BF Bot Manager v3 Manual

BF BOT MANAGER V3
Bf Bot Manager V3
- Updated on 15th July 2019 -
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1 Table of Contents
1 Table of Contents .................................................................................................................................. 2
2 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 3
3 Home ..................................................................................................................................................... 4
4 Events and Markets .............................................................................................................................. 5
4.1 Quick loading of markets .............................................................................................................. 6
4.2 Tree navigation ............................................................................................................................. 7
4.3 Advanced loading of markets ....................................................................................................... 8
5 Bots/Strategies.................................................................................................................................... 10
5.1 User strategies ............................................................................................................................ 11
5.2 Manual bets strategy .................................................................................................................. 11
5.2.1 Grid betting and trading...................................................................................................... 12
5.2.2 Ladder betting and trading ................................................................................................. 12
5.3 Export/import my selections/tips ............................................................................................... 13
5.3.1 Export my selections ........................................................................................................... 14
5.3.2 Import my selections .......................................................................................................... 16
6 History ................................................................................................................................................. 19
6.1 Bets ............................................................................................................................................. 20
6.2 Results ......................................................................................................................................... 20
7 Tools and settings ............................................................................................................................... 21
8 Help ..................................................................................................................................................... 24
9 Resources ............................................................................................................................................ 25
BF BOT MANAGER V3
2 Introduction
Bf Bot Manager V3 is software for automated and manual trading and betting at Betfair, Betdaq
and Matchbook betting exchanges. Software is approved and certified by each betting exchange security
team, which means that it has passed all exchange API requirements and is official Betfair NG-API,
Betdaq API and Matchbook API solution.
To use software you must have Betfair, Betdaq or Matchbook account. If you do not have
account then you can create one by using following links and get a free bonus:
Betfair: http://ads.betfair.com/redirect.aspx?pid=18688&bid=8298
Betdaq: https://affiliate.cdn.betdaqaffiliates.com/redirect.aspx?pid=3331&bid=2059
Matchbook:
http://affiliate.matchbook.com/processing/clickthrgh.asp?btag=a_755b_1&aid=site_header
To run software you must have Windows operating system with Microsoft .Net Framework 4.7
(all newer systems have that), reliable internet connection and at least 2GB of RAM memory. For
software to work, your computer must be up and running all the time, it must not go to sleep mode,
hibernate or standby mode. Your computer also must be connected to the internet all the time.
You can use software to load any exchange market, place Back or Lay bets manually or create
your own bot/strategy that will automatically place bets by your own rules. There is no limit on number
of strategies that you can create. Only limit is your computer power, network connection speed and
exchange API limits. Home computers or laptops are in most cases good solution to run our bots, but if
you are on the move and want to access your bot from anywhere then we recommend using Tagadab
VPS servers. For more details on VPS please see following article at our web site:
https://www.bfbotmanager.com/help/16
In following chapters, we will explain main screens of Bf Bot Manager V3 for Betfair. Versions for
Betdaq and Matchbook have almost identical layout. Functionality is the same everywhere where
exchange API allows that. There are differences between Betfair, Betdaq and Matchbook APIs, and
because of that there are small differences between V3 versions for those exchanges. Please read this
manual carefully and if you have any questions after that then please contact us by using contact form
at our web site.
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3 Home
This is first ribbon tab page within Bf Bot Manager V3. It shows basic information about your
account and offers you essential options for controlling software, like:
• Account balances
• Account name
• Option to refresh funds
• Auto load markets button
• Button to switch between simulation and real mode
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At bottom status bar there are options to save screenshot of main form, up and running time of
software, details on number of requests made to Betfair NG-API, link to Betfair services status and
status of your internet connection.
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4 Events and Markets
Events and markets tab allows you to load exchange markets in few different ways. Those are:
• Quickly by using quick load icons for specific sport and market type
• Manually by using events and markets tree navigation
• Automatically by using advanced filters for automatic loading of markets
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Loaded markets will appear in main “MARKETS” grid view.
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Markets that are monitored and for which prices are being downloaded will have green or
yellow background in “Start Time” column, where green means that market is in play. Markets grid can
be used for placing manual bets on selections or for getting more information on selections and
markets.
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You can click on button in column “Show” to view list of selections and detailed information
about them.
Right clicking on header cells will display content menu with menu item “Column chooser” that
allows you to add/remove columns from each grid and customize it by your own needs. You can do the
same thing for selections grid view.
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4.1 Quick loading of markets
Quick load buttons are used to instantly load markets with specific market type for one sport.
For example, clicking on horse “Win” button will load all “Win” markets for all horse races available.
Clicking on “Match Odds” button will load all “Match Odds” markets for all football matches.
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Quick load buttons will load only next 100 markets for horse/greyhound races and next 200
markets for football and other events. To load more markets that start in future you should use
advanced auto load options, “Auto load” button.
