New Posts For Thread: Help me understand Betfair SP pleasehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31719947/help-me-understand-betfair-sp-pleaseI'm turning towards BSP because I don't like the way the industry operates close to the off and the way SP is calculated seems opaque and dubious. So I have started backing at BSP but, when a horse race is turned in play, I imagine most of the money@screaming"Though the answer remains "why would you?""I cannot see any reason to do it with the intention of crashing the SP.I can imagine it being done naively by someone who did not understand how the SP process worked (if rather than 1000 they simhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31719947/help-me-understand-betfair-sp-please?post_id=561279885#561279885@screaming"Though the answer remains "why would you?""I cannot see any reason to do it with the intention of crashing the SP.I can imagine it being done naively by someone who did not understand how the SP process worked (if rather than 1000 they simThu, 05 Aug 2021 08:54:34 -0500Fair enough. I hadn't thought of that. Though the answer remains "why would you?"https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31719947/help-me-understand-betfair-sp-please?post_id=561272719#561272719Fair enough. I hadn't thought of that. Though the answer remains "why would you?"Mon, 02 Aug 2021 13:30:07 -0500@screaming"It's very hard to crash (or knock out) a Betfair SP with large bets. If you tried it, bots would just swoop to accommodate you. "Not quite. If you put in a big bet at SP, yes you immediately see money coming in at SP on the other side (bahttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31719947/help-me-understand-betfair-sp-please?post_id=561272221#561272221@screaming"It's very hard to crash (or knock out) a Betfair SP with large bets. If you tried it, bots would just swoop to accommodate you. "Not quite. If you put in a big bet at SP, yes you immediately see money coming in at SP on the other side (baMon, 02 Aug 2021 10:37:02 -0500It's very hard to crash (or knock out) a Betfair SP with large bets. If you tried it, bots would just swoop to accommodate you. In fact, when Betfair SP was first introduced I remember a Betfair comment that they hoped it would encourage more bots tohttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31719947/help-me-understand-betfair-sp-please?post_id=561271845#561271845It's very hard to crash (or knock out) a Betfair SP with large bets. If you tried it, bots would just swoop to accommodate you. In fact, when Betfair SP was first introduced I remember a Betfair comment that they hoped it would encourage more bots toMon, 02 Aug 2021 08:40:54 -0500Probably comparing Rule 4 deductions with betfair reduction factor.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31719947/help-me-understand-betfair-sp-please?post_id=561271741#561271741Probably comparing Rule 4 deductions with betfair reduction factor.Mon, 02 Aug 2021 08:06:11 -0500"BFSP with non runner deductions can be horrible."Under what circumstances does that occur? I can only think of NRs that are left in at the 'off' and removed later?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31719947/help-me-understand-betfair-sp-please?post_id=561271697#561271697"BFSP with non runner deductions can be horrible."Under what circumstances does that occur? I can only think of NRs that are left in at the 'off' and removed later?Mon, 02 Aug 2021 07:52:19 -0500I do agree the way industry SP is calculated is dubious. Virtually every winner I have seems to have a shorter SP than its last show. Comparing BFSP to industry SP is not the whole story as I easily beat industry SP with BOG offers especially Bet365https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31719947/help-me-understand-betfair-sp-please?post_id=561271665#561271665I do agree the way industry SP is calculated is dubious. Virtually every winner I have seems to have a shorter SP than its last show. Comparing BFSP to industry SP is not the whole story as I easily beat industry SP with BOG offers especially Bet365Mon, 02 Aug 2021 07:40:45 -0500"Fellow- Poster longbridge will be fascinated by this Thread ... when he reads it"Thanks for thinking of me onlooker - of course I am.These pages may be of interest to some on this thread:https://promo.betfair.com/betfairsp/FAQs_theBasics.htmlhttps:/https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31719947/help-me-understand-betfair-sp-please?post_id=561271547#561271547"Fellow- Poster longbridge will be fascinated by this Thread ... when he reads it"Thanks for thinking of me onlooker - of course I am.These pages may be of interest to some on this thread:https://promo.betfair.com/betfairsp/FAQs_theBasics.htmlhttps:/Mon, 02 Aug 2021 07:11:47 -0500Update on that.''When you clice on the price it opens the Place Bets box where you enter your stake and asking price.'' Click the yellow box Place betsThen click on the Open Bets box or View open bets.After selecting SP click Updatehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31719947/help-me-understand-betfair-sp-please?post_id=561271213#561271213Update on that.''When you clice on the price it opens the Place Bets box where you enter your stake and asking price.'' Click the yellow box Place betsThen click on the Open Bets box or View open bets.After selecting SP click UpdateMon, 02 Aug 2021 04:52:30 -0500For anyone still in the dark:There are two boxes to the right of the screen - Place Bets and Open bets.When you clice on the price it opens the Place Bets box where you enter your stake and asking price. Simply click the box next to it called Open Behttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31719947/help-me-understand-betfair-sp-please?post_id=561271199#561271199For anyone still in the dark:There are two boxes to the right of the screen - Place Bets and Open bets.When you clice on the price it opens the Place Bets box where you enter your stake and asking price. Simply click the box next to it called Open BeMon, 02 Aug 2021 04:40:53 -0500