And if your bets are taken the momentum of the market will usually be against you, when it's in your favour, and drifting, your bet will be left unmatched on the shelf. There are rarely unfilled price points within racing markets to take advantage of.Euler wrote: ↑Sun Jun 03, 2018 10:23 amOffer your bets to the market to benefit from the spread rather than paying it.oscarweazel wrote: ↑Sun Jun 03, 2018 12:49 amIf you trade at random (or not), you will not only lose commission, you will also lose out due to the spread ie the gap between the back and lay price. In my opinion, there is no way round this, because any edge will already have been squeezed out by Betfair's software. If I'm wrong about this, could somebody please show why in mathematical terms? Perhaps Peter will take up this challenge!
My advice would be to stop thinking entering at random is a break even starting point , it isn't.