Subject: My Over 2.5 strategy failed... so I flipped it
My Over 2.5 strategy failed... so I flipped it
October 26th, 2026 at 4:00 pm GMTWhat the goal times showed me I built an Over 2.5 strategy I was sure would work.It crashed. Properly burned.The stats weren't wrong. I was. I was getting in at kick-off, and the goals just weren't turning up when I nee ...
Two years of laying the draw
October 23rd, 2026 at 2:38 pm GMTWhat happens when you stop picking matches and test the lot? It’s easy to remember the Lay The Draw trades where a late goal saved you. The dull 0–0s? Those have a habit of fading from memory. That’s why I wanted to test it properly. I backed ...
Would you stick with it after 10 losses?
October 20th, 2026 at 12:37 pm GMTYo,Your backtest says the strategy made money.Lovely. Now it’s lost three trades in a row, and you’re looking at the results again. Same numbers as last week. Somehow they feel less convincing today. That’s why I wouldn’t judge a strategy b ...
What if neither team scores?
October 19th, 2026 at 4:06 pm GMTYo,You can be right even when the match feels dull. Most football traders are waiting for a goal. But sometimes you’re watching a match where one side can’t create a chance and the other seems happy to keep the ball in its own half. That’s wh ...
It looks good on past results. Now what?
October 16th, 2026 at 12:46 pm GMTView onlineThere’s an easier way to see how your strategy does from today. Yo, You’ve built a strategy. You’ve checked the past results. It looks promising.Now comes the awkward bit: finding out what happens next. You could try to remember wh ...
Would you still lay the draw after this?
October 15th, 2026 at 4:01 pm GMTI tested every match for two years. The total isn’t the bit I’d check first. You spot a match. The draw price looks decent. You lay it. Then it’s 0–0 after 70 minutes and you’re watching the clock more than the football. That’s the mome ...
You’ve got strategies waiting in your account
October 13th, 2026 at 12:41 pm GMTYou can open one and see how it works. You open the software to test an idea. Then you sit there trying to decide which market to pick, which filters to use, and whether you’ve missed something obvious. That’s a lot to work out before you’ve ...
The results look good. So why are you hesitating?
October 12th, 2026 at 4:01 pm GMTYo,You’ve tested a strategy. The results look good. Then the next qualifier appears and you find yourself checking everything again. Was the sample big enough? Were the results just a lucky run? What happens if the next ten trades lose? That hesi ...
20 Years of Betfair Trading – The Biggest Lesson I Learnt
October 9th, 2026 at 2:36 pm GMTAfter 20 years of Betfair trading, I've learnt a lot of lessons.I've found strategies that worked.I've found strategies that didn't. I've experienced winning runs, losing runs, and plenty of situations where I thought I knew what was going to happe ...
Forward Test Your Betfair Strategy at the Click of a Button!
October 8th, 2026 at 4:01 pm GMTHi,You've built your Betfair trading strategy.You've backtested it.The results look promising.But there's one big question left…Does it actually work going forward?That's where forward testing comes in. And in our latest video, I'll show you how ...