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I think the point of my thread was to highlight the differences between these two forms of pricing. Correct me if i'm wrong but In the above example the decimal lay price would have to decrease from 2.1 to 1.92 before you start making a profit (a spread risk of £19), the binary price would only...

Jules, I will give you an example for odds I looked up yesterday. The decimal price quoted was 1.92 to 2.1 for a major financial index and the binary price quoted was 48 to 52. If I wanted to bet £100 on the decimal price say to back the outcome I would win £92 if the outcome was...

When I switch between binary and decimal pricing modes on the betting site I use I notice that the spread in binay mode is approximately 6 points and in decimal mode the equivalent spread is 0.2. This represents a 12% spread for the binary price and a whoping 20% spread for the decimal price! I...

I have read that one of the most important aspects of trading on the markets is money management. This alone can determine if you make a profit or suffer a loss, in fact one expert has even stated that trading is 75% to 95% about money management . One of the key elements of money management is...

I find the SB attitude you mentioned above somewhat strange because at the end of the day both companies make money on the spread and they protect themselves from losses by hedging against trader's positions (they would have to do this for "normal" trades anyway). Also why would normal traders...

Does anyone know if spread betting / fixed financial betting companies have an official opinion on arbitrage trading? or traders who use 2 different companies to optimise betting prices?