The past week has been incredibly busy if you are a tennis trader. I have had one or two emails from new tennis traders wondering if these low profile tournaments are worth trading and my response is “Absolutely!”. In fact the best opportunities are usually had in the low profile tournaments and the liquidity is…
Time to take a look back into the Sports Trading Life archives once again to find an article that might be old in age but is still just as important and relevant today. This post is from May 2011 and tackles 5 Betfair Trading Misconceptions. If you are new to trading or still working hard…
Since Betfair was invented in 2001 this means we can only imagine how some of the historic betting events would have played out if they had been in-play. This is a light hearted look at how we feel the markets would have reacted to some of the great sporting events that happened before Betfair was…
The enigmatic Roger Federer won his 7th Wimbledon title in an epic final which left Andy Murray in tears at the end. As far as Wimbledon finals go it was not exactly a classic but it was incredibly intriguing and you could not take your eye off it for one moment. Over £55 million was…
Serena Williams was crowned women’s Wimbledon champion but it was not without the routine wobble along the way. Serena Williams started the match as 1.20 favourite but was so dominant in the early stages that her priced touched 1.01 after she broke serve early in the 2nd set. This was eerily similar to the scenario…
Over the next few days we could all be witness to history being made as Andy Murray has a strong chance of becoming the first British player since 1938 to reach the final of Wimbledon and maybe the first winner since Fred Perry in 1936. You have to feel that if Andy Murray was ever…