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    • All Things Football Index

      All Things Football Index.

      Q- How are prices affected?
      A- Simply put: lots of people buy the player, his price goes up. Lots of people sell, his price goes down. What drives people to do this, however, is more complex. It'll usually be based on two things though- expected growth/decline, and expected dividend return.

      Q- Who are the best people to follow on Twitter?
      A- A dangerous question. There's a lot of 'self promotion' of players, meaning that some of the big hitters try and influence the market. To me, and a few others, @_FIGuide seems pretty knowledgeable, impartial and always willing to help people get started. He hosts the FI podcasts and has some useful YouTube vids too.

      Q- I can trust people on the forum, right?..
      A- Wrong. Only a handful of people here will be completely unbiased in their opinions. Remember, we all hold players, and all want their movements on the market to benefit us. People will promote their own holds in many ways, or bad mouth players they want people to sell in the hope their prices drop and they can get them cheap. Cynical view, or not, this is human nature.
      Tread carefully, and ALWAYS do your own research. That said, this is only when discussing who to buy- not all members are evil and there's some great advice kicking about.

      Q- When will I get my referral bonus?
      A- Your friend, colleague, or randomer, needs to deposit and buy players for it to be paid. Don't forget the rollover requirements ;)

      Q-My account has been suspended for ID checks. Is this normal, and how long will my account verification take?
      A- All betting and gaming operators licensed by the Gambling Commission have the same responsibility to conduct Know Your Customer checks. This as part of age, identity and funds verification checks.

      Football Index will attempt to electronically verify your account where possible. If you do not pass this process Football Index will ask that you send them copies of certain documents (see below). Adding more and more funds can also eventually trigger a check.

      Common reasons for failing the verification process include:
      Entering incorrect name or an abbreviated version during registration;
      Entering a house number and/or postcode incorrect during registration;
      Entering an incorrect Date of Birth during registration;
      Recent changes of address;
      Residence in temporary, rented accommodation such as University Halls of Residence or HM Forces Barracks.

      If Football Index are unable to verify you they will ask you to send a photocopy / scan of one document from each of the categories listed below:

      Personal Identification - one Photo ID from the following list:
      Passport
      Driving Licence (UK only)
      National Identification Card (UK only, photographic)

      Address Verification - one of the following (non-electronic):
      Utility Bill (less than 3 months old)
      Copy of Bank Statement - (less than 3 months old)

      It's then usually within 24-48 hours to bring your account back online once you have sent in your details.

      It can be frustrating with know your customer checks, but it something they are required to do by law.

      Q- I am a user based outside the UK is there anything I should be aware of?
      A- Football Index is a UK based company and all your deposits will need made in sterling. This means you will be subject to your bank exchange rate and any fees your bank charges for the transaction. There are better services available to spend and send in foreign currencies, like Rvolut https://www.revolut.com/ . They give you the interbank exchange rate and don’t charge a fee most the time.

      A second point to be aware of is while your money is in the Football Index, the real world value to you will change based on currency fluctuations that happen before you withdraw back to your home bank account. I could work in your favor or against you.

      Q- Is there an app?
      A- Yes. Head to the link for App Store and Google Play downloads.
      http://www.footballindexapp.com/

      Q- What is a Deposit Bonus?
      A- Every now and again. Football Index run a deposit bonus. You get a extra 10% on everything you deposit until the end on the promotional period. Key things to note with these offers is to enter you MUST opt-in, there is a minimum deposit level of £100. The maximum bonus you can earn is £1000.

      Buying/Selling

      Q- What's the difference between instant sell and sell to market?
      A- Instant sell means FI will buy your share(s) back for the price there. Not always the best value, but your best bet if the price is dropping fast. Sell to market is where you put your player up for sale. It'll be in a queue and, if others buy him it will be for the current buy price of the share. You may set a reserve price, The reserve price must be lower than current buy price of the share. If the price goes below the reserve price your sale order be automatically canceled. As of rigth now this doesn't alway work the way it should and your player may sell below the set reserve price, however FI have been fair in refunding the different in the rare cases this happens. Each of these is subject to commission of c.2%, which is paid after the sale

      Q- Why can't I instant sell right now?
      A- A couple of potential reasons. If your player's a recent IPO then you're not allowed to see for a day or two after buying. If not, then you'll probably have noticed your player's tanked in value suddenly. Well, no Instant Sell is there to limit that happening any further. FI introduce this measure to protect the market from an absolute hammering, resulting in significant volatility. It might be hurting you now but it helps protect the platform in the long term.

      Q- What's a 'Tracker'?
      A- A waste of time as they currently are. Don't bother. They just buy 1 share of every player in the top 10, 25, 50 or 100. They don’t track anything so a very misleading name.

      Q- What's the 3 year rule?
      A- A Share lasts for three (3) years from the date you place the Bet (the “Share Period”).

      Upon the expiry of the Share Period, the Bet will expire – meaning that you will lose your stake and the right to participate in any Dividend. In advance of the expiry of the Share Period, it is open to you to take steps to sell the Share via the Website and/or the App and buy new Shares in the same footballer. This will result in ‘resetting’ the Share Period associated with the new Shares in that footballer.

      If you have purchased Shares on different dates in the same footballer, and sell them via the Website and/or the App, the oldest Shares will be sold first. For example, if you make the following Bets via the Website and/or the App:

      • 10 Shares on 1 January 2015;
      • sell 5 Shares on 1 January 2016;
      • buy 5 Shares on 1 January 2017; and
      • sell 5 Shares on 31 December 2018,

      none of your Shares would have expired because the oldest would have been sold first (the remaining 5 Shares held would last for 3 years from 1 January 2017 until 31 December 2019).

      Q- The market's suddenly dropped- what do I do?!
      A- Don't panic. Don't start numerous threads about a 'crash'. Firstly, you only make a loss when you sell. Secondly, crashes only happen when people panic. Only sell your players if something fundamental has changed. Ask if the reason you bought them is still relevant? Believe in the product. It's made people a lot of money, and there have been dips before. If anything, buy more of the players you want when they're cheaper!
      Buzz/PB/MB/Dividends

      Q- What is Pump and Dump?
      A- Pump and dump is a scheme that attempts to boost the price of a player through recommendations based on false, misleading or greatly exaggerated statements. The perpetrators of these schemes already have an established position in the player and sell their positions after the hype has led to a higher player price, leaving the users they enticed in with the losses.

      The favourite play things of these scammer is the super cheap players. You will see obscure players in the “riser” list all the time. Don’t blindly jump in thinking you are missing out or someone must know something you don’t. Do your own research.

      Q- What is MB?
      A- MB is short for Media Buzz.

