As a person who has been wagering for over fifty years, one factor which can't be handicapped by x's and o's trends and
angles, systems, is one's intuitive ability to pick winners based on one's experiences in gambling on sports especially if it involves
a significant number of years.
In addition to this, I also believe that in many cases this intuitive sense is inborn and cannot be acquired.
Imo in many ways handicapping successfully is akin to the stock market.
in that case yes statistical analysis and stuff like moving averages help for sure, but as is the case with sports handicapping,
a strong intuitive sense of what is going to occur with the market and individual stocks is very helpful and useful.
And no I am not going to lie like a lot of handicappers and claim made-up records of how well I have done in either
sports handicapping and the stock market other than to say that I have done a lot better than I used to do
as I have aged and acquired these necessary skills over the years.
One thing for sure that I and lots of other folks have learned no matter how long they have been wagering is to stay away
in general from games which are lopsided in who the various handicappers pick no matter how much you like the
game itself.
I don't generally fade these games for personal reasons, but if one wants to do that, imo they will do better over time
doing that than by playing the popular side.
