Guides

BF Bot Manager Trade Out vs Hedge — When to Use Each BFBM forum threads repeat the same pattern: trader sets Trade out for a two-tick scalp; the second bet never fills; position lingers for minutes. The fix is usually a Hedge rule with a time condition to clean up. Quick answer: Use Trade out for fixed tick scalps; use Hedge for green-up, goals, and time stops. Always add Hedge cleanup if Trade out may sit unmatched. Configure in After Bet Rules. Test in BFBM Simulation. ...

Export & Import BF Bot Manager Strategies (XML) Hours spent tuning After Bet Rules, staking, and Auto Load should not live on one hard drive. BF Bot Manager lets you export strategies to XML and re-import after a reinstall, VPS migration, or version upgrade. Quick answer: Bots/Strategies → select strategy → Export → save XML locally. To restore: Import, re-check staking and Safety Rules, run Simulation. Build strategies in BFBM free trial. ...

BF Bot Manager Import Tips — Automate Tipster Picks You do not need a tipster to use BF Bot Manager. Most BotBlog readers automate their own rules via Auto Load and Strategy Lab selections. Import tips is for when you already pay for selections — Proform systems, Betaminic strategies, Predictology, or a CSV from your own spreadsheet. Quick answer: Bots/Strategies → Manage Tips — add your CSV, URL or Proform feed, enable Tips auto loading, then Auto Load markets for those events. Use the example Bet on all imported tips strategy with Safety Rules. Free 7-day trial. ...

BF Bot Manager Safety Rules — Session Protection New BFBM users search for “stop loss” and configure the wrong tab. After Bet Rules close a position (see our hedge guide and stop-loss guide). Safety Rules protect the strategy or account from continuing when something is wrong. Quick answer: Add Safety Rules on every live strategy — max daily loss, pause after 3–5 consecutive losses, optional max bets per day. Set global limits in BFBM Settings too. Test in Simulation first. ...

Run BF Bot Manager on a VPS — 24/7 Betfair Automation BF Bot Manager is built for unattended operation: Auto Load markets, fire strategies before kick-off, manage hedges in-play. That breaks when your home PC sleeps, Windows updates, or Wi‑Fi drops. Quick answer: Rent a UK Windows VPS, install BFBM via RDP, configure Auto Load and strategies, disconnect — the bot keeps running. London datacentres give the lowest latency to Betfair. Start with a 7-day BFBM trial on your PC, then migrate. ...

BF Bot Manager Auto Load — Why Your Bot Is Not Betting BF Bot Manager only places bets on markets in the Markets grid. If that grid is empty, your strategy can be perfect and still do nothing. Auto Load (and Smart Auto Load) solves that by pulling in events that match your filters — horse racing before the off, football Match Odds two hours before kick-off, or markets for imported tipster selections. ...

Staking Is Where Automation Gets Dangerous You can have perfect entry and hedge rules and still blow your bank if staking is wrong. BF Bot Manager ships with 25+ staking plans — level stake, percentage of bank, Kelly, Fibonacci-style sequences, loss recovery, dutching and the Odds Staking Ladder (Whitaker method). Competitors like Betaminic mention staking in passing; there is little independent UK content that explains which plan to use when. ...

Why After Bet Rules Trip Up So Many Traders If you browse the BF Bot Manager forum, the same question appears again and again: “My first bet matched — why didn’t the hedge fire?” Entry rules are intuitive. After Bet Rules — hedge, trade out, cancel unmatched — are where automation actually makes or loses money. This guide explains how BF Bot Manager processes exits after your opening bet, with worked examples for Lay the Draw, scalping and time-based stop-losses. It complements our stop-loss guide and LTD automation walkthrough. ...

Quick answer: Open football Match Odds via Market Navigator, switch to the In-Play Interface, dock Live Info for scores, load 1–3 matches max, bind greener and cancel-all keys, and practice goal scenarios in Training mode. Strategy primers: Lay the Draw and under/over goals. Why Geeks Toy for In-Play Football? Lay the Draw on Geeks Toy is one of the most common UK in-play workflows — and one of the hardest to execute on the Betfair website. Goals suspend markets, odds gap, and the draw price can move 20% in seconds. Geeks Toy targets that environment with the In-Play Interface, fast ladders, Live Info and multi-market layouts. ...

Quick answer: Use OCO to pair profit and stop orders, Pending Bets for conditional entries, drag-drop on the ladder to amend unmatched prices, and bind green-up to a shortcut. Set session stop-loss before your first live trade. Manual reference: Geeks Toy OCO page. Why Exits Matter More Than Entries Most ladder tutorials obsess over clicking the right price. Professional UK traders know exits define P&L: green-up targets, stop-loss ticks, time exits before the off, and session caps when variance runs hot. Geeks Toy bundles these tools in OCO, Pending Bets, Matched/Unmatched Bets windows and the Profit & Loss panel. ...