      Overview:

      MB pays out every day with 3p for first place when PB (performance buzz) games are being played.
      On none PB game days the top 3 places are paid as followed 5p for 1st, 3p for 2nd and 1p for 3rd
      All players are eligible to win MB.
      You have own the shares before 3pm to win MB on any given day.

      The article has to contain the players whole name as per Football Index. Eg “Ronaldo” wouldn’t score any points, "Cristiano Ronaldo" would score points. This gives a massive advantage for single name players on the Football Index, eg Neymar.

      RSS feeds from UK based news outlets are used to gather the articles for MB.

      News feeds that get scanned for articles with players names are:

      Talksport, UEFA. The FA, ESPN, FIFA, Football League, Daily Mail, Daily Star, The Times, Telegraph, Independent, Express, Guardian, Metro, Daily Mirror, BBC, Football365, Goal.com, Huffington Post, Sky Sports.

      Some you will never see because they either don't use RSS feeds or exclusively use only players surnames.

      News relating to illegal activity doesn’t count, it may get added but will be manually removed. (most the time)

      Media Buzz is updated every 30 mins on average

      The formula:

      A sentiment score is used to measure the sentiment of the article. The more positive the article the more points it scores. The exact model used is AFINN-165. AFINN is a list of English words rated for valence with an integer between minus five (negative) and plus five (positive). The words have been manually labeled by Finn Årup Nielsen between 2009-2011.

      There is list of 2477 words and each world has a score of between -5 and +5.

      All the words are totaled and a formula applied to give the articles total score, some examples below:

      Win + 4
      Stunning +4
      United +1
      Loser -3
      Lost -3
      Losing -3
      Injury - 2

      A full list of words can be found here:

      https://github.com/fnielsen/afinn/blob/master/afinn/data/AFINN-en-165.txt

      Football Index adds up the scoring words, then adds 1 and times by 20 to get the final article score for positive articles.

      Eg: Paul Pogba enjoying (+2) life under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and celebrates(+3) win (+4) with new haircut.

      This article would have a total of 9. So we add 1 to get 10 then times by 20. Giving a total of 200.

      You can’t get a minus points article. If a article puts out a negative total score, you half it, flip it to a positive number and then add 1 and times by 20 to get the total

      Eg: Game abandoned (-2) after Harry Kane accidentally (-2) forgot his boots.

      This article would have a total of -4. So we half it -2 then make it a positive number 2 add 1 to get 3 then times by 20. Gives a total of 60 points.

      Interesting note. United give +1 which is part of the reason Manchester United player do so well with MB, because any article that has the club name in it gives them a plus 20 score boost.

      Q- What is G&A / IPD?
      G&A/IPD (Goals & Assists/In Play Dividends) are paid out every day.
      For the first 30 days that you own a share, the following In-Play Dividends are payable:

      • 1p per Goal for a Forward or Midfielder
      • 2p per Goal by a Defender or Goalkeeper
      • 1p per Assist by any position
      • 1p for a Starting Goalkeeper Clean Sheet over the full game

      Payouts will be crediting Traders’ In-Play Dividends at the end of every day, similar to Match Day Dividends and Media Dividends.. Traders must hold a share until midnight on the day of any In-Play Dividend event.

      Q- What are IPOs and where can I find them?
      A- IPOs (Initial Player Offering) is the process on Football Index where new footballers are introduced to the platform and are available to purchase from the market.

      Traders will be informed the day before of the release what players are being promoted to the platform, and what price they will enter the market at. Traders will be able to find the list of players that are being promoted and their price on www.footballindex.news. The price of a footballer is predetermined, and this will decide whether the player will be introduced directly into the Top 200 or Squad Players.

      Traders can request players to be added to the market via email to our support team at support@footballindex.co.uk or by tweeting us at @FootballIndexUK.

      It with worth noting that the prices you see for the IPOs is not the price you will get because the prices move upwards in seconds. Right now the community suspects automated trading is to blame.

      Q-Why are different amounts paid on different days?
      A- It all depends on how many matches are being played. If there are no games eligible for PB then MB will be 5p, 3p and 1p. However, if the day has PB eligible games, it's reduced to one space of 3p for the winner.
      PB payouts are staged based on how many games are played on that day, usually the highest at Weekends and European cup competitions.

      Match Day Rankings is the proprietary daily monitor of footballing performance on Match Days across the top leagues in Europe (Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A, and Ligue 1), the main two European football tournaments (Champions League and Europa League) and the main two national team competitions (World Cup and European Championship) (together, ‘Eligible Competitions’). The Eligible competitions may also include additional competitions as and when they are available.

      All footballers, that includes the ‘Top 200’ and ‘Squad Players’, are eligible to win Match Day Dividends.

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      Q- How is PB (Performance Buzz) calculated?
      A- Opta provide the stats. You need to have owned the player before 15:00 on the day to be eligible for either PB or MB. The table below shows how points are calculated.

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      Q- Is there a way of seeing Player stats history?
      A- A few different options.

      Free - Matt’s Stats. A must for everyone, very useful to see how the markets are moving at a glance. Go to Matt’s thread to sign up.
      https://forums.footballindex.co.uk/topic/3520/introducing-the-fi-200-fi-200x-fi-1600-matt-s-stats

      Free Footy Index Scout. Have the 100% complete history of MB winners along with all PB scores, winners, a fixture planner, numerous filters by name, team, date, season, etc plus a popular free spreadsheet to download to track your portfolio and dividends, in pay dividends, etc - all completely free (previously £5 a month).
      www.footyindexscout.co.uk

      £5 a month (good for the big guns) FI edge - all winners, PB scores etc.
      www.footballindexedge.com

      Q- How do I use/access my dividends?
      A- What you see as your 'dividends' on the site is just a running total of all the payouts you've had. Each night, any dividends go into your cash balance.

      Strategies

      Q- Who should I buy?
      A- ALMOST a pointless question, as there's so many different factors to take into account. Easiest solution is to understand the buzz structures and then look at lots of players' stats to see who's likely to score highly.

      Q- What are the best YouTube Channels to watch?
      A- Football Index Manager - Creating videos on Football Index with a focus on in-depth analysis, player statistics, trading strategies, tips & guides.

      YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FootballIndexManager

      Twitter: @FI_Manager

      Facebook: @FIManager

      Football Index Guide - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBRKBjc-H8EvC15eejJc6GQ (1.8k subs)
      Footy Index Scout - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPa0_uGMI-cKV0pJ3sO1QBw (1.3k subs)
      Official Football Index - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJnWCt9AsO26URfblgpFm5A (1k subs)

      Q- What Podcasts can to I listen to?
      A- Only one, the undisputed FIG
      listen:👂🔗 https://footballindexguidepodcast.fireside.fm/64
      🍎 iTunes/iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/football-index-podcast/id1291934749?mt=2&i=1000427114377&fbclid=IwAR1yd51KNuT_FwftUfwBA5T2aXUDDuIxKhEvNDbb4br3nZ0CRXFT4HWcA7w🍎
      ❇️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2qz0e8DrlbgPN1JyZHcI8S?si=j5hJOtRUSVCphR7k_Ddf4Q&fbclid=IwAR21M3R7ZlPNWwtViLz1Pd6W_DD90WVL-vWZVpbD4CTq5jcDsIMaldQ_k-w ❇️

      Q-Any good websites for stats?
      A- Personal favourites are whoscored.com and sofascore.com (cracking app). Both are powered by opta, so be careful of other sites that use different stats providers.

      Q- Where can I get the latest football news?
      A- Twitter is one of the fastest places, but with so many people you could follow it’s a minefield of false information. Below is a table of different sources ranked by reliability.

      Tier 1 - Almost undisputed when discussing a Transfer Rumour. They may not be the first to discuss a rumour, but if they are talking about it; then it is almost certainly true, and possibly close to complete.
      Tier 2 - Known to have current sources, but are still fallible and just short of being considered an authority on rumour discussions. However, multiple individuals or sources from this tier reporting the same rumour may indicate a strong possibility of truth to the rumour.
      Tier 3 - Unreliable, and not to be trusted solo. They fall into near click-bait practices and are often fighting for relevance in a sea of rumours.
      Tier 4 - Not to be trusted at all. These companies make money out of ensuring that you read them and they will make up anything to get you to harness advertising revenue.
      Tier 5 - Absolute Dick Heads. Why are you even reading them for fuck sake?

      Tier 1
      Simon Stone (Manchester Clubs), David Ornstein (London Clubs), Adam Blackmore (Southampton) - BBC(England) / Ben Pearce (Spurs) - Freelance (England) / Mohammed Bouhafsi - RMC (France) / Mike Verweij - Telegraaf (Nederlands) / Voetbal International (Nederlands) / CMVM.pt (Portugal) / "Quakerboy"(Galatasaray) - rerererarara.net (Turkey) / Gerard Romero (Barcelona) - RAC1 (Spain) / Edu Polo - Mundo Deportivo (Spain) / Gianluca Di Marzio - Freelance/Sky Italia- (Italian related Transfers Only for Tier 1) / RTP 1(Portugal) / Alfredo Pedulla (AC Milan) - Freelance (Italy) / Romeo Agresti (Juventus) - Goal.com (Italy) / Stephan von Nocks & Frank Lußem - Kicker (Germany) / Ruhr Nachrichten (Schalke & Borrusia Dortmund) (Germany) / Craig Norwood (Manchester United) - Freelance (England) / George Caulkin (Newcastle United) - The Times (England) / Keith Downie (Newcastle United) - Sky Sports (England) / Craig Hope (Newcastle United) - Daily Mail (England) / Reviersport (Schalke) / Paris United (France) / Globoesporte (Brasil) / Adam Leventhal (Watford) - Sky Sports (England) / Paul Joyce (Liverpool & Everton) - Times (England) / James Pearce(Liverpool) - Echo (England)

      Tier 2
      Matt Law (Chelsea) - Telegraph (England) / James Ducker (Chelsea/Manchester Clubs) - Telegraph (England) / Bild (Germany) / COPE (Spain) / Dan Kilpatrick (Spurs) - ESPN (England/US) / Lyall Thomas (Spurs) - Sky Sports(England) / Ed Aarons (Spurs) - Guardian (England) / Sam Lee - Goal.com (England) / Martin Blackburn(Manchester City) - The Sun (England) / Simon Mullock (Manchester City) - The Mirror (England) / Lee Ryder(Newcastle United) - The Chronicle (England) / Daily Echo (Southampton) / L'Equipe (France) / Amy Lawrence(Arsenal) - Guardian (England) / Raphael Honigstein - Sky Germany (Germany) / NTVSpor (Turkey) / Serdar Saridag - Millyet (Turkey) / oJogo (Portugal) / Ahmet Ercanlar (Fenerbache) - Hürriyet Gazetesi (Turkey) / Sky Sport Italia (Italy) / LigTv (Turkey) / BeIn (Turkey) / Radio Catalunya (Barcelona) (Spain) / Radio Renascença(Portugal) / Cadena SER (Spain) / Sid Lowe - Freelance (Spain) / Leverkusener Anzeiger (Bayer Leverkusen) (Germany) / Der Westen (Germany) /

      Tier 3
      Telegraph (England) / Guardian (England) / Independant (England) / Sky Sports (England) / Ian Ladyman(Manchester Clubs) - The Mirror (England) / Manchester Evening News (England) / Jim White - Sky Sports(England) / ESPN (Various) / The Echo (Liverpool/Everton) (England) / Futbol Arena (Turkey) / Record (Portugal) / aBola (Portugal) / Gazzetta dello Sport (Italy) / Corriere dello Sport (Italy) / Il Tempo (Italy) / la Repubblica(Italy) / Get French Football News (France) / Le Parisien (France) / Transfer Merkezi (Turkey) / Mundo Deportivo (Spain) / Sport (Spain) / COPE (Spain) / Onda Cero (Spain) / Sport1 (Germany)

      Tier 4
      Paul Merson (England) / The Sun (England) / Guillem Balague (England/Spain) / Duncan Castles (England) / Metro (England) / NBC Sports (US) / Sports Witness (Various) / Marca (Spain) / AS (Spain) / Fotomaç (Turkey) / Fanatik (Turkey) / Aspor (Turkey) / Hurriyet (Turkey) / Haberturk (Turkey) / Correio da Manhã (Portugal) / Tuttosport (Italy) / Voetbalzone.nl (Nederlands) / Pierre Menes (France) / Sky Germany (Germany) / Bleacher Report (Various) / Miguel Delaney (Freelance) (England) / Andy Mitten (Manchester United) - Freelance (England) / Talksport (U.K.) / Here is the City (Manchester Clubs) (England)

      Tier 5
      Tancredi Palmieri / IndyKaila / Daily Star / Sqwaka / LadBible / Caught Offside / Joe.ie / Joe.co.uk / 90min / Muzzy Ozcan

      Top tips

      @Agatello : Who should I buy? Keepers are more or less pointless (literally) until they get their own category- steer clear. It depends on so many factors and expectations but I would say people should forget about players they admire/support (and non goalscorers but that's my personal opinion) and focus more on their stats, even if they think that player is an idiot/tosser. :-) What returns can I expect? Forget ACCA returns and think of it like the stockmarket that it is. A lot come into it thinking a 20%+ return is pointless, without realising that's incredible on an investment basis.

