Help!! Greyhound experts assemble.....

[chrisyedge]

Hi All,

I have a bot set up for greyhounds which is turning me a nice steady consistent return.

it has one small hitch......i need it to take the SP on anything unmatched and just cant get it to trigger?!? obviously i am able to manually select take SP on the one click screen but this requires me to be at my computer practically all the time........

i realise that because the market doesn't go in-play it is probably the reason why so i am open to any suggestions on this.

Any expert help would be much appreciated

[dragontrades]

set take sp all rule to trigger just before the off

[ShaunWhite]

Add a TakeSp rule to your bot and have it firing every second.

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Also bear this in mind

What size are the stakes your trying to take SP with?
The minimum stake for a back bet at SP is £2 (or the local currency equivalent). The minimum liability if laying is £10 (or the local currency equivalent).

[ShaunWhite]

i realise that because the market doesn't go in-play it is probably the reason why so i am open to any suggestions on this.

Whether or not a market goes in-play only affects your ability to keep a bet in-play. It doesn't affect being able to TakeSp at the off.

[ShaunWhite]

set take sp all rule to trigger just before the off

I fire these off every second until it starts. You'd assume BA wouldn't sumbit the requests if all unmatched bets already have this status, if not then no big deal or just make it conditional on #Unmatched bets. Doing it this way means you don't have so much risk with API glitchs between your unmatched bet going in and a Take rule firing sometime later. Belt and braces really but that's no bad thing.

[chrisyedge]

Stakes and liability are well above £2 (£5 for Backing and £13 for Lay Liability).

I have amended slightly to fire every second and will let you know if it works.....thanks for taking the time fellas

[chrisyedge]

Add a TakeSp rule to your bot and have it firing every second.
Screenshot_11.png
Also bear this in mind

What size are the stakes your trying to take SP with?
The minimum stake for a back bet at SP is £2 (or the local currency equivalent). The minimum liability if laying is £10 (or the local currency equivalent).

Hi Both. It just inst firing at all. I have a seperate rule for Take SP on all unmatched.......i have it firing every second before and after start time....

[chrisyedge]

Add a TakeSp rule to your bot and have it firing every second.
Screenshot_11.png
Also bear this in mind

What size are the stakes your trying to take SP with?
The minimum stake for a back bet at SP is £2 (or the local currency equivalent). The minimum liability if laying is £10 (or the local currency equivalent).

Hi Both. It just inst firing at all. I have a seperate rule for Take SP on all unmatched.......i have it firing every second before and after start time....

AHHH actually i think i see the problem......although the liabilty of the stake is more than £10.....if it doesnt fully match thats where my issue is?.....

so i need to figure out how to get the rest matched if it is under £10.....any suggestions? obviously if i dont fully match then my profits will end up as losses?!

[Jukebox]

.....any suggestions? obviously if i dont fully match then my profits will end up as losses?!

You might explore the possibilty of using a Take SP Back bet to reduce the liability of a minimum Take SP Lay

[chrisyedge]

Not really an option as there are back and lay bets in both Place and Win markets.

[firlandsfarm]

I assume you are using the Guardian Automation and not Excel in which case I agree with all you have been advised to do but … I've had the same problem with the dogs using Excel, I can't get it to fire the Take SP option. I've monitored the market on Betfair and the bet goes in but the Taks SO option is not flagged and unmatched bets just lapse. So I don't know if it's a BA thing or a Bf thing (or it could easily be an operator thing in my case )