I grabbed a screenshot of amounts. Bear in mind this was at a point in the market where the money was supposedly flowing well!!If the small amounts is XM from money on other runners it just shows how little is actually being bet on Betfair.andyfuller wrote:Just sat and watched an order of mine that was sat in the market on the 4th fav at odds of 6.4. Only got part filled over a 2 minute period despite being right at the front of the queue and the market being at 6.2/6.4.
Here is the filling of the order:
6.4 £16.32 £88.13
6.4 £4.70 £25.38
6.4 £1.67 £9.02
6.4 £0.28 £1.51
6.4 £6.25 £33.75
6.4 £0.53 £2.86
6.4 £0.01 £0.05
6.4 £20.00 £108.00
6.4 £3.01 £16.25
6.4 £11.05 £59.67
6.4 £0.07 £0.38
6.4 £0.14 £0.76
6.4 £23.05 £124.47
6.4 £2.00 £10.80
6.4 £1.17 £6.32
6.4 £0.82 £4.43
6.4 £0.60 £3.24
6.4 £1.86 £10.04
Such poxy stakes and why so many sub £2 bets???
True, but if you look at two large sample of races from the same time of year, would you not expect to find roughly the same proportion of favs at 6?mugsgame wrote:Jeff
Volume is inconsequential. It has nothing to do with fill rates.
If you have an odds on fav there can be huge volume traded back and forth. If the same race last year had a fav @6 there would be nowhere near as much money traded.
How would that affect fill rate though? Do you think that the large amounts may be putting people off taking some of the money waiting in the queue?mugsgame wrote:Noticing large amounts sitting on one side of the book, but intermittent. Let me explain:
£4534 - £234
£4432 - £230
etc
Appearing then disappearing. At first I thought it was a API glitch, but now I think it's the XM money.
To clarify, are you saying that the money in the queue is phantom money, ie an illusion created by Betfair?mugsgame wrote:It doesn't affect the fill rate, as the money isn't there Jeff, the true money is the smaller amount behind it.
Very funny!mugsgame wrote:Watch this video and it explains what is happening better than I could,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZR64EF3 ... ure=fvwrel
As an aside, I see that scene differently now than I did when I was as a kid. Back then, I didn't realise that there are lots of real-life Wizards of Ozes...
