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RicHep365
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Anna List wrote:
Wed Jan 10, 2018 3:13 pm
RicHep365 wrote:
Wed Jan 10, 2018 8:09 am
Have to say mine’s completely the opposite, smashes it all through the flat season and dies on the jumps, to the point you might as well turn it off November to March.
What happens if you change the usage? ie. If it's a backing system, swap to laying in winter or vice versa? What then?

Also is the 'smashing it' part increasing, decreasing or is stable?

What about the 'dying' part? Is is getting better, worse or no different?
Profitability has declined all round over time, it was much better 5 years ago than now. But flat season has always outperformed jumps.

When I say it dies in jump season, I just mean it's not as good, rather than not profitable, so you'd lose your shirt laying the same horses.
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ruthlessimon
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See could this be an example of data deja vu?

I could offer data that suggests there's hardly any difference between jumps & flat; that said it could be important - but it depends on vital assumptions.

My data had the following assumptions: - I don't go in-play, highly specific technical setups (dependent on volume, price, time, etc).
Anna List
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RicHep365 wrote:
Wed Jan 10, 2018 5:13 pm
Anna List wrote:
Wed Jan 10, 2018 3:13 pm
RicHep365 wrote:
Wed Jan 10, 2018 8:09 am
Have to say mine’s completely the opposite, smashes it all through the flat season and dies on the jumps, to the point you might as well turn it off November to March.
What happens if you change the usage? ie. If it's a backing system, swap to laying in winter or vice versa? What then?

Also is the 'smashing it' part increasing, decreasing or is stable?

What about the 'dying' part? Is is getting better, worse or no different?
Profitability has declined all round over time, it was much better 5 years ago than now. But flat season has always outperformed jumps.

When I say it dies in jump season, I just mean it's not as good, rather than not profitable, so you'd lose your shirt laying the same horses.
Ah, when you said that it dies on the jumps, I thought that you meant that it dies on the jumps.

If my logic's right, you are either backing the non-favourites or laying the favourites?

Is that correct?
RicHep365
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Anna List wrote:
Wed Jan 10, 2018 5:28 pm
RicHep365 wrote:
Wed Jan 10, 2018 5:13 pm
Anna List wrote:
Wed Jan 10, 2018 3:13 pm


What happens if you change the usage? ie. If it's a backing system, swap to laying in winter or vice versa? What then?

Also is the 'smashing it' part increasing, decreasing or is stable?

What about the 'dying' part? Is is getting better, worse or no different?
Profitability has declined all round over time, it was much better 5 years ago than now. But flat season has always outperformed jumps.

When I say it dies in jump season, I just mean it's not as good, rather than not profitable, so you'd lose your shirt laying the same horses.
Ah, when you said that it dies on the jumps, I thought that you meant that it dies on the jumps.

If my logic's right, you are either backing the non-favourites or laying the favourites?

Is that correct?
No trend following, backing at value vs SP
Anna List
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Anna List wrote:
Wed Jan 10, 2018 5:28 pm
RicHep365 wrote:
Wed Jan 10, 2018 5:13 pm
Anna List wrote:
Wed Jan 10, 2018 3:13 pm


What happens if you change the usage? ie. If it's a backing system, swap to laying in winter or vice versa? What then?

Also is the 'smashing it' part increasing, decreasing or is stable?

What about the 'dying' part? Is is getting better, worse or no different?
Profitability has declined all round over time, it was much better 5 years ago than now. But flat season has always outperformed jumps.

When I say it dies in jump season, I just mean it's not as good, rather than not profitable, so you'd lose your shirt laying the same horses.
Ah, when you said that it dies on the jumps, I thought that you meant that it dies on the jumps.

If my logic's right, you are either backing the non-favourites or laying the favourites?

Is that correct?
Have you thought about splitting the results into 2 groups?

One group contains favourites only. The other contains non-favourites only.

Then compare the two?
RicHep365
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Anna List wrote:
Wed Jan 10, 2018 6:27 pm
Anna List wrote:
Wed Jan 10, 2018 5:28 pm
RicHep365 wrote:
Wed Jan 10, 2018 5:13 pm


Profitability has declined all round over time, it was much better 5 years ago than now. But flat season has always outperformed jumps.

When I say it dies in jump season, I just mean it's not as good, rather than not profitable, so you'd lose your shirt laying the same horses.
Ah, when you said that it dies on the jumps, I thought that you meant that it dies on the jumps.

If my logic's right, you are either backing the non-favourites or laying the favourites?

Is that correct?
Have you thought about splitting the results into 2 groups?

One group contains favourites only. The other contains non-favourites only.

Then compare the two?
The favourites (according to BSP) are much more profitable, but they probably weren't the favourite at the point I backed them. So I'm inherently getting better value on those than any other selection.

I don't have the data to check where in the pecking order the horses were at the point I placed the bets unfortunately.
Anna List
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RicHep365 wrote:
Thu Jan 11, 2018 9:30 am
Anna List wrote:
Wed Jan 10, 2018 6:27 pm
Anna List wrote:
Wed Jan 10, 2018 5:28 pm


Ah, when you said that it dies on the jumps, I thought that you meant that it dies on the jumps.

If my logic's right, you are either backing the non-favourites or laying the favourites?

Is that correct?
Have you thought about splitting the results into 2 groups?

One group contains favourites only. The other contains non-favourites only.

Then compare the two?
The favourites (according to BSP) are much more profitable, but they probably weren't the favourite at the point I backed them. So I'm inherently getting better value on those than any other selection.

I don't have the data to check where in the pecking order the horses were at the point I placed the bets unfortunately.
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