Asian Handicaps – The Basics
Asian Handicap betting is becoming more and more popular as it providers traders the opportunity to eliminate the ‘draw’ in a football game. For this reason, this form of bet has become popular not...
View ArticleUsing APIs Can Add Significant Value
One of the key factors that contribute towards the growth of the world’s sports trading through exchanges is the API functionality to allow traders to back and lay automatically, rather than manually....
View ArticleInfluences Affecting Market Liquidity and Trading in Snooker
I have been a data analyst and snooker trader for quite sometime and it is alarming how much the liquidity has dropped on the exchanges in recent years. I thought I would outline and share some points...
View ArticleSimulating Finishing Positions
Once upon a time, not so long ago, you could walk into a betting shop and get a price on any football team you wanted, as long as you wanted to back that team to win. You couldn’t possibly back a team...
View ArticleLiquidity and ‘Getting On’
Whether you are a large well-funded syndicate supported by hundreds of highly skilled Quantitative Analysts and Data Modelers or if you are just a punter with an eye for a ‘value’ bet it seems that...
View ArticleErlang and Exchange Betting; Can The Market Learn From Whatsapp?
One of the biggest tech stories so far this year was definitely Facebook paying $19bn for the messaging app Whatsapp. Quite why Facebook would pay such an eye- watering sum for a chat app is an...
View ArticleA Trading Evolution; From Football Into Horse Racing
I have worked as a recruiter, agent, broker and publisher within sports trading for approximately six years. During this time, I have worked with large and small syndicates across Europe, Asia and...
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