A Geeks Toy Complete Manual 3y3q

Introduction Welcome to The Toy, a completely free to use Betfair trading application. It has been designed in such a way as to make it simple and easy to use but at the same time take advantage of numerous new innovative and powerful features. Please read all of the sections in “Getting Started” before using the application. When the application first opens, it shows the Main Info Bar, this enables you to quickly navigate to markets by using the Market Navigator window.

Help buttons Right click menu

Confirm Bets is turned on as default upon installation. To turn it off select it on the Main Info Bar right click menu

Right Mouse Button A key design feature of the application is the use of your right mouse button. Throughout the application the right mouse button has numerous functions thus hugely improving your speed and ability to trade and use the application.

Right Click Menus Every window within the application has its own set of right click menus, which allow you to change the settings for that specific window. In order to access the right click menu you simply click over the header of the window and the menu options will be displayed. Help Files There is a detailed manual for the application with each section of the application and the accompanying menus and options explained. These help files can be viewed by clicking on the help button of the relevant window, or by selecting “Control Help” in the drop down box above this page. It is suggested that once familiar with the application, you look at each window’s help file to see all the features available. If you are going to use the application, please ensure you have a good understanding of the Betfair sports exchange. The application default settings are set as such so that those used to the Betfair website and other trading applications should be able to use it straight out of the box. Limited will be provided for the application via the chat forum. This can be accessed by selecting “ Forum” from the left drop down box above this page. Disclaimer This application cannot make you money on Betfair. With skill, patience, the right mindset and an understanding of the markets, it may be possible for you to make money. One fact not generally d by most in this industry is that at least 5 out of 6 people fail to make consistent profits on Betfair. Trading on Betfair is gambling. Instead of gambling on the outcome of the market, you are gambling on whether the price moves up or down. If you are new to Betfair, start by using small stakes until you can make money, and never play with any money you cannot afford to lose. Warranty This product is provided free of charge, so no warranty is given. Use of the product is therefore wholly at your own risk. You should not play with any large amounts of money, unless you are both confident in the use of the application, and the application is stable on your computer.

Application Basics Throughout the application there are several common buttons seen in the headers of the various windows. Rather than discuss them on each individual help section they have just been discussed here. Refresh Data

Minimise

Pin to the front of the screen

Close window

Roll up the window

Expand the window

In additions throughout the application there are several common right click options. Rather than discuss them on each individual help section they have just been discussed here.    

Dock – docks the current window in the Main Info Bar. Only shown when the window is undocked Floating – undocks the current window from the Main Info Bar. Only shown when the window is docked Layout – sets the width of the window Show In Taskbar – turns on/off the display of the window in your computer taskbar

Help Built into the header of each window is a quick access help button. By clicking on this button the help section for that window will be displayed in the Help & Useful Links window in .pdf format, which will provide a full explanation of the window and all of its features and options.

Help button Resizing a Window Horizontally With some windows, it is possible to resize them horizontally to one of 4 default widths. The resizing of windows horizontally is achieved through the menu option; Layout. Right clicking on the header of the window accesses this option.

Resizing a Window Vertically The resizing of windows vertically is achieved by clicking in the bottom right hand corner of the window where the border is dotted (the mouse pointer will change to a diagonal arrow) and dragging the bottom of the window up or down to your desired maximum height. If the window is made bigger than is currently needed for the information to be displayed the window will only take up the required screen space. However, as more information is displayed in the window it will expand to the maximum height you set the window to.

Click and drag the bottom right corner to resize the window vertically

If the window contains more information than can be displayed in the maximum height you set the window to, a scroll bar will be displayed on the right allowing you to move up and down the information.

Scroll bar to move up and down the information displayed in the window

Using with Multiple Monitors When using the application with 2 or more monitors, your topmost, leftmost monitor should be your primary monitor. To check it is, right click on your desktop, select Properties from the menu and click the Settings tab. Select the topmost, leftmost monitor and ensure “Use this device as my primary monitor” is checked.

Layout and Settings The layout of the application has been designed to make it very easy to use. Throughout it has been made to replicate the layout used by Betfair. However, there are many enhancements and options that allow the to customise the software to their specific needs and style. To alter the layout options of the various windows you simply right click over the window header and adjust the options to achieve your desired layout. The application will all of the settings that were in place when the application was shutdown. Therefore, when started up again you can just carry on from where you left off. Memory Whenever the application is shutdown it will the position you last had the various windows open in and when the windows are next opened it will open the windows in exactly the same position. This therefore removes the need to reposition windows each time the windows or the application is loaded. Opening the Ladder Interface When first installed, opening a market from the Market Navigator will show the grid interface. If you right click on the header of the grid, and select “Show Ladder” the ladder interface will appear. To change the default interface shown when opening a market, right click on the header of the “Market Navigator” window and select an option from the “Default Market Open” menu. How Many Ladders Would You Like? When first using the application, you will be presented with 3 ladders in the Ladder interface. One of the many innovative additions is the ability to have as many as 60 ladders per market. Up to 20 ladders can be displayed on each row and a total of three rows can be displayed, thus giving an unrivalled overview of the market. You are only limited by your screen space. To configure the number of ladders you require select “Ladder Layout”, “Max Columns” or “Ladder Layout”, “Max Rows” from the Ladder menu.

Introducing the 3 Column Ladder One of the many innovative features is the ability to narrow down each individual ladder to just 3 columns, as shown below. This therefore saves valuable screen space, which in turn means more ladders can be fitted on your screen.

£10 unmatched Back bet

£10 unmatched Lay bet Ladder interface showing 3 column Ladder

As can be seen in the image above, rather than having separate unmatched bet columns, the unmatched bets are displayed in the price column. There is a £10 unmatched Back bet on the first selection at 5.1 and a £10 unmatched Lay bet at 4.2. For more information about the various Ladder settings please refer to the Ladder Help Section. Standard Layouts The application has one of the most customisable Ladder interfaces in use today. To save time, some template layouts have been provided. These layouts can be accessed by selecting “Standard Layouts” from the Ladder menu. In order to make the transition to the application as easy as possible, 3 of the layouts replicate other commercially available applications.   

Bet Raider Bet Raider Nickolution Bet Devil

Advanced Charting The various charts show an historical view of the market for a variety of metrics. This enables you to see at a glance the history for the various metrics for one or more selections. You can have up to 3 separate sets on advanced charting, each set with its own configuration options. Each set can include from 1 to as many charts as you require, with a unique & completely customisable way of laying them out. Set 1 & 2 are floating windows, and can be launched by clicking on the launch chart icons of the respective selections in the grid or the ladder. Set 3 are embedded in the ladder, and relate to the runner in that ladder. By selecting the Ladder menu -> Ladder Layout -> Streaming Charts options, you can determine the chart placement in the ladder. There are 5 options for the embedded ladder chart placement Off, In chart Column, Top, Bottom, Very Bottom. In the below image you can see one possible configuration of the In Chart Column setting.

Launch floating chart set 1.

Launch floating chart set 2.

Embedded chart set 3.

Launch floating chart set 1.

Launch floating chart set 2. The floating chart sets can be launched from either the grid or the ladder by clicking on the respective launch Icons as shown above. There are 3 defined sets of behaviour for the floating charts, which can be set from the Main Info Bar Menu -> Streaming Chart Options. These are…. 1. Current Selection – Up to one window of each floating chart set will be displayed. Whichever selection your mouse is currently over, the information for this runner will be displayed in the window. 2. Multi Selection – Up to one window of each chat set per selection will be displayed. These are tied to the grid order in the application. 3. Multi Selection Ladder. - Up to one window of each chat set per selection will be displayed. These are tied to the ladder order in the application. NB There is an option in the Ladder Menu called Use Global Ordering. If this option is switched on, the grid & other controls always track the ladder ordering. As such there is no difference between Multi Selection & Multi Selection Ladder in this mode.

Charting Set Layout Options Each charting set can be configured to display one or more charts as per your preferences. To configure the number of charts, the type of charts and the layout, right click on the respective chart to bring up the menu. When you first use each chart set, a single Line chart will display. To change this chart to one of the other chart types, select This Chart Is… from the menu. To add an additional chart, select Layout->Add Splitter from the menu. This will add a horizontal splitter to the chart set with an additional Line chart. Should you wish to change the splitters orientation to vertical, select Layout->Splitter Orientation->Vertical from the menu. Below you will see the menu for a floating 2-chart configuration.

Charting Saving / Loading The option already exists in the application to save and load entire profiles, which re all settings including the charts for fast recall at a later date. In addition the application will always your current settings when you close down for your next use. However a useful addition is you can also save & load your own customised individual charts. These charts include all settings for that particular chart. You can save, load and delete these custom charts using the Load Custom Chart, Save Chart As… and Delete Custom Chart options. This is useful for copying charts between various profiles and sharing them with friends.

Other Common Menu Options The following menu options apply to one or more of the various streaming charts.      

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Chart Range (Seconds) – This is the time span that the chart data covers. Sample Range (Seconds) – This is how often the chart is updated. Note: Chart redraws are processor intensive. By default the chart sample rate is set a 1 second or more. Should you find application use sluggish, turn you sample rates down. {Higher number.} Auto Shrink – When checked the chart Y-Axis will auto shrink to the data within. Colour Scheme – Sets the chart to one of the pre-defined colour schemes. Chart Background – Sets the colours & gradient fill for the background of the chart. Outer Background – Sets the colours & gradient fill for the labels of the chart if they labels are not set to Labels->Labels Inside.

Horizontal Grid - Options for the Y Axis grid lines  Colour – Grid line colour.  Maximum Lines – Maximum grid lines to show on the graph.  Line Type – Off, Light Dash, Heavy Dash, Solid. Labels – Options for the Y-Axis Labels  Colour – Label text colour.  Location – Which side of the chart the labels display. Off, Let, Right or Both.  Font Size – The font size of the labels.  Font Style – Bold / Regular / Italic.  Labels Inside – Set whether the labels display inside or outside the graph.

Chart Types There are a number of differing chart types that you can utilise using the This Chart Is option from the menu. Each chart and its configuration options are listed below… Price Candle / OHLC Japenese Candlesticks and OpenHighLowClose charts plot price data over a specified time period. Each shows the Opening, High, Low and Close based upon the defined sample rate. Visually though they are slightly different in nature, with candle charts representing this data as Bars instead of lines. First we see an OLHC chart…

And here a Japanese Candlestick representation

You can choose between either using the Chart Type option from the menu. You can also choose whether the chart plots on the back, lay or last traded price from the Chart Data menu option. Further configuration options include allowing the to change the bar colours and configuring 2 moving average line indicators, and Bollinger Band indicators.

Price Lines Price charts plot various price metrics over a specified time period.

Various indicators can be optionally shown and their colours and settings can be configured. These include Back, Lay and last traded prices, configuring 2 moving average line indicators, and Bollinger Band indicators.

Weight Of Money The weight of money graph shows the % weight of the prices to back vs the prices to lay. Configuration options include the back and lay fill colours and Line colour & thickness.

Traded Volume The traded volume chart shows recent amounts traded in the market. The highest volume bar for the chart is shown in the label at the top. Configuration options include the ability to set the bar colours.

Traded Volume Moving Average The traded volume moving average chart shows the moving averages of recent amounts traded in the market. These averages are configurable to a time persiod of your choosing.

Betfair Standard / Betfair Inverse These need no introduction, and are the standard charts used by Betfair. You can view the full history of a selection by either price {standard} or implied probability. { Inverse } An Auto Refresh option is available and determines the auto update interval of these charts in the application.

Where Have My Stake Buttons Gone? Rather than just having a few stake buttons like most other applications, this application has an unlimited number of ‘stake buttons’. These ‘stake buttons’ buttons are found in the Stake Menu which is used throughout the application and provides a quick way of selecting your preset stakes. The Stake Menu is accessed by right clicking in the relevant area, for example, the Stake Box in the Place Bets window. The menu will be displayed and you can then left click or right click the desired stake. Depending on where the Stake Menu is being used, selecting the stake with a left click or right click will perform different functions. Adding a Stake To add a new stake to the Stake Menu you simply type the new stake into the Stake Box and then right click to bring up the Stake Menu. At the top of the Stake Menu the new stake will be shown preceded by a ‘+’ as shown below. If you then left or right click on this, the new stake will be added to the Stake Menu. the left or right click action will also be performed, for example, right clicking will immediately submit the bet in the Place Bets window.

