Archive for January, 2009
Phoenix Rising
I managed to come back and salvage the day trading on Betfair. The Arizona Cardinals upset the Carolina Panthers to advance to the NFC Conference Finals by a score of 33-13.
I overcame a big loss in the earlier game to make a profit for the day.
Titans, Myself get sacked
The Baltimore Ravens have eliminated the Tennessee Titans from the NFL playoffs. By Week 16 the Ravens were my Super Bowl pick.
I traded the game on Betfair. Below you can see at one point I was very exposed.
I was picking up a lot of Raven bets as I liked the odds on them. I felt [...]
Ravens Look to Relive 2000 Super Bowl Run
Expect a defensive battle in the first divisional NFL playoff game Saturday. Baltimore takes their NFL’s second best defence into Tennessee who own the NFL’s seventh ranked defence.
I just finished watching the end of the week 5 matchup between these two teams with the Titans winning 13-10. Both teams look better now than they did then. Joe Flacco [...]
Celtics on Landslide
For the first time this season the Boston Celtics failed to lead at any point in a game. In a potential preview of the Eastern Conference Final the Celtics lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers 98-83. Boston is not close to playing near their full potential right now.
I traded the game on Betfair. Below you can [...]
First trade on Betdaq
Last weekend while the Baltimore Ravens eliminated the Miami Dolphins from the NFL playoffs I made my first trade on Betdaq. Betdaq is another betting exchange. I will post about it next week but for now I will show the trade.
As I only put $200 into the account for now the trade I made was [...]
Florida wins BCS
Great game tonight as the Florida Gators defeated the Oklahoma Sooners 24-14 in the BCS Championship game. This was a good game to trade on Betfair. Here is how I did:
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Four Figure Loss
It goes just as easy as it comes. Last night I hauled in a four figure profit on the Celtics game just to lose it tonight on a Celtics game. Sometimes things don’t go according to plan, I just try to keep the losses to a minimum. This is the Celtics sixth loss in their past [...]
Betfair Earnings
As I have been showing earnings (and losses) from Betfair I have decided to show my earnings trading on this exchange since I started trading in July, 2007. I do not have any of this months figures on the chart yet.
Some figures I look at are the first year total, from July ‘07- June ‘08, the earnings were $106,600. [...]
Four Figure Profit
The Boston Celtics were upset tonight by the Charlotte Bobcats 114 - 106 in overtime. After the 19 game winning streak by the Celtics, this is their fifth loss in the past seven. Below you can see how I traded the game on Betfair.
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Knicks upset Celtics
The New York Knicks pulled off an upset win last night over the Boston Celtics. Trading on Betfair I also pulled off a win.