I have been looking at the Guardian Automation for the first time. It looks very good. But can it do what I would like it to do?
I have made a suitable trigger file and I would like to apply it to the races in Guardian until a certain level of profit is made. Then, when the target profit for today has been made, the rest of the races should be ignored, no more bets.
It's very simple really. At the moment, I am using another software to do this. But I would prefer to use BA for this as I have always found it to be very stable.
Stop automation when preset profit is made
Hi Jeff
I don't believe in pushing my luck too far. When I've made enough profit for the day, I stop. This could be in one of the first races, or one of the last races. But I don't continue betting after the profit has been made.
Perhaps you can remember days when you were well up early on only to end up losing at the end of the day.
I don't believe in pushing my luck too far. When I've made enough profit for the day, I stop. This could be in one of the first races, or one of the last races. But I don't continue betting after the profit has been made.
Perhaps you can remember days when you were well up early on only to end up losing at the end of the day.
Flanna.... I have been searching for the answer to this question also - hve you found the answer?
any assistance greatfully apreciated - I cant believe that a piece of software this sophisticated doesnt have the ability to stop automation when a certain balance has been successfully met.
look forward to your reply.
any assistance greatfully apreciated - I cant believe that a piece of software this sophisticated doesnt have the ability to stop automation when a certain balance has been successfully met.
look forward to your reply.
Sorry Scottygop, but I believe that BA cannot be set to stop betting/trading when preset, daily, profit or loss levels have been met.
There is, of course, the Stop Loss facility within a single trading market. But nothing for profit or loss in general.
It's a shame. BA is very sophisticated and this could be very easy to do. It seams that BA only considers individual events and cannot look at the bigger picture of many selected markets.
Unfortunately this means that I'll have to continue to use a different software for this type of betting. Unless BA bosses know something that I don't know..
There is, of course, the Stop Loss facility within a single trading market. But nothing for profit or loss in general.
It's a shame. BA is very sophisticated and this could be very easy to do. It seams that BA only considers individual events and cannot look at the bigger picture of many selected markets.
Unfortunately this means that I'll have to continue to use a different software for this type of betting. Unless BA bosses know something that I don't know..
You can see your balance in excel, so just needs a simple IF command to stop everything if that goes over your set profit.flanna wrote:Well... that might be interesting. Could you explain, please?LinusP wrote:Can easily be done in excel...
...Though it would be a nuisance to have to pay for an Excel license for each computer that I use BA on.
I think I pay £7 a month for excel 365 on 5 computers, I should probably buy it as its cheaper in the long run.
Would it be possible to use this balance condition so that before each race, BA compares the current balance to the day's initial balance without having to use extra software (e.g. excel)?Euler wrote:You have a balance condition in the automation as well.
The reason we can't provide a process for reporting a P&L is that, as far as I am aware, we don't' have access to that or a reporting system via the API.
Just as a sidenote, I wouldn't approach things this way. If a trader finds markets where trades are possible for profit, then trade them; it shouldn't matter what the day's takings are.flanna wrote:Would it be possible to use this balance condition so that before each race, BA compares the current balance to the day's initial balance without having to use extra software (e.g. excel)?
My two pennies anyway
but good luck in finding a solution though. cheers
That might be OK for trading but I don't trade.kelpie wrote:Just as a sidenote, I wouldn't approach things this way. If a trader finds markets where trades are possible for profit, then trade them; it shouldn't matter what the day's takings are...
My strategy has always been to bet until I have made enough profit and then stop, or on a bad day stop betting to cut my losses. At the moment I can't get BA to stop automation according to profit or loss on the day.
I guess that the issue is that BA is mainly a trading tool. However, even if I were to trade instead of bet, I would still like to stop trading when I hit my day's profit.
Understood.
yes, I don't think bet angel can do what you want. Perhaps check out the betfair settings; do they not have a self exclusion option or something like that. Could you set that in reverse, as it were, so once you reach GBPx it closes?
good luck!
yes, I don't think bet angel can do what you want. Perhaps check out the betfair settings; do they not have a self exclusion option or something like that. Could you set that in reverse, as it were, so once you reach GBPx it closes?
good luck!