Martingdale System.....

[FleetFanatic]

.....we all know it's basically flawed. Would it work if we had a way of increasing the strike rate? For example, in horse racing, if we took more than one selection per race? I used to do the mathematical thing with horse racing, sometimes taking up to 5 horses per race & carrying over the losses whilst banking the winners. I never had a losing day doing that but as ever, found it was rarely possible to be at my pc from 1st race to last race. I just wondered what opinion people had if we could find a new angle to apply the mathematics? Added: Obviously if we achieve a higher strike rate then the risks of losing run diminish?

[Hodgey]

Re: Martingdale System..... If you take the other extreme to backing many horses and just lay one horse, have a look at this scenario: Race 1 - lay the fave at 3/1 for 10pts profit. Therefore Liability 30pts Horse wins - DOH! Race 2 - lay the fave again at 3/1 for 40pts profit (30pts loss from Race 1 plus 10pts target profit). Therefore liability 120pts Horse wins - DOH! Rave 3 - lay the fave again at 3/1 for 130pts profit (120pts combined losses from Races 1&2, plus 10pts target profit). Therefore liability 390pts Horse wins - Fcukin 'ell! We're now looking at a loss of 540pts in double quick time...