Trading Guides

Quick answer: #1 BF Bot Manager for Lay the Draw, horse racing and goals automation — full guide hub. Bet Angel Guardian for power users who already trade from Bet Angel ladders. Market Feeder Pro for traders who want to program custom triggers. Geeks Toy for manual ladder speed only — not unattended bots. Start with Simulation mode before real stakes. Why Automation Software Beats the Betfair Website The Betfair Exchange website is fine for placing a single back or lay. It is not built for scanning forty football matches, firing a lay sixty seconds before kick-off, greening up on the first goal and stopping the session after a £50 loss — all without you at the keyboard. ...

Quick answer: Open Guardian in Bet Angel, load markets into a Watch List, define triggered betting rules (time, price, volume), attach Servants for entries and exits, set session stop-loss before your first live bet, then test in simulation. Official reference: Bet Angel user guide. Pair with ladder setup if you have not configured stakes yet. Automation buyer? If you want hands-off Lay the Draw, horse bots or goals markets without living inside Guardian, start with BF Bot Manager (why we rank it #1). This guide is for traders who already use Bet Angel and want Guardian on the same screen. ...

Quick answer: Pre-filter fixtures in Soccer Mystic, load Match Odds into InPlay Trader (winning-post icon), dock P&L, lay Draw per your LTD rules, green up on goals, and cap at three matches. Automate repeatable legs in Guardian; validate stakes with our free calculators. Why Bet Angel for In-Play Football? Lay the Draw on Bet Angel is a natural fit for UK traders who want more than a bare ladder — InPlay Trader, Soccer Mystic profiling, Guardian automation and advanced charting on one Windows client. Goals suspend Betfair markets, draw prices gap, and the exchange website is too slow for reliable green-up. Bet Angel Professional targets that environment with tools built specifically for in-running soccer. ...

BF Bot Manager Correct Score Trading — Full Guide Quick answer: Load Match Odds + Correct Score via Auto Load. Run LTD + 0-0 insurance as dual entry rules, or trade scorelines in-play with After Bet hedges. Build in BFBM free trial. Correct Score — More Than 0-0 Insurance Most BFBM traders meet correct score markets through 0-0 insurance for Lay the Draw. That solves one problem: the goalless draw. But correct score trading on Betfair covers a wider set of plays — backing scorelines before kick-off, laying inflated scores in-play, and hedging across Match Odds + Correct Score when the scoreboard changes. ...

BF Bot Manager Dobbing — Double or Bust Automation Quick answer: Back pre-race (often 2.0+), Trade out in-play to target 100% of stake, markets must go in-play. Use My S. for selections. Simulation is unreliable — small live tests after rule checks. Load example strategy in BFBM trial. Dobbing — Double or Bust on Price Movement Dobbing is a horse racing exchange technique: back a runner pre-race (often 2.0+), place an unmatched lay in-play at half the back price (or use Trade out for 100% stake target). If the horse runs well enough for the lay to match — or wins — you double. If not, you lose the back stake. Hence double or bust. ...

BF Bot Manager Futodds — In-Play Football Statistics Quick answer: Paste your Futodds token in BFBM Tools & Settings → Futodds. Live stats appear on loaded football markets; trigger bots with Football – In play statistics (futodds.com). Try BFBM free. Why In-Play Stats Change Football Bots Price-only rules work for Under 2.5 time decay and simple Lay the Draw entries. They struggle when you want “back Over 2.5 only when the away team is dominating” or “hedge LTD when live pressure flips”. ...

BF Bot Manager Over 2.5 Goals — Automation Guide Quick answer: Back Over 2.5 at kick-off (e.g. 2.00–2.40) or in-play 0-0 when odds spike; Hedge lay on first goal or at target odds; time-exit if still 0-0 by minute 38. Automate in BFBM free trial. Over 2.5 Goals — The Mirror of Under 2.5 If you have read our Under 2.5 Goals automation guide, you already understand time decay on goal totals. Over 2.5 Goals flips the thesis: you profit when goals arrive and the Over line shortens, not when a match stays goalless. ...

BF Bot Manager Lay Favourite Horse — Automation Guide Laying the favourite is a classic exchange approach: short-priced runners are often overbet. BF Bot Manager includes example strategies for lay 1st favourite with recovery in the official manual — this BotBlog guide translates that into a safe automation frame. Quick answer: Auto Load UK/IE Win markets, filter favourite position = 1, lay in your odds band, add Hedge on drift and Safety Rules on loss streaks. Simulate in BFBM first. ...

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. ...