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General discussion about Bf Bot Manager v3 software for Betfair, Betdaq and Matchbook betting exchanges
#30693
Hi everyone,

I’m running a football trading bot that enters Lay the Draw. Let’s say my stake is 10 and the odds are 5 (so liability > 10). What I’d like is to trigger a hedge when my loss equals 100% of the stake (in this case, 10), but I can’t find a way to configure BF Bot Manager to do that. It seems the hedge settings always calculate based on liability/exposure, not on the stake itself.

A real example:

Stake = 10
Odds = 5.2
Liability = 42

Hedge was configured as “price drops by 50%”. The bot hedged at 1.61, resulting in a loss of ~22, which is about 50% of the liability. But what I want is for the max loss to be capped at 10 (the stake), regardless of the liability.

I know the software allows me to configure hedge when “price drops by X%” or “loss exceeds X% of exposure,” but both are tied to responsibility, not stake. Since I run this strategy across a wide range of odds, creating separate bots with different hedge percentages for each odd range isn’t practical.

Question:
Is there any way to configure BF Bot Manager to hedge when the loss equals a fixed stake amount (e.g., -10), instead of a percentage of liability?

Thanks in advance!
#30696
There is no option at hedge to use your bet size like you explained, sorry.

But you can try using "After bet rules->Trade out" rule as it has more options to calculate bet size when placing trade out bet. Only concern is that such a bet would be placed in advance and canceled by Betfair if there is suspended event e.g. goal, red card etc.