      @Ermejo Diversify, decide what % you want on blue chips expensive players and cheaper alternatives, in most cases players are expensive for a reason as they almost guarantee returns however the % gains on price increases won’t be great, cheaper players could generate greater % gains however in most cases they will just be stagnant money not generating any profit at all, timing is crucial. Oldies can offer great returns, don’t be afraid to buy a Dani Alves and ride his PB wins for a few months, just be ready to sell before they retire or move to China/USA and the likes. Good players in real life may not necessarily be a good investment on FI, Many examples of great players available at less than £1 and with little demand.

      @BL__FI Whether the player is green or red in your portfolio, if you expect their price to rise more, you should hold; if you think they're only going to be dropping in the foreseeable future, then sell. Better to take a loss in that case and reinvest what you can save from it into someone on the way up than to hang on because you don't like losing and end up selling at an even lower price when you give up on them a month later. Of course you have to judge each case individually and sometimes you need to have faith that a dip is temporary and worth holding through, but I've seen pretty much the exact phrase "I'm holding player x and I can't sell him because I have him in the red" many times and it's just wrong and losing those people money!

      @AT10 Along with Twitter users also be aware many forum topics are also set up so someone can flip a player (they've got them on the sell queue already) as mentioned previously research the player yourself and figure out if there's value.

      @Ermejo Start low and gain knowledge of the market and prices behaviour before investing big, There are many factors affecting prices, gauging an understanding of those will help making better educated decisions

      @Stevo Avoid buying a player solely because they are playing on a single buzz day. Unless you get in really early the price will often rise and then fall quickly over 24 hours often meaning any dividends you win will be swallowed up in the decrease in value.
      Also it's worth comparing a player you are considering buying against someone in a similar position. Similar age, position, club etc just to see whether they are worth what you are paying.
      Lastly, not advice as such but I would higy recommend if you get chance attending one of the FI trader meets just to put names to faces from the forum. Generally everybody wants to give advice and help each other out. It's worth it for the free Peroni's if nothing else!

      @Noirx4 - Do not panic sell. Unless you get out in the first 5 minutes you have missed the boat and you will sell at the bottom of the curve and get badly burnt. Hold and believe in why you bought the player and it will often work out
      Beware the silly season (transfer window) players will rocket and drop like a stone so make sure you get in early or avoid a player and look for the next one. Once the deal is done players can drop by up to 25%+

      @AT10 Try to get ahead of the crowd, for example if you haven't got your WC players you're probably too late? The potential PB returns will be outweighed by the drop once their team is eliminated - this is my biggest concern for new users. Once the WC is finished money will move to MB / transfer spec and the guys who have no hope of winning this will fall rapidly so have you're exit plan in place!

      @Ermejo Try to predict what the market will do and get in early (either buying before others do or selling before prices are at risk of a drop. Don’t be afraid to sell and lock in profits, you haven’t won (or lost) on any trade until you sell. Can’t win them all, don’t be afraid to sell at a loss, holding the wrong players would lock valuable funds that could be used to generate profits elsewhere. Take spread into consideration, try to sell to market at most times however some players could take some time to be snatched up and Instant selling is the best route for them especially if the spread is low

      @CleanShirtTrader You've only made a loss, or a profit, when you sell up. So don't panic when there's a dip, and don't get cocky when you see green. Also, be conscious of mindset: when the marked dips, it's tempting to sell. Have faith in the index and the product, and buy more of the players you want at a knockdown price. Good for your portfolio and, if everyone does this, there'll almost never be a 'crash'.

      @Willie-Mink Don't rely just on historical PB data when assessing PB prospects - look at the data that sits underneath PB. For example, a player loses 15 points for being part of a losing team, and gains 18 points for being part of a winning team. That's a 33 point swing, which is highly significant. If a player has had a run of difficult games, their PB scores will look bad for this reason, and for their team being starved of the ball, etc. You will only be able to tell how well a player is performing on passes completed, tackles made etc by looking at the data underneath. This way you can spot a player performing well, despite mediocre PB scores, who will then go on to do much better for PB when a run of easier games comes up.

      Top Users On The Forums.
      These people have shown over time to be pretty knowledgeable and helpful, but never blindly follow anyone. No one here is fully impartial.

      @CleanShirtTrader
      @Noirx4
      @dannypea
      @johnboywalker
      @Agatello
      @playingcards1
      @Tom77
      @mike778
      @ocs123
      @Advinculas-Index
      @Andy-M
      @Lukeroro
      @BL__FI
      @Finlay77
      @misto
      @Stevo
      @Valhalla
      @AT10
      @Indexical
      @Fletch
      @ScouseSte
      @Wilba
      @Ellisandro
      @Ermejo

      Q- Where can I learn more about the Football Index?
      A- The Football Index has its own academy where you can learn more about the index.
      http://www.footballindex.academy/

      Q- I need help that I can’t find on the forum, How do I get hold of Football Index?

      0800 066 2650
      MON - FRI 8:30 a.m. - 8 p.m.
      SAT/SUN 9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.

      Twiiter: @FOOTBALLINDEXCS
      Email: support@footballindex.co.uk

      Jargon Buster
      IPO- Initial Public offering
      PB- Performance Buzz
      MB- Media Buzz
      IS- Instant Sell
      STM- Sell to Market
      WC- World Cup
      Spread- The difference between a player's buy and sell price
      G&A / IPD - Both the same Goals & Assists / In Play Dividends

      posted in General Trading Discussion
      Misto
      Misto
    • This Just Took Me 6 Hours Manual Data Mining - Appreciate

      Edit: Scroll the tread for periodic updates of the data.

      @Metropolis_山の中の市 Gave me the idea but it got a bit out of hand. I worked out all the forum sign ups from the start of time. This lets us know the relative volume of new users that are joining FI . Forum users do not show all new FI sign ups, however they give us a idea if new sign up are in decline, flat or increasing. Here is the data I've got. My eyes are bleeding as I had to do all this manually.

      Thing to note

      New user sign up are flying in 2019 like nothing we have seen before.
      Over all user grow is really steady over all, but is spiking this year.
      Also one weirdo signed up at 12.04 New Years in 2018??????

      Top chart is the one to look at. It shows users added to the forum per day. It's flying. Weird drop off late January 2018. No idea why. Averages climbing all the time, but as you can see from the late spike, user growth is at a all time high going into 2019. Pretty steady at 30 - 50 users added per day for most of 2018, now it's going over 100 per day. Growth looks very strong.

