the-concept-of-trading/ The original versions of these articles were written in 2005 by Peter Webb, founder of BetAngel, specialist trading software used exclusively on Betfair. Visit www.betangel.com for a wide range of demonstration clips and for more information about their products. BetAngel is a third-party Licensed Software Vendor of Betfair. BetAngel produce and support their own products. To make use of any of these software applications you must enter into an agreement with the individual vendors - separate from Betfair. Find off-the-shelf applications, historical data, results and more at the Betfair Solutions Directory at http://solutions.betfair.com. en Copyright 2009 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:39:12 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Betting exchanges such as Betfair have revolutionised betting due to the way they operate.

]]> http://betting.betfair.com/education/trading/01-the-concept-of-trading/advantages-of-exchanges-290108.html http://betting.betfair.com/education/trading/01-the-concept-of-trading/advantages-of-exchanges-290108.html Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:39:12 +0000 As the volume of matched bets on the exchanges grew a new sort of pattern of activity developed. Rather than attempting to make a judgement on the underlying race or taking on risk as a bookmaker, shrewd punters started to trade the movements in the odds. Enabling them to make a profit regardless of the result.

]]> http://betting.betfair.com/education/trading/01-the-concept-of-trading/traders-290108.html http://betting.betfair.com/education/trading/01-the-concept-of-trading/traders-290108.html Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:37:24 +0000 Traders now account for a large numbers of bets and volume of trade on sports betting markets. For the average punter this means a full range of odds are available to both back and lay and in sufficient volumes for the biggest gamblers.

]]> http://betting.betfair.com/education/trading/01-the-concept-of-trading/traders-on-sports-markets-290108.html http://betting.betfair.com/education/trading/01-the-concept-of-trading/traders-on-sports-markets-290108.html Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:34:55 +0000 In a horse race I am interested in the horse 'Hidden Jewel' not because of its form or a tip because I believe its price is too high and thus the price will shorten.

]]> http://betting.betfair.com/education/trading/01-the-concept-of-trading/trading-an-example-280108.html http://betting.betfair.com/education/trading/01-the-concept-of-trading/trading-an-example-280108.html Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:04:57 +0000 Top traders using advanced strategies can achieve a situation where they will win around 90% of the time on each and every race.

]]> http://betting.betfair.com/education/trading/01-the-concept-of-trading/top-traders-280108.html http://betting.betfair.com/education/trading/01-the-concept-of-trading/top-traders-280108.html Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:03:57 +0000 Recently, things have developed further in addition to using the traditional Betfair website to bet on a race, a lot of people are using specially designed software to place bets and monitor positions of markets on the betting exchange.

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