| The guys who have been trading tennis for a number | | | | thinking while executing your bets. When you are |
| of years have become highly skilled. However, | | | | striving to achieve a profit target you will fall into the |
| everyone had to start on the bottom rung of the | | | | trap of altering your trading style. When you start |
| ladder and work their way up to advanced status. The | | | | trading aggressively the market can punish you |
| problem is, when you are new to tennis trading, you will | | | | mercilessly. |
| not find a great number of people willing to give you | | | | If you are new to the bet exchanges you may |
| some free help and advice. These guys are trying to | | | | struggle to come up with decent tennis trading |
| earn a living and time is money. Furthermore, these | | | | strategies. If all else fails, try backing a favourite early in |
| guys probably lost a small fortune learning how to | | | | the match priced at around 1.5. Place the back portion |
| make it pay. | | | | first to keep your liability down. Look for three ticks of |
| Tennis trading for beginners is all about keeping things | | | | movement in your favour and then trade out. This |
| simple. You need to familiarise yourself with the art of | | | | means placing your lay portion at around 1.47. Do this |
| trading on Betfair. Contrary to popular belief, you do | | | | for a month using £2 stakes and then examine your |
| not need to be an avid follower of the sport itself. I can | | | | profit and loss. |
| think of numerous successful tennis traders who | | | | If you have used this method correctly, you will have |
| would rather paint the garden fence than sit in the | | | | an impressive record with only the odd losing trade. |
| stands at a tennis tournament. It is trading the tennis | | | | Overall, you should be well in profit. This should give |
| markets you really need to learn rather than the sport | | | | you the confidence to increase your stakes and |
| of tennis itself. | | | | repeat the process. Tennis trading for beginners is |
| As a novice trader, you will probably have some | | | | actually quite simple. It is just human nature that |
| fanciful idea of how much money you would like to | | | | complicates matters. After reading this article, you |
| earn from your new venture. This is a classic mistake | | | | should have a better idea of how to proceed with |
| made by virtually all newcomers. Forget about targets, | | | | your new venture. |
| in my experience they will adversely effect your | | | | |