Click to add 15 to the Stake Menu

Place Bets window showing the Stake Menu

Removing a Stake To remove a stake from the Stake Menu you simply type the stake into the Stake Box and then right click to bring up the Stake Menu. At the top of the Stake Menu the stake will be shown preceded by a ‘-’ as shown below. If you then left or right click on this, the stake will be removed from the Stake Menu. the left or right click action will also be performed, for example, right clicking will immediately submit the bet in the Place Bets window.

Click to remove 15 from the Stake Menu

Place Bets window showing the Stake Menu

Multi Market Trading One of the many innovative features of the application is the ability to display more than one market at a time. It is possible for example to display both the Win market and Place market for an individual Horse Race simultaneously, as shown below. There is no limit to the number of markets that can be loaded at the same time. Current active market Second market

Active market

Both the Win and Place Market for a Horse Racing market being displayed at the same time

The method through which to load the additional markets varies slightly depending on which part of the application you are using. Therefore, you should refer to the help section for the specific window for further information about loading additional markets. The market that is active is the market that the mouse is currently over. The description of the active market will also be displayed in the header of the Main Info Bar. In the above image it can be seen that the Main Info Bar is displaying in its header ’14:10 Goodwood – To Be Placed’ therefore showing the Place market is the active market. API Calls for Multiple Markets When more than one market is loaded at a time how the data calls are made for the additional markets is different to how they are made for the active market. The active market has data call priority over the additional markets loaded which use the spare data call capacity. For further information about how the data calls are made when more than one market is loaded please refer to the API Settings Manager help section.

API Settings Manager The API Settings Manager allows you to control various different aspects of how many and how often calls are made to the Betfair API. The API Settings Manager is accessed from the right click options on the header of the Main Info Bar.

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Bets – the information relating to your bets for a market, both matched and unmatched Prices – the information relating to the amounts waiting to back and lay. This varies depending on the setting used on the Ladder for Price Display. If Standard or Hybrid is selected it refers to the front three back and lay prices. If Complete is selected it refers to all of the prices, this requires a lot more information to be ed each call which is not suitable for slower internet connections and those on limited allowances Complete Prices in Hybrid mode – the amounts waiting to back and lay outside of the front three prices, i.e. full market depth, when Hybrid Price Display is selected on the Ladder. For people with slow internet connections and those on limited allowances it should not be set low i.e. less than 1000ms Traded Volume – the information relating to traded volumes External Bets – How often to poll for bets made external to the application. The default is 10 seconds. This saves on bandwith & weighted calls if you only use this application for betting. Funds – the information relating to your balance. If a change is made to a bet, i.e. a bet is submitted, altered or matched the balance will be updated automatically

Call Frequency How often each of the calls is made can be changed using the drop down boxes and altering the time in milliseconds from 150ms to 20,000ms. This allows the speed at which calls are made to be tailored to the kind of market you are trading and your internet connection.

MPC The MPC {Maximum Parallel Calls} works by limiting the number of calls that are sent to the Betfair API until a response is received. Further customisation can be made by altering the MPC setting for each category using the drop down boxes; these can be set between 1 and 5.

Drop down menus For example, with the MPC set to 1 for Bets with a refresh rate of 250ms, a call will be made to the Betfair API once every 250ms to retrieve the information relating to your bets. If however, a response is not received within the 250ms no further calls will be sent until the initial response is received. If the MPC was set to 3, a call will be made every 250ms for the Bets information. If however, a response is not received to the first call within 250ms a second call will be made. If no response is received to the second call within 250ms a third call will be made. If there was no response to the third call no further calls would be sent out until a response was received to one of the three calls upon which a further call would be made. This helps to ensure much better running of the program and smoother information flow. The default settings for MPC should be suitable for most application usage. For slow broadband connections, {< 1MBs} an MPC of 1 is recommended for all calls.

Menu Options By right clicking on the header of the window the following menu options are displayed:

Right click options

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Restore Default Settings – by clicking this the API Settings Manager will reset to the default settings Max Weighted Calls Per Second – limits the number of data requests from Betfair per second. This can be set between 5 and 20

The default settings are:

This means that 11 calls are made each second when Hybrid Price Display is selected on the ladder:    

Bets – 4 calls/sec (one call every 250ms) Prices – 5 calls/sec (one call every 200ms) Complete Prices in Hybrid mode – 1 call/sec (one call every 1000ms) Traded Volume – 1 call/sec (one call every 1000ms)

Betfair Weighted Call Charging Betfair impose an additional charge if you make more than 20 weighted calls per second to their API. The application restricts the number of calls per second to Betfair, however your Betfair 20 calls per second allowance is for all applications you are running & logged into, including the Betfair website. Go over this amount and you will be charged. Full details of these charges can be found in section 5 on the Betfair Charges Page Running the application for a single market using the factory settings above uses a maximum of 11 calls per second. This is well below the 20 calls per second. {NB Funds calls do not count towards your call allowance.} With the program it is possible to have more than one market loaded at once. However, the application will not exceed 20 calls per second. This is because the active market (the market displayed in the header of the Main Info Bar) will take precedence and the calls will be made for that market first. The remaining calls will be shared between any other markets you have open. For example, with Max Weighted Calls Per Second set to 19 and using the default settings, there are 8 calls per second left over, the other markets loaded will share these remaining 8 calls. If the Max Weighted Calls Per Second was set to 11 and the default factory settings were used there would be no left over calls per second and therefore the other markets loaded would not refresh. It is therefore important when trading on multiple markets that your settings for one market do not exceed your Max Weighted Calls Per Second.

Audio Alerts Manager The Audio Alerts Manager window is where you control the various audio alerts for the software. It is accessed from the right click options on the header of the Main Info Bar. In total there are seven alerts   

When a market suspends When the market is turned In-Play 5 timer alerts. Stop/Go button

Right click options

Test button

Turned off alert

Browse button

File description

Drop down menus

Audio Alerts Manager window with right click options

Switch Alerts On & Off In order to turn off an alert you click on the Stop/Go button. When an alert is turned off the Stop/Go button will say ‘Go’, the alert will be shaded red, the drop down menus will be greyed out and the test button will not display, as shown above. Changing the Alert Audio File Click on the Browse button and then select the file on your computer that you wish to use. The location and name of the current sound file can be seen to the right of the Browse button. To test what the audio alert sounds like you click on the Test button. {NB. It should be noted that only .wav files can be used.} Timer Alerts The timer alerts can be set relative to the Betfair supplied market start time. To change the time of an alert you use the drop down menus. As shown in the above image it is possible to set alerts to go off after the scheduled start time as well as before.

Coupons The Coupons interface provides an excellent overview of several markets at once and works for all Betfair standard coupons. It also provides a quick and easy way to move to and place a bet on a market. {Please note that coupon data is usually 5 seconds old, so you should open the market for up to date prices.}

The colour of the team / player text indicates the status of the market:   

Black – the event has not started yet Green – the event is in play Red – the event is either suspended or closed

The below image shows the first market is suspended/closed; the second market is in play and the third market has yet to start. Coupon description

Back/Lay odds

Country Flag

Status

Scheduled start time

Selection name

Amount matched on market Amount available to back/lay

By clicking on either the Back or Lay boxes a bet using the Default Stake and Stake Type will either be submitted immediately or the Place Bets window will be displayed depending on the setting used on the Grid interface. The Back and Lay boxes behaviour is identical to the back & lay buttons on the Grid. For further information please see the Grid interface section. Menu Options By right clicking on the header of the Coupon interface it brings up the various options:

Right click options for the Coupon interface

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Default Market Open – allows you to set whether upon loading a market if the Grid, Ladder, both or neither are opened. Flags – turns on/off the Flag display Status – turns on/off the Status display Matched - turns on/off the Matched display Stakes – turns on/off the amounts available to back/lay Back Prices – sets the number of Back Prices displayed on the coupon Lay Prices - sets the number of Lay Prices displayed on the coupon Auto Refresh – alter how often the Coupon data automatically refreshes Font Size – sets the font size for the text on the Coupon Horizontal Spacing – sets the line spacing between markets

By clicking on an area other than the Back or Lay boxes the market will open displaying the Grid/Ladder depending on the Default Market Open setting.

Graphs The Graphs window displays the Betfair style price graph of the selection you currently have your mouse over. As you move from selection to selection with your mouse, the displayed graph changes. Right click options

Menu Options By right clicking on the header of the window the following menu options are displayed:  

Auto Refresh – allows you to alter how often the graph refreshes Inverse Axis – this can also be achieved by double clicking on the graph and displays the Betfair % of probability chart instead

Grid Interface The Grid interface has the look and feel of the Betfair webpage but with further enhancements. As with the Betfair webpage you can place bets using the grid interface.

Grid interface with a horse racing market loaded showing three of the four selections

The information that is displayed will vary slightly depending on the type of market loaded. For example the stall number will not be displayed when a National Hunt Horse Racing market is loaded.

Market description

Number of selections being displayed in the grid

Countdown clock

Total amount matched on market

Total number of selections in the market

Number of winners

Date & scheduled start time of market

Back overround

Lay overround

Country of market

Stall number

Saddlecloth number

Silks

Name of selection

Amount matched on selection

Back/Lay odds

Amount available to Back/Lay

Weight of money indicator

Last traded odds

Number of empty ticks (if greater than 9 a ‘+’ will be displayed)

Last traded amount

Hedging and Profit & Loss Your current position on each selection if it were to win is shown in the far right box of the selection. If silks are being displayed on the Grid the current position will be shown in the top half of the box as shown below. If it is a profit the box will be coloured green if it is a loss it will be red. When silks are not being displayed the current position figure will fill the whole box.

Click to hedge the entire market

Current position with silks being displayed Grid Interface showing current position

To hedge the entire market you click on the figure shown to the right of the countdown timer, as shown above. Once the market has been hedged the text will change from bold to non bold.

When silks are shown the hedged position on the selection is shown in the bottom half of the far right box, as shown in the image below. By clicking on this figure the selection will be hedged at the current price.

Hedged position Grid Interface showing current position and hedged position

When silks are not shown the far left box shows in the top half the bet needing to be placed to hedge the position on that selection at the current price. It can be seen below a £0.14 Lay needs to be placed on Respite and a £1.36 Lay needs to be placed on Diapason. The bottom half of the box shows the hedged position on the selection. By clicking on the box the bet will be placed and the selection will be hedged.

Hedged Position

Current position on selection

Bet needing to be placed to hedge the selection Grid Interface showing the bets needing to be placed to hedge the selections

Once the selection has been hedged the top half of the far left box will be blank and the hedged figure for the selection will be shown in the bottom half. The far right box will continue to show the current position on the selection if it were to win. If silks are shown in a place market the hedge figure will not be displayed, only the selection profit will be. You can however hedge the selection by clicking on the silks.

Ladder Selection When both the grid & ladder are open at the same time, clicking on the grid selection header will position that runner in the appropriate ladder. { Up to the maximum number of ladders or maximum number of grid boxes.} Put Respite in Ladder 1

Put Respite in Ladder 2

Put Diapason in Ladder 4

Put Respite in Ladder 8

Put Diapason in Ladder 5

Menu Options By right clicking on the header of the window the following menu options are displayed. {NB Some of the menu options are generic settings that will affect both the Grid and the Ladder. These are shown in Blue. Some are also generic settings that will affect the Coupon interface. These are shown in Red.}    

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Close Market – closes the currently selected market Close All Markets – closes all markets (only shown when 2 or more markets are open) Show Ladder – only shown when a market is open and the Ladder is not open Event Specific Menu – allows you to jump to a submarket for an event. If you left click on the market it will close the current active market and open the new market. If you right click on the market it will keep the existing markets open and load the new market. Next Races – allows you to jump to an Horse/Greyhound race. If you left click on the market it will close the current active market and open the new market. If you right click on the market it will keep the existing markets open and load the new market. Sort – allows you to sort the market by:  Betfair – the order Betfair display the selections on their website  Price – Last Traded Price {If no LTP then odds to back}  Alphabetical  Volume – the amount of money matched on each selection  Saddlecloth  Stall If you left click on the desired sort it will sort ascending and if you right click on the desired sort it will sort descending Selections – allows you to hide/show selections on the grid:  Hide All

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 Show All  Show Top..  Individual selections – allows you to hide/show individual selections Hedge Entire Market – closes out all of your open positions on the market at the current price available and greens/reds up across all selections at the current price available to give you the same profit/loss irrespective of which selection wins

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In Grid Staking – Shows stake box(es) in the centre of the grid, to allow different stakes to be used for different selections.

