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Case Study - Betfair Market Streaming

If you set MarketDataFilterData.fields to EX_MARKET_DEF then betfair exchange market streaming service will return only market definition changes. In my video I show how Bfexplorer BOT SDK is used in simple application for gathering different kind of race data, including betfair horse prices 5 ...

Betfair Exchange Market Streaming Problems

In April 2016 betfair released Exchange Market Streaming service. During this weekend I found some spare time to implement this service to my betfair bot sdk, and as it is common with betfair I found a quite a lot of problems. It really seems that betfair did not test what is released, as they ...

Portrait Layout

I use different workspace layout when trading different sport events on betfair. The portrait layout needs to turn your display, but then you can get quite big range of prices on one ladder, so a trading indicator bot can display prices for other selections as well.

Betfair API Problems

Betfair Customer Services: 05 May 16 12:31    We’re really sorry but we appear to be having some problems with our API. Rest assured, we’re on the case. Hopefully it’ll be sorted in no time. Please bear with ...

Betfair BOT SDK - JayBeeBot by Bfexplorer

This project shows how to use BfexplorerService in very simply desktop application programmed in C# and Windows Forms as user interface library. https://github.com/StefanBelo/BetfairBotSDK/tree/master/JayBeeBot There are presented three main features every betfair developer must manage: 1) ...

Changing/Customizing Ladder User Interface

Question: I've used several programs for trading and what you caught my attention in recent times was the Bfexplorer by their difference in terms of layout and Bot's, I am quite interested in buying. But I'm used to using another order on the stairs, unfortunately I cannot change it, wanted to put ...

Case Study 24 - Commands and triggers

From Cymatic forum: Hey all, looking to purchase the software due to a recommendation, studied the user guides and video's however I am unable to locate the answer to ''IS this possible?'' if so ''What Commands?'' I am looking for a bit of advice in regards to commands and triggers. My intentions ...

Betfair Market Charts and Data Analyzing

The latest addition to Community Bots is bot: “Record Market Selection Data”. It allows to record selections time series data, price and volume (traded volume) at set time intervals for pre event and in-play data. Bfexplorer Console allows interacting with bfexplorer using F# as the ...

Case Study 23 - Execute a one click 15% edge from a back

From Bet Angel forum: Can Bet Angel Pro execute a one click 15% edge from a backing a horse. I`m looking at a tick offset off 15% hedge on the back stack that can be carried forward into the in play horse market if necessary. Bfexplorer Solution: Bfexplorer trading bot is called: “Place bet ...

Case Study 22 - How to delay bets in tennis

From Bet Angel forum: I am working on tennis bot, but my main problem is unsettled markets. In tennis after each point there is a few seconds of chaos as you know, odds moving up and down to find the right places. How can I make my bot wait a few seconds before placing a bet? Bfexplorer ...