ROI or VOLUME?

Hello,

it is sometimes very funny how many interesting people you may meet and get to know from a website. I have recently met a member of EBI-GROUP in Athens going to his vacations in Crete. Mike is a professionals trader, on of the guys that Betfair sends flowers to his birthday :)
We have met in a cafeteria in the center of Athens and talked about many though the base of the conversation was the ROI vs. Volume schools of betting.

Mike has a simple theory as a trader , ROI is not important as long as it is positive , the big importance on his play is the Volume. And his reasoning is simple.

"Man, i have made a volume of 22 million pounds last year , my ROI was 1.25% and my total profit was some hundreds of thousands of pounds. Who gives a shit about the ROI? As long as it is positive i know that i will win"

adding

"ROI makes you look good but it is just a number , money come from volume. It's like having a beautiful girl next to you, to pay her drinks but some other to enjoy the crop" LOL

The other side , the ROI followers say the simple but true , i have a ROI of 30%-40% i know that i risk small to win big. Let's do the math...

One of those big ROI hitters has a bank of 2000 euros and his level stakes are 60 euros per bet. Let's say he does make 10 bet per week , that is 600 euros with a ROI% of 30% it is 180 euros profit per week. He needs 11 weeks to double his bank.

One of those that say volume makes the difference now plays 60 euros per bet with a ROI of 9% and 50 bets per week. His profit would be 270 euros per week and his bank will double in seven and a half weeks.

The above example is very simple and there are many variations to it like the stake size (Some use a % of bank instead of flat stakes) and bad spells , etc... Though the result is clear , the volume guy reach his target far easier than a ROI guy. As i wrote in one of my previous posts some services do take an advantage of this flaw posting tips with dream-odds in order to look good on services. On the other side Mike made his statement and his statement was correct , find me 5 or 10 tipsters with a ROI 5-10% and you make me happy on the pocket , find me one super tipster with ROI close to 30-40% and you make happy on the looks but not that happy on the pocket...

Have a nice weekend....

ps. For Dr. Tsouts. Doctor , there is a service called Secret Betting Club and they do rate services. I have some objections on their system though they are fair in general so you may wish to give a try to them. They have a forum as well where punters offer their opinions and that may prove useful.