Well hello my loyal followers. Well, that was one hell of a week! Week 15 has definitely been the best week for me as a trader. I managed to make a weekly profit of £216.24. This was largely down to two games which saw me manage to bag £117.60 from each game. I did have a major loss, but I can take them, as long as the winners far outweigh the losers. Here’s the profit and loss breakdown for week 15:

As you can see I got off to a good start in midweek as City beat Arsenal. I did mention in a blog post prior to the game that I was going to go straight for the City win, but I decided not to, as the stats suggested there was an angle to play regarding the correct score, so I decided to opt for that instead.

Then came the games on Saturday. I did mention that I had prior social events on the Friday and Saturday, so I did the majority of my research beforehand. This ensured that when the time came to place my trades I was pretty much decided on what I was going to trade anyway, barring any major team news before kick off. And that’s the other thing that I mentioned in my previous blog, the little secret that I said I was going to tell you to ensure that I don’t miss out on any trades…I’ve basically decided to take my laptop with me should I know that I’ll be away from my desk whilst a game I’ve selected to trade kicks off. Ground-breaking I know! But this means that if I do find myself away from the house at 3pm on a Saturday afternoon, then I can always pull out the laptop to ensure I don’t miss a trade. This will tend to be for games that I can place my trades and leave alone. ‘Fire and forget’ trades, if you will. I don’t want to be trading games like this that require my full attention, as I don’t wish to appear too rude should we be in company. So, on Saturday this was the perfect case in point. It was fast approaching kick off time for the 3pm games, and I was in the middle of a retail park. Knowing that the potential trades were coming up, I decided to go to my car and get my laptop out. I took a last look at what my stats were telling me and I placed my trades and then just left them to run their course. These turned out to be a winning trade and a losing trade. But thankfully the winning trade (£117.60) far outweighed the losing trade (£75). If I never took this new approach to trading, then I would have been out of pocket by £42.60. This is what I will be trying to do going forwards. I feel this is necessary if I want to make it as a trader. It won’t be something that I’ll be doing permanently, it’s just whilst I’m starting off. In the past I have found myself identifying a trade and then not placing it due to me being away from my laptop, and then that trade coming in. This has frustrated me a lot, and I feel this solution ensures that similar trading opportunities won’t be missed.

Onto Sunday’s games, and I found myself in decent profit here also. I didn’t have any distractions, so I could trade these games as normal. I felt strongly how each match was going to go, so I traded them accordingly. Thankfully I was right in what I chose, and the profits followed. Finishing the day off on £134.68 turned out to be my most profitable day’s trading to date. And I feel as though it was a major milestone in my trading journey. But what I’ve got to remember is that this is just one week, and I need to do it consistently. Some weeks will be good, some weeks will be bad. I need to ensure that I’m emotionally and psychologically in the right place to deal with these peaks and troughs. Not all weeks will be this good, and I need to be mindful of that.

So, how has that affected my journey so far. Well, here’s a table to show you my weekly profit and loss amounts:

So as you can see, that £216.24 looks kind of odd up there amongst the other totals. It sticks out like a sore thumb. And it means I’m currently on a grand profit of £219.76 for my journey so far. I’ll be honest, after the first few months I did wonder how this was going to go. But I’ve kept on and I think I’ve been rewarded for my persistence. I just need to keep this going.

The results from week 15 has caused a sudden peak to appear in my ‘Journey So Far’ graph. I’m sure this steep upward curve will flatten out in time as there will be losses, of that I’m sure. But hopefully I can keep on with this upward trajectory and keep the good times rolling.

Right – that’s it from me. Thank you very much for reading about one of my biggest trading weeks to date. I won’t be doing many other trades until Friday when Fulham play Wolves. I will hopefully be doing a Friday Night Mass, because on Saturday I’m out again at another social event, but it’s only happening late at night so I won’t be taking my laptop as it will only be the Crystal Palace vs Liverpool game that I miss out on. If you are doing any trading this week, then good luck, and may the Lord be with you. Always.