In automation, if a bet is placed immediately prior to the market being suspended, then the bet never reaches the market and guardian never fires it again.
The log states "31-Jan-16 11:34:39: [G_Auto] : Unable to place bet on Over 3.5 Goals at 18. The bet has already been taken or lapsed."
Should this happen and is there anyway to mitigate it? Thanks.
Bets placed at same time as market suspended
i think your problem is arising in the time lapse, because you cant specify a sp on football you generally have to wait the 5/7 secounds for a bet to be placed, if i am understanding you correctly, you want to take the best price at the KO. THE ONLYWAY TO DO THIS, is set trigger or place bet 5 secounds before KO.or 5/10 after KO you will only normally lose 1 tick , or if you are doing this in automation use the unsuspended time condition. hope this helps.
Thanks for your reply Eddy. I don't think I've explained my problem very well.
I'm backing and laying in-play on football. Trying to emulate an obvious system one guy uses on all the big matches. I've worked out what he does, the logistics are not so straightforward. One problem are suspensions which can happen during the 5/7 seconds time lapse after a bet is fired into the market. Betfair won't accept the bet and Bet Angel never fires the bet again. This messes up the system although I guess I can manually place the bet if I notice it hasn't fired. Not so easy if you're doing other things at the same time.
Another big problem I still have to overcome is how to place a bet at a precise price. If Bet Angel fires a Lay bet at say 2.5, but during the 5/7 seconds delay someone else places a back bet at 2.48, then Betfair will place the Lay bet at 2.48. This may appear beneficial but I have money at 2.5 I wanted the Lay bet to be set against. Placing the lay bet at 2.48 leaves me with an unwanted liability.
I have no knowledge of Excel. I'm told it can do wonderful things. Do you know if it could help me with this? Thanks.
I'm backing and laying in-play on football. Trying to emulate an obvious system one guy uses on all the big matches. I've worked out what he does, the logistics are not so straightforward. One problem are suspensions which can happen during the 5/7 seconds time lapse after a bet is fired into the market. Betfair won't accept the bet and Bet Angel never fires the bet again. This messes up the system although I guess I can manually place the bet if I notice it hasn't fired. Not so easy if you're doing other things at the same time.
Another big problem I still have to overcome is how to place a bet at a precise price. If Bet Angel fires a Lay bet at say 2.5, but during the 5/7 seconds delay someone else places a back bet at 2.48, then Betfair will place the Lay bet at 2.48. This may appear beneficial but I have money at 2.5 I wanted the Lay bet to be set against. Placing the lay bet at 2.48 leaves me with an unwanted liability.
I have no knowledge of Excel. I'm told it can do wonderful things. Do you know if it could help me with this? Thanks.