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Separate Grid Lay Staking – Allows you to have a different stake for Back & Lay bets when using In-Grid staking. For more info, see tools & default staking.

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Bet Submission:  Left/Right Click – allows you to set what action is performed on the Left Click (LC) and Right Click (RC) of your mouse  Betfair/Reverse: LC Back box = Back bet placed LC Lay box = Lay bet placed 

Reverse/Betfair :

LC Back box = Lay bet placed LC Lay box = Back bet placed 

RC Back box = Lay bet placed RC Lay box = Back bet placed

RC Back box = Back bet placed RC Lay box = Lay bet placed

Back/Lay :

LC Back box = Back bet placed LC Lay box = Back bet placed

RC Back box = Lay bet placed RC Lay box = Lay bet placed

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Lay/Back :

LC Back box = Lay bet placed LC Lay box = Lay bet placed

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RC Back box = Back bet placed RC Lay box = Back bet placed

Price Click – allows you to set either Bet Control or One Click bet submission for when you click in the top half of the odds box.  Bet Control – when a bet is submitted the Place Bets window will be displayed from which the bet can be altered and submitted  One Click – when a bet is submitted it is done immediately Available Stake Click – allows you to set either Bet Control or One Click bet submission for when you click in the bottom half of the odds box  Bet Control – when a bet is submitted the Place Bets window will be displayed from which the bet can be altered and submitted  One Click – when a bet is submitted it is done immediately

The top half of the odds boxes is Price Click

The bottom half of the odds boxes is Available Stake Click Grid Interface showing Price Click and Available Stake Click areas

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On Market Hedge – this works in conjunction with Hedge Entire Market  Just Hedge – when hedging, all other bets on the market will not be cancelled  Cancel Bets Then Hedge – when hedging, all other bets on the market will be cancelled first and then your position will be hedged

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Default Bet Persistence – Sets the Default Bet Persistence for new bets. It will change the Default Bet Persistence for the Grid, Ladder and Place bets window:  Cancel – when an unmatched bet is placed it will be set to cancel when the market is turned In Play  Keep – when an unmatched bet is placed it will be set to be a Keep bet when the market is turned In Play  Take SP – when an unmatched bet is placed it will be set to be an SP bet when the market is turned In Play On Place Bet Double Click – Sets the behaviour of bet placement double clicking on the grid & the ladder. Safety feature switched off by default.  Submit Second Bet – A second bet will be submitted.  Do Nothing – No Action will be taken.

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Show LTP Flash – allows you to turn on/off the Last Traded Price flash. When it is turned on the whole box of the last traded price will flash as shown below Show Price Change Flash – allows you to turn on/off the Price Change Flash. When it is turned on and the price changes the odds will flash either blue or red. If the price is coming in, for example from 5.1 to 5.0, the odds will flash blue, if the price is going out, for example from 5.0 to 5.1, the odds will flash red, as shown below

LTP Flash – the whole box flashes to indicate that the last traded price was 3.5

Price Change Flash – all three prices flash blue to show that all three prices are coming in Grid Interface showing LTP Flash and Price Change Flash (price coming in – blue)

Price Change Flash – all six prices flash red to show that all six prices are going out Grid Interface showing Price Change Flash (price going out – red)

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Number of Prices – Allows you to set the number of Back & Lay prices shown on the grid. Below is a grid with 5 prices.

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On Selection Change - This option applies when sorting the market.  Keep Current Staking – When switching a selection from one position to another, the staking & staking type of the current position is retained.  Use Selection Staking – When switching a selection from one position to another, if the selection is in another position, the staking / staking type is transferred with that selection. Default Sort – allows you to set the sort that is used by default when a market is loaded. The Default Sort applies to both the Grid and the Ladder Weight of Money – (WOM) displays which side of the market has more money, the Back side or the Lay side. It is calculated using the amounts available to Back/Lay over the first three Back/Lay prices  Display Format – sets the way the WOM is shown

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Multiple – the WOM is shown as a multiple. In the example below there is a total of £561 (£317 + £124 + £120) on the Lay side and £246 (£84 + £145 + £17) on the Back side. Therefore there is 2.3 times the money on the Lay side than there is on the Back side, showing the price may be more likely to drift

Grid interface showing WOM in Multiple Display Format with 2.3 times the money on the Lay side

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Multiple Percentage – the WOM is shown as a Multiple Percentage. In the example below there is a total of £1,290 (£225 + £586 + £479) on the Lay side and £822 (£248 + £467 + £107) on the Back side. Therefore there is 57% more money on the Lay side than there is on the Back side, showing the price may be more likely to drift

Grid interface showing WOM in Multiple Percentage Display Format with 57% more money on the Lay side

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Weight Percentage – the WOM is shown as a Weight Percentage. In the example below there is a total of £1,872 (£128 + £1,316 + £428) on the Lay side and £330 (£63 +£158 + £109) on the Back side. Therefore 85% of the money is on the Lay side, showing the price may be more likely to drift

Grid interface showing WOM in Weighted Percentage Display Format with 85% of the money on the Lay side

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Empty Tick Threshold – if the number of empty ticks between the Back price and Lay price is greater than or equal to the level set, the WOM indicator is not displayed. This can be set between 1 and 15. In the example below the first image has the Empty Tick Threshold set to 5 and as there are only 4 missing ticks the WOM indicator is displayed. In the second image the Empty Tick Threshold is set to 4 and as there are 4 missing ticks the WOM indicator is not displayed

Grid Interface with Empty Tick Threshold set to 5 and therefore showing the WOM indicator

Grid Interface with Empty Tick Threshold set to 4 and therefore not showing the WOM indicator

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Weight Threshold – allows you to set between 1 and 4 the Weight Threshold. If the Weight Threshold is set to 2 it will only show the WOM indicator on selections that have twice the amount of money on the Back/Lay side compared to the other side. As can be seen below with Display Format set to Multiple there is £739 on the Lay side of Danehillsundance and £776 on the Back side. Therefore only 1.05 times the money on the Lay side than there is on the Back side, as such the WOM is not shown. However, there is £32 on the Lay side of Tenjack King and £191 on the Back side. Therefore 5.9 times the money on the Back side than there is on the Lay side; as such the WOM is shown.

Grid Interface with Weight Threshold set to 2

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Price Display – sets how money waiting to be matched is displayed  Standard – the first 3 Back/Lay prices will be displayed  Hybrid – full market depth will be shown but the first 3 Back/Lay prices will refresh at a different rate to the full market depth. See the API Settings Manager for more information  Complete – full market depth will be shown with all prices refreshing at the same rate. See the API Settings Manager for more information

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Silks - Turns on/off the display of silks. Saddlecloth - Turns on/off the display of saddlecloth number. Stall – Turns on/off the display of stall number. On Removed Runner - Sets application behaviour when a runner is withdrawn from the market.  Close & Open Market – Shuts the market & reopens it.  Retain Blank Runners – Grid and ladder remain as before, with removed selection in place, but with no price data.

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Removed Runner Notification – Option to display pop up message when a runner is removed from the market.

Horses – Live Info The Horses – Live Info window shows going reports, non-runners, jockey changes and the latest news. By right clicking on the header of the window the following menu options are displayed: Right click menu

Horses – Live Info window undocked with right click options

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Auto Refresh – allows you to alter how often the data automatically refreshes.

Horses – Quick Results The Horses – Quick Results window shows the results of the most recent horse races. By right clicking on the header of the window the following menu options are displayed: Right click options

Horses – Quick Results window undocked with right click options

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Auto Refresh – allows you to alter how often the results data automatically refreshes

Ladder Interface The Ladder interface displays the market in a vertical format therefore making it much easier to see when a selections’ price is moving up or down. It also provide a much easier way of entering and altering bets such as changing the odds and cancelling bets.

Ladder interface with a horse racing market loaded showing three selections

Although a very simple layout has been used on the Ladder interface there is a lot of information displayed. The information displayed will vary slightly depending on the type of market loaded. For example, the Stall Number will not be displayed when a National Hunt Horse Racing market is loaded. It will also vary depending on the individual right click option settings used.

Market description

Silks

Stall number

Stake box

Stake type box

Saddlecloth number

Name of selection

Price chart

Weight of money indicator

Last traded price/amount

Back/lay odds

Amount available to back/lay

To centre the Ladder you left click in the price column. Price Bar On the right of each selection’s Ladder is the Price Bar. This represents the entire odds range for the selection from 1.01 to 1000. The green colour represents the Back prices and the red colour represents the Lay prices. If there is a gap between the Back and Lay prices the gap is coloured white on the bar. The darker shaded greens and reds represent where the money is on the Back and Lay sides. The Last Traded Price will always flash yellow on the Price Bar irrespective of the Last Traded Flash Type setting.

1000.0 Back prices Gap in the market, therefore coloured white Black band

Lay prices

Darker shading represents where the money is 1.01

The black band shown on the Price Bar represents the odds range currently being displayed on the selection’s Ladder. If you click within the black band with the left mouse button and keep it held down you can scroll up and down the Ladder by dragging the black band up and down the Price Bar. Finally, if you click anywhere on the Price Bar the Ladder will centre at that point in the odds range.

Bet Submission To submit a bet on the Ladder you click on the amount available to back/lay at the price at which you wish to back or lay the selection. The side of the ladder you click on will depend upon if Market Make or Market Take has been selected in the right click options. The amount you submit can quickly be changed by entering a different amount in the Stake box. There is no need to click in the Stake box to change the stake as it is automatically selected for which ever Ladder your mouse is currently over. This will be shown by the figure in the Stake box being highlighted blue as can be seen in the image below:

Stake automatically selected However, if you wish to select your stake using the Stake Menu you right click in the Stake box and the stake menu will be displayed from which you can select one of your preset stakes. For more information on the Stake Menu please see the help section “Where Have My Stake Buttons Gone?”. When selecting a stake from the Stake Menu in the Ladder interface, a left click will change the current Ladder to the selected stake and a right click will change all Ladders to the selected stake. When using the Stake Menu on the Ladder interface an additional option is available, Bank %, which allows you to use a preset percentage of your bank as your stake. For example, if you have a £200 bank and select 15% Bank % your stake will be £30.

Bank % sub menu

Stake menu An alternative way to place a bet is to right click over the Back bet box or Lay bet box at the price at which you wish to back or lay the selection. This will bring up the Stake menu and you can then left or right click on the stake you wish to place. The Stake Menu will vary depending upon the Staking Type selected for the Ladder.

Stake type

Stake menu

Ladder interface showing the right click stake menu with Liability Staking selected

If Stake is selected in the Staking Type the menu will show the stake that is to be placed. If Liability is selected the menu will show the liability the person taking your back bet accepts if you place a back bet and the liability you accept if you place a lay bet. In brackets it will show the stake you are placing if placing a back bet and the stake you are accepting if placing a lay bet. If Tick Profit is selected the menu will show the profit per tick and then in brackets the stake that is to be placed. If Book Profit is selected the menu will show the Book Profit per tick and then in brackets the stake that is to be placed. Staking Types To alter the Stake type you click on the Stake type box and the stake type menu will then be displayed. Select the stake type you require and the stake type box will update showing that the new stake type has been selected. Left clicking the stake type in the menu will change it for that particular ladder; right clicking will set it on all ladders. For a full explanation of the different Stake Types please see the Staking & Tools help section.

Stake Type menu

Stake Buttons Stake buttons are provided as an option to allow quick stake selection on the ladder. The stake buttons can be placed at the top or bottom of the ladder or be switched off. The number of stake buttons that appear depend on the width of your ladder, the font size you set for the buttons & the values you use for the stake buttons. There are 2 modes “Staking Type” & “Custom”.

Ladder interface stake buttons in “Staking Type” mode In staking type mode, each staking type has its on set of stake buttons, each customisable with its own set of values.

