Support & FAQ

Q - Is Cohen Strachan Investment a registered Australian company?
Yes. Our company was first registered with ASIC on 16/2/07 for the purpose of marketing the Carbon A product.

Extracted from ASIC's database:
Name: COHEN STRACHAN INVESTMENT PTY LTD
ACN: 123 995 326
ABN: 72 123 995 326
Type: Australian Proprietary Company, Limited By Shares
Registration Date: 16/02/2007

Go to ASIC page here

Q - Does Cohen Strachan Investment hold an Australian Financial Services Licence (AFS)?
No, we are not required to obtain a licence as we are a software/data supplier and we do not solicit funds from the public for the purpose of trading on the client’s behalf.

Q - Can the Carbon A software be tested before I purchase?
Yes your consultant will happily take you through the procedure to test the product in a live trading environment.

Q - Will Cohen Strachan Investment provide training/software support?
Yes, A trading strategy will be specifically designed for you by your designated trainer based around your capital and time availability. We don’t put a time limit on training as every client learns at a different pace. All software upgrades and revisions are free of charge.

Q - Is the software trying to predict outcomes of sporting events?
No. We don’t gamble. The only trades we have are where prices have been identified with different sportsbooks to allow us to invest on all possible outcomes to achieve a small guaranteed return. The actual result of the match becomes irrelevant.

Q - Are there any ongoing costs to Cohen Strachan Investment?
No. Your initial payment is a once off fee.

Q - Won’t the sportsbooks want to close my account because I’m making money?
Cohen Strachan Investment is affiliated with some of the biggest bookmakers in the world. Sportsbooks make their money by turnover, the more people betting with them the better. Whether you win or lose a particular trade is inconsequential. They have a betting frame that they work to for every match they have on offer on their website. They make a profit on every match that they have a market up for. You can read more about sportsbook frames and how they work here.

Q - What about Sportsbook betting Limits?
All bookmakers have limits, we suggest you do your research in this area as there is a lot of misreporting on forums and blogs about betting limits. The simple facts are that you can ring the TAB right now and find out they have no limit on sportsbetting. You can get onto any number of the betting exchanges like Betfair or Betdaq and you’ll find out that they have no limits if the liquidity is in the market. Sportsbooks have electronic (online) limits which most declare on their websites. Click on the links below to look at a selection of sportsbook sites and their limits. All Sportsbooks will accept larger wagers over the phone depending on the match type, the time of day etc. Remember sportsbooks make their money from turnover so the very notion of a sportsbook limiting someone to $5 or $10 bets is illogical.

IAS Bet
10 Bet
Centrebet
William Hill
Bet 365
Stan James
Bodog

5 Dimes

Q - Is my money safe with a sportsbook?
We only recommend the largest books in the world to deal with. Most are listed on stock exchanges and are highly regulated by governments in terms of obtaining gaming licences. They use very good encryption on their sites and all account holders have to pass identification checks before withdrawals can be made. In most cases funds will only be returned to the verified source account that you opened the sportsbook account with.

Q - How quickly will the bookmaker pay me?
As soon as the match is completed your winnings will be credited back to your sportsbook account.

Q - I have heard with sportsbetting that there are rules that can catch out an arbitrage trader is that correct?
Yes, all bookmakers have rules about draws, retirements, pitchers etc. Your trainer is fully conversant with all traps and pitfalls that could possibly arise and will teach you everything that you’ll need to know. None of the rules are particularly difficult, as with any trading arena it is all about knowledge. We’ll leave no stone unturned in passing on the information.

Q - How many sportsbooks accounts will I need?
We recommend that you start off with 10-20 accounts. You’ll need a minimum of $500-$1000 in each of the accounts that you open. Your trainer will take you through step by step the opening of your accounts to maximise deposit bonuses.

Q - How much time will this take each day?
This will vary on the number of accounts and capital you have to trade with. The object is to get 30%-40% of your available capital into the markets each day that could take you 15 minutes or an hour. Once again the trainer will be tailor making a trading strategy that suits your lifestyle.

Q - Are there always profitable trades in the market to take?
Yes-As trading data is continually streaming 24 hours a day 7 days a week CarbonA users can take advantage of the advanced built in filters to customize the information flow. Trading data can be refined down to the specific sportsbooks that the end user has his/her capital spread with.

Q - How much can I make trading?
Once completing your initial training and you have all your accounts setup to trade then there should be no reason why you won’t be trading at about 10%-15% per month on your capital. So if you have $10000 to start off with (10 sportsbook accounts with $1000 in each) and you got 20- 30% of your capital in play each day then at the end of the month you should have picked up $1000-$1500 in profit.

Q- I have had a demonstration of other software that won't cost me as much as CarbonA. What is the difference?

