New Posts For Thread: Is there a way of setting MINIMUM odds when laying at BSP?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28599227/is-there-a-way-of-setting-minimum-odds-when-laying-at-bspIs there a way of setting minimum odds when laying at BSP?Betfair only seems to allow setting maximum odds when laying at BSP for some reason - but I need to lay at minimum odds. For example, if horse is 6.4 at BSP then happy to lay, but at 6.2 at BSthanks grendelsurely the stats should reflect this, rest of the evening to be spent on horseracebase I thinkhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28599227/is-there-a-way-of-setting-minimum-odds-when-laying-at-bsp?post_id=511496015#511496015thanks grendelsurely the stats should reflect this, rest of the evening to be spent on horseracebase I thinkFri, 21 Oct 2011 15:00:05 -0500Swifty, I don't really buy into this view that the markets have become so efficient that its difficult to make money. How can you know if a stand alone market is close to 100% efficient, you can't any more than you can say if a certain horse was valuhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28599227/is-there-a-way-of-setting-minimum-odds-when-laying-at-bsp?post_id=511484983#511484983Swifty, I don't really buy into this view that the markets have become so efficient that its difficult to make money. How can you know if a stand alone market is close to 100% efficient, you can't any more than you can say if a certain horse was valuFri, 21 Oct 2011 10:22:25 -0500Thanks guys, yes Longbridge you've got it spot on about the thinking behind my questionCheershttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28599227/is-there-a-way-of-setting-minimum-odds-when-laying-at-bsp?post_id=511481581#511481581Thanks guys, yes Longbridge you've got it spot on about the thinking behind my questionCheersFri, 21 Oct 2011 09:00:09 -0500grendelIn the context of Betfair SP getting closer to Industry SP at the forefront of the marketwould you agree with me that,when people go on about efficient markets on here that1) it does not equate with the fact that bookmakers make money AND2) inhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28599227/is-there-a-way-of-setting-minimum-odds-when-laying-at-bsp?post_id=511481185#511481185grendelIn the context of Betfair SP getting closer to Industry SP at the forefront of the marketwould you agree with me that,when people go on about efficient markets on here that1) it does not equate with the fact that bookmakers make money AND2) inFri, 21 Oct 2011 08:48:37 -0500what if it was your stake that would have brought it below your required threshold, multiply this anomoly with everyones bets and you can see how it would corrupt their software, the options of setting minimum odds to back or maximum odds to lay don'https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28599227/is-there-a-way-of-setting-minimum-odds-when-laying-at-bsp?post_id=511478611#511478611what if it was your stake that would have brought it below your required threshold, multiply this anomoly with everyones bets and you can see how it would corrupt their software, the options of setting minimum odds to back or maximum odds to lay don'Fri, 21 Oct 2011 07:43:41 -0500Can't be done.As you've found, you can only set the max not min odds you're prepared to take on the lay BSP bet itself.And (unlike people who have similarly bizarre** requirements to place non-BSP bets only at a worse price than is currently availablhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28599227/is-there-a-way-of-setting-minimum-odds-when-laying-at-bsp?post_id=511478337#511478337Can't be done.As you've found, you can only set the max not min odds you're prepared to take on the lay BSP bet itself.And (unlike people who have similarly bizarre** requirements to place non-BSP bets only at a worse price than is currently availablFri, 21 Oct 2011 07:36:28 -0500Is there a way of setting minimum odds when laying at BSP?Betfair only seems to allow setting maximum odds when laying at BSP for some reason - but I need to lay at minimum odds. For example, if horse is 6.4 at BSP then happy to lay, but at 6.2 at BShttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28599227/is-there-a-way-of-setting-minimum-odds-when-laying-at-bsp?post_id=511475049#511475049Is there a way of setting minimum odds when laying at BSP?Betfair only seems to allow setting maximum odds when laying at BSP for some reason - but I need to lay at minimum odds. For example, if horse is 6.4 at BSP then happy to lay, but at 6.2 at BSFri, 21 Oct 2011 05:52:17 -0500