BF starting price

[dgs2001]

Hi All

could anyone share any code used for scraping the betfair SP from their results page?.

I currently get Industry SP from the RP site but would also like to get Betfair SP.


Thanks Duncan

[jokerjoe]

I think it's easiest to get it from their csv files, don't have any code though.

http://promo.betfair.com/betfairsp/prices/

[Roger]

As jokerjoe knows, I have strong views about BFSP. Since the odds are adjusted to maximise the matched amount from bets outstanding at the off (and therefore BF's commission), I can't see that it is anything more than a fluke if the BFSP is anywhere near the last available price. I have had a view expressed to me that this adjustment somehow represents the market more accurately, but I don't see how. What do people on here think?

[dgs2001]

Thanks Guys

Roger
I ask because i have stumbled blindly into a low odds backing system that over the last three months has returned a 50%+ strike rate over some 450 bets and although showing profit at industry sp, I am now wanting to run the numbers through with betfair sp and also the doubles / trebles etc to see if this is indeed a viable system.

If it is then for my two pennith worth BFSP is fine by me

Duncan

[jokerjoe]

I've been casually obvserving the BSP for the last few weeks. I'd say it's fairly close to the price at the off within a few ticks, though I've read about times when they were massively off. The uncertainty and liquidity can't make it massively appealing to arbers.

As for comparison to industry SP, I would imagine that at the top of the market the BSP and ISP aren't too different.

[Ian]

The problem is that, as I've posted before, a large bet or lay at SP seems to skew the market out of all proportion. It is more like a Tote bet rather than an SP bet. When I started to lay a few last year, I ended up laying up to 4 times the last matched before going in-play.