New Posts For Thread: Grusshttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23535542/grussThis should be bloody simple but I'm having problems with it.I want to back a horse at 2.50 for, let's say, 50 euro. Right after placing that bet, I want to lay the horse for 2.40. This might happen, this might not happen. But I want to put a stop-loNo, I don't trade horses. Tried it and my time is much better spent on "proper" betting.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23535542/gruss?post_id=420928694#420928694No, I don't trade horses. Tried it and my time is much better spent on "proper" betting.Sun, 28 Mar 2010 16:50:06 -0500Cool man, thanks.Don't happen to have a spreadsheet handy that you keep a record of all your trades? Used to doing just the regular p and l for standard bets but would like something a little bit better for this!Thanks in advance.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23535542/gruss?post_id=420928682#420928682Cool man, thanks.Don't happen to have a spreadsheet handy that you keep a record of all your trades? Used to doing just the regular p and l for standard bets but would like something a little bit better for this!Thanks in advance.Sun, 28 Mar 2010 14:11:06 -0500I've done various things over the years with tick offsets and stop losses. My experience was as market spikes around stop losses kick in too often when you don't necessarily want them to hit and a few secs later your lay price would have been matchehttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23535542/gruss?post_id=420928646#420928646I've done various things over the years with tick offsets and stop losses. My experience was as market spikes around stop losses kick in too often when you don't necessarily want them to hit and a few secs later your lay price would have been matcheSun, 28 Mar 2010 11:18:36 -0500Cheers man."Be careful though as you'll often find stop loss kicks in first when 2.40 may have been comfortably reached later on."What do you mean exactly? That a stop loss isn't always the best way to go? Just manage it manually?Sorry if I'm being shttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23535542/gruss?post_id=420928630#420928630Cheers man."Be careful though as you'll often find stop loss kicks in first when 2.40 may have been comfortably reached later on."What do you mean exactly? That a stop loss isn't always the best way to go? Just manage it manually?Sorry if I'm being sSun, 28 Mar 2010 10:54:35 -0500Turn on tick offset and put it to 5 ticks with a 5 tick stop loss also enabled.Be careful though as you'll often find stop loss kicks in first when 2.40 may have been comfortably reached later on.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23535542/gruss?post_id=420928590#420928590Turn on tick offset and put it to 5 ticks with a 5 tick stop loss also enabled.Be careful though as you'll often find stop loss kicks in first when 2.40 may have been comfortably reached later on.Sun, 28 Mar 2010 10:08:31 -0500This should be bloody simple but I'm having problems with it.I want to back a horse at 2.50 for, let's say, 50 euro. Right after placing that bet, I want to lay the horse for 2.40. This might happen, this might not happen. But I want to put a stop-lohttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23535542/gruss?post_id=420928586#420928586This should be bloody simple but I'm having problems with it.I want to back a horse at 2.50 for, let's say, 50 euro. Right after placing that bet, I want to lay the horse for 2.40. This might happen, this might not happen. But I want to put a stop-loSun, 28 Mar 2010 10:02:41 -0500