Posts Tagged triggered betting
Many hands make light work
Posted by Peter Webb in Bet Angel on October 21st, 2011
If you are searching for that elusive edge, have you thought about utilising Bet Angel’s many varied automated features? They say that many hands make light work and it’s true on these markets as well, even if they are virtual hands.
Using the spreadsheet functionality on Bet Angel it’s possible to construct very simple to very complex commands, instructions, tools and scripts to do pretty much whatever you want. You can also use it to test ideas or concepts fully automatically while you are busy doing something else. It’s a very useful way to explore the market or actively participate in it.
The way we have designed this tool is pretty clever as well. It’s possible to use Bet Angel’s main trading interface while the spreadsheet does it’s own thing. It can do this thanks to the way the multi market tool Guardian works. You can get Guardian to cycle around markets or load a ton of them onto one workbook for it to work on simultaneously. The advantage of this is that you could create, for example, something to look for arbs on football matches, or perhaps certain conditions on certain markets That can run automatically in the background while you work on the racing.
We have some very innovative solutions that people have put up on the forum. It’s amazing how creative people are given the right tools. Hopefully we can deliver more in the coming months.
If you are interested in how to use this functionality, then please view a few videos for the basics of how to set up and use it: -
http://www.betangel.tv/video/using-bet-angel/using-spreadsheets
You can use similar functionality on both the Betfair and Betdaq versions.
Automated trading
Posted by Peter Webb in Bet Angel on September 5th, 2010
Early on in the development of Bet Angel I decided we should be able to link to a spreadsheet. Doing this meant that I & other Bet Angel users could experiment to their hearts content, create new views of the market or new trading tools using the spreadsheet. Since the first primitive implementation we have worked hard to add additional features so if you haven’t used it recently give it a try
There are many useful things you can use a spreadsheet for including improving your trading, discipline or trading fully automatically all day if you wish! A Bet Angel user recently uploaded this really use spreadsheet that allows you to automate various trading functions. There are lots of things that you can do with it so it’s worth downloading and having a play with it. As with all automation though, please take care. There are several other useful spreadsheets on the forum as well.
If you have never used the spreadsheet functionality before, I’d recommend using it as will add another dimension to your trading.
Why not be a robotrader?
Posted by Peter Webb in Bet Angel on March 10th, 2009
For some time Bet Angel has had the capability to link to Excel. It’s not just a link, you can custom write tools, views of the market and all manner of wonderful things in a spreadsheet and get it to ‘talk’ to Betfair vis Bet Angel.
The Microsoft Excel integration not only allows you to view a market in Excelm but also trigger bets from the spreadsheet through Bet Angel. This isn’t just simple triggered betting however, we also allow you to send Bet Angel specific functions and bet characteristics using our unique scripting language.
Want to place an offset bet with a ten second fill or kill delay and a trailing stop? No problem. If you want to trade a certain price if something some happens, that’s possible. Only place a bet fifteen seconds in-play if the price on the favourite has drifted by a certain amount, that’s possible too. In fact just about anything is possible using the spreadsheet capability.
Whether you use the spreadsheet to monitor certain types of activity or to trade automatically its useful. Or why not become a robotrader and use Excel to help you in certain markets. A machine is often quicker to react to the market than a human so get it to enter a trade and you can manage it from there? The possibilities are endless.
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