A three week period. Good return on UK dogs, no big jumps/errors, however tails off towards the end but nothing too worrying. The removal of the Australian wallet happened and I didn’t change anything. This led to a stake increase of around 30%. I’ll monitor performance to see if any notable change occurs.

The Aus horses traded well initially with a steady return. Then at point 340, which is at the base of the sharp incline (£20 in 3 days, nice), the Aus wallet was removed (20th Sept). The stake increased approx 4x and the rapid up trend continued through Friday returning to a more gradual return for Saturday/Sunday.

I wondered if other bots may have stopped after the 20th although I don’t know why. No reference to the wallet is made in the code, so bots wouldn’t have direct data of the change. There would have been an increase in balance and some traders may code to pause after sudden unexpected profits, as this could be an indication of an error. It’s worth remembering that the result of an error, profit or loss, is irrelevant. It’s still an error and needs attention to prevent future losses. If other coders are more attentive, then this may explain why I saw some greater returns, with their bots being brought back online for the weekend.

Who knows? Maybe a coincidence.

Oscar (UK) has had a month of trading without me interfering and has produced another pleasant chart with a nice profit to show (0.11%).

Over the same period, with an equal amount of input from me, Aus Oscar has managed a profit too, 76p. For international visitors, that’s 1.33 Aus dollar, 1.01 US Dollar, 0.91 Euro, 0.0017 Bitcoin, 0.99 Swiss Franc, etc. Still, it’s positive. The large drop was down to two lays going unmatched (Lapsed). However, I smell a technical issue as the race was due off at 08:05 but the bets were settled at 09:05. Usually Aus bets are settled within 5 minutes. Also they are the only Lapsed bets in the last 3 months. Some more digging may find the answer. And a polite email to Betfair.

The UK dogs have produced a lovely chart and there was increased activity. I wondered if the stake size might be a reason for this (thinking it could fall between baiters) but it didn’t produce this picture of beauty when it was last at this level. I will note this current stake and come back to it if things turn bad.

The Aus horses continued their choppy trend, ending positive this week. From around the 130 point I changed the entry settings (as mentioned in the previous post), restricting market participation and liability. The impact of this is inconclusive from the evidence.

Overall a good return, seeing enough profit to more than cover my monthly costs.

After a slow start to the period (2 weeks), the UK dogs got into a good trend. The overall positive direction has continued from the restart in late June.

The Aus markets are not doing as well. Looking back over previous charts there is noticeably more variance than on the UK dogs. I am going to respond to this by limiting the parameters before entering market. This will reduce my number of bets but hopefully increase profit (I have done a small amount of back checking to support this).

With the UK dogs restricted to higher volume markets, activity remains low compared to previous periods. Both markets ended positive with good ratios.

If trend is kept I’ll step the UK stake up to where it was previously. Currently it is just over £3 where it had been over £7.

The Aus stake has climbed around 30%, due to profit, but still well below the point that caused the turnover charge warning. That was back in February, I’d planned to code around the events where the charge is applicable but haven’t yet.