Jim Makos

Horse Racing Trading still beatable?

Apparently yes! Or so it seems. Today I took a look at Bet Angel [https://jimmakos.com/bet-angel/] web page and I noticed a banner in the right column

Feb 11, 2008 2 min read

Betfair Trading with Bet Angel Professional [VIDEO]

I’ve recently received a video response to a trading video of mine posted on Youtube [https://jimmakos.com/2011/08/making-eur53-trading-before-race-starts-video/]. Upon searching

Nov 20, 2007 1 min read

Calculate Commission in Betfair

How much commission [https://jimmakos.com/2007/04/commission-gambling/]did I pay this week to Betfair? Here is an easy way to calculate it. We access “My account” and

Nov 4, 2007 1 min read

Expectations and Bankroll Growth

We have defined our bankroll and staking plan [https://jimmakos.com/2007/07/bankroll-requirements-staking-plan/] we are going to apply and we may now calculate how much winnings

Jul 30, 2007 4 min read

Bankroll Requirements and Staking Plan

How much money should my betting bankroll have? And why is flat betting plan the best staking plan?

Jul 25, 2007 4 min read

Probability Calculations and Value Betting

Usually, inputing data, variables and stats [https://jimmakos.com/2007/07/data-collection-statistics-input-variables/] into an excel spreadsheet is dull and when it’s done on a daily

Jul 23, 2007 3 min read

Data Collection, Statistics and Input Variables

Having already discussed about selecting a sport to bet on [https://jimmakos.com/2007/07/selecting-sport-bet/] in the tutorial series on how to build your own Betting System,

Jul 21, 2007 3 min read

Selecting a Sport to Bet on

So, you want to start betting with a system and not randomly huh? But where to begin with? Building a betting system [https://jimmakos.com/2007/07/how-to-build-

Jul 20, 2007 3 min read

How to Build your own Betting System

We all have visited plenty of websites offering tips which are based on some betting systems and strategies. We never get the chance to see one, but we are happy

Jul 20, 2007 1 min read

Who pays commission? How are odds affected?

Everyone pays commission in order to be able to bet on an event. This is true either in Betfair or another bookmaker. The bookmakers have “vig” representing the commission. Vig,

Jul 17, 2007 5 min read

Tutorial: Trading Charts in Betfair

Using as a reference the races taking place in Ascot these days, we will examine the fixed odds’ charts regarding technical analysis, which is widely spread in the financial markets.

Jun 18, 2007 3 min read