Ladder interface stake buttons in “Custom” mode. In “Custom” mode, there is one set of stake buttons for all staking types, however these buttons can be set to any staking type you choose. To change the stake button for the current ladder only, type the amount you require in the stake box & set the staking type to the type you require. Next Right Click on the button & Left Click the top item from the menu. To set globally & change the stake button for all ladders, type the amount you require in the stake box & set the staking type to the type you require. Next Right Click on the button & Rght Click the top item from the menu.

Changing the Odds of an Unmatched Bet To change the position of a bet on the Ladder you click the bet and hold your finger down on the mouse button. You then drag the bet up or down to the desired price; the pointer will change from a hand to a crosshair when this is done. Once the crosshair is at the new price you release the mouse button and the bet will be resubmitted at the new price. If you change your mind about altering the price at which the bet is at, before you release the mouse button you can drag the crosshair off the side of the column and the crosshair will change to a No Entry sign. If you then release the mouse button the bet will remain unaltered at the price it currently is at. Once you have selected the bet, if you release the mouse button when the hand pointer is over the price the bet is currently at it will cancel the bet. Cancelling an Unmatched Bet To cancel a bet you click on it. If you have submitted more than one bet at the same price how you cancel the bets in of single click or double click will depend upon the setting selected for Cancel all bets at price using.. option in the right click options. Cancelling all unmatched bets To quickly cancel all bets is to click on the column headers. { A Hand cursor will appear.} Clicking on the price header will cancel all bets. Clicking on the back stake, or back bet column will cancel all back bets. Clicking on the lay stake, or lay bet column will cancel all lay bets. An alternative way to cancel bets is to right click over the Bet display column and click on:   

Cancel all Back Bets Cancel all Lay Bets Cancel all Bets

Left clicking on these menu items cancels the bets for that selection. Right clicking the menu item will cancel all bets for the market. Changing Bet Persistence You can change the bet persistence { Cancel, Keep, Take SP } of unmatched bets by right clicking the bet in the bet column & selecting the following menu options.   

IP Cancel IP Keep IP SP

Left clicking on these menu items sets the bet persistence of those bet(s) that you clicked on when you opened the menu. Right clicking will change those bets and all others of the same bet type for that selection. { EG If you clicked on a Bet @ 2.4 and it is a lay bet, right clicking will set the bet persistence for all lay bets on that selection.

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All IP Cancel All IP Keep All IP SP

Left clicking on these menu items sets the bet persistence of all bets on that selection. Right clicking the menu item will set the bet persistence of all bets in the market. Profit & Loss Your current position on each selection if it were to win is shown in the Ladder header. If it is a profit it is shown in green and if it is a loss it is shown in red.

Current position For Place markets the Selection Profit will show the If Win/If Lose figures. Hedging To hedge your position on a selection you can click on the Hedged Profit figure in the Ladder header and it will hedge your position at the current prices available. Once the position has been hedged the text will change from bold to non-bold.

Hedged Profit figure

An alternative way to hedge your position on a selection is to click at the price you wish to hedge, on the Profit/Loss column if the Profit/Loss is set to Hedged Profit. Likewise to take the Selection Profit you would click at the price you wish to take on the Profit/Loss column if the Profit/Loss is set to Selection Profit.

Click to hedge at 4.4 Click to hedge at 4.2 Ladder header showing Hedged Profit column

A third way to exit your position is to right click at the price at which you wish to exit which will load the Stake menu. On the menu there are three options to exit your position. The first option is the Hedged Position. In the picture below it can be seen that exiting at 2.22 will give a hedged loss of-0.36 as the background is red. The background will be green when a profit is to be taken. The second option which has a grey background shows the Net position. In the example below a £10 Back bet has been matched and a £5 Lay bet has been matched, so there is a £5 Net position. The third option, which has a light blue background, shows the Net position taking into consideration any unmatched bets on the current side of the selection. This will only show if a net position exists and there are unmatched bets. In the example below a £10 Back bet has been matched and a £5 Lay bet has been matched, there is also a £3 unmatched Lay bet (not visible in the image), so the Net position taking of unmatched bets is £2. By left clicking any of the three options the associated bets will be placed, by right clicking any of the three options all unmatched bets will be cancelled on the selection first and then the associated bets will be placed.

Hedged position

Net position

Net position taking of unmatched bets Switching Selections To switch the selection currently shown in a Ladder you click with the left mouse button over the selection name and the Selection Menu will load displaying the other selections, as shown in the image below. Simply click on the desired selection and that selection will be shown in the Ladder.

Selection menu

Menu Options The Ladder can be customised to suit the individuals’ taste in lots of different ways by altering the many settings held within the right click options. By right clicking on the header of the Ladder interface it brings up the various options. {NB Some of the menu options are generic settings that will affect both the Grid and the Ladder. These are shown in Blue.}    

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Close Market – closes the currently selected market Close All Markets – closes all markets (only shown when 2 or more markets are open) Show Grid – opens the grid Event Specific Menu – allows you to jump to a submarket for an event. If you left click on the market it will close the current active market and open the new market. If you right click on the market it will keep the existing markets open and load the new market Next Races – allows you to jump to an Horse/Greyhound race. If you left click on the market it will close the current active market and open the new market. If you right click on the market it will keep the existing markets open and load the new market Sort – sorts the Ladder by:  Betfair – the order Betfair display the selections on their website  Price – the current Back odds  Alphabetical  Volume – the amount of money matched on each selection  Saddlecloth Number  Stall Number If you left click on the desired sort it will sort ascending and if you right click on the desired sort it will sort descending Centre All Ladders Hedge Entire Market – closes out all of your open positions on the market at the current price available and greens/reds up across all selections at the current price available to give you the same profit/loss irrespective of the outcome Auto Centre – turns on/off Auto Centre. When turned on it will automatically centre the ladders when the current odds go off the top or bottom of the ladder. If your mouse is over the ladder it will not Auto Centre Show Traded – turns on/off the Traded price column

Traded price column

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Show What If – turns on/off the What If display. This is what will happen to your P&L if the unplaced bets were matched. In the example below it is showing what would happen if you were to Lay Englishtown for £10 at 4.8

What If position

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What If position

Use Global Ordering – When switched on, switching runners on the ladder will update the grid and other controls to the same order. When off the ladder order remains independent from the grid and the other controls.

 Advanced Betting  One Click Bet Move – When switched on, this allows you to move bets with a single click rather than dragging & dropping. It should be noted that even if switched on, this feature will only work if either… 1. There is only a single bet in the bet column for that selection. 2. All unmatched bets on that selection are at the same price.  Bet Drag Drop Behaviour – Determines the behaviour when dragging & dropping a bet on the ladder.  The Toy – When dragging & dropping a ladder bet to change its price, however should you drag it back to its original price & release it will not cancel.  BetDevil – As above, but bet will not cancel if cursor remains on original price.  On Hedge Bet Drag Drop – Determines the behaviour when changing the price of a hedge bet using drag & drop on the ladder.  Change The Price – Just changes the price. The amount remains the same.  Cancel Bets, Then Hedge – Cancels the bet(s) at the current price & rehedges @ the new price.  Cancel all bets at price using.. – Sets how you cancel more than one bet at the same price  Single Click – a single click will cancel all bets at the same price  Double Click – to cancel all bets at the same price you have to double click on them. This allows you to cancel individual bets at the same price using a single click. When cancelling bets individually the most recently placed bet cancels first  Bet Submission – sets how bets are placed when clicking on the Ladder  Market Make:

Clicking here will place a £10 Lay bet

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Clicking here will place a £10 Back bet

Clicking here will place a £10 Lay bet

On Market Hedge – this works in conjunction with Hedge Entire Market  Just Hedge – when hedging, all other bets on the market will not be cancelled  Cancel Bets Then Hedge – when hedging all other bets on the market will be cancelled first and then your position will be hedged

Default Bet Persistence – sets the Default Bet Persistence for new bets. It will change the Default Bet Persistence for the Grid, Ladder and the Place bets window:  Cancel – when an unmatched bet is placed it will be set to cancel when the market is turned in play  Keep – when an unmatched bet is placed it will be set to be a Keep bet when the market is turned in play  Take SP – when an unmatched bet is placed it will be set to be an SP bet when the market is turned in play On Place Bet Double Click – Sets the behaviour of bet placement double clicking on the grid & the ladder. Safety feature switched off by default.  Submit Second Bet – A second bet will be submitted.  Do Nothing – No Action will be taken. On Zero Net Stake – When you have "NET" showing in the Ladder stake box, should your NET position become zero…  Do Nothing – NET Remains in the stake box.  Set To Last Stake – The stake box automatically switches back to the stake used prior to you selecting NET. Stake Button Type – Sets the type of stake buttons to use.  Staking Type  Custom

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Centre Ladders @ In-Play – If on, ladders will Auto Centre when a market is turned in play Round Bets – When switched on, bets in the ladder columns are rounded to the nearest major currency unit. EG £1.72 is shown as £2 Scroll Buttons – turns the Scroll Buttons on/off

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Shading on

Scroll Buttons turned off

Full Stake Shading – turns full stake shading on/off

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Keyboard Shortcuts – Switches on/off the keyboard shortcuts for the ladder interface o <Space> – Sorts the market o – Centres all ladders o N – Selects NET Stake for the current ladder o R – Restores the last stake to the current ladder prior to NET Stake selection. o H – Hedges the current ladder o <Shift> + H – Hedges the entire market o X – Cancels all bets for the current ladder o <Shift >+ X – Cancels all bets on the market o S, L T, B – Sets the staking mode for the current ladder {Stake, Liability, Tick Profit, Book Profit} o <Shift> + S, L T, B – Sets the staking mode for all ladders

Price Display – sets how money waiting to be matched is displayed  Standard – the first 3 Back/Lay prices will be displayed  Hybrid – full market depth will be shown but the first 3 Back/Lay prices will refresh at a different rate to the full market depth. See the API Settings Manager for more information  Complete – full market depth will be shown with all prices refreshing at the same rate. See the API Settings Manager for more information On Selection Change -- This option applies to the following functionality.... A. A Sort on the market.

B. Changing a selection in the ladder using the Selection drop menu in the Ladder. C. Changing a selection in the ladder using the Ladder Selector. D. Changing a selection in the Ladder by clicking on that selections header in the grid.  Keep Current Staking – When switching a selection from one position to another, the staking & staking type of the current position is retained.  Use Selection Staking – When switching a selection from one position to another, if the selection is in another position, the staking / staking type is transferred with that selection.  Auto Centre Offset – sets how many ticks off centre the ladder will centre at. This can be between -20 ticks and +20 ticks 

Profit/Loss – sets how the Profit/Loss is displayed  Selection Profit – displays the Profit/Loss on the individual selection. Clicking on the PL column will place a NET stake bet.

Selection Profit/Loss

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Hedged Profit – displays the Hedged Profit/Loss. Clicking on the PL column will place a Hedged stake bet.

Hedged Profit/Loss

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Last Traded Amount – sets how the last traded amount (LTA) is displayed  Off – turns off the display of the LTA  Stake Column – displays the LTA in the stake column

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Price Column – displays the Last Traded Amount in the price column

LTA displayed in price column

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Price Header – displays the Last Traded Amount in the price header

LTA displayed in price header

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LTP Flash Type – sets the Last Traded Price Flash display  Off – turns off the LTP Flash  Yellow – regardless if the LTP is lower, higher or the same as the previous LTP it will flash yellow  Traffic Light:  Red – the LTP is lower than the previous LTP  Yellow – the LTP is the same as the previous LTP  Green – the LTP is higher than the previous LTP LTP Flash Persistence (ms) – sets how long the Last Traded Price Flash persists. It can be set between 300ms to 1500ms Mouse Wheel Scroll – sets how many price boxes the ladder moves for each mouse wheel click. It can be set between 0 and 10 Default Sort – sets the sort that is used by default when a market is loaded.

