The things an in-running player needs to know !

• Every race course's characteristics. ie:uphill finish,long straight,short straight,position of the stall (flat racing), etc etc etc
• Horses' running style. ie: strong stayers or weak finishers.
• Jockeys' riding style.
• How to read the pace of a race.
• How to operate API like gruss, betangel, racingtrader etc,etc, API--stand for Application Programming Interface.
• Trainers' habit of placing their horses.
• How to spot non triers :-)

As for the racing today, i had a good win on the second last race at Kempton. Greed got the better of me and i went for a big win again on the last race,sadly, it didn't win :-(

Nevermind, as Gekko says in Wall Street---Greed is good

Another tough day !!

Yesterday i started poorly then came back strong towards the end. Today was the exact opposite,kept making bad decisions towards the end of the afternoon races.

Well, making the right decisions is easier said than done, a new trader in our office made a bad call on the 3.05 Towcester and lost heavily. he stormed out of the office soon after.

In-running--it is certainly not an easy game.

Smashed my way out of trouble !!

What a roller-coaster ride !! How i got out the black hole and ended up winning i honestly have no idea !! Feel completely knackered now after a long day trading :-(
Hope tomorrow racing less stressful .

Not trying hard enough ??

I have a horse to watch out for in the next couple of weeks - Right Option who ran at Taunton today. After held up right at the back,some twenty lengths behind the leaders,the jockey made a rapid move down the back straight and was just about a length behind the leader then with no apparent reason he swung the horse wide into the straight and finished a never near fifth.He looks a possible improver and should get a reasonable handicap mark over hurdles now. Let's just say he received quite a tender handling today! Looking at the P&L it is another winning day without being a 'belter'. The 2m5f novices handicap hurdle at Newbury was the race that cost me an arm and a leg :-(( Oh well mustn't grumble !!

British economy !

Just a short update today as I must study for a good day's racing tomorrow - 4 afternoon meetings including a good card at Newbury. As you can see from the p&l an average sort of day for me... but on hearing the news about MFI and Woolworths going under today I am relieved to still be able to make a good living from in-running trading !! The British and World economies continue to struggle but we havent seen any downturn in liquidity on Betfair. Long may it continue !!!

Max performance !!

As my prefer OS is XP pro, the recommendations here are based on XP system.

Right click the My computer icon from the desktop or from the start menu, then select PROPERTIES, then click Advanced, and you will see a Performance box, then click settings. you will see under the VISUAL Effects tab there are four options, by default the dot is on --let windows choose what's best for my computer. To get the best performance, you can check the adjust for best performance box,then click Apply. the computer will be grey out and look ugly:-), however, in this setting,the processing speed of your computer will be at its fastest.

Well, if you don't want your PC looks like a cardboard,you can tick the CUSTOM box,and then un-tick the top nine boxes below,then click Apply. IN this way,the PC still regains some visual effects but at the same time the computer will also get a better performance.

Is your computer really fast ??

To make money in this in-running game,apart from having good race reading skills and a bit of luck you need a half decent tool--the computer.

Hey that's easy !! some might say,just go to PC world ,give them a thousand pounds and buy the best one on offer. The fact is most people have little knowledge about computer,all they can do is to put the plug into socket and switch it on. The super computer might work well in the beginning, then after a while it starts running slow....Betfair not load up with IE , Firefox illegal scripts, Gruss freezes, refreshes fucked, etc etc ..

You know WHY !! A Computer is the same as a car, it needs configuaring and tuning !! In my opinion, a well tuned Mini Cooper can always out run a badly set up Ferrari in a sprint . So, to get the best out of your computer you need to set it up properly !! How?? tell you tomorrow :-)