Running BA & an Excel Interface "unattended"

[grimesy]

Two questions in one day - God I'm inquisitive today!

A question that regularly appeared on the Betfair UK Horse Racing Forum:-

Is it safe to leave BA running bots unattended? i.e. during a working day, then turning off the BA/Excel applications each evening.

This is something that I plan to start doing in a few weeks' time. I imagine the safest way to monitor the daily "soundness" of the bot running is via an iPhone?

[osknows]

BA itself is perfectly fine running 24/7 as it's stable and reliable - it's really your strategy that determines whether the day ends in profit or loss.

If your happy with your strategy then fine, if you're unsure and prefer to have a cut-off, using excel allows several ways to quit betting if losses reach a certain limit.

[mak]

BA itself is perfectly fine running 24/7 as it's stable and reliable - it's really your strategy that determines whether the day ends in profit or loss.

If your happy with your strategy then fine, if you're unsure and prefer to have a cut-off, using excel allows several ways to quit betting if losses reach a certain limit.

hi,
i definitely agree with Os, i just want to add that you'll have to double check that your code is working fine in all "strange" cases that might arise

[kiint]

And the keeping an eye on what is happening during the day via a mobile app is a good idea. If, as usually happens, things start to go wrong, then a quick transfer of your funds to your Australian wallet effectively shuts things down.

Cheers,
Kiint

[grimesy]

Thanks guys.

I'll be running 4 edges at any one time, and am happy that each will derive LT value, rather than just pure "winner in each race" profit; so I'm now comfortable with running the bot/BA whilst at my day job.

I'll be coding liability management structures into the bot in any event, so am happy that this will act as a further "fail safe".

Interesting approach using the Aussie wallet in that way - must get that set-up so! [already KYC'ed].

Thank you both for your replies

[xraymitch]

BA itself is perfectly fine running 24/7 as it's stable and reliable - it's really your strategy that determines whether the day ends in profit or loss.

If your happy with your strategy then fine, if you're unsure and prefer to have a cut-off, using excel allows several ways to quit betting if losses reach a certain limit.

hi,
i definitely agree with Os, i just want to add that you'll have to double check that your code is working fine in all "strange" cases that might arise

Can I just second/third that. I leave BA unattended for days on end and if your code is fine BA will deliver 100% !!

[Spike]

Me too- I have servers I haven't logged into for weeks.

Just be sure that your bots can deal with odd scenarios, look out for non runners that appear to be trading in play (but aren't really- all bets are cancelled afterwards) and things like that which can trip you up.