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Weight of Money – (WOM) displays which side of the market has more money, the Back side or the Lay side. It is calculated using the amounts available to Back/Lay over the first three Back/Lay prices  Display Format – sets the way the WOM is shown: 

Multiple – the weight of money is shown as a multiple. In the example below there is £2,825 on the Lay side and £608 on the Back side. Therefore there is 4.6 times more money on the Lay side than there is on the Back side showing the price is likely to drift

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Multiple Percentage – the WOM is shown as a Multiple Percentage. In the example below there is a total of £285 on the Lay side and £458 on the Back side. Therefore there is 61% more money on the Back side than there is on the Lay side, showing the price is likely to shorten

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Weight Percentage – the WOM is shown as a Weight Percentage. In the example below there is £269 on the Lay side and £714 on the Back side. Therefore 73% of the money is on the Back side, showing the price is likely to shorten

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Empty Tick Threshold – if the number of empty ticks between the back price and lay price is greater than or equal to the level set, the WOM indicator is not displayed. This can be set between 1 and 15. In the example below the first image has the Empty Tick Threshold set to 4 and as there are only 3 missing ticks the WOM indicator is displayed. In the second image the Empty Tick Threshold is set to 3 and as there are 3 missing ticks the WOM indicator is not displayed

Ladder Interface with Empty Tick Threshold set to 4 and therefore showing the WOM indicator

Ladder Interface with Empty Tick Threshold set to 3 and therefore not showing the WOM indicator

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Weight Threshold – allows you to set between 1 and 4 the Weight Threshold. If the Weight Threshold is set to 2 it will only show the WOM indicator on selections that have twice the amount of money on the Back/Lay side compared to the other side.

As can be seen below with Display Format set to Multiple there is £644 on the Lay side of Jafaru and £2,700 on the Back side. Therefore 4.2 times the money on the Back side than there is on the Lay side, as such the WOM is shown. However, there is £873 on the Lay side of Sagunt and £772 on the Back side. Therefore 1.1 times the money on the Lay side than there is on the Back side; as such the WOM is not shown.

Ladder Interface with Weight Threshold set to 2

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Silks - Turns on/off the display of silks. Saddlecloth - Turns on/off the display of saddlecloth number. Stall – Turns on/off the display of stall number. Jockey & Trainer – Turns on / off the display of Jockey & trainer in the header. On Removed Runner - Sets application behaviour when a runner is withdrawn from the market.  Close & Open Market – Shuts the market & reopens it.  Retain Blank Runners – Grid and ladder remain as before, with removed selection in place, but with no price data. Removed Runner Notification – Option to display pop up message when a runner is removed from the market.

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Bar Tips – Turns green & red chart bar tips on & off. Chart Direction – sets the chart direction either Left To Right or Right To Left Chart Width – sets the width of the chart. This can be between 0 and 200 pixels Bar Width – The Width of each bar in pixels. Bar Spacing – The spacing between the start of one bar and another. Bar Colour. – The Colour of the Bars

Standard Layouts – To aid in personalisation to your needs, the application comes with a number of preset layouts, some of which replicate the ladder layouts of other commercially available trading applications  The Toy

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In Play Financial Bet Raider Bet Raider Nickolution Bet Devil Bet Devil Reverse The Geek

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Lines – sets the number of lines displayed in the header, either 2 or 3

2 Lines

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Ladder interface showing the Header with 2 lines and 3 lines

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Font Size – sets the font size for the text in the header NET Stake – Switches on/off the NET stake display in the header. This shows you your NET position if applicable and the colour shows whether you need to back (blue) or lay (pink) to close that position.

NET Stake shows in header only if switched on and applicable to the selection. Click on it to set NET in stake box.

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Max Columns – sets the maximum number of complete ladder columns Max Rows – sets the maximum number of complete ladder rows Bet Display – sets how unmatched bets are displayed on the Ladder

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Dual Column – displays unmatched Back bets and unmatched Lay bets in separate columns. The last price you had a Back bet and Lay bet matched at is also shown

Last price you had a Back bet matched at

Last price you had a Lay bet matched at

£10 unmatched Back bet

£10 unmatched Lay bet

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Single Column – displays unmatched Back bets and unmatched Lay bets in the same column. The last price you had a bet matched at and if it was a Back or Lay is also shown. If the background colour is blue it was a Back bet, if it is pink it was a Lay bet

Last price you had a bet matched at and if it was a Back or Lay bet

£10 unmatched Back bet

£10 unmatched Lay bet

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In Price Column – displays unmatched Back bets and unmatched Lay bets in the Price Column

£10 unmatched Back bet

£10 unmatched Lay bet

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Profit/Loss – sets how the Profit/Loss is displayed on the Ladder  Own Column – the Profit/Loss is displayed in its own column. The Profit/Loss is also shown if it were taken at the current price available. It will either show Selection Profit based on closing out with a NET stake, or Hedged Profit depending on which Profit/Loss setting has been selected. In its own column, clicking in the profit or loss @ any price will place a bet to close a position at that price as described above.

Profit/Loss if taken at current price

Separate column for Profit/Loss Ladder interface showing Own Column Profit/Loss

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In Bet Column – the Profit/Loss is displayed in the Bet Column. The display will vary depending on the Bet Display chosen. Clicking on the P&L will close your position at that price as described above, unless you are cancelling or moving a bet. Note: When “Bet Display” above is set to “In Price Column” you cannot close your position by clicking on the price. Also, The P&L only shows in the price column only when you have your mouse over the closing stake column.

Single column Bet Display

Dual column Bet Display

In Price Bet Display, when the mouse is not over the Ladder (Left image) the prices are displayed rather than the Profit/Loss. When the mouse is over the Ladder the Profit/Loss is displayed (Right image)

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 Off – turns off the Profit/Loss display Font Size – sets the font size for the text in the ladder Horizontal Margin – sets the height of the cells. It can be set between 0 and 10

Horizontal Margin set to 10

Horizontal Margin set to 0

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Vertical Margin – sets the width of the cells. It can be set between 3 and 15

Vertical Margin set to 3

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Vertical Margin set to 15

Stake Buttons – Determines where stake buttons are shown in the Ladder.  Off  Top  Bottom Stake Button Font Size - Sets the font size for the stake buttons.

Streaming Charts – Determines the placement of the charts within the ladder.  Off  In Chart Column – Charts will display in the Ladder chart column  Top – Charts will display at the top of the ladder.  Bottom – Charts will display at the bottom of the ladder.  Very Bottom – Charts will display at the bottom of the ladder, below bet windows if shown. Streaming Chart Height – When Streaming charts are either set to Top, Bottom or Very Bottom, this is the height of the overall chart window.

Horizontal Cell Spacing – turns on/off Horizontal Cell Spacing

Horizontal Cell Spacing turned on

Horizontal Cell Spacing turned off

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Vertical Cell Spacing – turns on/off Vertical Cell Spacing

Vertical Cell Spacing turned on

Vertical Cell Spacing turned off

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Matched Bets – Turns on / off the display of matched bets in the ladder footer. Unmatched Bets – Turns on / off the display of Unmatched bets in the ladder footer. Betfair Graph Display – Turns on / off the Betfair graph display. Also sets the position of the Betfair graph relative to the bets should they be shown. Font Size – Changes the font size used for matched & unmatched bets. Number of Bets – Sets the maximum number of matched & unmatched bets to display in the footer. {NB This value is ignored if “Betfair Graph Display” above is set to either Left or Right.} Bet Ordering – Determines which is shown first, matched or unmatched bets.

Column Menu Options Right clicking in the header of a column displays the various options:

Column right click options

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Text Alignment – sets the alignment of the text in the column Font Style – sets the font style of the text in the column Margin – Sets an additional margin for the column, between 1 and 20 Column Position – sets the position of the column within the ladder

Ladder Selector The Ladder Selector window shows an overview of all the selections in the market and their Ladder assignments. It shows the Selection Name, the best price(s) to back & lay, the last traded price and it’s direction and the current Ladder position. Right click options

The image above shows the ladder position for the following ladders…

To move a selection to a specified ladder, simply click on it and select the appropriate ladder from the menu…

In Standard and List Layouts, the top 3 prices are shown….

Right Click Options are…  Horizontal Grid Lines – turns on/off the horizontal grid lines  Vertical Grid Lines – turns on/off the vertical grid lines

Main Info Bar Once logged into the application you will be presented with the Main Info Bar. On this you can see your Betfair Balance for both your UK Wallet and your Australian Wallet. The balances automatically refresh every 5 seconds by default and also when you submit a bet, change or cancel a bet or when a bet’s status changes at Betfair. The information shown in the Main Info Bar changes when a market is loaded. Market name

Event country

Wallet & balance

Current selection mouse is over

Main Info Bar when a market is loaded

Clicking on your Wallet or Balance opens up the help & useful links window & shows you Betfair page. There are a number of windows that can be displayed in the Main Info Bar. Each window will only appear when relevant. These windows may be rolled up, expanded, hidden or undocked from the Main Info Bar window and positioned as required on your desktop.

Minimize Button

Main Info Bar showing all windows, rolled up

If “Show in Taskbar” is selected from the right click menu, clicking on the minimize button or the taskbar icon will minimize all of the application windows. When minimized, clicking on the task bar icon will restore all application windows.

Menu Options By right clicking on the header of the window the following menu options are displayed: UK Wallet Balance/Australian Wallet Balance

Right click options

Main Info Bar with right click options when no market is loaded

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Close Market – closes the currently selected market (only shown when a market is open) Close All Markets – closes all markets (only shown when 2 or more markets are open) Switch Market to.. – Allows you to switch to another currently open market (only shown when 2 or more markets are open) Show Grid – only shown when a market is open and the Grid is not open Show Ladder – only shown when a market is open and the Ladder is not open Show/Hide – allows you to toggle on/off the various windows within the Main Info Bar Event Specific Menu – allows you to jump to a submarket for an event, for example soccer matches. If you left click on the market it will close the current active market and open the new market. If you right click on the market it will keep the existing markets open and load the new market

Submarkets

Right click options for the Main Info Bar showing Event Specific Menu

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Next Races – allows you to jump to an Horse/Greyhound race. If you left click on the market it will close the current active market and open the new market. If you right click on the market it will keep the existing markets open and load the new market Display Order – (only shown when a market is open) allows you to alter the order of display of the various windows within the Main Info Bar Audio Alerts Manager – loads the Audio Alerts Manager API Settings Manager – loads the API Settings Manager Load Custom Profile – Loads up a pre saved settings profile. Save Current Profile As…– Saves all your current settings for later retrieval. Includes all window locations & sizes. You can either overwrite an existing profile, or create a new one by selecting New Profile, then clicking in the Profile 1 Text Box, changing the name and hitting the Enter key.

Delete Profile – Deletes a pre saved custom profile. Layout – Alters the width of the main info bar to one of 4 standard widths. Colour Scheme – allows you to alter the colour scheme across the whole application.  Edit Colours – Opens the colour scheme manager & allows you to customise a number of application colours.  Load Custom Colour Scheme – Loads a previously saved colour scheme.  Save Custom Colour Scheme – Saves your current colour scheme as either a new scheme, or overwriting a previously saved scheme. {Works the same as Save Current Profile As… above.}  Delete Colour Scheme – Deletes a previously saved Colour Scheme.  Standard Colour Schemes {Blue, Green etc.} – Switches the application to a pre determined default colour scheme. Caption Display – allows you to change what is displayed at the top of the Main Info Bar when a market is not loaded:  The Toy  Betfair name  Name Caption Display

Main Info Bar showing Caption Display – The Toy

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Show Help On Start Up – turns on/off the display of the Help & Useful Links window at start up Confirm Application Close – turns on/off the Confirm Shutdown window

Confirm Shutdown window

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Confirm Bets – Determines the behaviour of the confirm window when you place a bet.  Off – Confirm bets window will not show.  Safety – Confirm bets window will only show if you place a 1 click bet withn half a second of a menu closing.  On – Confirm Bets window will show every time you place a bet.

Confirm Bets window

Bet description

Cancel Button

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Balance – when the icon is greyed out your balances are not displayed Show Virtual Bets – Switches on / off the display of virtual bets used by Betfair’s crossmatching algorithm. Profit, Loss & Hedge Display - Sets whether NET or Hedged profit values display with or without commission deducted throughout the application. Market Close Warning - You can set the application to warn you when closing a market if you have either unmatched bets, an open position, neither, or both. Streaming Chart Options - There are 3 defined sets of behaviour for the floating charts… 

Current Selection – Up to one window of each floating chart set will be displayed. Whichever selection your mouse is currently over, the information for this runner will be displayed in the window.

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Multi Selection – Up to one window of each chat set per selection will be displayed. These are tied to the grid order in the application.

