was betting the end of the game last night, exiting finishgazuty wrote: ↑Thu Dec 31, 2020 6:18 amInteresting. I guess you have the latency of your vps/vpn and 4G connection to factor in to the overall speed equation. Market makers may have someone in the crowd describing the game on a mobile or following an am radio broadcast which could also help with the speed advantage over your vps/vpn.JA89 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 31, 2020 4:20 amI pitchsided the Brisbane Heat v Hobart Hurricanes last night. I've done it before but not for a couple of years.
The market is so quick now, Mujaab bowled a half tracker that got hit for 4 (his only bad ball all night mind you) and I placed my order as the ball pitched in anticipation of it getting smashed and I still missed the price, even though it hadn't even reached the batsman yet.
The market makers are obviously pulling their offers within the 5 seconds but they obviously have a fast feed or someone at the ground themselves. I could see the channel 7 vision in a corporate box and it was about 8 seconds behind.
I did ok in the end but it was surprising to me that the market reacted quicker to boundaries than it did to wickets. A heap of security and police milling around made it difficult too, don't think I'll bother again.
"ultrafast" stream is bit more than 2 seconds behind live so thats well good enough for market making
anyone obtaining the feed without having to stream it should be at least another half second ahead
bbc 5 extra covering australian cricket but latency is 7-8 seconds, probably commentating off tv pictures rather than being at the event as for australian open tennis etc
other court siders probably have a more sophisticated setup and do market making as well and optimized for speed better than you
you know your exact bet placement time? might well be 5.5 or 6 second which then makes it hard competing for moving the price first
the market reacting faster to boundaries must be because wicket you know right away whereas some boundaries you arent sure until you watch the flight of the ball for a bit?