Trading is about to Change

[spreadbetting]

On the second, I get what you're saying, and I'll agree that it's skeechy morally - at best - if it's Betfair cleaning up that value. Morals aside that value was never going to fall in the laps of any old trader, though imho. If Betfair isn't doing it, it would just be an arms race to see who has best/fastest bot and/or internet connection, measured in microseconds, to hover that free money as fast as possible, I would think.

The simple fact was not everyone could get a slice of that pie and would therefore leave bets up or adjust them to balance any unmatched portions of their books. They actually put liquidity into the market, Betfair's version never adds liquidity it just takes from existing bets and also does it at source once bets enter their servers, taking (non runners aside) a guarenteed profit.

Markets will always find their own equilibrium as people step in to fill in the gaps making things more efficient. Prior to x-matching things were working fine and there were plenty of market makers adding prices and liquidity to the market. Betfair took away the need for the majority of them with x-matching and the liquidity has suffered ever since. What's the point of trying to make a book if Betfair are going to swoop and take any small % as soon as it appears from you.

[BlackHat Betting]

Quite excited for this update We need all the help we can get

[ricardodeano]

If this new release isn't tied in with Halloween, has Peter dressed as a pumpkin, exclaiming "Trick or treat? Actually there's no trick, here's your treat...", then I am really going to be disappointed.

[Euler]

Probably worth moving the XM discussion to the XM thread as it's a really interesting topic.

With regard to the new release, there was another clue in this weekends video. See if you can pull it all together before we release.

[megarain]

Which Halloween ?

[Korattt]

Probably worth moving the XM discussion to the XM thread as it's a really interesting topic.

With regard to the new release, there was another clue in this weekends video. See if you can pull it all together before we release.

dual trades?

[xitian]

My guess is a feature to assist with trading multiple runners!

[Yantraman]

My guess is a feature to assist with trading multiple runners!

... or multiple markets (from the same screen)

this would help trading football and racing on a Sat -

[Euler]

You can do that already

[ShaunWhite]

Perhaps you should change your name to Pavlov because you've certainly got some of these people salivating when you ding that bell.

I've got a feeling the big reveal will have more than a touch of 3-2-1 about it.

[98lewisj]

Something to do with launching a vendor app in the US?

[Niko]

Real time CCTV coverage of the last three furlongs of every UK and Ireland race course?

GPS tracking of all greyhounds?

[Trader_Tom]

I'm going to put my hat in the ring and say it's going to be focused heavily around customising your own global settings.

[Korattt]

Auto stake nudging up & down on the directional?, like on a fruit machine?, hence the bell?

[gutuami]

Auto stake nudging up & down on the directional?, like on a fruit machine?, hence the bell?

there was a nudge option in some of the youtube videos as I remember on the unmatched bets tab.