Bet Angel Professional User guide Copyright 2022 - Bet Angel Limited Table of Contents Bet Angel Professional - User guide contents .........................................................................................................9 Welcome to Bet Angel .......................................................................................................................10 Risk Notice .........................................................................................................................................11 Getting the most from Bet Angel ......................................................................................................12 Bet Angel Review ..............................................................................................................................13 Getting started ...................................................................................................................................16 Downloading and installing Bet Angel .........................................................................................17 Registering Bet Angel ..................................................................................................................20 Email Verification .........................................................................................................................24 The Bet Angel Professional Log-in screen and options ..............................................................26 Logging in errors ...................................................................................................................28 Practice Mode ..............................................................................................................................31 The Bet Angel Desktop screen ...................................................................................................33 Market Selection ..........................................................................................................................35 Searching Markets .................................................................................................................36 Opening Markets ...................................................................................................................39 Drag and Drop .................................................................................................................41 Filtering Markets ....................................................................................................................43 Market Filter Editor ..........................................................................................................45 Filter .................................................................................................................................46 Filter Sets .........................................................................................................................49 Filter Display ....................................................................................................................51 Navigating around Bet Angel and additional set up features ......................................................54 Using the keyboard to navigate ..................................................................................................56 Main settings toolbar ...................................................................................................................58 Managing Multiple Windows - Undocking and Pinning ...............................................................61 Using Screen Layout Profiles ......................................................................................................63 Countdown timer ..........................................................................................................................66 Before you start trading ...............................................................................................................68 Reverse Greening ........................................................................................................................70 One-Click Trading Screen .................................................................................................................72 One Click Trading Interface Overview ........................................................................................73 One Click Orders .........................................................................................................................75 The Make Market button .............................................................................................................78 One Click Trade Profit column and Greening Up .......................................................................80 Sort columns by price via column header ...................................................................................83 Custom columns ..........................................................................................................................85 Drag 'n' drop columns ...........................................................................................................94 Saving Custom Layout ..........................................................................................................95 Changing the stake amount - One Click Screen ........................................................................96 Bet Persistence / SP & Keep Bets ..............................................................................................98 What If P&L ...............................................................................................................................100 Trading Multiple Markets With Multiple One-Click Screens ......................................................102 Bet Angel – Global Settings ............................................................................................................106 Activating the global settings .....................................................................................................107 Fill or Kill ..................................................................................................................................108 Reversing the book Using Odds Display ..................................................................................109 Offsetting by Ticks or Percentages ...........................................................................................112 Stop Loss & Trailing Stop Orders .............................................................................................115 Stop on opening bet ..................................................................................................................118 Refreshing the market odds ......................................................................................................119 Offset Batches ...........................................................................................................................120 Global Settings Editor ................................................................................................................121 Auto staking - Using tick sizes ..................................................................................................123 Auto staking - Using liability stakes ..........................................................................................126 Staking Methods ........................................................................................................................127 Ladder Interface ...............................................................................................................................128 Ladder Trading Interface Overview ...........................................................................................130 Ladder Staking Area & Pre-set Stakes .....................................................................................132 Show full market depth and volume .........................................................................................134 Traded volume & recently Traded Volume ................................................................................136 Ladder Greening Up / Close Trade / Cash Out Column ...........................................................137 Enhance ladder ..........................................................................................................................139 Center Ladder ............................................................................................................................141 Placing, cancelling and changing orders using the ladder ........................................................142 Quick hot keys ...........................................................................................................................144 Ladder stop loss ........................................................................................................................145 Ladder Settings Editor ...............................................................................................................147 Trading Multiple Markets with Multiple Ladders ........................................................................149 Bet Angel Advanced Charting .........................................................................................................153 Advanced Chart Editor ..............................................................................................................154 Creating Custom Advanced Charts ...........................................................................................156 Chart Styles ...............................................................................................................................160 Selecting Advanced Charts .......................................................................................................163 Using Pan and Zoom ..........................................................................................................164 Betfair Charts .............................................................................................................................166 Chart Synchronisation ...............................................................................................................168 Manual Bet and Green up. ..............................................................................................................169 Using Manual Green Up stakes ................................................................................................170 Bet Angel Advanced Dutching ........................................................................................................171 Advanced Dutching - Getting Started .......................................................................................173 Advanced Dutching - Back with a Stake of ..............................................................................175 Advanced Dutching - Back to a Target Profit of .......................................................................176 Advanced Dutching - Back with a Minimum Stake of ...............................................................179 Using the Bet Angel Dutching Margin