Not sure whether I believe that if I am honest...convoysur-2 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 13, 2018 11:33 amsmarkets have over 8 million traded on the first ,
i dont know how they calculate it ,but its a lot .
https://smarkets.com/event/905202/sport ... content=sq
Cheltenham Festival 2018
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I haven't joined Smarkets, so I'm in no position whatsoever to pass judgement, however I am also suspicious of their matched figures. Do they include self-matching in those figures? Betfair used to do that in the early days, and it's the easiest way to increase and exploit the supposed levels of liquiditySeaHorseRacing wrote: ↑Tue Mar 13, 2018 11:41 amNot sure whether I believe that if I am honest...convoysur-2 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 13, 2018 11:33 amsmarkets have over 8 million traded on the first ,
i dont know how they calculate it ,but its a lot .
https://smarkets.com/event/905202/sport ... content=sq
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Question on matching - is it really first come first served?
reason: on the first chelt today i thought 'lets see how long it takes to get matched' i placed a £50 stake at 3.05 on the fav - at the time the amount matched was 890k at that price and there was 7k in the queue - so my reasoning was that at 897k ish i would get matched - right now it's at 910k and i'm still not matched - how does that work?
reason: on the first chelt today i thought 'lets see how long it takes to get matched' i placed a £50 stake at 3.05 on the fav - at the time the amount matched was 890k at that price and there was 7k in the queue - so my reasoning was that at 897k ish i would get matched - right now it's at 910k and i'm still not matched - how does that work?
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I also note this - at one point it was exactly 1k in the pendings - i saw several lays placed which did not deduct from the pending number at all. is this even accurate?
Matched totals are double actual totals and then there's cross-matching to talk about!Original-Soultrader wrote: ↑Tue Mar 13, 2018 12:17 pmQuestion on matching - is it really first come first served?
reason: on the first chelt today i thought 'lets see how long it takes to get matched' i placed a £50 stake at 3.05 on the fav - at the time the amount matched was 890k at that price and there was 7k in the queue - so my reasoning was that at 897k ish i would get matched - right now it's at 910k and i'm still not matched - how does that work?
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All the best to everyone for the week, try not to give Euler all your money
Lets not set Letiss off today with XM'ingEuler wrote: ↑Tue Mar 13, 2018 12:24 pmMatched totals are double actual totals and then there's cross-matching to talk about!Original-Soultrader wrote: ↑Tue Mar 13, 2018 12:17 pmQuestion on matching - is it really first come first served?
reason: on the first chelt today i thought 'lets see how long it takes to get matched' i placed a £50 stake at 3.05 on the fav - at the time the amount matched was 890k at that price and there was 7k in the queue - so my reasoning was that at 897k ish i would get matched - right now it's at 910k and i'm still not matched - how does that work?
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so it's pretty pointless then?
i finally got matched at 940k matched - 50k up from my placing point - even halved thats 25k.
just trying to understand the point of having it - is it just large meetings that screw it up?
i finally got matched at 940k matched - 50k up from my placing point - even halved thats 25k.
just trying to understand the point of having it - is it just large meetings that screw it up?
I'm probably the only BA trader more interested in Southwell and Newcastle today!
Basically as a 6 month newbie Cheltenham markets just seem a little too dull and slow for me. My initial impression today is that Cheltenham seems perfect for the trader with a huge bank who can wait an hour for a £10000 offset trade to be matched. Sadly that isnt me this year at least but this time next year Rodney!
Cheltenham will be done and dusted by next week while the AW keeps going all year round so I consider studying and mastering the AW in play markets far more of a priority for me than Cheltenham.
Basically as a 6 month newbie Cheltenham markets just seem a little too dull and slow for me. My initial impression today is that Cheltenham seems perfect for the trader with a huge bank who can wait an hour for a £10000 offset trade to be matched. Sadly that isnt me this year at least but this time next year Rodney!
Cheltenham will be done and dusted by next week while the AW keeps going all year round so I consider studying and mastering the AW in play markets far more of a priority for me than Cheltenham.
I put a trade in on Kalashnikov earlier. Basically I noted trade volume on the ladder was 35K there was 7.5K waiting to be matched ahead of me and my trade was matched when it reached 50K so pretty much bang on what I expected. i.e. 35K starting point + 15K (ie 2 x 7.5K) = 50K. You have to watch the volume on the ladder point not the volume on the selection. Makes it hard to automate though with BA.Original-Soultrader wrote: ↑Tue Mar 13, 2018 12:33 pmso it's pretty pointless then?
i finally got matched at 940k matched - 50k up from my placing point - even halved thats 25k.
just trying to understand the point of having it - is it just large meetings that screw it up?
I'm in the same boat as you. Really excited at the thought of having a go at this. But I've not sure it's for me either.Wolf1877 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 13, 2018 12:37 pmI'm probably the only BA trader more interested in Southwell and Newcastle today!
Basically as a 6 month newbie Cheltenham markets just seem a little too dull and slow for me. My initial impression today is that Cheltenham seems perfect for the trader with a huge bank who can wait an hour for a £10000 offset trade to be matched. Sadly that isnt me this year at least but this time next year Rodney!
Cheltenham will be done and dusted by next week while the AW keeps going all year round so I consider studying and mastering the AW in play markets far more of a priority for me than Cheltenham.