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4.2 Tree navigation
Tree navigation is used to add markets manually. This is very useful when you want to bet and
trade manually on few markets. Tree view is same as Betfair web site navigation. You navigate to the
event and click on market that you want to add to “MARKETS” grid view. After that market will show in
grid view and you can start placing bets manually or set up one of your strategies to do that for you.
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4.3 Advanced loading of markets
Advanced auto loading of markets allows you to load markets that satisfy specific conditions.
For example, you want to load only horse races from UK and Ireland, or you want to load only Match
Odds markets from Premier league.
You can create unlimited number of auto load settings that will load specific markets, but
generally you should not make too many auto load settings as each auto load will make its own requests
to Betfair NG-API to load markets. Let’s say that 3-5 active auto load settings should be more than
enough for most users
Sometimes it is better to load all markets and then within your strategy to use “Markets filter”,
“Competitions filter” or “Events” filter to prevent strategy from betting on certain markets or to allow it
to bet on certain markets.
Only settings that are selected in column “Select” will execute when you click “Auto Load
button.
You should also make sure that you always click “Save” or “Save & Close” buttons to save all
your settings.
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When creating auto load settings you can use “Preview” button to see partial list of markets that
will be loaded. This displays first 50 markets that satisfy your auto load settings. This preview should
help you check if your auto load settings are working like you want them to.
Values in combo boxes at auto load form have “Refresh” button at their right side. When clicked
this refresh button will use existing filter settings to download only values for that combo box that are
available for selected settings. For example, if you set to load markets for next 1 day and then click
refresh for market types it might happen that combo box becomes empty, because there are not any
market types that are available within next 1 day.
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5 Bots/Strategies
Bots or strategies are sets of settings and conditions that need to be satisfied before bet can be
automatically placed. Each set of settings is called strategy or bot and has its own name set by user.
All loaded strategies are displayed at “BOTS/STRATEGIES” tab at main screen. By default there
are several “Example” strategies that should help you get started and understand how to create your
own strategies. Those example strategies are not best or profitable strategies, they are just examples.
Controls for managing strategies are displayed at top, those allow you to add new strategy,
duplicate existing ones, start, restart, pause strategies or to import/export/delete strategies.
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There are two types of strategies in Bf Bot Manager V3, those are:
• User strategies, those are the ones created by user by making different sets of settings and
conditions
• Default manual bets strategy used to record and manage all bets placed manually by user by
using grid or ladder controls
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5.1 User strategies
User strategies are created by using “Add new” button at “STRATEGIES” tab. You can create as
many strategies as you like and run them at same time if you want. Each strategy works for itself and
has no effect on other strategies.
Strategies are based on Multiple Strategies bot framework from Bf Bot Manager V2. For more
details on this whole mechanism you should read Multiple Strategies bot manual. Multiple Strategies
bot manual is available at our Help page:
http://www.bfbotmanager.com/cgi-bin/faq.pl
5.2 Manual bets strategy
This strategy is added by default and it cannot be removed. It is used for keeping statistics for all
bets placed manually by user. You can place bets manually by using markets grid or ladder control at
main “MARKETS” tab.
Thanks to this strategy you can filter bets history and see statistics only for bets that you placed
manually. Settings from this manual strategy are used as default settings when exporting your selections
as tips. Change them to your desired values before your export your tips.
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5.2.1 Grid betting and trading
All placed bets manually by user by using main “MARKETS” grid are considered bets of “Manual
bets” strategy and will appear within “Bets” tab of “Manual bets” strategy.
To place bet by using grid at main screen you first need to open market details and view
selections. Then you can right click on column header of selections grid and choose to display columns
“My Price”, “Stake”, “Back” and “Lay”.
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First you set price in column “My Price”. You can do this by clicking on cell for runner in that
column and entering your own price or you can click on any price in other cells e.g. click on “Back offer”
price will set that price to “My Price” cell.
Then you set stake and after that you click Lay or Back button. Bet will be placed and you can
view it at “Bets” tab.
Default values for those columns can be set by editing “Manual bets” strategy.
5.2.2 Ladder betting and trading
All placed bets manually by user by using ladder control at main “MARKETS” grid are considered
bets of “Manual bets” strategy and will appear within “Bets” tab of “Manual bets” strategy.
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Ladder control can be displayed by clicking on button in column “Ladder” for each selection.
After that prices for that selection will appear in right side ladder.
Ladder is used for one click bet placement at pre defined stakes. Clicking on blue column will
place Back bets and clicking on pink column will place Lay bets at pre defined size. Size and other
options for ladder bets can be set by using settings above ladder.
Unmatched bets will appear in white columns and you can cancel those by simply clicking on
white cells where stakes appear.
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5.3 Export/import my selections/tips
Creating list of your selections can be done quickly by using “My S.” column that is available at
left side of each selection name. This is displayed on image below.
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Picked selections will appear in markets column “My selections”. That way when you close
selections grid you will be able to see for each market names of selections that you picked.
You can easily create basic strategy with selection condition “Bet on my selections only” that will
bet only on those selections that you picked by using “My S.” column. Your strategy can contain all other
rules and staking plans that you want.
5.3.1 Export my selections
Once you have made list of your selections you can choose option to export those selections to
CSV (Comma Separated Values) file. That way you can exit software and import those selections next
time you start it, or you can share file with your friends or other users of software.
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When exporting selections you will be asked for your tipster name. This is useful if you want to
share file with other people, as they will know who made which selections in case of multiple selection
files. If you do not want to specify your tipster name then leave this field empty.
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After that select file to save selections and click Save button.
Besides making basic list of selections you can also specify following data for your selections that
will be exported:
• Back – to use Back bet type with selection

