Why do you still keep losing money from football betting and trading?
Let me congratulate first on deciding to read this article. It’s singly the most important article that is written on here and covers a vital topic that needs to be recognized and acted on before one can ‘click’ and start making it work.
It’s safe to say that if you are reading this article, you are not truly happy with your football betting or trading performance. You probably suspect a few reasons why you are struggling and are quite frustrated seeing that everyone else seems to be making tins of money from it.
Trust me, there is quite a lot to it and it’s important to recognize all the aspects that are stopping you from making that transition from ‘can’t’ to ‘do’. Let’s try and put together some familiar scenarios.
Everyone is a winner
In the era of social media, there has been a boom of football tipsters and professional punters. You can’t help the feeling that everyone on there is successful at betting and living a dream. All those tweets and posts of greens screens and win coupons. Daily results summaries and armies of followers shouting loud ‘BOOM’ after another win.
Poor bookies, they must be getting smashed every day, I wonder how long they will be able to withstand this immense growth of successful, social media bet winners…

But hold on a second…
The bookies’ profits have been increasing steadily year by year. In 2018 UK gambling firms made over £1.56 Billion in profits from football betting alone! This has increased from £440 Million in 2014. Their current profits may be smaller due to COVID-19 season interruptions, but it’s been a steady upright ride for the bookies in the recent years.
Something doesn’t add up though. How can everyone be a winner here? Who is it then? As far as I know, there are more and more bookmakers being opened every month. The old, well-established ones seem to thrive with their new betting inventions and products, as well as dirty banning and limiting successful players practices. Let’s have another look at those social media football betting professionals.
Painting it green
Over the last several years of online betting & trading and social media, you may have had opportunity to follow some successful who proved to make living from football betting or trading. There are a few well-known professionals who
Why people suck at football betting and trading?
Everyone bets to win.
Those who try to win…
- Buy a system / subscribe to tips / follow a free tipster
Betting on crap odds (big overrounds)
Stuck in the loop (chasing the holy grail)
Unable to see the problems within
Not having a plan
Winning streaks – invincibles
Bad runs – losing runs
Not having the patience
When it all comes together, When it clicks – you got it
Testing, Paper trading