Maker ............................................................................180 Book arbitrage and automatic dutching ....................................................................................183 Bookmaking - ‘Being the bookmaker’ .............................................................................................185 Using the Bet Angel margin maker ...........................................................................................190 Book arbitrage and automatic bookmaking ...............................................................................192 Unmatched Bets Area .....................................................................................................................194 Spawned Unmatched Bets Window ..........................................................................................197 Matched Bets Area ..........................................................................................................................199 Saved bets area ..............................................................................................................................200 Trade Profit Calculator (Cash Out) .................................................................................................202 Quick Bets Ticket .............................................................................................................................204 Servants ...........................................................................................................................................208 Servant Manager .......................................................................................................................211 Starting Servants .......................................................................................................................213 Stopping Servants .....................................................................................................................216 Creating & Editing Servants ......................................................................................................218 Shortcuts ....................................................................................................................................219 Control ........................................................................................................................................221 Activity ........................................................................................................................................223 Safety Servants .........................................................................................................................227 Settings (Servant Manager) .......................................................................................................229 Servant Context .........................................................................................................................230 Microsoft Excel integration ..............................................................................................................232 Starting up the Excel interface ..................................................................................................233 Connecting Bet Angel to your spreadsheet ..............................................................................235 Using the ‘Bet Angel’ spreadsheet ............................................................................................237 Instruction fields .........................................................................................................................239 Syntax of Bet Rules & Individual commands ......................................................................240 Status cell (for selections) .............................................................................................242 Syntax of Global Commands ..............................................................................................243 Status cell (for global commands) .................................................................................244 Important cell references in the Bet Angel spreadsheet ...........................................................245 Placing basic bets or trades using the Bet Angel Spreadsheet ................................................246 Placing triggered bets or trades using the Bet Angel Spreadsheet ..........................................247 Fully automatic trading using the Bet Angel Excel Spreadsheet ..............................................248 Bet status cell ............................................................................................................................250 Advanced Excel integration .......................................................................................................251 Linking multiple spreadsheets .............................................................................................252 Creating your own market interface ....................................................................................253 Creating automatic trading functions ...................................................................................256 Creating buttons ..................................................................................................................258 Other Excel Resources .......................................................................................................260 Bet Angel - Guardian .......................................................................................................................261 Ribbon Bar .................................................................................................................................264 Guardian Market Selection ........................................................................................................265 Updating Markets - Guardian Market Cycling ...........................................................................270 Removing Markets .....................................................................................................................272 Profit & Loss Reports ................................................................................................................274 System & Connection ................................................................................................................277 Main Guardian Window .............................................................................................................278 Market List .................................................................................................................................281 Guardian Custom Columns .................................................................................................284 Guardian Layout and Import/Export ..............................................................................289 Guardian - Excel - Multi market functionality ..................................................................................291 Spreadsheet handling ................................................................................................................293 Guardian - Watch Lists ....................................................................................................................294 Using Multiple Watch Lists ........................................................................................................298 Sorting Watch List Markets .......................................................................................................300 Watch List Tennis Scores ..........................................................................................................305 Watch List Alerts ........................................................................................................................308 Greening From the Watch List ..................................................................................................310 Event Filtering Watch List ..........................................................................................................311 Summary ....................................................................................................................................314 Guardian - Coupons ........................................................................................................................315 Coupons .....................................................................................................................................318 Coupon Editor ..................................................................................................................................322 Coupon Filter .............................................................................................................................323 Coupon Panels ..........................................................................................................................324 Coupon Custom Columns .........................................................................................................327 Coupon Settings ........................................................................................................................331 Advanced automation (Triggered betting) .......................................................................................334 Getting started ...........................................................................................................................335 Our first automation rule ......................................................................................................336 Market selection ...................................................................................................................337 Creating an automation rule ................................................................................................338 Parameters ...........................................................................................................................340 Conditions ............................................................................................................................341 Saving a rules file ................................................................................................................342 Using & Removing your rules .............................................................................................343 Deleting A Rules File ...........................................................................................................345 Import and Export Rules File ..............................................................................................346 Using Signals .......................................................................................................................347 Using Stored Values ............................................................................................................349 Copying Rules Between Files .............................................................................................350 Automation Reference ...............................................................................................................351 Rule Types ...........................................................................................................................352 Rule Trigger Times ..............................................................................................................356 Always Armed ................................................................................................................357 Fixed date & time ..........................................................................................................358 Relative to event start time ...........................................................................................359 Relative to in play time ..................................................................................................360 First Rule To Trigger ......................................................................................................361 Rule Triggers & Arm Times ...........................................................................................362 Apply Rule to Selections .....................................................................................................364 Parameters ...........................................................................................................................366 Place at (Parameters) ...................................................................................................367 Stake (Parameters) ........................................................................................................369 Global Settings (Parameters) ........................................................................................371 Take SP, Keep, Cancel Bet (Parameters) .....................................................................372 SP Bets Limits (Parameters) .........................................................................................374 Alert / Play Sound / Show Message (Parameters) ........................................................376 Export (Parameters) ......................................................................................................379 Custom Ranking (Parameters) ......................................................................................381 Set Stored Value from File (Parameters) ......................................................................384 Display Market on a Trading Screen (Parameters) .......................................................385 Conditions ............................................................................................................................390 Group Conditions ...........................................................................................................392 In Play ............................................................................................................................394 Market Status .................................................................................................................395 Fixed Odds ....................................................................................................................396 Relative Odds ................................................................................................................397 Historic Fixed Odds .......................................................................................................400 Historic Relative Odds ...................................................................................................401 Weight of Money ...........................................................................................................404 Number of Selections ....................................................................................................405 Current Selection ...........................................................................................................406 Number of Place Bet Triggers .......................................................................................407 Close Trade Profit ..........................................................................................................408 Green All Profit ..............................................................................................................411 Number of Unmatched Bets ..........................................................................................412 Unmatched Bets Amounts .............................................................................................413 Number of Matched Bets ..............................................................................................414 Matched Bets Amounts .................................................................................................415 Book Percentage ...........................................................................................................417 Unsuspended Time Condition .......................................................................................418 Unmatched Bet Time .....................................................................................................419 Fill or Kill Bet Time ........................................................................................................421 Volume ...........................................................................................................................423 Stall Draw ......................................................................................................................424 Race Distance ..............................................................................................................425 Market Type ...................................................................................................................426 Text Comparison ..........................................................................................................428 Tennis Serving ...............................................................................................................431 Tennis Fixed Score ........................................................................................................432 Tennis Relative Score ....................................................................................................433 Tennis Completed Set Score Condition ........................................................................434 Signal Set .....................................................................................................................436 Signal Value ...................................................................................................................437 Signal Changed .............................................................................................................438 Stored Value Set Condition ...........................................................................................439 Stored Value ..................................................................................................................440 Stored Value Changed ..................................................................................................443 Total Performance Data .................................................................................................444 Signals .................................................................................................................................445 Stored Values ......................................................................................................................447 Store Value as Text .......................................................................................................455 History Lists ...................................................................................................................461 Store Value from a Range of Values ............................................................................463 Notes ....................................................................................................................................467 Example rules ............................................................................................................................469 Creating a Scalping Bot ......................................................................................................470 Opening Order ...............................................................................................................471 Parameters ...................................................................................................................473 Conditions ......................................................................................................................474 Secondary rule ...............................................................................................................476 Naming the rules file .....................................................................................................477 Optimising Guardian for this rule ..................................................................................479 Video's to watch ............................................................................................................480 Applying rules to selections individually Chosen via the Guardian market list ..........................481 Manual control over Automation rules ......................................................................................488 Market Overview Screen .................................................................................................................491 Overview ....................................................................................................................................494 Charting ......................................................................................................................................496 Columns .....................................................................................................................................500 Risk Meter ..................................................................................................................................501 Bet Angel - InPlay Trader ................................................................................................................502 Configuration Options ................................................................................................................503 Bet Placement Options ..............................................................................................................506 Stake Level ................................................................................................................................508 In-Play Trader Global Settings ..................................................................................................509 Using In-Running .......................................................................................................................510 In-Play Profile Editor ..................................................................................................................511 In-Play Trader Markers ........................................................................................................515 In-play Trader Profile Settings ...........................................................................................519 Bet Angel - Tennis Trader - Tennis profiling tool .............................................................................520 Starting Tennis Trader and linking to a market. ........................................................................521 Application Buttons ....................................................................................................................522 Setting Up for a Tennis Match. .................................................................................................523 Calibrate The System ................................................................................................................524 Updating the current score ........................................................................................................526 Built in Predictor Scenarios .......................................................................................................527 How to use predictions ........................................................................................................528 Game & Set Matrix ....................................................................................................................530 Live scores on Tennis trader .....................................................................................................533 Bet Angel - Soccer Mystic - Football profiling tool ..........................................................................535 Starting The Predictor ...............................................................................................................536 The “forecast time” sliders .........................................................................................................537 Goal Area ...................................................................................................................................538 Probability forecast charts .........................................................................................................539 Soccer Mystic profit line ............................................................................................................540 The Log File ....................................................................................................................................543 Bet Angel - Settings tool .................................................................................................................546 Show/Hide Username or Balance .............................................................................................547 Display .......................................................................................................................................548 Staking & Liability ......................................................................................................................552 Behaviour ...................................................................................................................................554 Keyboard Shortcuts Editor ..................................................................................................557 Green Up Settings .....................................................................................................................559 Communications Settings ..........................................................................................................561 Dynamic Connection Tuner .................................................................................................562 Supplementary data refresh rates .......................................................................................563 Calculate Profit and Loss Locally ........................................................................................564 Ladder Settings ..........................................................................................................................565 General ................................................................................................................................566 Columns ...............................................................................................................................572 Matchstick Charts ..........................................................................................................574 Markers ................................................................................................................................575 Embedded Charts ................................................................................................................578 Unmatched Bets ..................................................................................................................580 Additional Information ..........................................................................................................583 'What If' ..........................................................................................................................588 Display Order .......................................................................................................................590 Enhanced Area ....................................................................................................................592 Ladder Settings Import / Export ..........................................................................................599 Basic Automation Settings .........................................................................................................600 Chart Settings ............................................................................................................................602 Sound Alerts ..............................................................................................................................604 Using Settings Profiles ..............................................................................................................607 Excel settings & additional data ................................................................................................609 Race Meter ................................................................................................................................612 Total Performance Data .............................................................................................................614 Value Based Colour Settings ..........................................................................................................617 Using Value Based Colour Profiles ...........................................................................................621 Getting the fastest and most reliable connection ............................................................................630 Understanding local performance ..............................................................................................631 Ways to test and improve your responsiveness .......................................................................632 Retrieving Betfair Market Information ........................................................................................633 Bet Angel product differences .........................................................................................................634 Bet Angel Professional versions ...............................................................................................635 v1.50 Overview ....................................................................................................................636 v1.51.1 Overview .................................................................................................................638 v1.52 Overview ....................................................................................................................640 v1.53 Overview ....................................................................................................................643 V1.53.1 Overview ..........................................................................................................646 v1.54 Overview ....................................................................................................................647 v1.55 Overview ....................................................................................................................649 Release Note Text .........................................................................................................652 v1.56 Overview ....................................................................................................................653 v1.57 Overview ....................................................................................................................656 v1.58 Overview ....................................................................................................................658 v1.59 Overview ....................................................................................................................659 Betdaq Version ..........................................................................................................................662 Bet Angel Basic .........................................................................................................................663 Terminology ......................................................................................................................................664 Bet Angel Professional - User guide contents The Essential Guide to Bet Angel Professional Welcome to Bet Angel When I joined Betfair as one of the very first customers back in June 2000, I never dreamt how far the simple concept of a betting exchange would go. In the early days I could see many opportunities, but the market completely lacked the tools I needed to try and achieve all the things I knew were possible. Therefore I set about creating a team that could not only create the tools but also have the vision to deliver my ideas from concept to fruition. Since those early days Bet Angel has consistently been first to deliver features that have not been seen before in sports markets. Features such as 'Keep bets' and 'cash out' first appeared in Bet Angel before being adopted by Betfair. This is something we aim to continue and we are driven by a desire to continuing to be the best of class software on the market. We want to achieve that because that is part of my edge in the market. As I explore the markets and discover new opportunities, I am pleased to say Bet Angel has continued to mature to explore all the opportunities available. I am pleased you have chosen to use Bet Angel and would like to welcome you to the journey. Betting exchanges have changed significantly and we should be grateful to the creators, innovators and promoters of exchanges for the hard work they have put in to bring exchanges to this point. It has opened up many ways for everybody to participate in modern betting markets and more importantly, in ways inconceivable not that long ago. I look forward to continuing to develop Bet Angel and I am indebted to the wonderful support and work of the team here and the support of the exchanges in aiding us in our development of the product and our pursuit of excellence. Peter Webb