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by thunderfoot » Fri Jan 27, 2006 3:39 pm
by Mitch » Fri Jan 27, 2006 4:21 pm
by thunderfoot » Fri Jan 27, 2006 5:42 pm
Mitch wrote:The worst thing that happened (pretty much the first time I left it alone) was that I hadn't properly told it when to recognise that it had placed a bet, so it emptied my account onto 1 horse in about 16 small bets.
Mitch wrote:I tried to program mine to spot when a market was likely to move and place bets accordingly.
Are you doing the same or do you manually choose when to enter a market (I'm not familiar with the software you mention)?
Cheers!!Mitch wrote:As far as I've been able to tell if a bet is matched in parts then the bet reference remains the same for all parts of the larger bet matched. The only sense that the unmatched portion is shown is that the matched stake is less than the amount requested.
Bugger!!! What sort of delay are you having? When I tried it a couple of weeks ago it looked pretty instant.Mitch wrote:CANCEL in N5 is the same as clicking the x in bf as long as you have the bet ref in Q5 still, but since there is the refresh delay between BA and BF you have to not the amount matched figure to see if any was taken before the cancel request was made.
Mitch wrote:I can't comment on CLEAR because I don't use it. Because I like macros, I find it easier to clear the cells myself once matched stake = requested stake.
Mitch wrote:Regarding the sliding LAY idea you have... I don't think you can amend bet details from Excel so you would have to cancel the original then place a new bet at the revised odds. Is there not a danger that the price would have gone back the other way before the bet was matched? Also, because the LAY odds will be showing when you want to amend your bet, and you have placed it a while ago your money will be near the front of the queue for matching and you may not be able to change it before it's taken. In the one I have done the 1 tick offset LAY would be matched, then if my 'rules' decide that the price will shorten further another BACK is placed. I know at first glance this might seem self-defeating but as long as you're not using all of your account at one time then it makes no difference to the £ at the end.
For example, if you BACK at 3.5 for £10, then LAY at 3.45, BACK at 3.45, LAY at 3.4, BACK at 3.4 etc all the way down to a lay at 3.2 it makes the same £ profit as 1 BACK at 3.5 and a LAY at 3.2.
by Ian » Fri Jan 27, 2006 7:47 pm
Q5 will then show a 10 digit numeric Bet Ref No when the bet is MATCHED
by Mitch » Fri Jan 27, 2006 8:08 pm
by thunderfoot » Sat Jan 28, 2006 6:38 pm
Mitch wrote:Is yours exactly the same, or were there things you didn't want or had trouble trying to do? Or maybe you put something extra in?
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