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I would actually say it is good to make a cock up or make a few mistakes, it makes you alert to what can happen.
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Just one bet knocked this down to 3.25.
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4 Jan 2018 14:40 Newc (4 runners)

The early bird catches the worm. £2 at 480 & £2 at 490
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ShaunWhite wrote:
Thu Jan 04, 2018 2:40 pm
4 Jan 2018 14:40 Newc (4 runners)

The early bird catches the worm. £2 at 480 & £2 at 490
I often see this, and can't for the life of me figure out why it keeps happening.

I suspect though, for whatever reason, that somebody is taking their own bets because it happens very early when the market opens.
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Derek27 wrote:
Thu Jan 04, 2018 3:08 pm
ShaunWhite wrote:
Thu Jan 04, 2018 2:40 pm
4 Jan 2018 14:40 Newc (4 runners)

The early bird catches the worm. £2 at 480 & £2 at 490
I often see this, and can't for the life of me figure out why it keeps happening.

I suspect though, for whatever reason, that somebody is taking their own bets because it happens very early when the market opens.
Tinfoil hat theory is that someone is protesting about how **** the graphs are and is trying to force them to change
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Derek27 wrote:
Thu Jan 04, 2018 3:08 pm
I suspect though, for whatever reason, that somebody is taking their own bets because it happens very early when the market opens.
I wouldn't be suprised to hear that Liam snags a few of them.

Or maybe it's you....
Derek27 wrote:
Sun Dec 31, 2017 11:46 am
On the odd occasion though, my few quid would get matched at crazy prices, as you often see in the Betfair graph.
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Trading96 wrote:
Thu Jan 04, 2018 3:20 pm
Tinfoil hat theory is that someone is protesting about how **** the graphs are and is trying to force them to change
That's not a bad theory as clearly, and frustratingly, it destroys the graphs.
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ShaunWhite wrote:
Thu Jan 04, 2018 3:43 pm
Derek27 wrote:
Thu Jan 04, 2018 3:08 pm
I suspect though, for whatever reason, that somebody is taking their own bets because it happens very early when the market opens.
I wouldn't be suprised to hear that Liam snags a few of them.

Or maybe it's you....
Derek27 wrote:
Sun Dec 31, 2017 11:46 am
On the odd occasion though, my few quid would get matched at crazy prices, as you often see in the Betfair graph.
If only they were mine!

I manage to get some crazy prices on illiquid markets, but never that crazy.
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How many times per month would you expect a fat fingers bot to fire? Or maybe I should be asking how many times per year ?

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brunty122 wrote:
Mon Feb 19, 2018 4:08 pm
How many times per month would you expect a fat fingers bot to fire? Or maybe I should be asking how many times per year ?

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I think you should be asking how many times a day!!

They happen often enough, so I'm sure if you looked at every runner, every race every day you would see quite a few of them.
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Really that many? Was expecting it to be somewhat of a rareity, maybe just when a bot misfires
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I'm not so sure they are all bots as people still make manual mistakes. I was trading on a race a while ago when suddenly, every graph bar the favourites hit 1000. Clearly somebody tried to back the field at 1000 - and pressed the lay button. :lol:
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Ouch!! :lol:

What a nightmare
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I made a massive schoolboy error last night. Not a fat finger as such, but still worth mentioning - thankfully it only cost me £15 though

It was my own fault though, and I know others who have fallen foul of this - I was trading Frankfurt v Liepzig and was looking to lay under 4.5 goals. I placed a trade at 1.14 for £250, but forgot that my previous trade hadn't been for 'fixed stake', it had been for 'liability (lay only)'

Instead of placing a trade of £250 stakes, it placed a liability trade of £250 stakes - £1785!
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LeTiss wrote:
Tue Feb 20, 2018 7:45 am
I made a massive schoolboy error last night. Not a fat finger as such, but still worth mentioning - thankfully it only cost me £15 though

It was my own fault though, and I know others who have fallen foul of this - I was trading Frankfurt v Liepzig and was looking to lay under 4.5 goals. I placed a trade at 1.14 for £250, but forgot that my previous trade hadn't been for 'fixed stake', it had been for 'liability (lay only)'

Instead of placing a trade of £250 stakes, it placed a liability trade of £250 stakes - £1785!
Lucky escape - but yes I've cetrainly been there too :) ,
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