New Posts For Thread: How To Test A System?https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23468554/how-to-test-a-systemHi,I am trying to come up with a profitable football betting system, and wondered how I could test if this is profitable?I'd ideally like to go through past games to test this, but I can't seem to find the betfair odds during previous games..Any ideabetexplorer dot com has past results with prices useful for backchecking.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23468554/how-to-test-a-system?post_id=419140406#419140406betexplorer dot com has past results with prices useful for backchecking.Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:58:34 -0600It's pretty easy to set up a spread sheet that will do this using the excel integration- you can record anything you like but if you're not careful you can end up with too much data. There are various threads about this on the Gruss forum if you searhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23468554/how-to-test-a-system?post_id=419140322#419140322It's pretty easy to set up a spread sheet that will do this using the excel integration- you can record anything you like but if you're not careful you can end up with too much data. There are various threads about this on the Gruss forum if you searTue, 10 Nov 2009 13:23:26 -0600aye robot 10 Nov 13:52 It's probably work buying a couple of hunderd matches- just to see how everything fits together. It will cost you a bit of money but it's cheaper than losing bets. Your other option is to reccord odds using Gruss, but you cahttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23468554/how-to-test-a-system?post_id=419140318#419140318aye robot 10 Nov 13:52 It's probably work buying a couple of hunderd matches- just to see how everything fits together. It will cost you a bit of money but it's cheaper than losing bets. Your other option is to reccord odds using Gruss, but you caTue, 10 Nov 2009 12:51:05 -0600I'm always told there are NO winning systems - hope this helpshttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23468554/how-to-test-a-system?post_id=419140314#419140314I'm always told there are NO winning systems - hope this helpsTue, 10 Nov 2009 12:33:29 -0600Also make sure you re-test the methods that appear profitable over a different time period, you may just have discovered something which isn't sustained across a season.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23468554/how-to-test-a-system?post_id=419140310#419140310Also make sure you re-test the methods that appear profitable over a different time period, you may just have discovered something which isn't sustained across a season.Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:07:48 -0600Thanks all for the help here.RE: ImHere.I agree with the reply you have received. Things went well for you. By "testing" a system I want to see if it's profitable long term. It isn't hard to back a huge underdog then sell of as odds drop etc.The systhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23468554/how-to-test-a-system?post_id=419140306#419140306Thanks all for the help here.RE: ImHere.I agree with the reply you have received. Things went well for you. By "testing" a system I want to see if it's profitable long term. It isn't hard to back a huge underdog then sell of as odds drop etc.The systTue, 10 Nov 2009 09:51:37 -0600I generally assign 15k to a system, I find it less hassle than paper trading with decent staking I see if it works, and give it a good run, if it does in 15k then I assume its **, and look for something else. I am sure you could do it with less, buthttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23468554/how-to-test-a-system?post_id=419140302#419140302I generally assign 15k to a system, I find it less hassle than paper trading with decent staking I see if it works, and give it a good run, if it does in 15k then I assume its **, and look for something else. I am sure you could do it with less, butTue, 10 Nov 2009 09:45:39 -0600imhere, things went for you last evening, and chances when Liverpool went 1-0 up I guess B'ham / draw prices went a lot bigger than the prices you took, also it was well into the second half before Liverpool touched 4/1. At half time Liverpool were 2https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23468554/how-to-test-a-system?post_id=419140298#419140298imhere, things went for you last evening, and chances when Liverpool went 1-0 up I guess B'ham / draw prices went a lot bigger than the prices you took, also it was well into the second half before Liverpool touched 4/1. At half time Liverpool were 2Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:31:13 -0600I LAUGHED AT ALL THESE PAPER TRADERS ,I USED REAL MONEY TO TEST MY SYSTEMS AND IM SKINT,YOU PAPER TRADE LIKE THEM ,https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23468554/how-to-test-a-system?post_id=419140294#419140294I LAUGHED AT ALL THESE PAPER TRADERS ,I USED REAL MONEY TO TEST MY SYSTEMS AND IM SKINT,YOU PAPER TRADE LIKE THEM ,Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:20:29 -0600only one way to see if a system works and thats to put real money on it, you will find out quickly if it workshttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23468554/how-to-test-a-system?post_id=419140290#419140290only one way to see if a system works and thats to put real money on it, you will find out quickly if it worksTue, 10 Nov 2009 09:13:38 -0600