Posts Tagged betdaq
Underrated strategy
Posted by Peter Webb in Bet Angel on August 27th, 2010
I covered the ‘lay the field’ strategy in some depth in racing ahead magazine a couple of months or so ago, it’s an easy strategy that works well and has been popular amongst exchange users for years. On Bet Angel you just need to set the odds, a value and click to lay the field.
To make it work, all you need to do is look for a market with a great deal of uncertainty about it. One market that was well qualified recently to fulfil this criteria was the Aston Villa next manager market. In fact most next manager markets exhibit similar characteristics and you can profit if you lay the field early on in these markets. A competitive handicap in racing over a short distance can also be fun!
Currently in the Aston Villa next manager market, these are the lowest traded odds: -
Bob Bradley – 1.43
Sven GE – 2.00
Kevin MacDonland – 2.32
Martin Jol – 5.00
Gareth Southgate – 6.00
Laying the field at less than 3.00′s would have been a viable strategy here and it’s possible that others may still come into contention.
A worthwhile strategy in your armoury.
Ascot
Posted by Peter Webb in Bet Angel on June 15th, 2010
It’s that time of year when the Queen nips out the house and down the road to have a fiver or two on a few nags. I’ll also be looking to put a few fivers on them as well, but from behind my desk. When I’ve finished all my work on betting exchanges, maybe I will nip up the road for once! Ascot has always been a key part of the summer racing and it’s no surprise with five days of wall to wall quality on display this week. I’m actually not that optimistic that I will do as well as in previous years. There are two reasons behind my change in sentiment.
First, volumes on key races on Betfair have been falling away a lot this year. I am always careful to note the volume and activity on the big races as they can make a good month a great one. So far this year, nearly all the big races have seen drops in traded volume. Second, the fill rate at these big meetings has been falling off as well. This makes it much harder to hit the heights I have in previous years. I’m not particulary despondant, it just means that I may not be able to get some of the bigger totals I have seen in previous years. Also, I am picking up more and more in the day to day racing which is more than compensating. Currently I am about a ‘month’ ahead of where I was this time last year at the moment. I’ll just have to keep trying to find new and better ways for my activity this week.
This year I will also be trading using Betdaq at Ascot. Where fill rate and sitting behind a massive order queue is a problem on Betfair, it doesn’t appear to be a problem on Betdaq. It sits in that busy but not too busy area. This has meant it has become quite a viable trading platform during the big meetings. During the day to day stuff the liquidity isn’t quite enough to work well or to use big stakes but I have noticed that it ‘feels’ just right during the big races. Worth a try in my opinion if you can’t get on with these markets on Betfair, which I know a lot of traders do struggle on. I put up a video on You Tube recently about trading on Betdaq, but this is more on the lower liquidity stuff. I will try both Betfair and Betdaq this Ascot, as I’ll need to work hard this week I feel.
Whatever you do this week, Good luck!
The Queen tries some tic tac
No API? No Problem
Posted by Peter Webb in Bet Angel on January 26th, 2010
After continued problems yesterday it appears things are not back to normal today at Betfair, currently the API is offline. But don’t worry, you can still trade with Bet Angel. One of the unique features of Bet Angel is that even if the API is down it can still connect to Betfair and allow you to trade as normal.
Also, if you want to try your hand elsewhere during the downtime. Bet Angel also had similar versions of the software that run on other exchanges.
Betfair down
Posted by Peter Webb in Bet Angel on November 26th, 2009
Just after the off at the 14:30 at Uttoxeter Betfair look like they have had a serious crash. We haven’t had any news from Betfair at the moment as to what has happened, but the whole site including the API has gone.
If you still want to trade you can use Betdaq if you wish. You can download our sister product Betdaq Angel from the URL, http://www.betdaqangel.com. This is pretty much the same as Bet Angel but works on the Betdaq betting exchange.
Betdaq signs sponsorship deal
Posted by Peter Webb in Bet Angel on February 21st, 2009
Betdaq has signed a deal with Arena Leisure, a racecourse management group, to sponsor four of their racecourses in the buildup to this year’s Cheltenham Festival.
According to the online betting exchange, the agreement includes sponsorship of 72 races at Lingfield Park, Wolverhampton, Southwell and Folkestone.
“We have had a long standing relationship with Arena Leisure, and this new deal demonstrates our commitment to both flat and National Hunt racing in the U.K.,” said Russell Wiseman, Betdaq’s public relations director. “We are looking forward to a strong presence at these four courses in the build-up to Cheltenham.”
The deal runs from Feb. 14 until March 6.