John’s Horse Trading Resources
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@John-Folan dead even this week for me, one of my strategies accounts for 20pts loss though so kind of pleased that the others have all profited. Weird how you can be pleased about such things!
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Bots going ok. Got it trading out between 1-2 minutes regardless. Entering closer to the race than recommended but that me anyway. Interesting watching what happens inrunning. Pretty stable the first half of the race.
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@Tony-Hastie said in John’s Horse Trading Resources:
@John-Folan Funnily enough, last night I watched a video of Peter Webb creating a basic L2B bot. It enters the market 10 seconds after the off to avoid the mayhem that hits the odds...and goes for 10 ticks profit
Im testing that out(thanks american racing!), it’s going pretty well so far...
This seems alright as well. I’m playing with the price being used back/lay/mid/actual/opposite. Looks ok.
6 points from dobs and trobs today too!
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@John-Folan Funnily enough, last night I watched a video of Peter Webb creating a basic L2B bot. It enters the market 10 seconds after the off to avoid the mayhem that hits the odds...and goes for 10 ticks profit
Im testing that out(thanks american racing!), its going pretty well so far...
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@Martin said in John’s Horse Trading Resources:
@John-Folan really interesting stuff, how come it can't be tested on the software?
Software asks for exit point of profit/ticks or points. I’ve asked Adam to look at just a time exit point.
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@John-Folan really interesting stuff, how come it can't be tested on the software?
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I’m trying something with the LTB’s.
I’m trading out at a certain time after the start no matter what. Close enough to the start that price movements shouldn’t be crazy but far enough that a drift will have happened. Will trial different times and see where it goes.
Can’t really test that in the software as you need a trade out target. So a good old fashioned manual test and tweaking of the bot will be happening. I’ll let you know how it goes.
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@Tony-Hastie said in John’s Horse Trading Resources:
Also, it really does help if you're watching the right horse
Glad it’s not just me that’s done that
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Also, it really does help if you're watching the right horse
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@Tony-Hastie said in John’s Horse Trading Resources:
@Joseph-Henderson Not really, it depends on the horses run. I watch the race and play it by ear. If it has a good start in a short race(under 1m) I’ll usually get out pretty quickly though. @John-Folan is much more experienced and in a better position advise really, Ive been doing it 2 weeks
Depends on what’s happening. I will bail for a loss or small profit if horse looks like it’s going for it. Better safe than sorry and always another race
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@Joseph-Henderson Not really, it depends on the horses run. I watch the race and play it by ear. If it has a good start in a short race(under 1m) Ill usually get out pretty quickly though. @John-Folan is much more experienced and in a better position advise really, Ive been doing it 2 weeks
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@Tony-Hastie thanks! Might give it a go! Do you have a set exit point if the trade is going badly?
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@Joseph-Henderson 8-20. Yeah, I look for about £150 min over the next 3 prices. Im still very much in the learning phase though
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@Tony-Hastie thanks for sharing, I’ll take a look. What are your entry odds criteria? In terms of safe entry - are you looking for money on the two odds higher than the entry?
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@Joseph-Henderson Its a very loose filter that looks quite rubbish results wise. But I like a good selection so that some at least hit the odds criteria.
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@Tony-Hastie Hi Tony. How do you get your L2B selections for the day? Have you create a filter based on the criteria outlined at the start of this thread (Dream maker 62's LTB)?
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@Tony-Hastie said in John’s Horse Trading Resources:
@John-Folan I have a BA bot I use for scalping a front runner for 20% with a 50% stop loss that seems to go ok at low stakes. Its blown past the stop loss once in the last 20 times. I might start experimenting also with the L2Bs....for the school run races!
With the L2Bs though, If youre watching the race and you see your horse get off to a shocker you can hold off for a bit! I know thats not what the strategy suggests you do but its a no brainer that if your horse is at the back and being whipped its done for the day
Yep. Really silly not to. Easy money that. Happens quite a bit as well.
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@John-Folan I have a BA bot I use for scalping a front runner for 20% with a 50% stop loss that seems to go ok at low stakes. Its blown past the stop loss once in the last 20 times. I might start experimenting also with the L2Bs....for the school run races!
With the L2Bs though, If youre watching the race and you see your horse get off to a shocker you can hold off for a bit! I know thats not what the strategy suggests you do but its a no brainer that if your horse is at the back and being whipped its done for the day
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Cannot argue with these results. Hopefully the summer months replicate last year
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Three points from the dobs/trobs. Kicking along nicely. Shame as was a whisker away from a trob in the last race today. Really happy with these they are performing exactly as they were before the pandemic.
As for the lay to backs they are just unbelievable if you have the patience for them. Shame I can’t sort the stop loss out for automation but I will nail it if it kills me.