      0_1547506341446_Users signing up vs Date.png

      0_1547506360136_Users signing up and Total.png

      Raw data from my spreadsheet

      Date Users signing up Total
      16/5/17 2 2
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      9/6/17 69 125
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      16/6/17 22 302
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      18/6/17 9 329
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    • Adam Cole Q&A Summary

      Copy and paste hack job.

      Q: Adam, can you confirm IPD will continue permanently? Cheers.
      A:We will make an announcement on this at the close of the promo period. Personally I like it, what do you guys think? #footballindex

      Q:Bring ipd in to the Dutch and Belgium league 👍😂😂
      A: Nice idea

      Q:Hi Adam, thanks for doing this.
      Two Qs: What's happening with the Beta Site, can we expect it back up soon?
      Q: Is TennisIndex still expected to launch towards the end of this year?
      Cheers
      A: Hi there, focus is on Football Index in the UK for the rest of 2019 so tennis index unlikely this calendar year. Beta site still being developed and will likely launch later this summer #footballindex

      Q:Good to know the 2019 priorities, thanks Adam. Are you able to advise the big ticket items in terms of 22 priorities?
      A: Orderbooks, NASDAQ, executing a brilliantly reliable platform, and our marketing efforts for 2019/20. #footballindex

      Q: What’s your thoughts on the ‘pumpers and dumpers’ of Twitter who prey on the new and naive users to create an easy profit for themselves?

      Do you see these as an issue to the long term profitability of FI?

      How do you plan to reduce if so?

      A:We do actually monitor trading closely. My understanding is this is much less a problem than the perception of it. I also think it is quite a difficult task to turn a profit on. #footballindex

      Q:Removing or altering the 'trending list' would help, as people do buy players that are trending. Any plans on changing this?
      A:Fair point this… will review #footballindex

      Q:Good thank you handsome, still curious as to what’s going on with this 3 year player expiry date? Been a long time with no mention of it any response would be great as some of the players are getting there! #FootballINDEX

      A:Hi footieGH. We have plans to introduce filtering by date of purchase to help manage this in your portfolio and we’ll Email customers a month in advance of shares expiring. FYI very few 3 year shares in circulation now. #footballindex

      Q:I thought FI had extended to 4 years Adam ?
      A:Correct

      Q:What plans have you got for 3x marketing budget? #askadam
      A: TV, Radio, Shirt Sponsorship, London Taxis, other Outdoor spots, and our usual eclectic digital mix. Really excited about our new TV commercial, it's going to be very memorable #footballindex

      Q:Evening Adam! We're a bit worried about the tech side of the platform given a major update was done pre share split. Quite a few things just don't work properly. Can you reassure us about your priorities about this stuff?
      A: Big investment in tech at the moment Zen. And lots of focus on reliability. We’ll come back stronger, absolutely. We’re absolutely determined to improve our systems.

      Q: Hi Adam, do you plan on giving out any additional dividends say in partnership with Whoscored for example a certain amount for being in the team of the weak/month/year etc.
      A: Looking into a lot of different options ahead of the new season. This is quite a nice suggestion. Will definitely consult further with the community before we do anything. #footballindex

      Q:Any new countries near to joining yet Mr Cole ?
      A: Focus is on getting this UK platform absolutely singing and dancing before we get too involved in other territories. Though we are massively investing in tech to achieve this. It won’t be long!

      Q:Adam, please can you update us on all the technical improvements you are making to the platform. What is the status and and what should we expect when. Thanks.
      A: Reliability and existing functionality is primary focus. We’re adding increased monitoring to the system to make sure we address this. Bugs are inevitability with any product but we are working hard to ensure we reduce these.

      Q: Any updates regarding the potential partnership with NASDAQ to use their trading software? #footballimdex
      A: At contractual stage with NASDAQ. Big corporates move slowly but we’re almost there. #footballindex

      Q: Are you going to make us all millionaires?
      A: Doing our best Neil 🤑#footballindex

      Q:One other thing. Please, please, please can you get the tech team to sort out the amateurish typos in the app - things like ‘withdrawed’ and ‘successful finished’ - which make the product look like a scam (and should be an easy fix?).
      A: Thanks for your feedback will look into this.

      Q:Adam, spreads have massively increased post split and are incredibly inconsistent, could you please request for a review and decrease to the enigmatic “risk team”
      Lower prices players especially have spread ranging from 10-20% with no obvious apparent reason
      A: I think the risk team will be delighted to be thought of as enigmatic. But seriously, we are constantly reviewing policy around these areas and take you feedback in the spirit intended. Thanks #footballindex

      Q: Hi Adam, will be there any possibility of traders being able to click and drag players in our portfolio allowing us to select that order players show on the portfolio screen
      A: Just hired a new UX guy, Mark, who’s leading the charge on this kind of thing. We want to make the platform as user friendly as possible. I love this suggestion #footballindex

      Q: Hi Adam,
      How is this allowed to remain on the site a year after leaving Barcelona. Imagine it’s pretty simple to change his team. Are there any processes in place for something like this?
      A: This is a fair shout. We need to pull in more Opta feeds for Asian leagues to have this update. Apologies, it’s obviously not good enough. Will improve.

      Q: Any chance of that extra penny on treble star man, sometime ?

      6-4-2 for positional PB from talking to people would be a huge winner and would see a lot of deposits. Makes the product so much more rational.
      A: We have significantly increased dividends in the last few months, so not planning to add any more at this stage. Sorry. #footballindex

      Q:Doing well Adam, hoping for some exciting developments
      A: Have you seen our Summer Bonus Boost? 10% bonus on net buys up to £2k. Our biggest offer yet. #footballindex

      Q: Hi Adam,

      There's a lot of frustration around strikers being undervalued by FI.

      Aubameyang finished as golden boot winner at £1.51
      Aguero won the treble and is £1.22
      Cavani, Suarez, etc, not even in top 200

      Will you be making any alterations designed to change this?

      A: Hi Neil, thanks for your question. Truth is FI don’t value the players, our traders do. So if you think there is value in those strikers I’d suggest you buy them. Happy trading #footballindex

      Q:Hi Adam, for a company that is expanding rapidly (and congrats on this) what are your plans to align with other organisations around issues such as gambling habits and addiction?
      A: We’re very proud that there’s little problem gambling associated with Football Index. We’re inherently not a loss chasing product. We have significant resources in our compliance team to stay abreast of industry developments and will always work tirelessly to combat any issues.