• Lay – to use Lay bet type with selection
• Min price – to only place bet if selection has price higher than set min price
• Max price – to only place bet if selection has price lower than set max price
• Stake – bet amount to be placed on selection
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If you do not specify those other values then default values will be exported to file. Default
values can be set at manual strategy settings form. That is following one:
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You can also manually create file with your selections and specify only basic information like
selection name and market type (WIN, PLACE, FORECAST, MATCH_ODDS etc.). Here is an example of
CSV file for 3 selections that can be imported successfully:
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5.3.2 Import my selections
Import functionality allows you to import CSV file with list of selections to bet on. You can
import CSV file that was exported by using V3 export “My S.” functionality or any other CSV file that
satisfies minimum rules to find correct selections.
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Import file can have many columns with data, but only two are required (SelectionId OR
SelectionName):
• Provider – (optional) tipster name

• Handicap – (optional) Betfair selection handicap (default 0)
• SelectionId – Betfair selection id, this must be specified unless you specified SelectionName
• MarketId – (optional) Betfair market id
• EventId – (optional) Betfair event id
• SelectionName – Betfair selection name, this must be specified unless you specified SelectionId
• MarketName – (optional) Betfair market name
• EventName – (optional) Betfair event name
• MarketType – (optional) type of market e.g. WIN, PLACE, FORECAST, MATCH_ODDS etc.
• StartTime – (optional) universal time when this market starts
• BetType – (optional) BACK or LAY bet type
• Size – (optional) bet amount for this selection
• Points – (optional) number of points to bet on selection (requires Level/Initial stake to bet
within your strategy)
• Price – (optional) this is price at which you want to place your bets regardless of current
selection price on market e.g. place all bets at this imported price. This can result in unmatched
bets if you request better price than the one on market
• MinPrice – (optional) min price at which bets can be placed on selection
• MaxPrice – (optional) max price at which bets can be placed on selection
• BSP – (optional) true/false value indicating if placed bets should be full Betfair Start Price bets
Minimum data that CSV file can contain is Betfair selection ID number or Betfair selection name.
One of those parameters must be present in CSV file for strategy to be able to find selection correctly. If
you do not specify neither of those then tip will not be imported.
To eliminate any mistakes when finding your selection it is recommend to specify market type
(WIN/PLACE/FORECAST/MATCH_ODDS etc.). For football events you should also specify event name to
ensure that bets are placed on correct match.
Here is an example of valid CSV file with all columns added.
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All imported tips can be viewed at “Manage tips” form.
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Manage tips form allows you to import new CSV file or download CSV tips file from web address.
You can also select individual or all imported tips and delete them.
It is not possible to edit tips at this form, but you can set your own settings for each strategy
that will bet on imported tips. For strategy to bet on imported tips you must use staking rule “Bet on
imported selections/tips”. For details on this rule please see Multiple Strategies bot and V3 manual.
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6 History
History tab is used for keeping details on all placed bets by all strategies and keeping results for
all markets that were loaded and monitored by software.
By default history for bets and results is saved for 30 days. If you wish to save history longer
then you should use export option and export history to CSV file so that you can load it to Excel and
analyze it further or merge it with other history files that you have. History cannot be saved for longer
periods by bot as it would slow it down as the amount of data increases over time.
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History supports filters which can be viewed at bottom of history grids. You can edit those filters
or add new filters by right clicking on column headers. You can also use “Filter editor” and create your
own complex filters to find records that you are looking for.
Clicking on each column will sort data in history by that column. At column header cell you can
also click on small filter icon that will allow you to filter rows by one of the values that appear in that
column. This is very powerful feature that allows you to quickly find records that you are looking for and
to analyze bets history.
You can also use “Auto Filter Row” to filter records as you type and grid will list only records for
which that column value starts with entered text.
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6.1 Bets
Bets history saves all placed bets by Bf Bot Manager V3 and also all other important information
