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Strange places to trade from..

Strange places to trade from..

Over the many years I’ve been trading, I generally never pass up a clear opportunity to do a decent trade or trading session. This has led me to trade from all manner of places.

Just before I left my final job in the corporate world many years ago I’d often trade in the toilet. Bit odd you may think, but as I got more and more into trading I started to take bigger and bigger positions and they need careful …

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Travelling trader

Travelling trader

This post has been prompted by this thread in the forum. I don’t know if you remember my post of 2/3 years ago, where I kitted out a holiday cottage so I could trade.

Why? I’ve learnt from past mistakes that if you see an opportunity you take it, in full. So while I’m still in my trading prime, I’d be a fool to turn down the opportunity. Plenty of time to enjoy it later. I also love travelling …

20/04/2013 | By More
Betfair for the iPad

Betfair for the iPad

I see Betfair have launched an iPad app. I quickly downloaded it but there isn’t a great deal to it at the moment, so don’t rush.

As the iPad has a much bigger screen it is possible to log in and operate via the Betfair web site which works pretty well, thought the username and password entry can be a pain.  Simple additions like viewing my P&L for the day would make this app useful but that’s not available, just …

12/08/2010 | By More
Slingtrading

Slingtrading

Those that have followed me for a few years will know that one of my favourite toys in the office is a Slingbox.

A Slingbox allows you to ‘sling’ pictures and audio out of your home to where-ever you are in the world. All you need is a decent Internet connection and you will be able to tap back into your horse racing pictures back at home. This opens up the possibility of being able to trade from pretty …

13/05/2009 | By More
My setup

My setup

my-trading-setup

You may have seen that quad screen image a lot on Bet Angel related material so I thought I would expand the image for you and show you my full set up. Anybody who has visited me will have seen me beavering away at this desk. I’ll give you a brief description of what you see.

(1) Under the desk I have a quad core all singing all dancing PC. You don’t need anything this fancy, as a standard PC …

18/02/2009 | By More
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