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Multi Selection Ladder. - Up to one window of each chat set per selection will be displayed. These are tied to the ladder order in the application. NB There is an option in the Ladder Menu called Use Global Ordering. If this option is switched on, the grid & other controls always track the ladder ordering. As such there is no difference between Multi Selection & Multi Selection Ladder in this mode.

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Market Overview – Switches the Market Overview chart on or off. Note the chart will only show when there is an active market.

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Profit/Liability – displays bets across the whole application in of profit/liability

Matched bets window floating showing bets in of profit/liability

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Payout – displays bets across the whole application in of payout

Matched bets window floating showing bets in of payout

Market & API Status The Market & API Status window displays the status of both the market loaded and the API and also shows the market overround. Countdown clock Market Hedged position.

Back overround

Number of API calls made in the last second

Lay overround

Response time of last API call in milliseconds

Market & API Status showing last API call response time.

API Info The number of API calls made in the last second will constantly be changing as new calls are made. In order to avoid Betfair Data Charges your total number of calls made per second must be 20 or below. This includes calls being made via the Betfair website or any other application. For more information about controlling the number of API calls being made by The Toy you should refer to the API Settings Manager section in Control Help. In order to be alerted to the API running slow or some other connection issue causing calls to take longer to return than they should, the application warns of any call taking longer to respond than the API Error Threshold. {NB This value can be set by a menu option.} If the API Error Threshold is set to 1,000ms any API call taking longer than 1,000ms will be highlighted red as shown in the image below.

Number of API calls over the API Error Threshold

Time in milliseconds the outstanding API call(s) has taken

Market & API Status window showing an outstanding API Call

The first part of the number shows the total number of API calls that are over the API Error Threshold. In the image above there is one call over the API Error Threshold. The second part of the number displays how long the call has taken, in the image above the outstanding call has been waiting over 5 seconds and still hasn’t returned.

{NB Due to the way The Toy sends out API calls, even though a single call is delayed, it does not necessarily mean you will notice any problems in the running of the application. This is because the application sends parallel calls to the API for the same information. For more information see section MPC in the API Settings Manager control help.} Generally speaking, if the number of overdue calls is 3 or more, you are experiencing connection or API issues. Market Clock Depending on the market status the appearance of the clock area will change: 

Before the market’s scheduled start time – grey background with blue numbers counting down

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After the market’s scheduled start time but before the event starts – grey background with red numbers counting backwards

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Suspended market

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In play market when the actual time the market was turned in play is known – green background, black numbers, counting up

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Closed market

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API refresh stopped

Market Hedged position If you have an open position in the market, this shows the hedged profit or loss for the entire market based upon hedging out at current prices. If you have an open {not hedged} position, this will show as a green or red background with white text. Clicking on this will Hedge the entire market. If you have a closed {hedged} position, this will show as either green or red text on a white background. Menu Options By right clicking on the header of the window the following menu options are displayed:

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API Refresh – turns refreshing on/off across the whole application, it can also be achieved by double clicking in the Countdown clock area Show Book – turns the overround display on/off Show API Info – turns on/off the API Info API Error Threshold – sets in milliseconds between 500 and 2,000 the threshold for displaying overdue API calls

Market Information The Market Information window shows all the information for the current market loaded as it is displayed on the Betfair website. For UK and Irish horse racing markets it will also show which TV channel the race will be shown on i.e. At The Races or Racing UK. By right clicking on the header it brings up the various options for the window.

Right click options

Market Information window undocked with right click options

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Ad Blocker – toggles on/off the information showing which TV channel the race will be on, the Timeform Radio ad and the Form/Results ad etc.

Market Navigator The Market Navigator window allows you to quickly move from one Betfair market to another. In order to switch between event types, for example from Horse Racing to Soccer, you can use the Quick pick drop down menu that displays 5 of the most popular event types. If you wish to select an event type that is not shown in the Quick pick menu you either select it from the event type tree or if this option is turned off you select it from the Event type drop down menu. Quick pick drop down menu

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Event type tree Market Navigator window floating, with Event Types In Tree, with right click options

By right clicking on the header of the Market Navigator window it brings up the various options for this window:  Search Betfair – Opens up the Betfair sports page in the help & useful links window in “Search” mode. Clicking on any link that would usually open a market in the Betfair browser will open that market up in the application instead.  Default Market Open – allows you to set whether upon loading a market if the Grid, Ladder, both or none open  On Market Open – allows you to set what the Market Navigator does when a market is opened:  Do Nothing – it will remain as it was prior to opening the market  Roll Up – it will roll up, to expand the window you click on the expand button in the header  Hide – it will close  On Market Close – allows you to set what the Market Navigator does when a market is closed:  Do Nothing – it will remain how it was prior to the market being closed  Show – it will expand  Next Races Menu Shows  All Races – Shows all races from the Horses / Dogs navigator in the next races menu.  Future Races Only - Shows only future races from the Horses / Dogs navigator in the next races menu.  Event Types In Tree – turns the tree display for event types on/off. It is only shown when ‘All Markets’ is selected in the Quick pick drop down menu.

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As can be seen below when Event Types In Tree is turned off, rather than having the different event types displayed in a tree as in the above image, an event type drop down menu is displayed. Quick pick drop down menu

Event type drop down menu

Market Navigator window floating, with Event Types In Tree turned off

Once an event type has been selected all the market headers for that event type will be displayed. To reveal the submarkets you click on the ‘+’ icon, this will then display the next level of market headers, then to get to the next level of markets you click on the ‘+’ icon, as shown below.

‘+’ expands market ‘-’ collapses market

Market Navigator window showing an expanded menu

In order to collapse the menus you click on the ‘-‘ icon and it will collapse the menu.

As an alternative to using the ‘+’ and ‘-‘ icons you can right click on the market header you wish to either expand or collapse and click on:   

Expand Events – this will expand the events, but not show the markets Expand All – this will expand all levels of the sub tree Collapse All – this will collapse all levels of the sub tree

Market Navigator window floating, showing the right click Expand/Collapse options

When you wish to open a market you left click on the market you wish to load and the market will load displayed according to the Default Market Open setting. Alternatively you can right click over the market you wish to open and then click on the Grid, Ladder or Both option and this will override the Default Market Open setting.

Opening a market by right clicking on the market thus allowing the Default Market Open to be overridden

If you wish to have more than one market open at a time you simply open the first market as described above and then you navigate to the second market you wish to open and open it either by left clicking on it or right clicking on it as described above. The first market will remain open and you will now have two markets open. This process can be repeated allowing you to open as many markets as you wish. The active market will be displayed in the header of the Main Info Bar, as you move your mouse from one market to the other the active market will change, as will be displayed in the header of the Main Info Bar.

When you have All Markets selected in the Quick pick drop down menu it is possible to manually refresh the menus. In order to refresh the menu you expand it and then right click on the menu you wish to refresh and click Refresh From Betfair as shown below.

Manually refresh a menu by right clicking on the menu and clicking Refresh From Betfair

The quick pick drop down menu allows additional customisation of the Market Navigator window. If Horses is selected, two further drop down menus are displayed.

Meetings drop down menu

Day drop down menu

Right click options Market Navigator window floating, with Horses selected in the Quick pick drop down menu, with right click options

The Day drop down menu allows you to select which days’ markets you want displayed and the Meeting drop down menu allows you to select a specific meeting to be displayed or have all of the meetings displayed. If Dogs is selected in the Quick pick drop down menu only the Meetings drop down menu is displayed.

Meetings drop down menu

Market Navigator window floating, with Dogs selected in the Quick pick drop down menu

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Hide Races After.. – Allows you to set how long after the scheduled off time a market is hidden. For example, if set to 20 minutes, a race due off at 14.00 will be hidden once the time reaches 14.20 Collapse All Meetings – collapses the menu tree for all meetings Expand All Meetings – expands the menu tree for all meetings Quick Filter –allows you to quickly filter the type of markets that are shown. For example you may only want to show the GB Winner markets. Depending on the available markets for the sport the menu will have more/less options as shown below

Quick Filter for Horse Racing

Quick Filter for Greyhound Racing

Quick Filter menus for Greyhound Racing and Horse Racing

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Market Display for Horse Racing

Market Display for Greyhound Racing

Market Display menus for Greyhound Racing and Horse Racing

When Cricket Matches, Soccer Matches or Tennis Matches is selected in the Quick pick drop down menu the Day drop down menu is displayed and the Market type drop down menu is displayed. Day drop down menu

Market type drop down menu

Market Navigator window floating, with Tennis Matches selected in the Quick pick drop down menu

The Market type drop down menu allows you to select the type of matches displayed:  All – displays matches that are not going in play, that are going in play and matches that currently are in play  In Play – displays matches that are going in play and matches that currently are in play  On Now – only displays matches that are currently in play

Market Overview Graph

The Market Overview Graph shows an overall long-term historical view of the market based upon last traded price. This enables you to see at a glance the price history for either the entire market, or just those selections you specify. By default the Market overview chart is switched off. You can enable by selecting Market Overview Graph from the main info bar menu. To switch whether a selection displays on the graph, click on its name in the legend. To change the colour of a selection, click on its colour in the legend. Legend

Selection traded price history.

Price Labels Right Click Options

Horizontal Grid

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Sample Rate (seconds) – Sets the rate at which the chart is updated. By default this is 1 second, which is adequate for most set-ups. Warning: The charts are very processor intensive. Should you turn the refresh rate up too much on some lower spec systems, this may impact application responsiveness. Auto Shrink – When checked this will cause the graphs Y Axis to auto shrink to the information contained within. Colour Scheme – Allows you to set the chart to a factory set colour scheme. Chart Background – Allow you to set the colours & gradient for the chart background. Outer Background – Should your Price Labels be outside of the graph, this allows you to set the colours & gradient for the labels background. Horizontal Grid - Options for the Y Axis grid lines  Colour – Grid line colour.  Maximum Lines – Maximum grid lines to show on the graph.  Line Type – Off, Light Dash, Heavy Dash, Solid. Labels – Options for the Y-Axis Labels  Colour – Label text colour.  Location – Which side of the chart the labels display. Off, Let, Right or Both.  Font Size – The font size of the labels.  Font Style – Bold / Regular / Italic.  Labels Inside – Set whether the labels display inside or outside the graph. Line Thickness – The thickness in pixels of the selection lines on the chart. Show Top – Show only the top n selections in the chart. As well as adjusting the current market, when set future markets will open based on this setting. Various Runners / Selections – When the legend is switched off, the selections will appear in the menu allowing you to set it’s colour / activity on the graph.

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Matched Bets The Matched Bets window is only shown when there are matched bets on the market that is currently loaded. When rolled up in the Main Info Bar the header displays the current display setting and the number of bets matched. This varies depending on what display setting you have selected as shown below. The display formats are similar to the matched bet display on the Betfair website. In the example the top image is showing as 8 matched bets when Standard is selected, however, when Consolidated is selected it shows as just 6 matched bets.

Number of matched bets

Display setting

Matched bets window docked and rolled up

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When expanded the window displays all of the matched bets.

Selection

Headers

Bet Info

Selection Separator Bet Separator Matched bets window floating

In the image below Show Matches is turned off and thus the bets show as two £10 lays at odds of 3.75

Matched bets window floating with Show Matches off

However, with Show Matches turned on, it displays the breakdown of how the individual bets were matched. The first £10 lay at 3.75 was matched all in one go. The second £10 lay at 3.75 was matched in three parts, the first being £3, the second £0.50 and the third £6.50. Note the Bet Reference Number is the same for all three parts.

Bet Reference Number is the same for all three parts

Matched bets window floating with Show Matches on

When a bet is matched at SP it will display the same as all other matched bets apart from a green SP button will be displayed to distinguish it as an SP bet. This is shown in the image below:

Green SP button Matched bets window showing a matched SP bet

Menu Options By right clicking on the header of the window the following menu options are displayed:

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Matched bets window floating with right click options

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Bet Info – turns the Bet Info for all matched bets on/off Formatting :  Single – turns the matched bets window into a single rather than separate Back and Lay sections  Headers – turns the headers on/off  Bet Separators – turns the separators between the matched bets on/off  Group Selections Without Separators – groups matched bets by selection but without selection separators (order dependent upon the sort used on the Ladder/Grid)  Group Selections With Separators –groups matched bets by selection with selection separators (order dependent upon the sort used on the Ladder/Grid) Average Odds – displays all back matched bets together and all lay matched bets together by selection (order dependent upon the sort used on the Ladder/Grid) Consolidated – displays all back matched bets at the same odds together (ascending) and all lay matched bets at the same odds together (ascending), by selection (order dependent upon the sort used on the Ladder/Grid) Matched Date – displays matched bets in the order in which they were matched (descending), in Single format by default Standard – displays the matched bets according to the sort used on the Ladder/Grid, then by price (ascending) and then by the order in which they were matched (ascending) Show Matches – turns the breakdown of how an individual bet has been matched on/off

Non Runners The Non Runners window is only shown when there are Non Runners in the loaded market. When the window is rolled up the header displays the number of Non Runners.

