Chasing Broccoli
"I must have forgotten the time I once lost £6,000 trying to win £2 to cover the cost of a piece of broccoli I'd deemed overpriced."This was taken from the Betfair Trading to Gambler's Anonymous blog...
View ArticleTen Tennis Trading Myths
1. It is easy to make money from tennis tradingThis is something I've seen written on several blogs this year and is just a laughable statement. The sort of people who write this tend to fall into one...
View ArticleThe Sultan's Trading Plugathon
A few things to have a look at on the blogosphere that have caught my eye recently:Mark Iverson has a new project up and running which might interest any football traders. His 'Soccer In-Play' mobile...
View ArticleOctober - The Results
It's been a decent October. I'm happy with the overall profit (a new personal record!), though slightly disappointed because a couple of bad days stopped this being my best ever profit from tennis...
View Article100th Best in the World
Tennis is a strange sport in that often, people will talk about a player who is ranked between 50 and 100, for example, as if he or she is a nobody. They see Murray struggling against a guy ranked 60...
View Article2012 Trading Season Review
So the tennis season comes to a close, with just the Davis Cup Final remaining. It's been an incredible season for me. January was my only losing month. I have averaged approximately 50% of my bank...
View ArticleTradeshark v The Sultan
OK, it's an overly-dramatic title to reel you in but nonetheless, what I have to write about does suggest a certain amount of sparring! I was disappointed to read in Tradeshark's latest post, the...
View ArticleQPR, Andy Roddick, James Arthur & Alan Sugar!
I've got really itchy fingers from not trading or blogging for 2 weeks so thought I'd do a catch-up today, with a few things which may be of interest.Firstly, I've decided to have a go at trading a...
View ArticleNew Year's Resolutions: Did I Stick to Them?
So as another year draws to a conclusion, thoughts turn towards resolutions for 2013. But what about 2012? Most people tend to forget or fail at sticking to their New Year's resolutions but I recorded...
View ArticleTennis Is Back!!!
After a well-earned rest, I'm now champing at the bit for the start of what I hope will be the season which cements my progress as a long-term, consistently profitable tennis trader. I won't do another...
View ArticleHappy New Fecking Year
2013 has been a total disaster. Since the tennis season started, I have only recorded TWO wins. I daren't even look at all the reds but it's easily my longest draw-down EVER. I didn't suffer anything...
View ArticleAustralian Open 2013
So you are probably expecting a review of the Australian Open. A summary of who to watch and my picks for outright winner, perhaps a couple of outright market value bets to trade. Well tough, cos that...
View ArticleTennis Trading Fallacy
"This match exhibited perfect trading characteristics again. It was another match, where if you were trading, you couldn’t lose. If you backed the outsider his price shortened considerably. If you...
View ArticlePeter Webb Responds!
My previous post which focused on a comment by Peter Webb on his blog, has struck a chord with many people. I've had lots of comments, both here and on Twitter, the latest of which came from the man...
View ArticleThe Sultan & Peter Webb Part 3
A second comment from Peter Webb today, in response to my second blog post:"After a significant number of years of trading and blogging I'm sort of resigned to the fact that people will take what they...
View ArticleMurray v Djokovic: A Trader's Dream!!
WOW!! What a match we had to end the Australian Open in Melbourne! If you were trading this match, there is simply no way you could have lost money! With so many momentum shifts, market fluctuations,...
View ArticleI Am 2!!
As 'Webbgate' rumbles on over on Green All Over, and copies of 'Sultan Tennis: The Complete Moron's Guide to Trading Tennis on Betfair', now down to the last 5 limited time period only downloads, it's...
View ArticleBetdaq - GAME OOOOONNN!!
This time last year, those with long memories might remember my little 'crusade' to get traders to shift over to Betdaq. I guess it was never really going to work but I did feel that more tennis...
View ArticleThe Trading Syndicate
Recently I mentioned that I had received an offer from an individual to trade with their money, in return for a share of my monthly tennis trading profits. Talks are still ongoing. I wrote in that same...
View ArticleTime to Quit?
Talks have fallen through. The investment I was hoping for is no longer going to happen. I'm pretty fed up right now! I have been doing a lot of thinking over the past few days and am starting to think...
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