Off-setting and placing partially matched bets

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ironypirate
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Joined: Sat Jun 02, 2012 10:14 am

Hi

I am trying to work out what setting I need to place a partially matched bet (which then updates if the original bet is continued to be matched) at a tick or two lower than the originally placed back bet.

I trade football predominantly and like to scalp some of the correct scores. In lower liquidity markets, your bet is typically nibbled at and not always fully taken. Ideally what I would like is to automatically place a bet one tick lower once my original back bet is started to be taken and this offset to be updated based on how much or little of my original bet is taken.

What is the setting that I need to do to set this up? At the moment, the offset feature either places the full amount straight away or not at all, and I can't work out how to set this up so that the bets are automatically updated so that if only £10 of my £20 back bet is taken, only £10 is then placed as a lay bet one tick lower.

Thanks in advance.
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TheTub
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Joined: Thu Mar 26, 2009 7:53 pm

It sounds like you need to use batching.

Tick fill/kill. Set a delay to suit. Tick the batches box and use a value of 2.

This will then offset £10 as each £10 of your £20 is filled.
ironypirate
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Joined: Sat Jun 02, 2012 10:14 am

Perfect - thank you very much.
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