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ToolsDutching CalculatorClick here for the Dutching Calculator 'Dutching' (reputedly named after Al Capone's accountant who liked to use this method to back horses) is an excellent way of staking more than one horse in a race such that if any of them win then the return is the same no matter who wins. This is a powerful tool which should always be at the heart of any punter's armoury. Dutching techniques are used when one analyses a race to find two, or more, strong horses in the race. One then has a variety of options. The first, and simplest, is to leave the race alone. The second is to try to work out which of these candidates is the one to back or, thirdly, one can 'Dutch' them sp that if any of the these horses win then a profit can be made. This Dutching calculator, despite its simple interface, has a number of features: Simple Arbitrage CalculatorClick here for the Arbitration Calculator This tool really only for those who use the exchanges for their betting and it works with any type of market. What this calculator does is to enable to one to play the market rather than to simply back or lay a certain horse. Imagine you're looking at the market for an event and you see something which is either priced far too high or far too low. For example we backed Greece to win Euro 2004 at 140/1 to win. We didn't imagine that they would go and win the competition but we saw a side who were surely overpriced at 140/1 and would be worth backing to sell later on. This calculator helps you to do just that. After placing the bet of, say £20, at 140/1 the price to lay then drops to 60/1 (they beat Portugal in the first game) and the question is "How much do I lay them at this price so that no matter who wins the competiton I will win the same amount of money?" We did our calculation with lots of pen, paper and coffee. This calculator does it for you in an instant. This is what is required when a market is forming before a race and a favourite is starting to drift or an outsider is being backed in. One needs to act immediately. This calculator will work to make a market-wide profit on laying off backed bets which have already been made or for backing laid bets. Note that if if the price is going 'the wrong way' then this calculator won't help at all. So, imagine if one can identify and 'arb' one horse to, say £10 profit, in each race every day then one can make a very tidy living. This calculator is the first step... Gruss' Betfair Trader GuideClick here for the Trader Guide This guide is comprised of two spreadsheets which are presented here to assist with the Gruss Betfair tool. 3m Dutching CalculatorClick here for the Each-Way Calculator This downloadable Excel spreadsheet provides dutching facilities. The finer points of the calculator are, at the moment, lost on me. XML ReaderThis spreadsheet can be used to read an XML file from the system listings on the UKHR and Weak Favourites sites. Each-Way CalculatorClick here for the Each-Way Calculator This downloadable Excel spreadsheet calculates the profit/loss for betting each-way with the bookmakers. Record FormsIt is essential to keep one's racing records up to date. For some types of staking and betting, particularly lays, we find these useful. Retirement Plan SpreadsheetClick here for the Retirement Plan Spreadsheet. This downloadable Excel spreadsheet is the well known Retirement Plan staking plan. Time And Odds Converter SpreadsheetClick here for the Clock and Odds Convertor Spreadsheet. External LinksLinking to other sites which provide interesting tools to download. |
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