Restricted Refresh

[chipping]

With the new Automation tools I am using Guardian more and more - so many more markets loaded up.

Because of the impact on cycle times, I have started to use the "Restricted Refresh" options on advanced settings.

Can you confirm that the "To seconds after start time" works from the in-play clock, rather than the scheduled start?

For some markets the scheduled time will be way out and therefore of little use, such as Tennis, but I am having some odd things happen with early morning football matches.

[chipping]

I have had a read of the user manual and I am even less certain the restricted refresh works the way I imagine

[Bet Angel]

Restricted refresh will stop Guardian refreshing a market unless it is inside the window you set in the restricted refresh area. I.e. 240 to 0 means Bet Angel will only look at a market between four to zero minutes before the start of the event.

Start time on the first part of automation is limited to the event start time, if you want to apply a condition for time since in-play, that is in the conditions area.

[chipping]

It the Tennis markets I am concerned about. I know I can use the various timing options within the automation rules - but if a tennis match starts two hours later than it's scheduled start time, how should I set my restricted refresh timings?

[Euler]

You wouldn't basically because you don't know what the start time will be. Why do you want to restrict the refresh?

[chipping]

You're probably right. Restricted Refresh had crept into my setup because I was auto trading the greyhound markets and I thought it was a sensible thing to do in order to keep cycle times down.

Does Guardian then skip a market once it is suspended?

[Euler]

Once a market is closed it will just ignore it. We put that in to stop it wasting calls and to speed up refresh of other markets in Guardian.

If you are trading a sequence of events with start regular times like greyhounds, racing or football it makes sense to restrict when Bet Angel collects data, but when the start time is unknown it risks missing it all together. I think you have the measure of it.