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In fact there is no bet for a market to reverse but this is how I classify the Up/Down bets. For example, if I bet on FTSE to close up or FTSE to close down I generally buy them when they are less than 50. So I will buy the FTSE to close down when FTSE is up and the FTSE to close up when FTSE is down. If I am to win, FTSE must reverse.

I must stress that this is just the way I trade and it does not mean you should do the same thing. You will have more successful trades if you buy FTSE to close up when FTSE is up. But you will pay more for the bet and your profits will be less – it is your decision as to which is the best way to trade these instruments.

To repeat a basic point: the bet will go to 100 if the event occurs, i.e. if FTSE does close up/down, and go to zero if the event does not occur.

Here are three ways in which to profit from this form of bet: