The BTC Horse Racing Thread
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@martin-futter said in The BTC Horse Racing Thread:
@john-folan said in The BTC Horse Racing Thread:
Surprise surprise nothing today. I'll stop back in when there are selections. Might want to try laying some short odds favourites though. The ground is awful.
good idea, is that a strategy you do regularly with success?
You know me Martin. Always loved a favourite lay. The ground is awful so it’s throwing up a lot of surprises
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@john-folan said in The BTC Horse Racing Thread:
Surprise surprise nothing today. I'll stop back in when there are selections. Might want to try laying some short odds favourites though. The ground is awful.
good idea, is that a strategy you do regularly with success?
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Surprise surprise nothing today. I'll stop back in when there are selections. Might want to try laying some short odds favourites though. The ground is awful.
Read the first post on both threads.
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https://forum.betfairtradingcommunity.com/topic/2915/bfbotmanager-automation-discussion -
Nothing today.
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2 points lost yesterday. None today. Not expecting much over the next couple of weeks judging from the rain we will be getting
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Nothing hit.. Here are tomorrows. 3.5-9 odds range and no heavy
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Doubt any will hit the odds filters of 3.5-9 today
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@martin-futter said in The BTC Horse Racing Thread:
@john-folan high score kept intact!
By default lol.
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@john-folan high score kept intact!
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No Trobs today. Shocking Racecard
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No trobs today. So will stay at a new high point for one day anyway lol
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@john-folan said in The BTC Horse Racing Thread:
Unlucky yesterday as the rider fell off after it had dobbed and was running well. Here are todays potentials
The one that hit the odds filters traded lovely. Two points
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@martin-futter said in The BTC Horse Racing Thread:
@john-folan that is bad luck!
Happens a lot. Especially when an odds on favourite is clear in Irish racing. Old Ruby Murray loves throwing himself off. Not dodgy at all lol
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@john-folan that is bad luck!
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Unlucky yesterday as the rider fell off after it had dobbed and was running well. Here are todays potentials
Read the first post on both threads.
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One today. 3.5-9 and no heavy as usual
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No Trobs today. One point profit yesterday.
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@stephen-gibbons said in The BTC Horse Racing Thread:
Hi John, noob Steve here. I have been dabbling with Dobbing & my question is, after placing an early £20 trade the odds move & offer a £5 green. As traders do we take that or let it ride ?
Take the money and run
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Hi John, noob Steve here. I have been dabbling with Dobbing & my question is, after placing an early £20 trade the odds move & offer a £5 green. As traders do we take that or let it ride ?
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@john-folan said in The BTC Horse Racing Thread:
@angus-macleod said in The BTC Horse Racing Thread:
@john-folan said in The BTC Horse Racing Thread:
@angus-macleod said in The BTC Horse Racing Thread:
Hi John, you mentioned you did scalping pre race. How do you find that? I have mainly been focussing on that the past few months and think finally I am getting some consistency but am still on quite low stakes until I can maintain a high strike rate. Just wondered what your entry/ filters were for certain races?
I usually go in at range tops, preferrably underneath an incremental to trade off the resistance. Other times I will try and grab a couple of tricks on the confident horses that have been coming in for a long time according to the charts.
Is this similar to what you do?
My main scalp is getting a short odds(evens or shorter) favourite. Watching the first four faves in the race and if money comes in for 2/3 or 4 then laying the favourite for a 5 point or better drift. Works a charm. Five ticks is nothing in the scheme of things.
Alternatively I watch the favourite and if it’s trading between a range and is stable doing that I bang a back and a lay in five ticks apart in the middle of that range. Then just wait to be matched. I’m out before the horses start going down as it can go a bit wonky after that. Bloody effective tho.
Interesting you mention the shorties, I too trade them but I usually try and look for the steamer opposing the shortie drifting, sometimes its the 2nd, sometimes 3rd. I have only tried laying the odds on fav a few times at higher stakes...learned a valuable lesson, do NOT take them in play.
Seems in my experience to be the last 5-10mins that the odds on fav starts to drift and like you say, 5 ticks or so does seem quite do-able/safe.
Get the trading ladder up and watch. As soon as that money comes in for the others it goes. I don’t go too close as I have lots of automation running and it will all go wrong lol
Yup, exactly what happened to me yesterday, tried to catch a drift on the shortie about 3mins before the off and it just turned and went the other way so had to red up. Will start now looking closer to the 10min mark and try and aim for 5 ticks or so. Have seen it happen but just too late in jumping in I reckon