      Q: Hey Adam, When are IPOs coming back? There's truck loads of new players to be added!
      A: Looking forward to the new season for more of these. #footballindex

      Q:Hi Adam, firstly thanks for taking all my money and spare time 😉 is there any update on an improved process for IPOs in the future? #footballindex
      A: Looking to improve this significantly for the coming season #footballindex

      Q: I’ve been in contact with customer services for nearly 2 months about a query and keep getting deferred to another team. Still hasn’t got resolved- are there any plans to improve customer service communications
      A: DM me please Alex with your details. Many thanks

      Q: If you could buy 1 player on #FootballIndex who would it be & why? 🤔
      A: Messi. GOAT. Dividends

      Q: How do you decide on total number of shares you roll out for any one player?
      A: Only ever issue new shares in response to excess demand. Never issue if shares are available in the market. #footballindex

      Q: Adam. Firstly. Do any of your customer care team have any idea how football index works? I’ve had numerous conversations with them, back and forth and I get absolutely nowhere. Being told it’s with the “tech team” literally every time but the issues I rase never get resolved.
      A: Hi Martin, the CS team do a great job and are well trained on the product, but always keen to do better. What specifically has been your problem?

      Q: Adam when can we expect to see the data site and when can we expect to see order books?
      A: Targeting new season for data, order books may be a little longer. #footballindex

      Q: Hi Adam, Just a question that's not hugely important right now.
      Any update on Sweden 😁 @Andy-M
      A: Hi Andrew Still working on this with our compliance team. Hope to have news soon. Thanks

      Q: Hi Adam, are there any plans for other indexes to launch anytime soon ? would love to see an Nfl index thanks for everything !
      A: Unlikely for 2019 but beyond we absolutely plan to do this yes. #footballindex

      Q: Hi Adam. I submitted a formal complaint yesterday afternoon by email, not had a response as yet despite it having been read. Can you look into this please?
      Also do you have a formal complaints procedure documented we can access?
      Good news on the phase 3 promotion 👍🏼
      A: Hi Tom, sorry to hear that please DM me your registered email address and we’ll have a look. Thanks

      Q:I feel like new traders need a database with simple info such as average pg and mb scores, for each player on the index to drive it more towards dividends, making it easier for them to understand. Any thoughts on this?
      A: Thanks for the feedback Peter I will put that to the product guys. Yes I think a simple view like that would be fantastic, particularly for new traders. #footballindex

      Q:With a large part of the market dedicated to unproven youngsters how can you make dividend yielding players more attractive to new and existing traders?
      A: Actually we see a great deal of the market capitalisation in the proven players… some of them come of age and will yield great dividends. It’s a case of giving it time for youngsters to reach their potential. #footballindex

      posted in General Trading Discussion
      Misto
      Misto
    • Football Index Trader Meet Minutes

      Football Index Trader Meet Minutes

      5 times the number of new sign up this January vs last January. Showing the forum user tracker I do is relative to new users over all so i’ll keep that up.

      https://forums.footballindex.co.uk/topic/5046/this-just-took-me-6-hours-manual-data-mining-appreciate

      Trading volume also up 500% vs last January

      Football Index will apply for the Sunday Times Fast Track 100

      The Sunday Times Virgin Atlantic Fast Track 100 league table ranks Britain's 100 private companies with the fastest-growing sales over their latest three years.

      Share Split details on 18th March

      With the split taking place on the 26th March. Football index are looking at a 3 or 4 way split, but nothing set in stone yet.

      Over the last 12 months the yield is 19.3% if you held the whole index. Which is insane because 60% of the market is junk anyway, and we know there is no dividends to be earned from that end.

      New dividend chart coming out on the 18th March.

      Football index are expecting to have a significant increase in market advertising spend this year. With is a nice to hear.

      Football Index would like to keep dividends at round 1ps. However being realistic they will use ¼, ½ and ¾ of a penny in the new payouts because it allows them to keep the structure of the current dividend system.

      Max buys will change to about 500.

      No confirmation on a dividend increase, but wasn’t ruled out either.

      Prices will move in line relative to how they move now factoring in the lower prices and higher number of shares.

      There will be a special FITV tomorrow with adam, that will go into more details.
      It can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJnWCt9AsO26URfblgpFm5A

      Extra info via @Ollie regarding @dannypea question about the 3 years rule post share split.

      "But he reiterated that your question was a really good one and that nobody had considered the implications of the split. So they are going to have a conference on it as its that important.

      He said the bottom line was, that they would try and come up with a solution that would keep everyone happy, and possibly that they would be classed as new shares. Really nice positive people." If that happens maybe IPD for every share on the index for a month.

      posted in General Trading Discussion
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      Misto
    • RE: Share Split Survey

      I don't think they can do anything with results of this survey because it seems a large part of the user base doesn't understand a share split, making the results worthless because people don't know what their voting for.

      To clear it up. If you vote for the split, there will be a extra 350 million a week for the NHS.

      posted in General Trading Discussion
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      Misto
    • Fi Survey Results

      When did you join?

      2015 - 0 (0%)
      2016 - 7 (13%)
      2017 - 16 (30%)
      2018 - 31 (57%)

      Total portfolio balance?

      £0 - £250 - 2 (4%)
      £250 - £1000 - 14 (26%)
      £1000 - £2500 - 12 (22%)
      £2500 - £5000 - 10 (19%)
      £5000 - £10000 - 6 (11%)
      £10000 - £25000 - 5 (9%)
      £25000+ - 5 (9%)

      Total capital put into the index?

      £0 - £250 - 2 (4%)
      £250 - £1000 - 14 (26%)
      £1000 - £2500 - 12 (22%)
      £2500 - £5000 - 10 (19%)
      £5000 - £10000 - 6 (11%)
      £10000 - £25000 - 5 (9%)
      £25000+ - 5 (9%)

      Average capital invested per month?

      £0 - £50 - 11 (21%)
      £50 - £200 - 15 (28%)
      £200 - £500 - 12 (23%)
      £500 - £1000 - 9 (17%)
      £1000+ - 6 (11%)

      Style of investment? (select all that are relevant)​

      Flipping - 13 (24%)
      Dividend - 36 (67%)
      Long term hold - 44 (81%)
      Other - 5 (9%)

      ​Number of players held?

