It looked for all the world as though I was set for a really good month this month, but that's not quite how it turned out. A profitable month, and quite a nice sum too, but not as much as it could have been and not as much as I had hoped this month would generate.
August is the start of the football season and this year I have fired up more football systems than I have ever had before in my portfolio, including several of my own making. And they have got off to a good start - up just over 70pts so far this month. Not too bad that. I have extended my Simplex betting into Serie A too, so I now have three Simplex systems running (Premiership, SPL and Serie A) and they have made a steady start to the season. They come into their own in December/January though so I don't mind a steady start on that front.
The profits from these football systems haven't made up for the poor performance of my own Classic Lays and Premier Lays though, the former more so than the latter. I honestly don't know what's gone wrong here. Anything like a normal month for them and I would have been celebrating a really good month, but as it was the end result is far from desired. I have been over all the rules and simply cannot explain why this month has been several times as bad as my previous worst month. Maybe these things just happen from time to time. The SR is well down, the average odds are normal, so at least I know the SR is probably the only reason for the loss but I can't explain why the SR has dipped so low or so fast.
Last month I placed a few systems on the watch list - what's happening with them? Michael Stoute made a couple of points profit so gets another month's grace. CD Lays had a decent month making up over 22pts but is still behind for the year so remains on the watch list too. PP Free is dropped while Trainer 3 stays - just - as it made a slight profit (0.08pts). Max Lays stays on the list too as it made a 6.34pts profit this month but more is needed before it is restored to full status.
Another system that I am dropping is SixPlus Loser - it's just not working for me so rather than watch list it I have decided to junk it.
The breakdown of my portfolio for August is:
Good (profitable)
W2W (9 systems, +55.02pts)
Johnston Tracks +7.69pts
Michael Stoute +2.04pts
CD Lays +22.56pts
Lay'em +5.26pts
Double Top +1.99pts
Info Rated +0.04pts
Trainer 3 +0.08pts
Ladies Lays +3.52pts
Max Lays +6.34pts
Non-W2W (17 systems, +174.09pts)
NailedOn Aw +16.95pts
A List - Win +4.79pts
A List - Place +5.42pts
Progeny +21.57pts
HSR +3.48pts
Easy Money Lays +27.59pts
Premier Lays +1.85pts
FBD +0.36pts
Football Elite +2.60pts
Prem Simplex +0.54pts
Serie A Simplex +12.30pts
Draw Form Portfolio +2.53pts
Away Form Portfolio +31.80pts
Over Form Portfolio +9.61pts
HDA Streaks Portfolio +26.44pts
UO Streaks Portfolio +6.09pts
Trades +0.18pts
Bad (unprofitable)
W2W (6 systems, -19.61pts)
LTO3 -0.30pts
SixPlus Loser -5.87pts
Claiming Jockey -2.00pts
First Timer -5.68pts
NH Media -1.57
NHPM -4.19pts
Non-W2W (12 systems, -92.83pts)
PP Free -2.40pts
Classic Lays (-27.35pts)
NailedOn Lays -3.89pts
FE Shortlist -2.25pts
SPL Simplex -25.36pts
Under Form Portfolio -0.23pts
Rateform Portfolio -2.60pts
Game Form Portfolio -3.00pts
Bet Bank Alerts -4.84pts
The Insider -2.00pts
No Limit Hold'em Tourneys -17.92pts
Sports Profit Accelerator -1.00pts (I know I dropped this last month but it had one outstanding bet that settled this month)
NB. Systems and services are listed here simply to provide a full monthly record of my betting activities and their mention should not be construed as a recommendation of said system/service. The results given are mine and mine alone and do not form part of the official results for any service.
A 26:18 split this month so things are moving in the right direction, steadily. I still need to work on increasing that bottom line though. This still isn't paying off as well as I would have hoped...