about those bets e.g. name and details of strategy that placed bet, loss recovery, market information,
favorite position, traded amount etc.
By default only some of the history columns are displayed. If you wish to display all other details
then you should right click on column header, then on “Column chooser” and pick columns that you
want to display.
6.2 Results
Results history saves basic information for each market, winners and prices of those winners.
Like bets history results history has filtering, sorting and export functionalities.
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7 Tools and settings
Tools and settings tab will allow you to customize software appearance and behavior by your
needs. Those settings can have large effect on the way software works so change those carefully!
General settings allow you to set your Betfair account commission so that strategies can work
more accurately, hide your details from main screen, set notifications and control how history and other
details are saved. General settings are divided in several groups, those are
• General – commission settings that have effect on your bet size and overall market profit/loss. If
you are using loss recovery or staking plan that recovers losses then you should turn on both
settings for commission so that you get more accurate loss recovery.
Beside layout settings you can also adjust minimum amount for viewing available prices e.g. to
display and use only available prices that have at least X amount available,
• Strategies – at this tab you can set options to automatically save or backup your strategies
• Notifications – settings for sound alerts or message boxes that alert you when specific event
happens
• Bets – settings for saving bets history
• Results – settings for saving result history and determining results by using market prices or live
scores. You should be very careful if you decide to use options to determine result and settle
bets automatically. Those options will settle bets only within bot so that bot can continue
placing new bets without waiting for result e.g. when race is delayed. Settling bets wrongly can
have huge effect on your staking plan or loss recovery, it can cause them to recover loss that
does not exist or to increase stake. Real bets will be settled by exchange once result is
available, so settling bet differently within bot can give you wrong betting sequence. In most
cases you should keep those options turned off and use them only in simulation mode.
• Football – in play statistics – if you have Inplaytrading account then you can set those details
here and bot will pull the data from Inplaytrading and use it. Inplaytrading service provides
football live scores and in play statistics like shots on/off goal, red/yellow cards, corners etc.
http://www.inplaytrading.com/?a=3407
• Twitter integration – if you have Twitter account and wish to publish your strategy
betting/trading activity then you can connect your account here and give permission to bot to
publish tweets. Tweets are published only for strategies for which you add “Safety rules-
>Twitter integration” rule and define text for each tweet.
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Market monitoring settings control the way markets are monitored and in most cases you will
never need to change those, but if you ever do, then please first read following article that explains
those settings:
https://help.bfbotmanager.com/article/43-monitoring-markets
Application style settings control layout and appearance of application. Those are very useful if
you prefer dark or light theme to be used by software.
Log file should be used in case of any problems. Usually this is requested by support team to
help you solve any problems that you might have.
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8 Help
At Help tab you will find buttons that will take you to our web site pages for video tutorials,
articles, manuals and forum.
You can also check your license key expire date and renew license key which is very important as
software might stop working if your license expires.
There are also options to check for update and information on software version that you are
using.
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9 Resources
Open Betfair account and get bonus
http://ads.betfair.com/redirect.aspx?pid=18688&bid=8298
FAQ page at Bf Bot Manager web site
http://www.bfbotmanager.com/cgi-bin/faq.pl
Buy license keys
http://www.bfbotmanager.com/cgi-bin/buy.pl
Private and public member’s forum for discussing strategies
http://www.bfbotmanager.com/phpbb3/index.php
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Loaded markets will appear in main “MARKETS” grid view.

4.1 Quick loading of markets

4.3 Advanced loading of markets

5.2 Manual bets strategy

5.2.1 Grid betting and trading

5.2.2 Ladder betting and trading

5.3 Export/import my selections/tips

5.3.1 Export my selections

• Back – to use Back bet type with selection

5.3.2 Import my selections

• Provider – (optional) tipster name

Here is an example of valid CSV file with all columns added.

All imported tips can be viewed at “Manage tips” form.

Open Betfair account and get bonus

FAQ page at Bf Bot Manager web site

Buy license keys

Private and public member’s forum for discussing strategies

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