Lay at SP

[Shaun]

I wanted to use excel to lay a few runners at SP and just wanted to know what i need to put in the cells in terms of the trigger and price and stake columns

[Shaun]

After searching the forum i think i have my answer the trigger should be LAYSP and in the stake column i could have a liability of $50 if i don't have a max price in the odds column it would Lay all selected runners at SP and work out my stake for me, correct?

[MarkRussell]

Hi,

Yes the trigger is LAYSP but you must specify the maximum odds that you are prepared to accept and you put this in the odds trigger column. The bet must have a minimum liability of 10 GBP or equivelant currency for it to be accepted by Betfair.

The LAYSP trigger only submits an SP bet for the selection that you have chosen.

Regards,
Mark

[Shaun]

So in the odds column to take any price just put in 1000

[MarkRussell]

Yes put 1000 if you are not bothered about setting a limit

[honest guv]

Hi,

Yes the trigger is LAYSP but you must specify the maximum odds that you are prepared to accept and you put this in the odds trigger column. The bet must have a minimum liability of 10 GBP or equivelant currency for it to be accepted by Betfair.

The LAYSP trigger only submits an SP bet for the selection that you have chosen.

Regards,
Mark

Hi Mark,
Is this definitely correct? I've been using LAYSP yesterday, entering both a stake and odds, but on some occasions the SP has been above my entered odds, but the bet is still placed.
e.g. My Learned Friend, Brighton, 15.30. I entered odds of 9.71, stake 87.1, at LAYSP, but was matched at 9.924.
I thought 9.71 would be the max possible?

[honest guv]

Ignore the above. Not quite sure what is happening, but I don't think it's to do with the API.

Looks like my spreadsheet not quite recording the max odds I'm setting at the same time as the bet is placed.