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stu
20 Feb 15 13:20
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Just wondering what view people would have about the majority of money on BF racing markets.

Often see some heavy lumps, but are these more trading money or big punters/position players IYO?

Be interesting to know how much money is simply being churned, vs the money risked in the market.

Any views welcome.
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Report stu February 20, 2015 1:21 PM GMT
Also, has this altered from the past markets in any way?
Report Barton Bank February 20, 2015 1:50 PM GMT
I would say there is vastly more money being "churned" in proportion to the money being gambled as compared to a few years ago. No way of being absolutely certain of that, though.
Report stu February 20, 2015 1:56 PM GMT
That's the tricky thing in this question - hard to know whether any amount seen in the exchange is traded or not.
Report stu February 20, 2015 1:58 PM GMT
...and wasn't 'trading' more heavily apparent in previous times (seem to recall more about it being an approach in the past).

Though oddly it's now more 'obvious' with the ads for trading approaches actually shown on BF pages these days.
Report artie February 22, 2015 3:21 PM GMT
No way of knowing.
Report pawras February 22, 2015 4:39 PM GMT
I'm very much a backer but I'm starting to dabble a little bit with trading
Report stu February 22, 2015 7:42 PM GMT
I presume a lot, to partly echo pawras, use both methods at times, but specifically trading as an approach is different to occasional trading, I would reckon.

It's a useful question if you are either a trader or a straight punter though - as knowing motives of the market makes some difference I think.
Report stu February 22, 2015 7:43 PM GMT
A good example is when a 'blocking' type of strategy from a big trader pushes a particular horse into a heavily value price. But, if it was actually a lay, then that's perhaps different in interpretation.
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