Sports Trading – Introduction #1

It is very likely that you, poker lover, have also heard about “Sports Trading”. The subject has grown a lot in recent months and dominated the minds of a number of people. Sports Trading has been gaining followers in Brazil but, in the rest of the planet, it is already a reality, so much so that this market already moves millions of dollars daily.

Very similar to the mechanics of a stock exchange, Sports Trading is nothing more than a “share” buying and selling exchange involving various sports practices, where, through the internet, you enter and exit the market obtaining profit or loss.

Unlike bookmakers, where you work “against the house”, and your bets are placed before the games start, in Sports Trading, you enter and exit the market at any time operating against other traders, making a profit or losing part or all of your investment, depending on the strategy adopted.

The trader (a person who participates in the sports market) makes his/her analyses and can act on the same game in several possible strategies. He/she can work in the Probabilities market (which means investing amounts in who will win, lose or draw the game), Goals (investing amounts in the possibilities of the game having more or less goals), Double Possibilities (where the trader can invest in the home team's draw or victory, for example) or any of the several other markets available on the Sports Trading exchanges.

When the game is underway, any change in the game scenario changes the market odds. In other words, the profitability adapts to what the game is presenting. Let's say the home team dominates the game, has more possession and attacks more, consequently, the odds that this team will win start to get lower (which means that the probability of the result increases, while the profitability of its action decreases). The trader, unlike the "pointer" (name given to participants in bookmakers), usually remains completely focused on the matches in which he is acting in the market, because every second is important. A decision made based on a scenario presented in the match can save the trader from a huge loss.

In the next articles on Sports Trading, we will work more directly with the technical terms, the different strategies, the tools that traders use and a series of topics about this new market that has attracted many people. Many may relate sports trading to luck and betting, however, when we study this market we will see that it is much more about emotional control, strategy, knowledge of the sport in which you will trade and several other aspects, of course, including luck at times. See you in the next article!