Front Runners

[MrJoeBlack]

I’ve been running an automation for about six months with good results on the flat, but I’m running into a consistent issue on the jumps. Front-runner sentiment seems to create big distortions late in the pre-race markets.

My historical data seems to indicate that there is a bot that kicks in 2 mins before the off - however the market seems to adjust to this relatively quickly. However, I am yet to find a way to account for the 'front runner money'. It’s easy to handle manually because I can work off of visual clues but I would need timing data (which is rarely consistent) for my automation.

Has anyone else noticed this timing pattern or found ways to adapt their automation around it? Would love to hear how others tackle the “front-runner money” problem.