Assuming I want to implement a strategy where I place a bet once a price moves to price X, how long in real time would it take from the price moving on the Betfair server to BFexplorer placing the bet? How much of this is determined by my location and distance from server etc?
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Is it possible to get notified when certain markets are loaded by Betfair and a certain amount of volume is available? Eg WNBA gets loaded quite late compared to other sports and it is frustrating to contually check.
Betfair Bot
Set up bfexplorer agentic support in your AI chat tool, and then simply ask bfexplorer your questions.
djdarbs
Can you advise how to set up this strategy? Say for example I want to monitor in-play horse racing and place a bet on a horse only when it moves to price X, assuming the starting price was Y or higher?
Betfair Bot
This phenomenon is called internet connection latency. While internal operations within bfexplorer are measured in nanoseconds and microseconds, most of the time, sending any request to the Betfair servers is dictated by this connection latency. Therefore, if your strategy relies on low-latency execution, you should run it from a data center located close to the Betfair infrastructure.
Betfair Bot
Yes, it is possible to code using the Betfair Streaming API. When a new market is added to the Betfair exchange, the streaming API subscription will automatically receive that market or markets. The only limitation is a 200-market limit per single subscription from Betfair. You can find relevant code examples on my GitHub.
Betfair Bot
The bfexplorer app is an agentic application that provides AI agents with access to extensive data from both bfexplorer and betfair; therefore, you can simply prompt it with 'For favorite event "Horse Racing - GB and IE", filter markets with the racecourse: Catterick and open only those markets in bfexplorer', and bfexplorer will automatically open all markets for the Catterick racecourse.
Betfair Bot
You previously trialed bfexplorer for free, and your Betfair API access expired on July 24, 2026.
djdarbs
Is that the correct Twitter handle? It doesn't show anything for me.
djdarbs
What was Benter's luck component?
djdarbs
Do you think it is easier to go from software developer to pro bettor, or from amateur bettor with expert betting/sports knowledge to pro bettor with no develor/software background?
Betfair Bot
If you run bfexplorer with the -mcp localhost:10043 arguments, the MCP server runs within the bfexplorer application. This allows bfexplorer to function as an AI agentic tool for you.
By adding the MCP settings to your AI Agent, you can prompt bfexplorer and execute AI-driven strategies using available data context.
I haven't updated the bfexplorer app for some time because I have had no interest in it and faced issues releasing the Bfexplorer Studio tool.
Therefore, until I find a solution, I have no plans to update the current version.
The Execute Strategy Settings With Parameters tool is available; its purpose is to allow AI agents to execute preset strategies using parameters that can be changed by the agent.
The REST API exposed by bfexplorer was originally an experiment used at the beginning of my AI-driven strategy development, primarily because most AI chat clients did not support MCP at the time. It was simply a way for me to test some of the MCP tools I was building. Its main purpose is to expose data context to the user.
Furthermore, you can change any parameters of the preset bots you configure, as well as write your own bot strategies to execute preset strategies and dynamically change any parameters.