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BetMarket Scanner 1.3 Released
2008-01-25 00:00:00
New version of BetMarket Scanner is available. Download BetMarket Scanner 1.3.What's new:Selected Tab – The persistent tab with list of runners you would like to record into the one Excel spreadsheet. You can watch all your prefered runners in one place.Add/Remove from Selected Tab – double-click a runner to add it or remove from Selected tab.Save/Load Session with Selected tab – Save the list of your selected runners.Betfair betting software - Software tools for Betfair trading, arbitraging and statistics.
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Tutorial 4: Betting In-Play
2007-12-01 00:00:00
Today we will show how to use BetMarket Trader when the event In-Play . Resubmit feature makes it possible to resubmit all unmatched bets which were canceled when the event was suspended. The application remembers all your unmatched bets and automatically offers them once the event goes In-Play. It is good if you don’t want to manually resubmit your bets which were unmatched. Also some traders have they own betting strategies which are based on the fast In-Play bets submission. One more remarkable feature is that you are able to place and cancel your bets even in ‘Suspended’ period. So you have an extra time to manage your bets.Please, note that the application resubmits only the bets from the currently opened market! If you want to resubmit bets for multiple markets you need to run multiple instances of the application, one per market.Another helpful feature is so called ‘Preset Prices’. You can setup your own back and lay price (one price for back and one for lay). They are seen...
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Fixed major bug
2007-12-01 00:00:00
We've fixed a major bug in our betting software. For some conditions the software didn't load correctly and freezed. The upgrade is available for download.Betfair betting software - Software tools for Betfair trading, arbitraging and statistics.
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Tutorial 5: Market Indicators
2007-12-01 00:00:00
How to predict price movements? When back and when lay? All these are critical questions for successful trader. To trade on Betfair you need some more information than offers ordinary betting book. In actuality you need to know more than other traders to be one step forward. In the BetMarket Trader we decided to add unique market indicators which can help you to predict market trends. These market indicators are also included in our Betfair statistics collecting software.“WoM” is a wide known but still useful indicator. It shows a ratio and difference in offered amounts to back and to lay. When this difference is negative, i.e. there are more on the lay side than on the back side, it means that prices more likely will be shortening. And otherwise if WoM is positive they will be getting longer. To help you to choose the bet type WoM changes its color either to blue (Back) or pink (Lay).“Matched” is an amount of money which was matched for a given selection. Bellow you can see also a ...
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Fixed Login bug
2007-12-01 00:00:00
We've fixed a bug in Logi n function. Some special characters like comma or quotes in the account username or password were not correctly passed to Betfair resulting in 'Invalid username or password' error. The upgrade is available for download.Betfair betting software - Software tools for Betfair trading, arbitraging and statistics.
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How to log Betfair market prices to Excel
2007-12-01 00:00:00
Today we would like to tell you how you can log Betfair prices. Often when you are at your work or simply busy you don’t have a time to watch Betfair markets. Also it would be great if you could have an option to record market live and view it later to do some analysis. That is why you may want to record all the market data into some handy format and store it on your computer.There is software which makes it possible. BetMarket Scanner allows you to select a number of markets and schedule their recording to any time you want. Say, you can set the recording time to 5 minutes before In-Play. You simply choose the output Excel spreadsheet and all the market information including selection name, market id, matched amounts, prices and amouns (and much more) will be saved to that file. Btw, you are not required to input your Betfair account information since it is not transactional software.All details are available on the official website at www.betgrail.com. There is 15 days trial of fu...
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Tutorial 6: First steps to record Betfair prices
2007-12-01 00:00:00
Hi,  Today we would like to share some basic steps how you can record Betfair prices using BetMarket Scanner. First you need to download and install this software (BetMarket Scanner). It looks like on the next image. After you have this software, run it – you will see the main window. To open a market, click Market button. It will open the market tree dialog. To open more than one market, use New Tab and Close Tab buttons. They will create new tabs where you can open different markets.Now you can see the market and how prices are updating. In the Log File field the application displays the log filename where all market data will be saved. You can use either market id or market name as a log filename. Also you can change it to any different using Select button.To start the record click Record button. It will turn to Red color which means you are recording the market. To stop the recording simply click Stop button. The recording will be automa...
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BetMarket Scanner 1.2 is released!
2007-12-01 00:00:00
BetMarket Scanner 1.2 – the new version of the unique statistics and market information recording tool. In the new version we’ve implemented many new useful features which our users suggested. These features make interface faster and easier to use.All existing users who have license for previous version of the BetMarket Scanner can order upgrade with discount of 50%. What is new: 1.      General Tab – The persistent tab with list of all opened markets and their brief information. 2.      Multiple operations – The ability to apply settings to more than one market in one click. 3.      Save/Load Session – The ability to save and load information about the all opened markets and their settings. 4.      Default settings for new tabs – The ability to setup default settings (schedule time, refresh period, etc) for all new opened tabs. 5.      Close fini...
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Tutorial 7: The market information you can record
2007-12-01 00:00:00
Hi, We have questions from our users about the format of the saved Excel spreadsheet. Today we would like to clarify this issue and give more detailed descriptions for all Betfair data fields which you can record using BetMarket Scanner.  Below you can see a small screenshot which illustrates the data from the saved Excel spreadsheet. It’s just a piece of all information, but it gives a view of the format. First row is the header of each column. All other rows below are showing selections in different moments of time. If you have 10 selections, they will be repeating - each time 10 rows for some particular moment. The exact time of this moment you can find in the first column called Date/Time.  Here are descriptions for all columns: 1) Date/TimeThe date and time when this row was recorded. 2) Market IdThe internal unique indemnificatory of the Betfair market (event) which can be used to reference a market.  3) Market NameThe textual name of th...
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Tutorial 8: How to schedule Betfair market recording
2007-12-01 00:00:00
Today we would like to show you how to schedule Betfair market recording. You know how to record market prices from our previous Tutorial 6: First steps to record Betfair prices. Now it would be great to schedule this procedure. For instance, you may want to setup schedule and go out to do your day work or anything else. To schedule the scanning first of all you need to load markets you would like to record into the BetMarket Scanner. You can setup all the market scanning options as you did before. There are two main controls for recording schedule. It is ‘Log Schedule ’ checkbox and the field with date and time right to the checkbox. First, choose the date and time when you want to start market recording. Then check ‘Log Schedule’ checkbox to let BetMarket Scanner know that you want to enable schedule. That’s all. Now at scheduled time the software will automatically start recording. The recording will be stopped when market is closed. There are also advanced options on ...
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Software Fixes after Betfair upgrade
2007-12-01 00:00:00
We've fixed BetMarket Trader after Betfair update. Upgrade for the software is available for download.Betfair betting software - Software tools for Betfair trading, arbitraging and statistics.