      1 - 10 - 8 (15%)
      11 - 25 - 19 (35%)
      26 - 100 - 23 (43%)
      101 - 200 - 2 (4%)
      200+ - 2 (4%)

      Dividend returns?​

      £0 - £10 - 12 (23%)
      £10 - £50 - 7 (13%)
      £50 - £200 - 10 (19%)
      £200 - £500 - 11 (21%)
      £500 - £1000 - 3 (6%)
      £1000+ - 10 (19%)

      ​Expected duration for your investment?​

      Less than 1 year - 1 (2%)
      1 - 2 years - 5 (9%)
      2 - 3 years - 20 (38%)
      4 - 6 years - 9 (17%)
      10 year + - 18 (34%)

      ​Total returns as a percentage of portfolio?​

      0 - 5% - 1 (2%)
      5 - 10% - 8 (15%)
      10 - 25% - 20 (37%)
      25 - 50% - 13 (24%)
      50 - 100% - 8 (15%)
      100 - 200% - 1 (2%)
      200% + - 3 (6%)

      How satisfied are you with the ​FI overall as a platform?

      Not at all - 0 (0%)
      Somewhat satisfactory - 10 (19%)
      Satisfactory - 20 (37%)
      Very Satisfactory - 24 (44%)

      ​What features do you feel the FI is missing?

      Higher dividends , and better communication I'm still waiting for a refund from two weeks ago buying a player and still not entered my port

      Detailed Buzz history, even something like the player history on the Premier League Fantasy Football would be good.
      The fact that you have to pay subs to another company/website to gain info to enable you to use FI effectively will put the lower income mass market off getting involved imo.

      Treble media on Mach days and goalkeeper pb.

      Simple 12m and 6m dividend yield at current price. Given this is pretty fundamental it would be helpful to see this in a simple format.

      Analytics

      How long futures is held for / incorrect player data / improve the reserve price queue

      the platform is clunky. I'd rather see more money put in to the platform working, rather than advertising. A few people i know have seen adevrts, signed up, got involved and then realise that the platform isn;t really that fit for purpose and have left.

      Order books, which I appreciate are on their way.

      Great idea but non-existent reporting tools to analyse your portfolio (without an excel dump). It should be possible to analyse your holdings and manipulate the data
      If someone is willing to sell a £5 player for £3 then the system should allow it. The commission could still be based upon the £5 price. Demand would drive price more dynamically in this way. Instant sell should be deactivated permanently. Basically, you only sell to another buyer.
      All IPOs should start at the lowest Squad value (circa 25p), to allow as many people as possible to get in as low as possible. The good players will still rise to their 'normal' value.
      Increase the 100max buy to 250 (maybe further later?)
      Install a maximum number of shares per player (would drive a more dynamic price model), say 10,000 shares. Once a player hits £10, there is an automatic split which would allow more liquidity into the bigger players.

      Better customer support. Better customer interaction for updates. Better HR/media management.

      Integrated data,

      Drag and drop players in your portfolio and setting folders for players in portfolio

      Portfolio total based on is price.Player info on portfolio page

      1. Accurately working watchlist. One that carries over to different platforms and shows they’re price when added to watchlist. This would help to see their growth or decrease.
      2. In house data. Being able to select a player and see historical data (Pb and mb) as well as a 2 year graph/a graph we can put the timescale on.

      The ability to set a price at which a player will be sold if they hit that price (i.e. Stops)
      Sorting of portfolios into different categories. Probably better communication generally from FI but also can see why they are hands off at times so no great complaints

      To be able to see where you are in the sell queue

      Would like to be able to order the portfolio rankings on PC, can do it on mobile

      1. Date of futures purchase to allow management of 3 year rule
      2. Price setting of sales for futures
      3. Free data on historic PB/MB results for all players
      4. more promotional incentives for traders - free tickets for premier/championship league matches
      5. Contact directly / through FI app rather than heavy reliance on Twitter

      Visability of the sale queue

      Export to Excel.
      Dividend History.

      Specific searches. Teams/position etc

      Ability to search by team

      Should include data saying how long we've held number of futures in each player since.

      Searching by age/club

      I think that some player stats should be included as part of the platform, such as how many times players have won on and mb, as well as average mb and on scores. It would also be nice to see some player stats, and maybe just a little more information about each player. E.g. how many times played last season/this season, average rating, and so on. The last thing that I feel would be nice is quite a simple one, but an additional we imal place to the player prices would be quite nice.

      Shorting

      I only use the IOS app and it would be nice to have a shortlist or watchlist

      Reliable technology. Far too many tech faults at the moment and very slow customer service.

      A stats tab for each player would be good. Such a goals per game ratio, clean sheet ratio etc...

      Being able to sort players in categories

      Better customer services response.

      Able to sort portfolio.


      posted in General Trading Discussion
      Misto
      Misto
    • Catch me up.

      So what should I know about FI and the forum.

      I've not really been keeping up as I've been so busy. So assume I know nothing.

      Matching Engine. When it comes online will there be a opportunity to buy players below market price that other trades need to get rid of, but can't stomach the massive spreads right now. I know that is comes across as wanting to take advantage to the current economic climate, but needs asking. I can see there are people that want to sell, but won't eg, CHO is 7% down. I can't remember the exact percentage, but Ronaldo was hit a lot hard a couple of years ago. His age also played apart even back then.

      Has there been any good forum fights or debates?

      Any rumors about the future of FI?

      Great to be back, hope everyone is stay happy, healthy and prosperous in these messed up times.

      posted in General Trading Discussion
      Misto
      Misto
    • Forum Mods

      We have a great forum community, with lots of people willing to help newbie and experienced traders. Users like @Advinculas-Index that add so much to the forums with his popular threads. Users that keep the conversations going to make the forums a place worth visiting are also a credit.

      However with the massive influx of new users, the forums can start to get out of hand. Problems are going to start which is always bound to happen when you have a big enough group together. People are going to irritate each other, threads are going to derail, people will disagree and make thing personal. Post will get placed in the wrong categories. The same threads will pop up all the time, especially without a search function.

      Could we please have some feed back from Football Index regarding the forums? As it a massive part of what make FI so great and shouldn't be neglected.

      @FI_Sam
      @greg-snow
      @FI_Tom
      @admin
      @administrators

      We know you guys check in, please don't ignore us and post some feedback.

      There is now a thread for helping newbies. https://forums.footballindex.co.uk/topic/5017/all-things-football-index

      It would be nice if the mods could add a extra category called "help or FAQ" and pin this post. It would free up the General Trading Discussion section from all the newbie questions and if we do get a active mod they could move the posts that need to be in the help section over to it.

      posted in General Trading Discussion
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    • RE: Fully Unimpressed

      Going to be hard to use my football knowledge to profit now, when prices will be determined by what random promo is running and when.

      posted in General Trading Discussion
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    Latest posts made by Misto

    • Properly already talk about...

      Regarding the new match engine. I can see they added a floor to the low bids. Will this stop flash crashes in players?

