Hi Tupp,
I expect everyone is reluctant to reveal their outcomes for fear of embarassment if bad, and unwelcomed approaches/pestering if good. I wonder is we designed an annonymous poll we would get a greater response?
I know people on here getting nowhere, and others paying Premium Charges on Betfair. I have not met people making money who are not trading in some fashion. (ie not straight, unhedged backing or laying).
I have been runnning about 30 plus straight backing and laying ideas in test (in parrallel to my live trading) for several years and it is amazing how many do not apprear random - they follow a distinct trend (either up or down) - for a while - may be months - then they reverse and do the opposite losing all benefits. I don't get this - random noise I could understand - but not strong trends that suddenly reverse?
They are all £2 - £3 stakes (with no staking plans or loss recovery - evil things) and the only ones now in the thousands positive are high risk lay strategies which could crash an burn at any time. One reached £7000 recently only to be hit by a couple of £1000 losses in a few days. It is still positive and now trending up again but I could not take that kind of heart attack factor in LIVE.
Therefore unless people have the results over a very long period it will not prove much - growth could all be gone tomorrow. Slow and steady, small margins, trading strategies - that's my thinking.
Doesn't answer your question though!
Alfaman