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Ladder Interface

The concept of displaying the odds in this vertical ladder format originates from financial trading markets.

The interface enables you to see the full depth of the market by selection, i.e. the full range of odds that Betdaq accept.

It is favoured by users who trade on selections, i.e. back and lay on the same selction.

Unlike the Grid Interface the ladder is designed to show the best prices being offered rather than the best prices to take, so that you can join the queue.

Betting Assistant has 2 modes for displaying the Ladder Interface:-

1. The Fixed mode where the ladder(s) is/are in a fixed position within the software screen.
The Fixed mode ladder has some additional detail that is not available in the Floating ladder.
When viewing the Grid Interface you can switch to the Fixed Ladder by clicking on the Ladder Interface button which is located top left in Betting Options.

2. The Floating mode where the ladder(s) is/are in a separate window that can be moved around and resized and can be moved to another monitor if you have a multi monitor set up.
Additionally in this mode you can have multiple rows of ladders as well as columns.
When viewing the Grid Inteface you can switch to the Floating Ladder by clicking on the 'L' in the Grid Interface title bar.

In both ladder modes the main part of the ladder is laid out the same as pictured below:-

Number Description

(1) Displays the name of the selection for the ladder and in the case of horse racing you can optionally display the silks for the runner.
Clicking on the name brings up a drop down box where you can choose a different selection to display in the ladder.

(2) This button displays the potential level profit/loss that you could take i.e. by clicking on the button the software will submit a bet that if matched will give you the same profit/loss across all selections in the market.

(3) Displays your profit/loss for the selection in the ladder.

(4) Use this cancel button to cancel all unmatched lay bets for the selection in this ladder (or back bets if the ladder is reversed).

(5) Displays the percentage of total money on offer by the layers.

(6) Displays the percentage of total money on offer by the backers.

(7) Use this cancel button to cancel all unmatched back bets for the selection in this ladder (or lay bets if the ladder is reversed).

(8) The 2 small columns here are used to display markers to indicate where an offset lay bet will be placed if Tick Offset and/or Stop Loss are being used.

(9) This is an optional column that displays potential level profit and loss.
So when you have a matched bet in the market you can click on the amount shown and if the bet gets matched i.e. the prices move in your favour, then you will get that profit no matter which selection wins.

(10) This column displays unmatched lay bets.
Click on the amount to cancel the bet(s).
Or you can drag the amount up or down the ladder to change the requested odds of your bet(s).

(11) This column is used to submit a lay bet on the ladder.
The odds that will be used are shown in the adjacent cell to the right of this column and the stake that will be used is determined by the preset stake buttons as described in (17).

(12) This column displays the odds from 1000 down to 1.01, click this column to centre the ladder on the best back and lay prices.

(13) This column is used to place a back bet in the ladder view.
The odds that will be used are shown in the adjacent cell to the left of this column and the stake that will be used is determined by the preset stake buttons as described in (17).

(14) This column displays unmatched back bets.
Click on the amount to cancel the bet(s).
Or you can drag the amount up or down the ladder to change the requested odds of your bet(s).

(15) The 2 small columns here are used to display markers to indicate where an offset back bet will be submited if Tick Offset and/or Stop Loss are being used.

(16) This Cancel Bets button only cancels unmatched bets for this ladder i.e. just for this selection.

(17) These are the preset stake buttons, double click them to change their values and single click to choose the stake for betting.
The button that is currently selected will have a red background.

(18) Click this icon to show or hide the ladder chart.

(19) This button shows the net stake for this selection, if you have a partially matched bet then you can use this button to set the stake to the partially matched amount so that you can close your trade with the correct stake (the button will have a green background when it is selected)