For bespoke binaries (just expiry range bets for now) 1 day maturities plus instant intraday sellback, try CityOdds Fixed Odds Financial Betting and Trading - Fantasy Leagues and Real Money Betting. Fun money and real money facilities.
Have a look at CityOdds Fixed Odds Financial Betting and Trading - Fantasy Leagues and Real Money Betting - Flash based, graphical interface and a Training Account to practice before committing real money. Small number of markets but increasing all the time.
Just to keep things up to date, we've had over 700 bets placed in our unique Trading Leagues since Feb 18th and 3,000 hits to the site. Some people are showing some pretty decent profits already.
Mike
Hi,
I've not seen any hard evidence of selective filtering by IG but then I've never had a problem (periods of winning and losing) using IG.
I'd hope to keep a level playing field for all if at all possible.
Hi RWIF
No Laying is envisaged as yet - there would be some collateral issues. Though I quite like the BetsForTraders approach of offering "inside the range" and Outside the range" alternatives - that would allow a form of Lay. We shall be looking at this over the coming months.
In terms of...
Hi,
It will be a few months yet though the structure is pretty much set up. It will be a staged roll-out of products over 2008.
The next release will be the Real Money betting facility which should be switched on in about 6 weeks.
We shall be adding some interesting products to our longer...
You can't write binaries on CityOdds, only buy them and sell what you have bought. This enables us to offer tighter spreads.
The price is all inclusive - wysiwyg
...you'll be surprised at the profit margin IG Group earn on IG Binaries!
1) There are a couple of ways of expressing odds; a) you can set the maximum value of a bet should the event occur, eg I want to receive £100 if the S+P 500 is between 1300 and 1310. CityOdds will price this bet and tell you how much you would need to pay (thats a bit like BetOnMarkets). OR you...
You can bet at any time the market is open. You can also close the bet at any time after you have placed it during the trading hours. Bets left will expire worth either the maximum (win) or minimum (0) (lose) at the close of the trading day (9pm for the S+P 500 for example)
You cannot place...
Hi Chris,
BetOnMarkets appear to have longer term binaries, CityOdds shall be starting with the shortest term binaries (actually the toughest to manage!), settle down and then begin to roll out longer maturities.
There will be focus on graphical interactivity, ease of use, competitive pricing...
Hi,
On this launch yes. We shall be rolling out maturities up to 5 years. You'll find the longer maturities will be priced in a similar way to the listed options market.
Thanks for your reply.
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Hi,
CityOdds Ltd has recently launched its first Beta (1.1) Fixed-Odds Financial Betting Platform for customer use and feedback. I would be happy to hear views of players as to the good/bad points and look to make a number of staged improvements over the coming months. Were...