Tag Archives: 5-minute prediction markets

TradeFair was first branded as a serious financial prediction exchange, but it didn’t work out, and TradeFair is now actually an operator that applies gambling (not betting) to the financial markets.

Take a look at their ad: Three remarks: They got carried away from the prediction market approach (which, unlike InTrade, they never understood fully, anyway). This gambling approach of the marketing of the prediction markets is very interesting in terms … Continue reading

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InTrade should ditch their prediction markets on the InTrade prediction markets, and run a continuing series of 5-minute prediction markets instead.

I don’t like the concept. It has received criticism. I don’t spot much volume. I think that TradeFair’s 5-minute prediction markets are based on a much, much better concept and usability. Time for John Delaney to act decisively. There is … Continue reading

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TradeFair Hi Lo = the 5-minute prediction markets, which will bring a financial cachet to gambling (alas, for some).

It is official: TradeFair Binaries, launched less than one year ago, has been a disaster of nuclear proportions, and so The Sporting Exchange have ditched it, and replaced it with “TradeFair Hi Lo“ —which is basically a way to bring … Continue reading

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