Well, well, well. Another green for the second week on the bounce. It was £67, which is more than half of the profit I got for Week 9, but a very welcome change in fortune. I would like to think that this stems from the fact that I’ve resolved the issue I found within my Excel spreadsheet, but without breaking down the figures I can’t say for certain. It may actually be more down to a change in fortune. But I’m pretty sure it’s more the former than the latter. Anyway, here’s a look at some of my trades for week 10:

I’m very happy with my results this week, especially so after Saturday’s results (£63 down). I started to feel negative about the whole thing again. Even after posting a win for week 9, I started thinking that I was staring yet another losing week in the face. It wasn’t a big loss but enough for me to start questioning why I’m doing all this. Thankfully I stuck with it and pulled the results around on Sunday and Monday. And this is what I’ve got to keep doing. I’ve got to keep believing in what I’m doing and think of the bigger picture. The figures show if I keep on this track then I should be alright. I think the losing weeks have knocked the stuffing out of me. And even after being able to put a large portion of this down to an identified issue, the losses have still left their mark psychologically. A few more winning weeks and I’ll soon be fine!

I’ve also noticed something very interesting with my selected trades. I typically select my correct scorelines and I usually see them out until the final whistle. On Saturday this resulted in losses. However, when I was checking these trades around the 60-70 minute mark, I’ve been seeing a alright-ish green for the majority of trades. Granted it’s not as much as what I could get if I was just to let them run, but it’s made me think about doubling my stake and then cashing out half of this stake when I am in a good green position, and letting the other half run until the end. Yes, this could mean there will be some games were I spectacularly crash and burn, but for the majority of trades I should be okay based off what I’ve been experiencing. I may keep an eye on this over the next 2 weeks and see if this is something worth pursuing.

Also, in recent weeks I have noticed that some of my trades have resulted in a total loss due to one of the teams scoring a last minute goal. I’ve noticed this has been happening quite regularly (but this might just be a recently bias thing). This weekend I decided to enter the Overs market for any trades that looked like they were going to win, just to provide a safety net if a late goal was scored. If you look at my trades in the screenshot above, you can see this happening. There are three games were I’ve covered my stake in the Overs market. Two never come in, but one did. This resulted in an overall profit of just over £3.84p. So at the moment this has been deemed worthwhile. I’ll keep my eye on this and see how it goes over the weeks.

Anyway, here’s how the profit for Week 10 compares to the previous weeks P&L:

As mentioned previously, I’m happy that I’m posting a green. I realise that I need to be patient and just take every week as they come and try not to push things. Hopefully I’ll be carrying on with the upward trend that the graph seems to be showing. I know I’ve got an afternoon with the family on Saturday, so I may be a bit light on the trading front for then, but hopefully I won’t miss too much. Well, not too many profitable trades anyway. The losing ones I don’t mind missing.

Well I’ll leave it there for now. If you’re trading this week then good luck. And may the Lord be with you. Always!