Trading is all about the data within the program. Most of the other software out in the marketplace is normally just under $10K and is running price/odds data from a $50 subscription service. The company then builds a simple program to display the inferior data. These subscription data schemes are well known multi level marketing rorts. A tell tale sign in a demonstration with this sort of data is this - most of the trades you will be shown will feature Betfair as one leg of the trade. Betfair is used by all arbitrageurs however Betfair have commissions that have to be taken off the quoted prices on their website. Commissions range from 3%-5%. In all cases the company showing the software is showing you prices WITHOUT the commission taken off to give the impression of a fantastic arb trade, what the viewer is really seeing is a false arb! If the commission was taken off the price then there would no longer be an arbitrage position on the match they're showing you. Unfortunately these companies prey on uneducated individuals making out that sports arbitrage trading is easy. The reality is that there is a lot to learn with sports trading. It's no different to any other form of trading. If you're trading the Forex, Options, Equities, CFD's Eminis etc it all requires know how and application by the end user. At the very minimum to become a successful trader the software platform requires the following features- built in bet calculus, palpable error checkers, displays in Decimal-American-Fractions, multi-currency compatibility, built in currency converter, Asian draw prices, auto-login to bookmaker sites, direct navigation to trades, hedging facility, agency rule cross information and the most critical of all- accurate REAL TIME price data. All of these features must also be able to be tested and trialled prior to purchase. If the all critical price data is correct then the company should have no problems with you cross checking the prices on independent web browsers at the bookmakers websites. With the CarbonA data you can even do the ultimate test, which is to MAKE MONEY! Open your own accounts with agencies and place trades directly from the data being shown.

Q - In researching sports arbitrage I found a subscription arb alert service that only costs $50 a month. Is it possible to trade successfully with these services?

No-monthly subscription services quite simply just don’t work! If they did then for $50 everyone in the world would be doing it! Unfortunately these subscription services are often promoted by third party sites like forums, blogs and arbitrage trading information websites. These third party companies are being paid fees to drive traffic to the subscription service. The unsuspecting client believes he’s found the Holy Grail for $50 and dives head first into setting up sportsbook accounts only to find out that the subscription data that is being supplied is delayed, out of date and inaccurate. This data is generally sourced from non regulated sportsbooks in countries with little or no laws to protect the consumer. This means of course that when you go to place the trade the prices have changed or never existed in the first place thus rendering the data worthless. The CarbonA data allows end users to access 'real time' trading data on all sports from the worlds leading and most respected international sports betting agencies-24 hours a day, seven days a week. This is what is required to trade successfully in these markets.

Q - I’m very close to investing with a company that trades for me in arbitrage the company was recommended to me by a friend of mine, he has done well so why should I become a trader when I can pay to have someone do it for me?
The scheme referred to above is called a PONZI scheme which simply put means it’s like a pyramid scheme. Your friend joins up with the membership and miraculously this random company just wants to make him thousands and thousands of dollars every week. Feedback from clients that have been caught by this sting is all the same. John joins...he looks at online account that he logs into each week...guess what it always goes up...wow these guys are amazing...next minute John is recommending all his mates...their joining fees are used to drip feed John to keep the dream alive...eventually the number of new members diminishes to a point where the company can’t sustain the drip feed so they close down and run off with all the clients funds only to reappear again a week later under a different name to repeat the process. There have been thousands of Australians caught in these rorts. For the most part these companies do no trading at all, the entire setup is a rouse to take people’s money. ASIC has 23 of these companies under investigation right now you can view their report here.

Another thing to consider with regard to these schemes is this. Most of these companies claim that their expert traders can make 10-20% per week. Our calculators almost caught on fire trying to work out how much that is a year!! Anyway if they have such a good history of trading ask yourself why do they need your money?....they don’t give you anything....there is no product arriving to your house...why wouldn’t they walk into any Australian bank armed with all their figures and facts on how they achieve these remarkable returns.....then just borrow a couple of million at 10% per annum....surely the bank will give it to them after all their expert traders are making a gazillion % a year....the banks two million would never be at risk! Perhaps these charlatans can cure third world debt while they’re at it.... shouldn’t be too hard after all they’re experts!!!

Q - Can I speak to someone using the Carbon A?
Once we have verified that you are a genuine client we have no problem with allowing you to speak with existing clients. Our protocol is that we don’t annoy clients getting them to talk to people that MAY be interested in purchasing. Before we allow this all your due diligence, product testing must have been completed with your consultant and this last step is a mere formality to confirm another users experience with Carbon A. Please contact arbtrades@csiarbitrage.com.au.

Q - Can I become an authorised reseller of Carbon A?
Yes you can. You must first be a proficient user of the program yourself and then the company will allow you to enter into a commercial reseller arrangement.

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