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Steve Punt
30 Mar 07 16:00
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I have emailed the helpdesk about this and failed to get a straight answer, so can anyone clear this up:

On the Market information graphs, does each grey volume spike represent a single bet (back or lay) or is it the amount matched at a single price before the price moves again?

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By:
SHAPESHIFTER
When: 30 Mar 07 16:02
good question!
By:
Steve Punt
When: 30 Mar 07 16:03
I emailed this question and got the following reply:

The amount displayed in the Traded column will always show twice the
amount of the backers stakes for that selection. In other words the
amount matched on each selection.

For example if S20,000 is being shown as traded on Manchester United
in a Match Odds market it means that backers have had S10,000 matched
on this selection. This figure could come from two betfair clients
but with a figure of this amount will most likely come from multiple
players.


Er yes, but that's not what I asked!
By:
pumpkinslayer
When: 30 Mar 07 23:54
It's the amount matched at a single price before it moves again.
By:
Steve Punt
When: 01 Apr 07 14:46
I got another reply to my follow-up email which was equally useless. Nobody at Betfair helpdesk seems to be able to read the question - they just trot out their standard FAQ about the graph, it seems.
By:
Motoko Kusanagi
When: 01 Apr 07 15:10
Mr Punt. Speak to Mr Pumpkin.
By:
pumpkinslayer
When: 01 Apr 07 15:20
It's why you never get a horizontal line on the graph.
By:
repetitive loser
When: 01 Apr 07 16:19
I think its each single bet, unless pumpkinslayer is sure, as I have often had 50k taken in two chunks and can see both spikes on the graph
By:
Je t'aime
When: 01 Apr 07 16:26
I think it must be amount matched at a price, not individual bets. There aren't nearly enough volume bars to represent each individual bet surely.
By:
Je t'aime
When: 01 Apr 07 16:30
Actually, I've just thought about it again, and I think I'm wrong. Is it not perhaps volume over a given time period, such as 1 or 2 mins, which could encompass 0, 1, or, indeed, many individual bets, which are all combined together to give the volume for that time "unit".
By:
Kevin65
When: 27 Nov 09 16:17
BUmping this to ask a daft question.

Am I right in saying if £100k has been matched on an event, and £90k of that is on Man United, that means the sum total of monies that have backed Man U is £45k (the other £45k being the lay money)?
By:
Kevin65
When: 27 Nov 09 16:19
.
By:
Kevin65
When: 27 Nov 09 16:20
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By:
Okuma
When: 27 Nov 09 16:44
yes thats right Kevin
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