Anyone use Football Index?

Anyone use Football Index?

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jammy-git

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29,778 posts

219 months

Tuesday 30th June 2020
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Just wondering if anyone else has Football Index? It's an app that allows you to buy/sell "shares" in footballers, with share price rising with demand. I guess it's a bit like fantasy football - as players hit good form, their price will go up. Anyone find it a bit more interesting than regular football betting or stocks and shares?

GTO-3R

7,644 posts

220 months

Tuesday 30th June 2020
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I've used it for a few years and had some great results. I recently had to withdraw all my portfolio to pay for my wedding but I'm slowly building it back up again. It's a great platform and is getting better and better as it becomes more established. One of my friends has over 200k in his portfolio and 3-4 others have 80-90k so it's a trustworthy platform and attracting some big money people now smile

Cie

18,927 posts

200 months

Tuesday 30th June 2020
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GTO-3R said:
I've used it for a few years and had some great results. I recently had to withdraw all my portfolio to pay for my wedding but I'm slowly building it back up again. It's a great platform and is getting better and better as it becomes more established. One of my friends has over 200k in his portfolio and 3-4 others have 80-90k so it's a trustworthy platform and attracting some big money people now smile
yikes

danpalmer1993

508 posts

115 months

Tuesday 30th June 2020
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Got on it a few years ago and about 18 months ago I logged back in to see some quite impressive returns! Cashed out back then and have dabbled a few times with reasonable returns.

From what I see there are 2 approaches to it, buy the big names and make dividends on media/game day rewards or try and find the next haaland, sancho or bellingham and buy in early.

Gone a bit AMG

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204 months

Tuesday 30th June 2020
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Yep I’m on there and amusingly have done similar to GTO! Didn’t waste it on a wedding though

It’s made me significantly more cash than any bookies and has outperformed any savings or shares I have but it is gambling!

I’ve got a 4K portfolio in there at the moment and that’s about 2.5k put in over a 6 month period. Selling at a good profit is slightly harder thus it used to be but Bruno particularly has made me a mint as he’s gone up in cost and the likes of Pogba and Rashford have been giving me beer money in the amount of dividends they’ve paid out!

I enjoy it. And haven’t lost a penny.

jammy-git

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Tuesday 30th June 2020
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GTO-3R said:
I've used it for a few years and had some great results. I recently had to withdraw all my portfolio to pay for my wedding but I'm slowly building it back up again. It's a great platform and is getting better and better as it becomes more established. One of my friends has over 200k in his portfolio and 3-4 others have 80-90k so it's a trustworthy platform and attracting some big money people now smile
Wow, very nice! What sort of money are you starting out with if you don't mind me asking?

Gone a bit AMG

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Tuesday 30th June 2020
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jammy-git said:
GTO-3R said:
I've used it for a few years and had some great results. I recently had to withdraw all my portfolio to pay for my wedding but I'm slowly building it back up again. It's a great platform and is getting better and better as it becomes more established. One of my friends has over 200k in his portfolio and 3-4 others have 80-90k so it's a trustworthy platform and attracting some big money people now smile
Wow, very nice! What sort of money are you starting out with if you don't mind me asking?
Take up their £500 free offer, try it for a week and if you don’t like you’ve not lost out!


ReallyReallyGood

1,632 posts

137 months

Tuesday 30th June 2020
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How does the platform make a profit? Where are the fees?

Gone a bit AMG

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Tuesday 30th June 2020
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ReallyReallyGood said:
How does the platform make a profit? Where are the fees?
Small commission on sales...

jammy-git

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Tuesday 30th June 2020
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Gone a bit AMG said:
ReallyReallyGood said:
How does the platform make a profit? Where are the fees?
Small commission on sales...
And I assume there are players that are loss making and like any bet/stock, if you're on the wrong side, you pay for it.

GTO-3R

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Tuesday 30th June 2020
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jammy-git said:
And I assume there are players that are loss making and like any bet/stock, if you're on the wrong side, you pay for it.
Yes mate. Prices do fluctuate quite a bit at times but if you are holding a player for a long period and accept that there will be ups and down while collecting Media Dividends and Performance Dividends then that's your call.

For instance, as of writing now, Phil Foden is £7.03 and this time next year I think he will be a £10+ player so i'm going to lump £500 on him and go long term, same for Greenwood (£6.49). In that time depending on the amount of shares I have, I could potentially pick up a few hundred quid in dividends along the way and still have a player that's valued more than what I paid.

My mates that have huge money in are very very knowledgeable on football across Europe and spend a lot of time researching players to the point where it's almost a part time job!

jammy-git

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Very interesting. Any idea on how the dividends are calculated? I'm thinking the payouts are generous right now whilst they try to attract people to the platform and in the future it might not be quite so profitable.

Also, I guess since it is considered gambling, all winnings/profits are tax free! biggrin

Ascayman

12,924 posts

223 months

Tuesday 30th June 2020
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Ive got mates that have made fortunes on this.

I havent tried it but it all seems a little bit to good to be true.

There's a whiff of Ponzi about it.

GTO-3R

7,644 posts

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Ascayman said:
Ive got mates that have made fortunes on this.

I havent tried it but it all seems a little bit to good to be true.

There's a whiff of Ponzi about it.
Definately not Ponzi at all and Nasdaq wouldn't be associated to something like that.

It's improving all the time. Main thing is to do your research like you would any other stock you can buy!

48k

13,951 posts

155 months

Tuesday 30th June 2020
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Finally succumbed today thanks to this thread after being pummelled by the John Motson adverts on TalkSport. Punted 500 quid on a few players for the long term let's see how it goes.

GTO-3R

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48k said:
Finally succumbed today thanks to this thread after being pummelled by the John Motson adverts on TalkSport. Punted 500 quid on a few players for the long term let's see how it goes.
Hope you bought Greenwood....

After posting earlier I lumped £254 on Greenwood and bought 39 of them for that. His price has rocketed since and is now at £732 for a tidy profit...


48k

13,951 posts

155 months

Wednesday 1st July 2020
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GTO-3R said:
48k said:
Finally succumbed today thanks to this thread after being pummelled by the John Motson adverts on TalkSport. Punted 500 quid on a few players for the long term let's see how it goes.
Hope you bought Greenwood....

After posting earlier I lumped £254 on Greenwood and bought 39 of them for that. His price has rocketed since and is now at £732 for a tidy profit...

I did. Made a wapping 15 quid overnight laugh




GTO-3R

7,644 posts

220 months

Wednesday 1st July 2020
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48k said:
GTO-3R said:
48k said:
Finally succumbed today thanks to this thread after being pummelled by the John Motson adverts on TalkSport. Punted 500 quid on a few players for the long term let's see how it goes.
Hope you bought Greenwood....

After posting earlier I lumped £254 on Greenwood and bought 39 of them for that. His price has rocketed since and is now at £732 for a tidy profit...

I did. Made a wapping 15 quid overnight laugh



Easy money biggrin

jammy-git

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219 months

Wednesday 1st July 2020
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Signed up yesterday and have almost made £14.95 overnight. I guess it'll pay for breakie.

addey

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174 months

Wednesday 1st July 2020
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So who is losing money on this?? Are there really people 'investing' in crap players who then go down in value? Surely its fairly obvious who is worth putting money in to?