After last week, any week was going to be hard pressed to match the big profits that week brought in. So, I wasn’t expecting much to be honest. In fact I was expecting a tricky Week 22 after the success of Week 21, because having three winning trades meant that losing trades were more likely just around the corner based on the law of averages. And whilst I did have losing trades, I still managed to bring in a small profit. Here is the breakdown of the trades I did for Week 22:

So, overall I managed to earn a £9.98 profit (ignore the horse racing, those were fun bets I placed for myself and my family on The Grand National). After losing £75 on one trade, I was quite pleased that I managed to turn the loss around into a green. From my suggestions on my Friday Night blog post, I decided to stay away from the Everton vs Fulham match as I didn’t feel confident in my predictions, and I’m glad I did as I would have seen a red for this game if I did trade it.

I traded the Man City vs Leicester game as I said I would, and before half time City were looking great for their AOH result, going in at the break three goals to the good. Unfortunately, their main players were replaced at half-time and they didn’t manage to kick on from this and the game ended up 3-1. Luckily I decided to trade out of the game rather than leaving it to play out.

For the West Ham vs Arsenal game, this was another one were my trades were looking good as Arsenal stormed into an early lead, but yet another collapse from Arsenal meant that West Ham were able to get back into the game and level the score at 2-2. Hey-ho, shit happens!

After the Arsenal game the stats looked good for the Forest vs Man United game, and I’m glad to see that my trades came in. Again, referring back to something I have mentioned in previous blog posts, I selected the correct score for this game, but I didn’t leave it to run until the end and I traded out early. I’ll have to see if my research tells me if I’m better leaving my trades to run, or whether I’m doing better trading out early and avoiding losses but cutting profits short.

Monday, I totally forgot about the Leeds vs Liverpool game, and managed to get my trades on late after doing a rushed analysis of the two teams. Again, one of my selected trades (AOA) came in, but I didn’t stake as much on this scoreline as I wasn’t 100% confident on the outome, especially as Liverpool haven’t been consistent of late. But the fact Leeds weren’t pulling up any trees also came into my thinking. For some of the trades I had chosen, I did try to come out of by laying them, but just as my trade was to be taken, there would be a goal, meaning my lays weren’t taken, and potential additional profit was lost. All in all though I was happy with my trading and I’m possibly looking at upping my stakes seeing as though there isn’t many games left until the end of the season. I’ve got the bank to cover it, I just need the confidence to trade with bigger stakes.

Here’s how Week 22 measures up to the previous weeks trading amounts, and also a cumulative picture of my journey so far:

I’m happy to keep my head above the £1K profit mark, and I hope to keep it that way in the coming weeks. The biggest thing I’m taking away from this week, is despite taking a £75 loss, I still manged to keep on trading and post a profit at the end of the week.

I’ll be doing my stats later this week, and if there are any trades I believe are worth taking then I’ll probably post my thoughts on a ‘Friday Night Mass’ blog post. Good luck if you are trading. And may the Lord be with you. Always.