Lay Starting Prices

[mikedmc]

A few questions regarding Starting Prices. On Betfair is the Lay starting price the same as the quoted Back Starting Price shown in the results?

Is the S.P. price the last price before the off? Therefore if I was to place a bet at just before the off, should it be close to the S.P. or is the S.P. worked out in a different way?

Is it possible to trigger a lay from Excel at the S.P.?

Any help appreciated.

[Ian]

The SP is not the price at the off. It's like a pool bet where bets placed at SP are matched with lays at SP - if one exceeds the other then the SP can be way off the price being traded at the actual off. IMO it's misleading that they have used the term SP - it should be Betfair Tote.

[mikedmc]

Ok cheers Ian.

I selected SP at in-play in BA today when testing my excel triggers and none of them were bet. They were only £2 bets, am I doing something wrong. How do I lay at S.P. using Excel / BA?