Yes, one-day international cricket ‘in-play’ trading strategies can be profitable!
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Keywords
In-play betting markets; Trading strategies; ODI cricket; Web-scraping; Monte Carlo simulation;All these keywords.
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- G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading
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