Trading Greyhound racing

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mancbrady
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Dallas wrote:
Sat Dec 30, 2017 10:45 pm
mancbrady wrote:
Sat Dec 30, 2017 10:34 pm
I’ve been playing around with the dogs and as a backup before the race starts I have the unmatched bets to take SP as a safety but I have noticed that this doesn’t always happen and some dogs just don’t get backed. Would anyone know a reason why SP sometimes doesn’t get matched?
Its something that BF have only recently added so not sure if its on all GH markets or just certain ones. Also make sure your take SP rule actually triggers before it goes in-play - GH markets can often go off quiet a few seconds early
My initial rule triggers around 40 seconds and my sp rule around 10 seconds, I assume I should have my sp rule to trigger just after my initial trade.
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spreadbetting wrote:
Sat Dec 30, 2017 10:45 pm
Are your bets also meeting the minimum stakes required? £2 minimum for a back bet and £10 liability for a lay bet.
No they don’t meet those at the moment as I am testing but I thought software gets around the minimum staking so there is no need to worry about that. Plus I am pretty sure it my have already triggered a few times already for the sp rule
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mancbrady wrote:
Sat Dec 30, 2017 11:29 pm
spreadbetting wrote:
Sat Dec 30, 2017 10:45 pm
Are your bets also meeting the minimum stakes required? £2 minimum for a back bet and £10 liability for a lay bet.
No they don’t meet those at the moment as I am testing but I thought software gets around the minimum staking so there is no need to worry about that. Plus I am pretty sure it my have already triggered a few times already for the sp rule
BA makes it possible to place bets of that size but there's nothing that can be done with the BF minimum required for bets that are to be matched at SP.
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mancbrady wrote:
Sat Dec 30, 2017 11:29 pm
spreadbetting wrote:
Sat Dec 30, 2017 10:45 pm
Are your bets also meeting the minimum stakes required? £2 minimum for a back bet and £10 liability for a lay bet.
No they don’t meet those at the moment as I am testing but I thought software gets around the minimum staking so there is no need to worry about that. Plus I am pretty sure it my have already triggered a few times already for the sp rule
You can place bets keep bets with the SP options but unless they meet Betfair's BSP minimum bet criteria they won't go into the BSP betting pool. If your bets are close to market price they may get taken within the BSP reconciliation process as that uses all available bets in the market at close to calculate the BSP but under the BSP limits and you won't be guaranteed to be matched.
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Ughhh

18:57 Harlow - gets suspended at 18:56:14, unsuspended at 18:56:49, greenup safety kicks in with 10 secs to go....

03/01/2018 18:56:49: [G_Auto] : Greened up 1. Great Respect by Backing 33.27 at 1.03
03/01/2018 18:56:54: [G_Auto] : Greened up 1. Great Respect by Laying 5.12 at 8.4

What can one do (
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Doncaster and Towcester added to Sunday greyhound meeting for 2018 now 114 races instead of 88
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Guessing there is a problem at Perry Bar this morning.
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Dallas
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Thought I'de have a bash at some serious manual trading of the muts this afternoon, Only been at it 5hrs and im exhausted - although servants have lightened the load considerably

I remember why I prefere full automation on these
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Last ten greyhound races this evening

31,19,44,34,40,38,23,43 & 42k

It's picking up
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Euler wrote:
Thu Jan 11, 2018 9:16 pm
Last ten greyhound races this evening

31,19,44,34,40,38,23,43 & 42k

It's picking up
Ive recently started to have a very close look at the greyhound markets thanks to this thread. Lots to do and test over the coming months but the early signs are encouraging. Lets hope the volumes continue to grow
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Hi Guys
Do you just trade the evening dog races or can the races that start at 11am be tradeable also?
Thanks
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Quality improves during the day. I do the morning stuff but it never yields much.
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Euler wrote:
Sun Jul 02, 2017 9:28 am
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Sat Jul 01, 2017 6:37 am
Euler wrote:
Fri Jun 30, 2017 10:23 am
I'm thinking maybe it's time to start a new thread so we can actually talk about greyhound racing?

I wanted to reply to a comment last night, but I've lost it in the melee.
I had asked you how much you wait to be matched on the market and on the horse being traded? 😃
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You can pretty much go by the gradings. The higher quality races tend to be really liquid and there are lots you can do in them. The lower quality stuff is a bit more variable.

I haven't refined my automation enough to look at specific races, so I just set a hurdle of £5k by 60 seconds to activate any trading. I think that's too rough and ready TBH. But it's improved my results.
Just out of interest, approx how many races a day of say 60, exceed £5k in the last 60secs.?
Thought I’d have a little go at the greyhounds 😀
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