      I was buying Ighalo for 0.95p while the sell queue was cleared out a couple of days ago, already sold back for a profit. I feel I could have got much better price if I could have set my own deal, free from the low limit.

      Why has this been put in. To stop market manipulation by whale accounts working together, like in the old day. Or something else I'm missing?

      posted in General Trading Discussion
      Misto
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    • RE: Bundesliga FI Competition Winner...

      @Boris999

      Havertz, Alaba, Gnabry.

      Subs: Kimmich, Halstenberg, Lewandowski.

      posted in General Trading Discussion
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    • RE: Bundesliga FI Competition Winner...

      Logging on for the first time this year is regular. 😀 working right now, but I'll try and find 5 minutes and do a lucky dip to get involved.

      posted in General Trading Discussion
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    • RE: A Celebration Of Your Biggest FI Moments. Please Post Your Biggest FI Moments Here.(A Non FS Post)

      @Black-wolf He's good. Feel a little bad from him right now. My new house doesn't have fence all the way around right now and he can't be trusted to not sod off on his owe. He is used to a open back door all the time. I've got 2 10 meter tracking leads linked together and left him roam on that. If he comes back in on his owe I just take it off and shut the door.

      posted in General Trading Discussion
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    • RE: Catch me up.

      @Westy said in Catch me up.:

      Do we trust it really is @Misto or is it an FI stooge under the guise. Sent in to infiltrate our discussions and keep them rosey.

      Does anyone have a question to ask that would prove its the real Misto?

      It's really me. Do we still do match day/banter threads?

      @Dan-w said in Catch me up.:

      @Westy what prizes did @Misto provide to the winner of @Advinculas-Index competition.? Also, who was he pictured on stage with on the photo that was uploaded.. Oh yeah @Ericali I'm the tainted winner of this season's competition, even closer to winning it outright than the Scouse!😂 check out my 🌟 next to the master thread info bit below!⬇ 😁

      Sir Geoff Hurst sign shirt and the photo was me with Hurst.

      @Tom77 said in Catch me up.:

      Welcome back @Misto

      Cheers mate, need to get my port value back up, just under 10k right now and not added in a good while. Took loads out for the house.

      @MrWh1te said in Catch me up.:

      Welcome back Misto, good to see you again

      Good to hear from you again. :)

      @Tom7471 said in Catch me up.:

      Welcome back :-)

      Cheers mate.

      @Hotspur said in Catch me up.:

      The quality of the forum has deteriorated since your sabbatical. Your return is good news for the forum.

      Good to be back. There was a talk when @Noirx4 and myself had a conference call with FI Towers about the forum. User admin was talked about, but guess nothing has happened with regards to a active admin.

      @JonesyFI-WH said in Catch me up.:

      I have no idea who you are @Misto but judging by how nicely you've been welcomed back by everyone I am also glad you are back on the forum ;)

      Thanks pal.

      @Yellow said in Catch me up.:

      M! I! S! T! O! 🕺

      Yeah it didn't work out...although I notice Osimhen has had a few easy MB wins and I'll be straight back on him if strong links to the Prem materialise.

      Where have you been?

      Hi Mate, Long story short. Nan was ill and died. Went to America then The Bahamas the day after(good/bad timing), got trapped by Hurricane Dorain, then noped out of there to Mexico, then down to Central America. Got really drunk and cracked my head open and had to pay just over £1000 for stitches at sea. So I was off the forum for a good few months after all of that. Then I started on my refurb house plan and was getting one house ready for rent, while buying the other. So spare time has been a real premium for me. Things are starting to died down now, apart from work is mental at the moment.

      @Tom7471 said in Catch me up.:

      @Misto how did the house flipping go? Me and my girlfriend want to give it a go at some point.

      Pretty good. I'm happy with what I've got done so far. Will need to see how the market reacts to Covid and the recession that is coming. I can sit on it anyway as i'm living in the house i'm doing the refurb on. Got way move do that I thought in 6 weeks because I was on furlong for 5 weeks, but I've also spent a lot more than I was planning in a month because I had so much free time to work on the house. I gutted the place first and have fitted 1 bathroom and 1 en-suite. Replaced the radiators with underfloor heating, new flooring down, all lights changed to spots or feature lights. Some walls moved around to make better use of the space. New kitchen almost fitted. I've moved on to the garden for now because of the nice weather. Pre covid I was hoping for a £50-60k return. Even if it's say 40k I would still be happy for the work I've done. I just need to get back to a single property within 3 years, because I can claim back the second home stamp duty I've paid. All in all. I'm not at the end of this road yet, so I can say how well it has gone, start to finish. Also if I wasn't living in it, so having it act as a home and investment. I would be a little more worried with what is going on.

      @Sav2000 said in Catch me up.:

      @Misto it appears welcome back is in order; I arrived after you left but I’ve only heard good things about you.

      Your pinned thread was very useful, so thanks for that.

      The forum is a strange place currently a mix of egos and opinions but generally most of the guys and girls here are a decent bunch.

      Just hope @janner73 comes back again.

      Glad you found the thread useful. It will need updating I'm sure, but i'll sort that out with the help of some of the other old heads.

      posted in General Trading Discussion
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    • RE: Catch me up.

      @Ericali I'll whatapp you, what I was thinking and you'll see why I went funny. oh no you can't do that.

      posted in General Trading Discussion
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    • RE: Catch me up.

      Need to sort a prize then. I did have a idea for @Ericali but it was in really bad taste, so I'll keep thinking.

      posted in General Trading Discussion
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    • RE: Catch me up.

      @Londoner So it would have been a good idea to get involved when the only way to buy player was off their kickstarter page. oh well.

      @Yellow you still about? Remember all the work we put into MB and the AFINN system around "victor" didn't really work out. Still hold about 1000 shares, should have sold at £1, but still in profit on him.

      posted in General Trading Discussion
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    • RE: Catch me up.

      @Westy Not spoken to FI Dan in about a year, the last message I had FI related was FIG asking if i wanted to come on the POD about 6 months ago. Not sure I'd be much use now. lol

      Hope we get a September Birthday bonus this year, should be when i'm selling a house I got to flip. Saw we didn't get a Adam Cole Birthday bonus in April, but that could be because of Covid.

      posted in General Trading Discussion
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    • RE: Catch me up.

      @Advinculas-Index You still doing the league and last champ I remember is @Keegans-Bluff.

      @Londoner @Dan-w Without getting to much into it. I guess Footstock are still trading then. I remember when it launched. News and talk for about 4 weeks then most seem to forget about it. Has it has a resurgence or just been ticking along in the background getting bigger?

      posted in General Trading Discussion
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