Since I'm not performing well at poker, I thought to give the whole sports trading thing another go. So, I traded yesterday the UK Horse Racing markets for about 2 hours and made around EUR 90. That is nowhere near my last year's performance and I'm certain there are other betfair traders making ten times that amount. However, I'm still satisfied with the result for the time being and given 2007 hasn't treated me so nicely, I'll be happy to make that money on a steady daily basis.

Here's the screenshot and some more details about my trading style at the moment.

It's been 3 weeks since I stopped trading the horse racing markets in Betfair. I decided to give it another go yesterday. I don't know if I will trade daily again, but it sure was a nice feeling returning to the trading scene!

I have also looked into my betting strategy once more, since the database is quite big for evaluation and testing. That resulted to a modified betting method which I have applied since Saturday with rather good results.

That was a good day for my trading. It was done easily and quietly with no big wins or losses. While I traded and played poker at the same time, my performance was not influenced at all and that is an improvement for my standards. I did also very good in poker but sports betting lost for another day. I'm really looking forward to being a very good poker player and abandon my betting but not trading. Trading fixed odds in Betfair was, is and will be invaluable to me since it got me where I stand today (ok, blackjack really got me off with my initial bankroll of EUR1,500, but I prefer trading thousand times more than playing in a casino).

Here are the screenshots you are looking for... 

The one thing you will probably notice is that I didn't start trading on time but rather more than an hour later. The reason was that it was a very good day in poker yesterday, and specifically in multitable tournaments. I reached the final table in 4 tournaments while cashed in 6! However, they weren't expensive tournaments ($2-10 buy-ins) so didn't make a lot. However, I continued playing while I traded the horse racing markets and we all know that this is not a good thing.

Sports betting did really bad. Let's see yesterday's trading screenshot...

That was a not so exciting weekend. I didn't trade at all on Sunday, although there were some races with good liquidity but I traded the whole day on Saturday. The result was to break even for the day, while sports betting lost but won double that amount on Sunday.

Here are the screenshots...

This is getting ridiculous. While I'm certain that there is money to be made in horse racing, I keep making the same mistakes over and over again. I start really well, building up my confidence, then fire up a poker tournament or two, and think "hey, why not keep an eye on my stocks?". Hell, why not read a forum at the same time?

Great, now give all the winnings back, lose the poker tournaments, and close the forum since you are not in the mood anymore to read and learn from the posts. Another afternoon is lost, good work! Oh yes, I'm very angry with myself, making about EUR300 in less than 2 hours and finally break even! I promised to myself I won't do that again, ever! I suggest you do the same, if you suffer from the same... addiction!

Here are the screenshots, note that the largest amounts are losses...

Yesterday was a very bad day for me both in trading and sports betting. I really traded hopelessly and was taking big hits in every horse race. I am winning around EUR700 in mid-August and once again I begin to wonder if all these are trully worth the trouble and time.

Here is the disappointing screenshot in detail... 

What a day! It should be named the day almost every favorite's odds drifted hugely! I mean going from 3.00 to 7.00, from 2.50 to 6.0 and even higher! Those were plenty of chances to make some serious profits or lose big. Well, I couldn't resist the temptation and put myself on a test whether I could turn it around or not. Just kidding, I just happened to lose EUR550 in the fifth race I traded and I was facing a devastating day. However I managed to take it all back and win more!

Let's see the race I lost along with some comments and take a look at the detailed screenshots with my performance for the day...

Sports trading started quite well yesterday, given it was Sunday and liquidity is always a problem. Then things went a little bad and I was quite lucky to end up with a profit, since I won EUR200 on the last race. Sports betting won some euros for a change! 

Here is the screenshot in detail... 

Saturday was a rather mediocre day for my trading.At one point I was up about EUR450 but finally gave it almost all back towards the end. I didn't trade the evening races due to low liquidity but mainly because I was disappointed with my latest performance, losing EUR350 in only 2 races. Sports betting lost big time again and I begin to worry. 

I played some poker yesterday. Here is the performance for the day. 

Here is the detailed screenshot...