Lack of info on Laying Short Odds favs from P Webb

[spreadbetting]

I would appreciate an expansion on the meaning of the rather snide remark from NAFFMAN that Berry may have conceived of this strategy from poolside! My impression was that he was a hard working trader, as I presume all of my respondents are.

Why do you need an expansion of the throwaway remark when you've already made your opinion of it's meaning? Maybe Naffman should ask for an expansion of your meaning of "rather snide" so he can ensure you're both on the same page when answering.

[sa7med]

I struggle on looking at the free information available from Pete Webb and Caan Berry.
bastuncriochnatha

There's no such thing as a free lunch. While Peter and Caan may try to help out, you probably wont find any gooses with golden eggs there. Rather they should help you develop/come up with your own ideas, and that's a long journey and success completely dependant on you. Don't believe anyone who claims to share an edge. It takes some real work and some real skill to find an edge and not many people would just hand it to you on a silver platter. Even if they did, that edge would soon be blunted by others adopting it (since they are now public information).

[bastuncriochnatha]

Thank you for troubling to advise me. I would be highly surprised to find anything that even hinted at an edge anywhere online. I was just questioning the apparent logic of Caan's notion of laying a very short odds fav on what to me seemed, at least, the logical notion that a very short odds horse can only come in so much whereas, in theory, it could drift dramatically.
Regards

[bastuncriochnatha]

I would appreciate an expansion on the meaning of the rather snide remark from NAFFMAN that Berry may have conceived of this strategy from poolside! My impression was that he was a hard working trader, as I presume all of my respondents are.

Hi Spreadbetting,
I was merely trying to understand why there was a reference to "poolside". Hardly the best environment for trading. I did assume that it was intended to be disparaging(hence,snide) but did not know why?
Regards

[ruthlessimon]

I would be highly surprised to find anything that even hinted at an edge anywhere online
Regards

If you are betting on a horse at very short odds then you tend to do that late on when you know everything is ok.

[spreadbetting]

Hi Spreadbetting,
I was merely trying to understand why there was a reference to "poolside". Hardly the best environment for trading. I did assume that it was intended to be disparaging(hence,snide) but did not know why?
Regards

Why would you automatically assume it was disparaging or snide if you didn't understand? Surely sitting by a poolside would be a relaxing enviroment to concieve ideas and simply implies he's succesful, there was no mention of trading from the poolside.

[bastuncriochnatha]

With respect, old sport, this is all getting a bit silly.
Thanks for your input.
Regards