New Posts For Thread: spread bettinghttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28686263/spread-bettingnew to spread betting so looking for a bit of help. tomorrows match i don't think england will win so what is the best market to bet on?Apologies, I referred to you as The Masked, it should have been The MaskedAggressor.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28686263/spread-betting?post_id=512912589#512912589Apologies, I referred to you as The Masked, it should have been The MaskedAggressor.Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:57:15 -0600My point would be the more incremental the market, and the larger the differences in possible makeups, the less volatile it generally is to someone who approaches betting on it in, shall we say, a certain way. (If being blunt, I would say properly.)https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28686263/spread-betting?post_id=512912559#512912559My point would be the more incremental the market, and the larger the differences in possible makeups, the less volatile it generally is to someone who approaches betting on it in, shall we say, a certain way. (If being blunt, I would say properly.)Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:55:44 -0600Also "Staked properly, they are way less volatile than betting on match results in a 2 horse race"We were originally on about goal or match supremacy, which is NOT the same as 2 horse race. Presumably you would not argue that these have high volatilihttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28686263/spread-betting?post_id=512904719#512904719Also "Staked properly, they are way less volatile than betting on match results in a 2 horse race"We were originally on about goal or match supremacy, which is NOT the same as 2 horse race. Presumably you would not argue that these have high volatiliMon, 21 Nov 2011 18:24:56 -0600Well with using different stakes of course you can demonstrate what you claim. But most people would define "volatility" as having a big difference between the best and worst possible outcome.You could say that buying a teams runs in cricket at 10p ehttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28686263/spread-betting?post_id=512904619#512904619Well with using different stakes of course you can demonstrate what you claim. But most people would define "volatility" as having a big difference between the best and worst possible outcome.You could say that buying a teams runs in cricket at 10p eMon, 21 Nov 2011 18:21:45 -0600Ok, so you are going to use the same stakes on a market that has a variance of 3 to 4 points as you would use on a market with a possible variance in the hundreds?A properly staked bet result is not made volatile by the absolute number it makes up athttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28686263/spread-betting?post_id=512904307#512904307Ok, so you are going to use the same stakes on a market that has a variance of 3 to 4 points as you would use on a market with a possible variance in the hundreds?A properly staked bet result is not made volatile by the absolute number it makes up atMon, 21 Nov 2011 18:09:10 -0600That makes no sense whatsoever!There is a very low variance in goals or supremacy make ups, + or - 6 times your stake is absolute most you are reallistically going to lose, and in the vast majority of times it will be 3 or 4.Contrast that with the mahttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28686263/spread-betting?post_id=512894755#512894755That makes no sense whatsoever!There is a very low variance in goals or supremacy make ups, + or - 6 times your stake is absolute most you are reallistically going to lose, and in the vast majority of times it will be 3 or 4.Contrast that with the maMon, 21 Nov 2011 14:40:10 -0600Eradicate seems to have disappeared from the thread, but I suspect I know what he was getting at.With betting on the match outcome, or buying/selling goals or similar, your whole stake can swing one way or the other on a single event, or very few evehttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28686263/spread-betting?post_id=512888747#512888747Eradicate seems to have disappeared from the thread, but I suspect I know what he was getting at.With betting on the match outcome, or buying/selling goals or similar, your whole stake can swing one way or the other on a single event, or very few eveMon, 21 Nov 2011 12:19:19 -0600Kenilworth, no, it was to Eradicate.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28686263/spread-betting?post_id=512713255#512713255Kenilworth, no, it was to Eradicate.Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:24:03 -0600The mind bending nuances of spread betting :-- "I think England will lose ...I'll sell their performance" - they duly oblige and lose 1-0...but wait.. they get 18 corners and hit the post twice! - " I predict a tight game , defences on top - not manyhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28686263/spread-betting?post_id=512708079#512708079The mind bending nuances of spread betting :-- "I think England will lose ...I'll sell their performance" - they duly oblige and lose 1-0...but wait.. they get 18 corners and hit the post twice! - " I predict a tight game , defences on top - not manyThu, 17 Nov 2011 10:06:56 -0600TMA, is your question for me ?https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28686263/spread-betting?post_id=512706085#512706085TMA, is your question for me ?Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:06:17 -0600