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The risk meter – A hidden gem
Bet Angel contains a near little feature hidden away in the market overview screen, it’s called the risk meter.
If you trade on horse racing then this handy little tool will allow you to measure what a market feels like. This means you can adapt your trading style according to this measure. Some markets suit certain styles and others don’t. So using the risk meter will give you a better assessment on how the market feels and what to do …
Using traded volume to trade on Bet Angel
In this video I describe how to use the two traded (matched bet) volume indicators on Bet Angel. A simple but effective way of understanding where the short term volatility is driving market prices.
A bit of a special spreadsheet
Many thanks to Switesh for creating, uploading and detailing this spreadsheet and then allow us to publish it.
There is a lot you can do with Bet Angel and with the Excel spreadsheet integration the sky is the limit. You can use the spreadsheet in the background while you do other things with Bet Angel as well. You can trade on the main interface and also use the automation if you wish, all at the same time. Don’t forget you …
Top benefits of using a VPS to trade
[Forward by Peter]
I first used a VPS back in 2004. I had to travel abroad and I wasn’t sure what the internet connection was like, or if using Betfair from abroad would even be viable. So I took the plunge and started using a VPS. The idea, get a fast and reliable connection to Bet Angel and Betfair where ever I am. I’ve been using one ever since! But what is a VPS and would it be useful to …
New version of Bet Angel available
We were pleased launch the latest version of Bet Angel over the weekend, version 1.35. You can read more about it and watch some videos in the newsletter that was sent at the weekend: –
https://www.betangel.com/newsletter/
Key improvement is more customisation of the ladder interface and the new ability to be able to spawn multiple ladders on multiple markets from the most common market selection tools in Bet Angel.
If you are an existing Bet Angel subscriber just download …
Using Bet Angel to autotrade score-lines in football
Last season I knocked up a spreadsheet that did something interesting.
I didn’t realise at the time, but it turned out to be one of my more popular posts and videos. Basically it used Guardian and our spreadsheet integration to create an imaginative overview on an underlying football match.
I do this sort of stuff all the time to examine all manner of markets. Stepping back from the just the numbers and looking at another representation of the market can …
Creating a ‘fat finger’ rule with Bet Angel automation
I slipped this video into the section on automation last weekend, but I reckon a few people would have missed it; because I didn’t specifically highlight it.
This video demonstrates how to create a rule using Guardian automation to capture favourable odds that can be created when the market goes a bit ‘loopy’. It’s a rule that can run in the background automatically regardless of what you are doing in your main trading interface.
We have a thread on the …
Using Bet Angel’s Advanced Automation
Automating your activity is often referred to as ‘botting’, the colloquial term for using a robot to perform activity on your behalf. As well as fully featured betting and trading tools, Bet Angel also includes many automation type features.
Using Automation with Bet Angel will save you time and improve your effectiveness in a market. You can standardise a strategy, test a theory, supplement your existing activity, participate at low risk on new markets, automate the entry or exit of …
Bet Angel hints and tips – The ‘Make Market’ button
When trying to get a trade placed into the exchange then usually it is a good idea when placing a bet to ask for a better price than the one currently on offer. What do we mean by that?
GETTING A BETTER PRICE
For example, if a football team has a current back price of 5.1 then it makes sense to try and get better value and submit a BACK bet at 5.2 and vice-versa. Taking the current value of …
Bet Angel hints and tips – Column sorting
The one-click screen in Bet Angel has many features that you may not be aware of. From custom columns, column chooser, drag and drop columns to automatic column sort.
In this post we are looking at the column sort feature and some of its hidden features.
Firstly, take a look at the column headers:
Now click on the one at the top of the ‘Back’ price column. You will see it will now has an up arrow next …
Bet Angel Connection Modes
Connection mode
Bet Angel has a unique advantage when it comes to connecting to Betfair: A Dynamic Connection Mode.
To understand what this does we need to understand the different methods of connecting to the Betfair exchange. There are two methods:
- Full-API
- Non-API
API stands for ‘Application Programming Interface’ and is a special connection available to Betfair users providing advanced features such jockey silks, full depth of market, bet persistance (Keep Bet, Take SP) and Last Traded Price (LTP). In …
Clever ways to trade and visualise football data
Market data can be boring in it’s flat form format. By re-interpreting this data you can not only get a bit of depth in a market but perhaps see things you haven’t seen before. I tend to visualise data, because this allows you to look at the data in a much more intuitive manner and this means you can spot opportunties easier as it significantly aids your reading of a market.
In the embedded video we use the multi market …
New version of Bet Angel
Just in case you missed it, you may not be on our mailing list, we recently released a new version of Bet Angel. Lots of tweaks and enhancements but the main upgrade was a new feature we have added to Bet Angel’s Guardian feature.
Guardian is the powerful multi-featured, multi-market tool within Bet Angel. Using Guardian you can search for, view, sort and trade multiple markets all at once; even if Guardian is closed. This means you can cover …
Bet Angel tips – Mass selecting interesting markets
With the football season if full flow, you may find these videos handy.
On Bet Angel you can select markets in two key ways: –
The market selection tool allows you to search ‘nornally’ or with logic commands, or navigate the market tree to find something you are interested in. You can use the quick picks option to ‘pre-populate’ markets you use regularly. There are quite a few ways to get quickly to the market you are interested in, using …
How to post comments on our blog
I have to admit most of the chatter on Bet Angel takes place on our forum rather than the blog. Some of the benefits of this are that comments are threaded, categorised and have many contributors.
I’ve replied to the odd comment that comes through on the blog so I know people can reply, but it seems some people are confused as to how to post comments. So here is a guide to that that very topic: –
(1) …