Betting Exchange Academy Seminar

In many ways I am extremely sceptical about certain things surrounding the betting/gambling/trading lifestyle. One of these is the enormous amount of “purchasable” items, be it information, specialised strategies, training courses, seminars and other such oddities that make you believe you are purchasing something really special.

One of the main reasons for this is the total disregard, to the punter, by persons (unknown) to provide absolutely useless information, at a price, to the totally uninitiated or beginner. Not only in the sole pursuit of profit but also fully knowledgeable that the information being provided will do the complete opposite to that suggested, which is usually wealth generation. Read John’s post a few days ago.

Fortunately for me I figured early on in my betting/gambling/trading days that the sale of these “information” packs was only pursued because the method/strategy etc did not work and the only way of making an income from it is to sell it to the next generation of unsuspecting people.

So what a fantastic breath of fresh air I found the Betting Exchange Academy Seminar I attended on Monday 16th March. An extremely well run day hosted by Peter Webb and supported by one of his team, David. I have to say that the course not only met my expectations but greatly exceeded them in many, many ways.

There is Peter discussing the history, methods, strategies, race types, what to expect (and what to not expect) and, there in the background, is this David who, in the afternoon, said little other than £10 from that race, £15 from that race, £7.50 from that race (it just makes you sick you know) and all with stakes not that different to what I am using and I’m only achieving 1/10th the profit!

I thought that my trading was progressing ok, a little slow maybe but ok, and I now realise that I have been trading inside a deep, dark tunnel. The seminar has, in my mind anyway, taken me out of that tunnel and made me realise I knew virtually nothing but the very basics and, effectively, opened my eyes to the practically limitless trading possibilities.

Please do not ask me for any trading tips as I will not go into any specifics, after all my rough costs are in the region of £600 for the course, the previous night’s hotel stay, fuel etc. Also it would be unfair to Peter and his team, they are the teachers, the professionals, I am not. I would not like to mis-inform anyone about the information provided to me on the course, but I will say that if you are serious about trading for a living you must attend the course.

There is NO other alternative to fast-track the knowledge that Peter has gained over the years but if you feel that the course is expensive I, for one, would have been happy to pay more. If I can now make a success of it I will be attending the course again for a refresher, maybe in 6 months, maybe in 12 months, we’ll just have to see.

Now the real proof in the pudding is whether I can make a success of it, so I will spend a day or two digesting the quite extensive book and slides that Peter provided and come back to trading this week some time when I feel comfortable and ready, not before.

My apologies for this post being so long but when you feel as strongly about the content as I do, I feel anything shorter to emphasise the importance, to your trading ability as this course is, would have been an injustice.

Now I will leave you alone and be back in a day or two.

Cheers