UNDERSTANDING THE OPPORTUNITY
There are many ways to participate on exchanges. These tutorials are designed to give you advice and an overview of trading and certain specialist features of Bet Angel. You will also see some live trading to enable you to understand what you are trying to achieve.
You can read some articles or jump straight to the videos.
Bet Angel professional customers receive additional lengthy tutorials in addition to this material. They also the show the application of our products to the market. In order to view these you need to be at least a trialist of Bet Angel Professional. If you want to get a really good feel for the power of a truly professional product used by real professionals, apply for a trial of Bet Angel Professional.
LOOKING FOR EXPERT KNOWLEDGE?
If you would like first hand knowledge from one of the worlds leading exchange experts we suggest you check out Peter Webb's training course which has met with widespread acclaim. Peter was the founder of Bet Angel and one of the earliest members to join Betfair back in June 2000. He has gained unparalleled experience in these markets and is one of their biggest users. He still uses Bet Angel as his preferred platform for Betfair today. If you want to learn what does and doesn't work and why, this course is for you. Click on the academy link to learn more.
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GENERAL BETTING EXCHANGE ARTICLES
The concept of trading
It is easy to misunderstand what trading on the betting exchange market is all about and to make the best of this exciting new opportunity.
Trading allows you to make a profit regardless of what happens in the underlying sports event and also allows you to profit even before the event has started! Trading is generally considered to be the holy grail of sports markets. Learn more about the concept of trading on Betfair by viewing the following presentations or by reading the articles: -
Video presentations
Click here if you are familiar with financial markets or
Click here if you are familiar with sports betting markets
Articles (You will need adobe acrobat viewer to read these articles)
If you are a traditional punter learn about trading racing markets by downloading and reading page 36 & 37 of this Racing Ahead article.
If you have arrived from financial markets click here to read this article from Shares Magazine.
Being a successful trader
Starting out and want to know what you need to be a successful trader? This document gives you some guidance on how to achieve this and what you should be thinking about before you plunge head long into things. Read article...
Be the bookmaker!
Only bookmakers win, so why not be one? With Bet Angel and betting exchanges you are only a few clicks away from success but a world away from the traditional chalk board. Read article...
FREE VIDEO TUITION - LEARN TO TRADE ON BETFAIR
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Learning how to trade on betting exchanges What is trading, how do you do it? In this video we reveal what trading is all about by using the Betfair betting exchange to explain the concept of trading and show you exactly how to place a trade on Betfair. This step by step instruction will get you up and trading in no time at all. |
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A simple manual trade on Betfair Now you have learnt what trading is and how to trade we perform a very simple trade on Betfair for you. During the trade we net a profit and in process set up a no lose situation. Whatever happens in the race we will not lose a penny! |
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Watching a race on Betfair - 4 minutes video We intended to trade this race but couldn't see any opportunities. However the race was a good example and you can hear commentary on the market prior to the off, in running and all the way through to a photo finish. If you have never seen a horse race on Betfair this is a great example. |
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Trading on Bet Angel - Basic - Live! Bet Angel - Basic is free and will put you in profit in seconds. Watch the following live tutorial done on the fly and without any preparation and learn how you can use Bet Angel to make money from betting exchanges by trading using the techniques discussed above. In this example we trade a race and then use the 'greening' up function to spread our profit across the field to ensure we win regardless of who goes on to win the race. |
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Bet Angel Professional - Ladder trading interface An overview of this popular feature with an example trade at the end. Familiar to stock market traders the depth of market or 'ladder' trading interface allows you to get in and out of a market in a flash with point and click instructions using your mouse. Using this interface you can see all the money available in the market at all prices and you can quickly get in and out of the market. You can fully automate trades so they automatically place opposing orders and stop you out if your position goes against you. Streaming charting and trade calculators offer significant tools for professional traders. |
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Bet Angel Professional - Dutching Dutching is a very clever type of bet you can place on an exchange using Bet Angel. Using dutching you define your own profit and loss that you wish to make rather than have it defined by the market. Using Bet Angel you can even predefine each individual selections profit and loss.
Read more about the general concept of dutching by clicking on this link. |