Number of Non Runners Non Runners window docked

When expanded the window displays the name of each withdrawn selection, the Reduction Factor for that selection and the time it was withdrawn. By right clicking on the header it brings up the various options for this window. Withdrawn selection

Reduction Factor

Right click options

Time of withdrawal

Non Runners window floating with right click options

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Horizontal grid line

Vertical grid line

Non Runners window undocked with horizontal and vertical grid lines displayed

Place Bets The Place Bets window is only displayed when a bet is placed via the Grid interface using either Price Click - Bet Control or Available Stake Click - Bet Control. It allows you to make changes to the bet such as odds and stake before the bet is submitted. When rolled up in the Main Info Bar the header displays the number of bets that are waiting to be submitted. Number of bets waiting to be submitted

When expanded the window displays all of the bets that are waiting to be submitted.

Selection

Headers Cancel button

Selection Separator

Bet Persistence button

Odds box

Submit button

Stake box

Changing the Odds In order to change the odds of an individual Place Bet you can: 

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Right click over the odds box. This will bring up the odds menu, which displays the current odds plus the 10 prices either side of the current odds as well as 1.01 and 1000. If you then left click on a new price it will change the odds to the new price. Alternatively you can right click on a new price and it will immediately submit the bet, thus removing the need to click on the Submit button.

Changing the Stake In order to change the stake of an individual Place Bet you can click in the stake box and type in the new stake. Alternatively, you can right click over the stake box. This will bring up the stake menu. If you then left click on a new stake it will change the stake. Alternatively you can right click on a new stake and it will immediately submit the Place Bet, thus removing the need to click on the Submit button. Changing the Bet Persistence In order to change the Persistence of an individual Place Bet you click on the Bet Persistence button. When the market goes In Play cancel the unmatched bet When the market goes In Play change the unmatched bet to a Keep bet When the market goes In Play change the unmatched bet to a Take SP bet Place Bet or Cancel To submit a Place Bet you click on the Submit button and to cancel a Place Bet you click on the Cancel button. NB: If two or more markets are loaded and you switch between markets all of the Place Bets will automatically cancel.

Menu Options By right clicking on the header it brings up the various options for this window.

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Formatting:  Single – turns the Place Bets window into a single rather than separate Back and Lay sections  Headers – turns the headers on/off  Group Selections Without Separators – groups Place Bets by selection but without selection separators (order dependent upon the sort used on the Ladder/Grid)  Group Selections With Separators – groups Place Bets by selection with selection separators (order dependent upon the sort used on the Ladder/Grid)  Default Bet Persistence – allows you to set the Default Bet Persistence for all new bets. It will change the Default Bet Persistence for the Grid, Ladder and Place Bets window:  Cancel – when an unmatched bet is placed it will be set to cancel when the market is turned In Play  Keep – when an unmatched bet is placed it will be set to be a Keep bet when the market is turned In Play  Take SP – when an unmatched bet is placed it will be set to be an SP bet when the market is turned In Play  Back All – a Back Place Bet will be created using your default stake at the current back odds for all selections in the market  Lay All – a Lay Place Bet will be created using your default stake at the current lay odds for all selections in the market Clear All – all bets waiting to be submitted will be cleared

Place SP Bets The Place SP Bets window is only displayed when a SP bet is placed via the Projected SP window. It allows you to make changes to the SP bet such as stake and SP Odds Limit before the SP bet is submitted. Once submitted an SP bet cannot be cancelled. When rolled up in the Main Info Bar the header displays the number of SP bets that are waiting to be submitted. When expanded the window displays all the SP bets that are waiting to be submitted. Number of SP bets waiting to be submitted

Place SP Bets window docked and rolled up

SP Odds Limit Setting the odds in the Place SP Bets window differs from standard bets in that for a Back bet you are actually specifying the minimum odds you are prepared to accept, for a Lay bet the maximum. If Betfair’s SP settles shorter than the Back bet minimum price, or longer than Lay bet maximum price, then the bet will lapse when the event starts. Otherwise the bet will be matched at SP. When the SP is equal to the price limit specified, those bets will be included based on the time they were submitted, on a first come, first served basis. This means that such bets may be unmatched or partially matched. Once the bet is placed, the minimum/maximum odds requested can only shortened in the case of a Back bet or lengthened in the case of a Lay bet at any time before the event starts.

Selection

Headers Cancel button

Selection Separator SP Odds Limit box Place SP Bets window floating

Submit button

Stake box

Changing the Odds In order to change the SP Odds Limit of an individual Place SP Bet you can: 

Click in the SP Odds Limit box and type the new odds in

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Use the up and down arrows on your keyboard

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Use the up and down arrows to the side of the SP Odds Limit box

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Right click over the SP Odds Limit box. This will bring up the odds menu which displays the current odds plus the 10 prices either side of the current odds as well as 1.01 and 1000. If you then left click on a new price it will change the SP Odds Limit to the new price. Alternatively you can right click on a new price and it will immediately submit the Place SP Bet, thus removing the need to click on the Submit button.

Changing the Stake In order to change the stake of an individual Place SP Bet you can click in the stake box and type in the new stake. Alternatively, you can right click over the stake box. This will bring up the stake menu. If you then left click on a new stake it will change the stake. Alternatively you can right click on a new stake and it will immediately submit the Place SP Bet, thus removing the need to click on the Submit button. To submit a Place SP Bet you click on the Submit button and to cancel a Place SP Bet you click on the cancel button. If two or more markets are loaded and you switch between markets all of the Place SP Bets will automatically cancel. Further Reading For further details as to the impact of non-runners on SP bets, and other information regarding the SP, please refer to section 10 of Betfair’s Rules and Regulations.

Menu Options By right clicking on the header it brings up the various options for this window.

Right click options Place SP Bets window floating with right click options

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Formatting:  Single – turns the Place SP Bets window into a single rather than separate Back and Lay sections  Headers – turns the headers on/off  Group Selections Without Separators – groups Place SP Bets by selection but without selection separators (order dependent upon the sort used on the Ladder/Grid)  Group Selections With Separators – groups Place SP Bets by selection with selection separators (order dependent upon the sort used on the Ladder/Grid) Back All – a Back Place SP Bet will be created using your default stake with the SP Odds Limit set at the current back odds for all selections in the market Lay All – a Lay Place SP Bet will be created using your default stake with the SP Odds Limit set at the current lay odds for all selections in the market Clear All – all SP bets waiting to be submitted will be cleared Set SP Odds Limit – turns on /off Set SP Odds Limit. If turned off the Place SP Bet will be matched regardless of the SP once submitted. If turned on you can request the SP bet be conditional upon minimum SP odds in the case of a Back bet, or maximum SP odds in the case of a Lay bet.

Profit & Loss The Profit & Loss window is only shown when you have either matched bets, unmatched bets or are placing a bet via the Place Bets window. When rolled up in the Main Info Bar the header displays the number of selections for the market loaded. Number of selections

Profit & Loss window docked and rolled up

When expanded the window displays your Profit/Loss position for the market or Worst Case position for the market or both depending on your settings. In addition, when placing a bet via the Place Bets window it will show you’re “what if” position if the unplaced bets were matched. {Please note. When Ultra Slim layout is selected for this window; it is only possible to display either the Profit/Loss or Worst Case, not both.} By right clicking on the header it brings up the various options for this window.

Right click options

Profit & Loss window floating with right click options

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Worst Case – this shows what you’re potentially Worst Case would be if you had all of your current bets matched. In the image below it shows the Worst Case if the £10 unmatched Back bet on Ballycommon was matched:

Profit & Loss window showing a £10 unmatched back bet on Ballycommon

The image below shows the Profit & Loss window once the £10 Back bet has been matched at 2.86 on Ballycommon:

Profit & Loss window showing a £10 matched back bet on Ballycommon at 2.86

The image below shows the Profit & Loss window once the £10 back bet has been matched at 2.86 on Ballycommon and a further £10 back bet has been placed on Ballycommon but is currently unmatched:

Profit & Loss window showing a £10 matched back bet on Ballycommon at 2.86 and £10 unmatched back bet on Ballycommon

The image below shows the Profit & Loss window once the £10 back bet has been matched at 2.86 on Ballycommon and a £10 lay has been matched on Ballycommon at 2.52, plus a £10 back bet has been placed on Ballycommon but is currently unmatched:

Profit & Loss window showing a £10 matched back bet on Ballycommon at 2.86 and a £10 matched lay bet at 2.52 on Ballycommon plus a £10 unmatched back bet on Ballycommon

The image below shows the Profit & Loss window with a £10 matched back bet at 2.86, a £10 matched lay bet at 2.52 and the position greened up at 2.46 by laying £1.38:

Profit & Loss window showing a £10 matched back bet on Ballycommon at 2.86 and a £10 matched lay bet at 2.52 on Ballycommon with the position greened up at 2.46 by laying £1.38

The “what if” position can be differentiated by the ‘ >> ‘ that proceed the figures in the Profit & Loss window. The image below shows the Profit & Loss window displaying the “what if” position if the two unplaced bets , £10 Back bet at 5.0 on Pacific Bay and £10 Lay bet at 4.5 on Minturno, that are currently in the Place Bets window, were matched:

Profit & Loss window showing the “what if” position if the two unplaced bets shown in the Place Bets window were matched

The profit & loss window also works for Handicap, Place, Line & Range markets. Whilst the workings of each market type differ, the window displays the Profit & Loss in a similar way to the standard win markets.

Projected / Actual SP The Projected SP window is only shown when a market where SP betting is available is loaded. The window displays information about the projected & actual SP on selections. It is also used to place an SP bet. The window shows the amounts wanting to Back and Lay at SP and the projected SP by selection before the SP is settled. Once the SP has been settled it will just show the actual SP of each selection. {NB When expanded in the Main Info Bar and with Ultra Slim layout selected for the Main Info Bar it is only possible to display either Stake/Liability or projected/actual SP.}

Number of selections Projected SP window docked and rolled up

Betfair SP Overround/Underround

Backers’ Stake

Layers’ Liability

Projected/Actual SP

Placing an SP Bet To place a Back SP bet you click on the left side of the window and the Place SP Bets window will be displayed containing a bet for that selection. To place a Lay SP bet you click on the right side of the window. To quickly cancel the SP bet before it is submitted you can click on the corresponding side of the Projected SP bets window.

Clicking to the left of the dotted line places a Back SP bet

Clicking to the right of the dotted line places a Lay SP bet

Selection / Header Colours The Header Colours and Selection colours represent which side of the market the SP will settle. There are three colours:   

Blue – the SP will be settled on the Back side Pink – the SP will be settled on the Lay side White – the SP will settle between the Back and Lay sides

As can be seen in the image below the Header Colour is pink meaning the market as a whole will settle on the Lay side. {NB This should only be used as a rough guide to the settlement.} The selection colour for Respite is blue meaning its projected SP of 3.25 will settle on the Back side. When you look at the Grid it can be seen that 3.25 is on the Back side. The selection colour for Diapsason (along with all other selections except Penzena) is pink meaning its projected SP of 4.70 will settle on the Lay side. When looking at the Grid it can be seen that 4.70 is on the Lay side. The selection colour for Penzena is white meaning its projected SP of 9.50 will settle between the Back and Lay sides. When looking at the Grid it can be seen that 9.50 is between the Back and Lay sides.

Projected SP window floating with corresponding Grid Interface

Actual SP Once the SP has been settled the Projected SP window shows the actual SP settlement on a white background.

