Much as I defend you right to the thread if it serves you well blah blah blah, I'm not convinced it's a good idea for the actual P&Ls. The anicdotes are fair enough. But, being new I think you should be trying all sorts of things, learning by failing can be as valuable as sticking to a plan sometimes as I'm sure you know.Original-Soultrader wrote: ↑Tue Mar 13, 2018 10:32 pmSorry Shaun. Change to "couldnt get out at a profit"Couldn't get out? At Cheltenham? Maybe you just chose not to?
So if you want to see what 'in running' is like, have a go, but plan to have a go rather than it just happening. If so, you might have done better if you'd known if your horse was a front runner or a hold up job for instance. And if you lose, no big deal, refine and try again or move on. I think you might agree though that not having even seen a race until a week ago, your race reading skills might have been weak point
Even then, there's no harm in 'playing' with a few quid because you never know what you might see that inspires you or might make you consider automation for instance. I've said before about how different these markets are from fx, another is that there's many many more ways to trade them, try a few and don't worry about justifying every penny on here.