Back in the mists of Botfarm time I wrote a post entitled “Send in the Experts” which proposed a Botfarm ATM Index for rating the comparative merits of different markets and bots. The ATM Index was never constructed, but the factors I proposed are still relevant. The 6th of these was Intervention Level and has [...]
Read More...Yes, the fox has found its way into the chicken shed and the carnage is horrible to behold. My temporary suspension from Full Tilt became a permanent banning and confiscation of funds, blocking of rakeback and loss of around 15,000 FT points. My nearest and dearest says they have done me a favour and she [...]
Read More...Bitter experience has long taught me to use stop losses to limit my overall exposure for a given trade or gamble. In most forex Expert Advisors the stop loss gets set automatically when the trade is entered. Casino and horseracing bots have to stop when they run out of whatever small bankroll I have given them [...]
Read More...Lent is traditionally a time of sackcloth and ashes, and believe me I have made enough mistakes in the past few weeks to warrant a lengthy bout of self-flagellation. But lets stick to the facts and then move on. First, most of my time and energy, not to mention money, has been spent (squandered, wasted) [...]
Read More...I’m past the point of my life where I regularly wake up clutching a head still reeling from the excesses of the night before. But I’m feeling similar disorientation this Monday morning after my crash (and burn) introduction to manual play in Rush Poker. It should be a positive story, if viewed from 30,000 feet. [...]
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