SB, so you've got a set of ratings you receive and it makes a regular POT just by backing them if they are also say in the top 3 favourites (or something similar)?

Sounds similar to something i'm working towards although not sure it will be as simple for me. Sounds like a pretty easy method to add to your aresnal though

Top rated and outright fav in the race. It could work also by looking at the case where the top rater is in the top two or three actual fav for the race. I haven't tested that though. It has increased the favs hit rate from around 30% to 40% in effect. The ratings are dirt cheap and I bought them originally just so that i had something to research in my spare time.
I'm working on seeing how a set of free ratings go but I can't get back records for those so it's a live test with small bets.

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Sounds like a good little money spinner if it stays consistent, i assume you could use some kind of staking plan if you wanted to and boost the profits.

I'll let you know how I get on with my ratings, just finalising at the moment and then backtesting from 1 June 2013 to today for starters.

I'm not good with staking plans but I would be happy to hear any that might fit. From the time I started testing the hit rate has stayed within 1% of 40. I've tested random dates back to May. The ratings people offer a free month trial so you may like to have a look at them, JB.

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Not so simple.
In theory this should work, but with levies and commission, it's a losing propect.
Had the same idea myself but ran it over thousands of results at the shorter end. End result, big banana

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Exactly.

You rang?

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A 5-7% advantage lost with a 6.5% levy and commission. and no real certainty.

Were you using BFSP lay results.

Indeed CP, hence the wink

Well, it's flying along a bit better than expected. After 17 days botting my 40 unit bank has increased by 49% after commission. Simple, but effective, so far. Enter the top raters into the bot and let it place the bet if it is also BF fav just before the jump.

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