In Play offsetting trouble

[gothe4dog]

I am trying to automate an in-play trade with a lay being set significantly below the ante post rate with a ten tick offset. Whenever I try to connect the spreadsheet BA places the lay bet which is of course unmatched but at the same places the offset back bet which is then matched at the current back rate.

I am applying the following Bet Rule;

LAY OFFSET:10 WITH_GREENING:TRUE

[Dabbla]

try adding fill_kill:true

LAY OFFSET:10 fill_kill:true WITH_GREENING:TRUE

That sounds about right

[gothe4dog]

If I apply FILL_KILL then I will have to set a time after which the whole trade will be cancelled. All I want is for the lay bet to remain open and if matched during the course of the race then a 10 tick offset back bet placed.

[Dabbla]

Sorry,your right.
Just put a delay that is longer that the race/event.

LAY OFFSET:10 fill_kill:true kill_delay:99999 WITH_GREENING:TRUE

[gothe4dog]

I tried this after your earlier reply. It stopped the simultaneous placing of the offset bet but BA then failed to place the offset bet when the lay bet was matched. I checked the log and the bets are clearly shown as having a greening offset applied. Luckily I was watching the trade and managed to trade out the positon manually to a all green profit.

Any further suggestions. I have e-mailed BA support on the issue and await their view.