Today's Horse Racing

The sport of kings.
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Derek27
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Nice 20-tick reversal on the favourite.
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Lively markets today. I've just laid Abraj Dubai (14:45 Southwell) at 5.9 and backed it at 6.4. Both bets were matched within my 400ms refresh rate.
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Derek27 wrote:
Thu Nov 16, 2017 2:45 pm
Lively markets today. I've just laid Abraj Dubai (14:45 Southwell) at 5.9 and backed it at 6.4. Both bets were matched within my 400ms refresh rate.
been meaning to post that Q. Derek.. what IS everybody using when it comes ro refresh rate?, I'm on 20ms
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I use 100ms on my manual trading and 20ms for all automation
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I don't automate, I've tried 200ms for manual trading but I just find the speed disorientating - maybe I just need to get used to it.
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200ms for the ladder, as fast as possible for automation.


(The best strategy for those last couple of races has been to watch, there's been some very lumpy activity going on for a while there)
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Dallas wrote:
Thu Nov 16, 2017 2:49 pm
I use 100ms on my manual trading and 20ms for all automation
Do you run any bots on financial markets?
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Korattt wrote:
Thu Nov 16, 2017 2:46 pm
Derek27 wrote:
Thu Nov 16, 2017 2:45 pm
Lively markets today. I've just laid Abraj Dubai (14:45 Southwell) at 5.9 and backed it at 6.4. Both bets were matched within my 400ms refresh rate.

been meaning to post that Q. Derek.. what IS everybody using when it comes ro refresh rate?, I'm on 20ms
Depends how much coffee I've had to drink!
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dragontrades wrote:
Thu Nov 16, 2017 3:03 pm
Dallas wrote:
Thu Nov 16, 2017 2:49 pm
I use 100ms on my manual trading and 20ms for all automation
Do you run any bots on financial markets?
No thats all done manually but i've not been very active on them this last year or so, even then it was mainly just oil or gold
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I know you asked dallas but personally i'd never use a bot on financials. Mainly becasue the amounts are simply too large to trust to home tech. You'd be insane to do it imo.
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Trader Pat wrote:
Thu Nov 16, 2017 3:06 pm
Korattt wrote:
Thu Nov 16, 2017 2:46 pm
Derek27 wrote:
Thu Nov 16, 2017 2:45 pm
Lively markets today. I've just laid Abraj Dubai (14:45 Southwell) at 5.9 and backed it at 6.4. Both bets were matched within my 400ms refresh rate.

been meaning to post that Q. Derek.. what IS everybody using when it comes ro refresh rate?, I'm on 20ms
Depends how much coffee I've had to drink!
thought I’d ask Pat as I’m sure JollyGreenGiant mentioned he preferred 750ms on BA training day
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When 20ms was first available I couldnt use it, was just too fast then I got used to it and couldnt be without it,I went back to 200ms and it was way too slow!

Now though it doesnt make a whole lot of difference to me. It really depends what mood I'm in on the day. I generally keep it at 20ms but if I feel like i'm overtrading I tend to slow it down back to 200ms.

I dont think it makes any difference to be honest , I think its all down to how you see the information on screen. Some people see it quicker than others so probably adjust the refresh accordingly I suppose.
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750ms would be very slow for me though, I think 200ms would be as slow as you could use for trading horses.
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Trader Pat wrote:
Thu Nov 16, 2017 4:37 pm
750ms would be very slow for me though, I think 200ms would be as slow as you could use for trading horses.
Using slower refresh speeds can help see through the noise
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Dallas wrote:
Thu Nov 16, 2017 4:44 pm


Using slower refresh speeds can help see through the noise
Exactly , so much noise is created by Betfair's x matcher, that isn't always there by the time you react, so unless you're botting high speeds can be very much a double edged sword for manual traders.
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