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Creating a ‘fat finger’ rule with Bet Angel automation

Peter Webb — Sun, 19 May 2013 14:37:11 +0000

I slipped this video into the section on automation last weekend, but I reckon a few people would have missed it; because I didn’t specifically highlight it.

This video demonstrates how to create a rule using Guardian automation to capture favourable odds that can be created when the market goes a bit ‘loopy’. It’s a rule that can run in the background automatically regardless of what you are doing in your main trading interface.

We have a thread on the …

Today’s crop of dodgy football matches

Peter Webb — Sat, 18 May 2013 08:36:34 +0000

The football season is pretty much over, but the fun and games are not it seems. With a few things to be decided in Italy there is still time for some unusual odds, volume and perhaps results? I have attached an image for posterity. At 09:00 this morning the matched bet volume on Verona vs Empoli was the leading traded volume on the football for the entire day for all matches!

Novara vs Lanciano – £15k matched, £11k on the …

Racing steps up a gear

Peter Webb — Fri, 17 May 2013 11:34:11 +0000

Nice looking card today with Newbury, York and Newmarket then Aintree in the evening. So I’m rubbing my hands at the prospect of some more action today.

The better quality racing has been quite good this week, the other stuff in-between not so great. But I’ve managed to pull out the odd decent result while avoiding the worst of things. It’s noticeable recently though, particularly since mid April, that trying to get an order filled on the weaker betting markets …

York Dante meeting

Peter Webb — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:59:41 +0000

After a successful Chester meeting last week we roll onto York for the Dante meeting this week.

The York card looks OK but the other stuff on the card today looks a little ‘testing’. I’ve never managed to consistently pull out any big totals from this York meeting in the past but I approach each market with a fresh set of eyes, so you never know.

As we move through the early part of the flat turf season the early …

Betfair find a new home for flutter.com

Peter Webb — Wed, 15 May 2013 09:08:31 +0000

Remember flutter? I do, I signed up for flutter.com around the same time I signed up for Betfair.

Flutter was one of Betfair’s biggest competitors before spending a lot of money pursuing slightly the wrong angle and falling victim to a Betfair takeover in their infancy.

I’ve been an advocate of Betfair using the Flutter brand to launch their assault on the gaming and sportsbook market while leaving the exchange mechanism to the suitably named Betfair. However it looks like …

Roland Garros on the horizon

Peter Webb — Tue, 14 May 2013 16:45:17 +0000

The European clay court season is in full flow now and Rafael Nadal lifted his 40th career title on clay and 5th title this year at the Madrid Masters. On the women’s side Serena Williams successfully defended her Madrid Open title and kept her world #1 status in defeating Maria Sharapova. This was despite a massive scare in the quarter finals. We now move to Rome for the ‘International BNL d’Italia’ which will be the last tournament before Roland Garros.

Nadal …

Betfair and CVC terminate takeover talks

Peter Webb — Tue, 14 May 2013 06:32:24 +0000

Full statement here – http://www.betangel.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=2623&start=266

Looks like I was right to sell into the market. It will be interesting to see what price the shares open at this morning. Highlights of the statement: -

Following the announcement of the trading and strategy update, the Board received a revised proposal from the Co-offerors (the “Revised Proposal”) on the evening of Friday, 10 May 2013. The Revised Proposal valued each Betfair share at 920 pence per share in cash. On the morning …

City awaits CVC Betfair bid, or not

Peter Webb — Mon, 13 May 2013 12:24:15 +0000

CVC, the private equity group that was revealed as in talks with Betfair about a possible bid, has until 5pm today to put in a bid or walk away.

The city is talking up a bid of £10, or somewhere near that, to get discussions really going. Betfair shares have responded in kind to this potential. But it’s really a case of how much risk CVC wants to take.

At certain prices Betfair would be a slam dunk investment. I …

Using Bet Angel’s Advanced Automation

Tim — Sun, 12 May 2013 16:36:55 +0000

Automating your activity is often referred to as ‘botting’, the colloquial term for using a robot to perform activity on your behalf. As well as fully featured betting and trading tools, Bet Angel also includes many automation type features.

Using Automation with Bet Angel will save you time and improve your effectiveness in a market. You can standardise a strategy, test a theory, supplement your existing activity, participate at low risk on new markets, automate the entry or exit of your …

Using Bet Angel’s Basic automation

Tim — Sun, 12 May 2013 16:36:37 +0000

Let’s imagine we want to bet on a runner that looks like it will win. For example, we may have noted in certain types of races that the first runner to dip below 1.4 generally goes on to win. We can ask Bet Angel to place a BACK bet using the Back Automation Rule:

If current odds >=1.01 and odds <=1.4 and WOM<=100% Place at 1.01

This is saying if the price of the runner reaches anywhere between 1.01 and …