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Beginner sportstraders are frequently burdened with the baggage of unrealistic expectation.It is understandable how these unfeasible expectations can be formed in the psyche of the novice trader. He may have seen websites that promise enormous returns; adverts that extol some trading programme which claims to have a success rate of 97% on all trades. He may have read an article about some trader

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The Fear Of Losing has an evil twin brother at the other end of the spectrum -- Unrealistic Expectations.Recognising, understanding and dealing with these two siblings is the first essential step to a succesful trading career.The Fear Of Losing is a natural fail-safe characteristic in us all. Without it in everyday life we would be rash and hasty in our decision making. The Fear Of Losing makes

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Along with a trading plan, every successful trader also has -- consciously or sub-consciously -- a trading psychology plan. Making the transition from paper trading to real money trading is as much about a psychological capacity as about a familiarity with the mechanisms of trading.The greatest psychological hurdle to cross is undoubtedly the Fear Of Losing. Fear of losing is the

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The tyro trader now decides to make the jump from paper trading to trading with real money.He has looked at the different sports markets available, has identified those in which he is most confident and comfortable with. His paper trading practice dry runs have revealed a few strategies that show promise -- a decent profit overall with around 80% of his trades coming out on "the right side." Now

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The first installment of a series of related articles.The first nervous steps.You've read a few tutorials, looked up some websites, and you would like to try your hand at this trading game.For a few years you have made regular bets on your particular sport of interest -- horseracing, football, etc. On the rare occasion you may have made a Lay bet. Now you would like to execute a few "trades" on

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Totally, head-over-heels fallen in love with a particular bookmaker ..............Bet365.In these times of regular punter-friendly "offers" from a whole slew of bookmakers, Bet365 consistently stands out from the crowd with their genuinely valuable and worthwhile offers.Am I spamming Bet365? Of course not -- you don't see any banners, buttons or links to their site on here, do you?And I hyping

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Every bettor is acutely aware of Risk -- the level of which usually being mathematically represented by the odds of the selection which the bettor backs at. A 100/1 outsider is a more risky proposal that the Evens favourite.An every trader is -- or should be -- aware of Risk Management in his trading. Effective Risk Management limits the trader's exposure to adverse market movements, and aids

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Gamblers go on strike.Last weekend French poker players again re-instated their strike in protest against a new government tax of 10% on rake.Groups of players organise themselves to join online poker tables, and then refuse to play by sitting out each hand. They know, of course, that a 10% tax is ruinous and detrimental to any longterm overall net profit.What has this to do with the theme of

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You visit a new blog on betting or trading, and you just instinctively know how it's going to pan out, don't you.10 seconds into the introduction and the BIG mission statement is trumpeted. Yep, it's going to be yet another of those "£100 into £100,000 in twelve months" challenges.You read on in mounting apprehension, but you allow yourself to be carried along by the guy's enthusiasm. There's a

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