Menu Options By right clicking on the header of the window the following menu options are displayed:

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Horizontal Grid Lines– turns on/off the horizontal grid lines Vertical Grid Lines – turns on/off the vertical grid lines Header Colours – turns on/off the header colours Selection Colours – turns on/off the selection colours Stake/Liability – turns on/off the display of the Stake and Liability columns

Runner Info The Runner Info window is only shown for UK and Irish Horse Racing markets. When the window is rolled up the header displays the number of different bits of information the window contains.

Number of different bits of information Runner Info window docked

When expanded the window displays various bits of information about the selection that your mouse is currently over such as the Jockey and Trainer. By right clicking on the header it brings up the various options for this window. Right click options

Runner Info window floating with right click options

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Horizontal Grid Lines – turns on/off the horizontal grid lines Vertical Grid Lines – turns on/off the vertical grid lines

Vertical grid line

Horizontal grid line

Runner Info window undocked with horizontal and vertical grid lines displayed

Staking & Tools The Staking & Tools window allows you to control and set for the whole application: Default Back Staking Default Lay Staking Default Stake Type Fill or Kill Tick Offset Default Staking – Stake To alter the Default Stakes you click in the stake box and type in the new stake. Alternatively, you can right click over the stake box, which will bring up the stake menu. The new stake will automatically be used for the Grid. To update the default stake for the Ladder it is necessary to click the refresh button.

Refresh button Stake box Default Staking – Stake Type To alter the Default Stake Type you click on the Stake type box and the stake type menu will then be displayed. Select the stake type you require as default and the stake type box will update showing the new default stake type that has been selected. Clicking the refresh button will then update the default stake type in the Ladder.

Stake type box

Stake Type menu

In the below examples it is assumed that the default stake box is set to £10 Stake – this refers to the stake you place if you are placing a back bet or the stake you are accepting if you are placing a lay bet. For example: Placing a Back bet at 5.0 would give a £40 profit if the selection won and a £10 loss if the selection lost Placing a Lay bet at 5.0 would give a £10 profit if the selection lost and a £40 loss if the selection won

Liability – this refers to the liability the person taking your back bet accepts if you place a back bet and the liability you accept if you place a lay bet. For example: Placing a Back bet at 5.0 would give you a £10 profit if the selection won and a £2.50 loss if the selection lost

Placing a Lay bet at 5.0 would give a £2.50 profit if the selection lost and a £10 loss if the selection won Tick Profit – this type of staking is for trading and refers to how much you make for one tick before greening up across all selections. For example: Placing a Back bet at 5.0 would give you a £400 profit if the selection won and a £100 loss if the selection lost Then placing a Lay bet at 4.9 would give you a £390 loss if the selection won and a £100 profit if the selection lost Therefore your net position would be a £10 (£400 - £390) profit if the selection won and no loss or profit is the selection lost (£100 - £100) Book Profit – this type of staking is for trading and refers to how much you make for one tick with greening up across all selections taken into . For example: Placing a Back bet at 5.0 would give you a £1,960 profit if the selection won and a £490 loss if the selection lost Then placing a Lay bet at 4.9 would give you a £1,950 loss if the selection won and a £500 profit if the selection lost Therefore your net position would be a £10 profit if the selection won (£1,960 £1,950) and a £10 profit if the selection lost (£500 - £490)

Tools In order to turn off a tool you click on the Stop/Go button. When a tool is turned off the Stop/Go button will say ‘Go’, the tool will be shaded red, the input field will be greyed out as shown below:

Stop/Go button

Refresh button

Input field Staking & Tools window with Tick Offset turned off

Fill or Kill – when a bet is placed if it is not matched by the time set in the Fill or Kill tool it will automatically cancel. If part of the order is matched the remainder will still automatically cancel once the time set in the Fill or Kill tool has been reached. To change the time for the Fill or Kill tool you click in the input field and select a time in seconds from the menu. The new time will then apply to any subsequent bets placed. 1. Bets that have already been placed prior to the changing the options will still use their existing settings unless you click the refresh button. 2. Fill or kill is not applied to any Hedge bets. 3. Fill or Kill is not applied to NET bets placed via the ladder quick menu, or closing positions when “NET” is shown in the ladder stake box. 4. Fill or Kill is not applied to bets created by Tick Offset. Tick Offset – this automatically places the counter bet to your initial bet at the number of ticks set in the Tick Offset tool. For example, you lay a selection at 2.0 for £100 with tick offset set at 10 ticks. A back bet of £100 would then automatically be placed at 2.20. There are 4 options for Tick Offset. Partial, Partial Hedged, Full and Full Hedged. Partial will place counter bets as & when bits of the bet gets matched. Full will wait until the bet is completely matched before placing the counter bet. In either case, Hedged will equalise profit across all selections. To switch between the different modes, simply click on the text. 1. Bets that have already been placed prior changing the options will still use their existing settings unless you click the refresh button. 2. Tick Offset is not applied to any Hedge bets. 3. Tick Offset is not applied to NET bets placed via the ladder quick menu, or closing positions when “NET” is shown in the ladder stake box.

Menu Options By right clicking on the header it brings up the various options for this window.

Right click options Staking & Tools window with right click options and Separate Grid Lay Staking turned on

Separate Grid Lay Staking – turns Separate Grid Lay Staking on/off. When turned on a separate default Lay stake and default stake type can be set for lay bets placed via the Grid interface. If turned off the same default stake and default stake type is used on the Grid Interface for both Back bets and Lay bets. Show Inactive Tools – turns the display of inactive tools on/off Activate – Switches on tools not shown. This option is only shown if Show Inactive Tools is turned off and one or more tool is turned off.

Traded and Available The Traded and Available window shows the various amounts of money that have been traded or are available at the various odds for the selection you currently have your mouse over. In addition it also shows the amounts looking to Back and Lay at SP. Once a market is closed for betting the window will just show the traded amounts and the prices at which they were traded. When rolled up in the Main Info Bar the header displays the current display setting and the number of different prices that there are amounts currently available at or that have been traded. This varies depending on what display setting you have selected as shown below.

Display setting

Number of different prices that there are amounts currently available at or have been traded at

By right clicking on the header it brings up the various options for this window.

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Horizontal Grid Lines – turns on/off the horizontal grid lines Vertical Grid Lines – turns on/off the vertical grid lines Traded and Available – displays all of the amounts that have been traded or are available at the various prices Traded – displays the amounts that have been traded at the various prices Available – displays the amounts that are available at the various prices SP – displays the amounts that are wanting to be matched at SP and the minimum odds at which the Back bets want to be matched at and the maximum odds at which the Lay bets want to be matched at Sort – switches the sort between ascending by Price and descending by Price

Unmatched Bets The Unmatched Bets window is only shown when there are unmatched bets on the market that is currently loaded. When rolled up in the Main Info Bar the header displays the number of unmatched bets.

Number of unmatched bets When expanded the window displays all of the unmatched bets.

Selection Cancel button

Headers

Bet Info

Bet Separator

Selection Separator

Bet Persistence button

Confirm Changes button

Changing the Odds In order to change the odds of an individual unmatched bet you can: 

Click in the odds box and type the new odds in

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Click in the odds box and use the up and down arrows on your keyboard

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Use the up and down arrows to the side of the odds box

Once you have entered the new odds you then need to click on the Confirm Changes button to submit the changes. Finally you can: 

Right click over the odds box that will bring up the odds menu, which displays the current odds plus the 10 prices either side of the current odds as well as 1.01 and 1000. If you then left click on a new price it will change the odds to the new price and then to submit the change you need to click on the Confirm Changes button. Alternatively you can right click on a new price and it will immediately submit the changes to the price, thus removing the need to click on the Confirm Changes button.

Changing the Stake In order to change the stake of an individual unmatched bet you can click in the stake box and type in the new stake. Once you have entered the new stake you then need to click on the Confirm Changes button to submit the changes. Alternatively, you can right click over the stake box which will bring up the stake menu. If you then left click on a new stake it will change the stake and to submit the change you then need to click on the Confirm Changes button. Alternatively you can right click on a new stake and it will immediately submit the changes to the stake, thus removing the need to click on the Confirm Changes button. Changing the Bet Persistence In order to change the Persistence of an individual unmatched bet you click on the Bet Persistence button and then the Confirm Changes button. When the market goes In Play cancel the unmatched bet When the market goes In Play change the unmatched bet to a Keep bet When the market goes In Play change the unmatched bet to a Take SP bet To cancel an individual unmatched bet you click on the Cancel button. Misc When a change is made to either the odds or the stake the numbers will change to red as will the Profit/Liability/Payout figure so as to indicate a change has been made but not yet submitted. It should be noted that it is not possible to submit changes to both the odds and the stake of an individual unmatched bet at the same time. Menu Options By right clicking on the header it brings up the various options for this window.

Right click options

Unmatched bets window floating with right click options

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Bet Info – turns the Bet Info for all unmatched bets on/off Formatting :  Single – turns the unmatched bets window into a single rather than separate Back and Lay sections  Headers – turns the headers on/off  Bet Separators – turns the separators between the unmatched bets on/off  Group Selections Without Separators – groups unmatched bets by selection but without selection separators (order dependent upon the sort used on the Ladder/Grid)  Group Selections With Separators –groups unmatched bets by selection with selection separators (order dependent upon the sort used on the Ladder/Grid) Sort: Left clicking one of the sub menus sorts in expected order. Right clicking sorts in reverse.  Date Placed – sorts by the time the unmatched bets were placed  Selection, Date Placed – sorts by the selection (order dependent upon the sort used on the Ladder/Grid) and then by the time the unmatched bets were placed  Selection, Price – sorts by the selection (order dependent upon the sort used on the Ladder/Grid) and then by the price of the unmatched bets Change Bet Persistence:  Cancel All – changes all unmatched bets to cancel when the market is turned In Play  Keep All – changes all unmatched bets to Keep bets when the market is turned In Play  Take SP All – changes all unmatched bets to SP bets when the market is turned In Play Cancel All Bets – cancels all unmatched bets Cancel All Back Bets – cancels all unmatched Back bets Cancel All Lay Bets – cancels all unmatched Lay bets

Unmatched SP Bets The Unmatched SP Bets window is only displayed when there are unmatched SP bets that have been placed with the Set SP Odds Limit turned on. It allows you to lower the minimum odds for unmatched Back SP bets and raise the maximum odds for unmatched Lay SP bets. Once submitted an SP bet cannot be cancelled in addition the minimum odds cannot be raised on unmatched Back bets and the maximum odds cannot be lowered on unmatched Lay bets. When rolled up in the Main Info Bar the header displays the number of unmatched SP bets. Number of unmatched SP bets

When expanded the window displays all of the unmatched SP bets.

Selection Headers

Bet Info

Bet Separator Selection Separator

Confirm Changes button Changing the odds In order to change the odds of an individual unmatched SP bet you can: 

Click in the odds box and type the new odds in

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Click in the odds box and use the up and down arrows on your keyboard

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Use the up and down arrows to the side of the odds box.

Once you have entered the new odds you then need to click on the Confirm Changes button to submit the changes. Finally you can: 

Right click over the odds box which will bring up the odds menu, this displays the current odds plus the 10 prices either side of the current odds as well as 1.01 and 1000. If you then left click on a new price it will change the odds to the new price and then to submit the change you then need to click on the Confirm Changes button. Alternatively you can right

click on a new price and it will immediately submit the changes to the price, thus removing the need to click on the Confirm Changes button. When a change is made to the odds the numbers will change to red as will the Profit/Liability/Payout figure so as to indicate a change has been made but not yet submitted. Menu Options By right clicking on the header it brings up the various options for this window.

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Bet Info – turns the Bet Info for all unmatched SP bets on/off Formatting :  Single – turns the unmatched SP bets window into a single rather than separate Back and Lay sections  Headers – turns the headers on/off  Bet Separators – turns the separators between the unmatched SP bets on/off  Group Selections Without Separators – groups unmatched SP bets by selection but without selection separators (order dependent upon the sort used on the Ladder/Grid)  Group Selections With Separators –groups unmatched SP bets by selection with selection separators (order dependent upon the sort used on the Ladder/Grid) Sort: Left clicking one of the sub menus sorts in expected order. Right clicking sorts in reverse  Date Placed – sorts by the time the unmatched bets were placed  Selection, Date Placed – sorts by the selection (order dependent upon the sort used on the Ladder/Grid) and then by the time the unmatched bets were placed