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Stop losses and the illusion of safety

Stop losses and the illusion of safety

Drachten is a small town in Holland, but what’s got to do with stop losses & risk?

Well, a few years ago almost all traffic lights and signs were removed from the town’s centre in an effort to improve traffic safety. This was based on the theory that drivers pay more attention to their surroundings when they cannot rely on strict traffic rules. What happened was that accidents fell because people actually paid attention to actual risk, rather than relying …

29/10/2013 | By More
Safety in numbers…

Safety in numbers…

An overlooked strategy on betting exchanges is spreading your risk across a number of selections and / or markets. A lot of people think this involves more risk but I’d actually argue it involves less.

By doing more you increase your chance of a return and minimise the pain of a loss. This is strategy that can be applied in a number of ways but can most commonly be applied across, say, a number of football matches before the start. …

05/03/2011 | By More
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