Stake/lLiabilty/Payout Options not available for BACK

[Fawltyrat]

The 3 options are there for laying horses but not for backing..any chance of putting them in.....?

[GaryRussell]

They are not applicable when backing. Your liability is your stake when backing and payout only applies to laying. Can you give examples of how you would expect these options to work when backing?

[Ian]

I think Fawltyrat is talking about backing a selection to win a specific amount or payout. Actually I'm often doing the calculation manually eg..I want to back 1-0, 2-0 to win the same amount whichever result comes in, that is the reverse of laying a specific payout. I would also use the function, especially if you could include it in Betdaq Assistant.

[GaryRussell]

I think Fawltyrat is talking about backing a selection to win a specific amount or payout. Actually I'm often doing the calculation manually eg..I want to back 1-0, 2-0 to win the same amount whichever result comes in, that is the reverse of laying a specific payout. I would also use the function, especially if you could include it in Betdaq Assistant.

Isn't that dutching which Betting Assistant does support or is there a difference?

[Ian]

The problem arises when you don't get fully matched the first time and have to take a lower price on one or both of the selections. You then need to place a balancing bet ie. the difference between the two profits divided by the odds.

[drphil]

I do 20 to 30 single horse racing back bets a day, all to fixed profit and would find an ability to back to a fixed profit very useful.

At the moment, I either have to calculate the stake separately in a spreadsheet or by iteration in the staking box - for fast moving markets ( e.g in-running ) it is virtually impossible to do the iteration accurately.

If it is not possible to easily alter the staking mode function, how about modifying the dutching function (which already has a fixed profit option) to enable it to work with a single selection ?