The fat fingers thread
- ShaunWhite
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4 Jan 2018 14:40 Newc (4 runners)
The early bird catches the worm. £2 at 480 & £2 at 490
The early bird catches the worm. £2 at 480 & £2 at 490
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I often see this, and can't for the life of me figure out why it keeps happening.ShaunWhite wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2018 2:40 pm4 Jan 2018 14:40 Newc (4 runners)
The early bird catches the worm. £2 at 480 & £2 at 490
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 changeDerek27 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2018 3:08 pmI often see this, and can't for the life of me figure out why it keeps happening.ShaunWhite wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2018 2:40 pm4 Jan 2018 14:40 Newc (4 runners)
The early bird catches the worm. £2 at 480 & £2 at 490
I suspect though, for whatever reason, that somebody is taking their own bets because it happens very early when the market opens.
- ShaunWhite
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I wouldn't be suprised to hear that Liam snags a few of them.
Or maybe it's you....
If only they were mine!ShaunWhite wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2018 3:43 pmI wouldn't be suprised to hear that Liam snags a few of them.
Or maybe it's you....
I manage to get some crazy prices on illiquid markets, but never that crazy.
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.
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.
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!
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 ,LeTiss wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2018 7:45 amI 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!