Return to tennis trading

Daily Result: £34.33

Haven't traded tennis for a while so took the opportunity today to get back into it for some small stakes. With no cricket on for a while I should be having a look at quite a few matches over the coming week or so so warmed up with today's two ATP finals - from Rotterdam and Memphis.

First up was Ljubicic v Youzhny which the unseeded Russian won 6-2 6-4. Was only playing with small stakes and missed the start but managed to make around £25 during the games I was involved with. Was mainly just getting used to the markets again though and making sure I could still second guess where the prices would move to depending on the point outcome. Was a little rusty but just about there.

The second match was Roddick v Haas. Honestly thought this one would just be a case of trading the serve and leaving the tie breaks alone but Haas was on fire and I got caught as Roddick dropped his serve for the first time. But it was early in the game and not too difficult to trade back to an all green position. From there I just mainly watched the rest of the match, again trying to predict the price movement each time. Amazingly Haas won the tournament without ever facing a break point on his own serve - pretty amazing achievement. Anyway, it was good to get back into the swing of things and managed to make a small profit on the match too.

Tomorrow sees the start of the Dubai Tennis Championships which I'm planning to have a look in on inbetween normal work and DIY over the next week. Looking forward to it.