Can anyone explained why this happened to me??

[TheLongGame]

Hi
I am fairly new to Gruss and still learning all the settings.

Yesterday i was getting involved with the racing when something strange happened and cost me money but i dont know why!!

On my grid i have a few custom lay colums, of which one is lay@30 for 10 pounds with a stop loss in at odds on 10.5.
Yesterday when i hit the colum i got matched, with profit showing plus 10 pounds or minus 290 pounds.
A couple of seconds later the horse faded and drifted in the market and the software placed a bet for for at 42 pounds @ 1000\1 leaving me minus 32 pounds!!
Can anyone explain why this might have happened.

This morning i updated to beta version 1.1.0.66x84, as i heard about the chase option which i never had.could it have been that i had a old version installed.!!???

Any ideas??

many thanks

[GaryRussell]

Was this near the end of the race or did the horse fade quickly? The stop loss could have only have been placed if the odds went to 10.5 or below. If the odds went down and then it drifted quickly it could have been that it placed the stop loss bet around odds 7, stake £42, but got matched at 1000. I'm positive there isn't a bug which would make it actually request £42 at 1000.

You can check the transaction log under the accounts menu if it happens again to see the odds actually requested.

[TheLongGame]

Hi Gary
I placed the bet at the end of the race as the horse was fading!!

It makes sense what your saying and guessing that is what happend.

Many thanks for the quick reply

[Captain Sensible]

If you go to the betfair website and look at your settled betting history for the race you'll be able to see the exact odds the bet was submitted at. The Bet history shows the odds requested as well as the odds matched.

[sophia]

Hi
I am fairly new to Gruss and still learning all the settings.

Yesterday i was getting involved with the racing when something strange happened and cost me money but i dont know why!!

On my grid i have a few custom lay colums, of which one is lay@30 for 10 pounds with a stop loss in at odds on 10.5.
Yesterday when i hit the colum i got matched, with profit showing plus 10 pounds or minus 290 pounds.
A couple of seconds later the horse faded and drifted in the market and the software placed a bet for for at 42 pounds @ 1000\1 leaving me minus 32 pounds!!
Can anyone explain why this might have happened.

This morning i updated to beta version 1.1.0.66x84, as i heard about the chase option which i never had.could it have been that i had a old version installed.!!???

Any ideas??

many thanks

Had the same problem myself yesterday. I work BA through an excel sheet and my bet history on betfair stated that I had a few bets placed which wouldn't have been driven from the bot. The stakes were a lot bigger than the stake I had set and they went on at odds a long way from the bot bets.

[Ian]

If you go to the betfair website and look at your settled betting history for the race you'll be able to see the exact odds the bet was submitted at. The Bet history shows the odds requested as well as the odds matched.

That's not correct Capt. The odds req. and average odds matched are always the same.

[Ian]

Sounds to me like the horse fell just as your bet was being processed.

[Captain Sensible]

I guess they must have changed it Ian, been a while since I checked but it used to be available via the API and the history page to see the requested as well as matched odds. Bit pointless Betfair having the column if they're just going to be the same but that's Betfair all over

[TheLongGame]

Hi all, the odds on my betfair statment are just the ones matched at 1000.
I think what gary said is right, there must of been a big spike in the market. The horse never fell as it was a flat race.

Thanks all for your input. great help.