Market search

Markets search - A tool for expert players

Betfair Markets search

Markets Search assist in finding markets according to specified parameters: sports, countries, venues, competitions types, selections, etc. The strategy window displays the required markets. Bets on selected markets are placed manually or with the help of the other automatic strategies.

The Monitoring section allows to receive information about the matched amounts. This helps the user to see the movement of amounts and directions of transactions on the selected selection.

Adjustable Markets search parameters:

• Markets search;

• Markets processing;

• Monitoring.

 

Betfair Markets Search parameters

 

It is recommended to select parameters sequentially, from top to bottom, since the content of some parameters depends on the previously selected values.

• Sports
  Sports for which the markets must be searched.
• Countries
  Countries where the competition takes place. All countries are searched if the country is not specified.
• Venue
  Venue – location, hippodrome. Actual only for horse and dog races. All hippodromes are searched if venue is not specified.
• Competitions
  Competitions, tournaments. All competitions are searched if the competition is not specified.
• Market types
  The possible market types depend on the sports. Many sports have their own peculiarities. For example, there are types of Betfair exchange horse racing market: WIN (Winner), Place (Prizetaker) and others.
  Football has its own types, there are much more of them: MATCH_ODDS, OVER_UNDER, CORRECT_SCORE and many more.
  Attention! The search is performed in all market types if the market types are not specified.
• With BSP support
  Search markets with Start Price support only.
• With the In-Play support
  Searching only for markets where the market is planned to be open to betting during the game (In-Play).
• Already switched to In-Play
  Searching only for markets that have already switched to In-Play mode at the time of the search.
• Minimum/maximum amount in a pair
  The volume of accepted bets on the market at the time of the search. 0 – without limits.
• Minimum/maximum selections number
  Minimum / maximum selections number in the market. 0 – without limits.
• Search period
  During each search, the program is looking for markets starting from the current moment and at the specified Search period. The screenshot above shows the information for 1 hour ahead.
• Filter
  Additional text filter. Only markets and competitions containing this line will be found it that filter is specified.
• Search frequency
  Betfair Markets search repeat frequency.
• Maximum markets number
  The maximum markets number to add to search results. This parameter can be useful for strategies testing. 0 – without limits.
• Minimum / maximum market number ending
  A filter for selection of markets starting at specific minutes of the hour. The default is from 0 to 59 – all markets.
  This parameter can be useful in the case of launching one strategy on several accounts – for random division of the markets between accounts.
• Minimum / maximum minute of the market start hour
  A filter for selection of markets starting at specific minutes of the hour. The default is from 0 to 59 – all markets.
  This parameter can be useful in the case of launching one strategy on several accounts – for classifying markets between accounts by start time.
• General Betfair market data update period
  The frequency of the general market data update. The most important thing is the market start time.
  The parameter is actual especially for tennis matches, where the markets start time often changes – postponed to a later time.