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Old 14th February 2005, 06:29 PM
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Kenny, my reducing price was just an aside for what might [or might not] be a poor system above and also to demonstrate just how powerful an SP price indicator can be. If those reductions were followed, a dramatic improvement in % of winners would be noticed. Of course price however is relative to % of winners as far as profit is concerned, but the 20% loss mentioned above includes all runners meeting the rule criteria, including those with unrealistic SP odds. A price rule would get rid of all those and give a better indication of the system's potential.

If you have a system [with regular high priced runners showing up among mostly moderate priced runners] that isn't performing, the starting price is telling you loud and clear that not only that these runner's form is suspect, but that there is something wrong with the system's rules. I would then be looking at why these rules are throwing up these inconsistencies and modify them accordingly. When the rules are sorted the starting price should then reflect this as being a moderate one [unless it is a long shot system].

An SP price rule in a system at least automatically puts your runners in the winners hit parade, as 80% of the time that is the price range of all winners. If the system is loosing, I would then have a hard look at the rules. A price rule apart from being a form indicator is also acting as a safety net against heavy loss.
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