Ladder query.

[Damon]

Hi all,

I'm currently using the trial version of BA, but was wondering if the following was possible:

If, say, aiming for a 5 tick profit, is there an option to set your desired price level, at which point you are 'greened up'? This applies to pre-race horse trading only, for example, backing £500 @ 2 and immediately setting 1.95 as my price level to 'green up'. Obviously I'm concerned that I won't have time to manually calculate how much I would need to lay @ 1.95 to take the profit!

This has probably been covered elsewhere on the site - if so, I apologise in advance!

[GaryRussell]

You should read the user guide which you will find by selecting the help menu at the top of the screen. The feature you want is known as "Tick offset".

1) Select the tick offset tab in the betting options above the ladder.
2) Set the tick offset value to 5
3) Tick auto level

As soon as the back bet is matched at 2.0 it will automatically place the lay bet at 1.95 using the appropriate stake to green up.

You must change these settings before you place the back bet and remember that the option will apply to every subsequent bet you place. To turn off tick offset so it does not apply to subsequent bets you can click on the tick symbol next to the tick offset value displayed at the top of the screen. It will change to a red cross to indiciate it is no longer active.

[Damon]

Fantastic! Thanks Gary.