What's new in FairBot 3.1?

What's new in FairBot 3.1 vs 3.0?

• Fixed minor issue with the 5th column (Hedged P/L) of the ladder.
• Fixed a problem with Pending Bets.

What's new in FairBot 3.0 vs 2.96?

• 'Green Up All' feature. This allows you to close all opened positions in a market with just a single mouse click.
• An ability to set the number of ladders from 1 to 9. This could be useful for large screen resolution which allows the user to fit more than 3 ladders. See the Settings window.
• Highlight last trading price in the Ladder interface. Now FairBot highlights the last price matched on the ladder with green, yellow and red colours. See the Settings window.
• New sound bet matching alerts. Now FairBot can alert a user with a sound when a bet is fully or partially matched.
• New sound files for sound alerts. Now FairBot includes some more sound files to use with sound alerts.
• New WoM (Weight of Money) and Standard Deviation indicator charts. Now FairBot can show WoM and Standard Deviation indicator charts in the Selection Chart Window.
• Ladder auto-centre facility. This feature automatically scrolls the ladder to the last price matched if the mouse pointer is not in the ladder. See the Settings window.
• Various small fixes and improvements.

What's new in FairBot 2.96 vs 2.95?

• Now FairBot allows you to show saddlecloth and stall draw numbers on the Grid interface for the Horse Racing markets. See the Settings screen, the "Race Card Info" group box.
• Fixed some problems with the Simulation mode.

What's new in FairBot 2.95 vs 2.9?

• Simulation Mode. Now it allows you to practice, or test your new strategies, without using real money in your Betfair account. See the "Simulation Mode..." menu item in the File menu.
• Jockey silk images. Now it allows you to show jockey silk images on the Grid interface for the Horse Racing markets. This makes it easier to identify the horse you have bet on if watching the race on television.
• An ability to attach Pending Offset and Stop Loss Bets to unmatched bets. This can be useful if you placed a single bet and then want to trade it without replacing your initial bet.
• An ability to refresh your current balance automatically. See the Options screen, Data Refresh page.
• Now Fairbot allows you to change the selection directly from the Selection Details screen, which shows betting activity for each contestant, so there is no need to close the existing Selection Details screen and then open a new one to monitor another selection.
• Various small fixes and improvements.

What's new in FairBot 2.9 vs 2.86?

• Advanced Charting. Candlestick, bar and line charts. Various customizable technical analysis indicators like EMA, MACD, RSI, CCI, etc.
• "Hybrid" mode for price display on the ladder. This allows you to refresh market data more efficiently, with less traffic, and still see the full market depth prices on the ladder interface.
• An ability to define custom colours for the grid and ladder interfaces in Swap mode.
• Various small fixes and improvements.

What's new in FairBot 2.86 vs 2.85?

• Fixed a problem with the "Full Market Depth" mode in the ladder interface.

What's new in FairBot 2.85 vs 2.81?

• Now it shows the possible net or hedged profit/loss for each price in the 5th column of the ladder. Also it allows you to left click on these values to place a corresponding bet in the ladder interface.
• Single Stop Loss bets. Now it allows you to right click on the 2nd or 4th column of the ladder interface to place a single stop loss bet. These stop loss bets are not associated with trades and are placed as a standalone (or a single) bet. They allow you to place a back bet if the price drops below the specified price and place a lay bet if the price lengthens higher than the specified price.
• Improved "Greening Up" calculations.
• Various small fixes and improvements.

What's new in FairBot 2.81 vs 2.8?

• Fixed a problem with unmatched and pending bets sorting.
• Improved performance.
• Various small fixes and improvements.

What's new in FairBot 2.8 vs 2.7?

• Fixed a problem with bets refreshing and the selection profit/loss figures.
• Added Betfair Starting Price bets support.
• Fixed "My Markets" sorting.
• Added the "Smart Bets" option for Stop Losses which allows you to place "hedged" stop loss orders.
• Added a "going in-play" label for markets which turn in-play mode.
• Various small fixes and improvements.

What's new in FairBot 2.7 vs 2.6?

• Traded Volume column for all 3 ladders. Now it shows (optionally) the amount of money traded on each odds for all ladders.
• Traded Volume on the Chart. Now it also shows the traded volume on the FairBot chart in the Contender Details window.
• Improved "Full Market Depth" feature. Now it shows full market depth prices on all 3 ladders.
• Variable Dutching. This allows you to set the variable profit for Back Dutching and the variable liability for Lay Dutching for chosen selections. For example: if Back Dutching you can set a higher profit for favourites, and lower, or even zero, profit on any other selections that you don't think will win.
• Improved "Greening Up" confirmation window. Now it automatically recalculates the stake if you change the odds.
• Ability to show the "greening up" confirmation window if user clicks "Greening Up" button with Ctrl key button pressed even if Confirm "Greening Up" option is turned off.
• Max. Liability option for Lay Dutching. This allows you to limit your liability for Lay Dutching.
• Configurable shortcuts for "Cancel All", "Amend Bet", "Dutching (Back)" and "Dutching (Lay)" actions.
• Ability to automatically refresh Betfair chart on Contender Details window with an adjustable interval.
• Ability to Show/Hide the "Traded and Available" panel and other details in the Contender Details window to release additional space for the Chart.
• Fully customizable chart colours. Now it allows you to change colours for background, axes, labels, etc. to produce your own colour scheme for the Chart.
• Various small fixes and improvements.

What's new in FairBot 2.6 vs 2.51?

• Displays the Stop Loss bets in the Pending Bets section. This lets you cancel or amend individual stop loss orders.
• Now you can show Stop Loss orders and Pending bets directly on the ladder interface (by default with red and green corresponding colours). And you can cancel them or change the odds using "drag & drop" mouse operations.
• The "Take SP" option for unmatched bets. If set this will convert unmatched exchange bets to Betfair SP (Starting Price) bets at the start of the event.
• Now Fairbot does not wait for your initial bet to be fully matched to place a pending bet when Trading. It places part of the pending bet automatically if the initial bet is partially matched and the total stake of the matched part is greater than or equal to the minimum stake size.
• Improved charting. Now the price chart in the "Contender Details" window does not shrink with time but has a fixed width (which you can set to your own requirement using zoom in and zoom out operations). Also it allows you to scroll the chart using the scroll bar below the chart.
• My Markets feature. This allows you to add your favourite markets to the "My Markets" section in the Market menu for quick access.
• Various small fixes and improvements.

What's new in FairBot 2.51 vs 2.5?

• Suppressed annoying sound when user switches between markets.

What's new in FairBot 2.5 vs 2.4?

• Lay Dutching is now available for Place markets.
• "Total P/L" information in the Dutching window for Place markets. This shows the total potential profit or loss depending on the number of placed selections.
• Customisable colours for the Ladder interface.
• New Ladder interface for Asian Handicap markets.
• Shortcut for the "Cancel All" operation. This allows the user to cancel all unmatched bets on a market using Ctrl+Alt+X key combination.
• Various small fixes and improvements.

What's new in FairBot 2.4 vs 2.32?

• Stake buttons for the Ladder interface, including the NET button. This allows you to set and use predefined stakes when betting or trading on the Ladder interface.
• Improved performance. Now it will allow you to perform up to 4 place/cancel/update operations simultaneously. This could be useful in-running, for example when you need to cancel a bet when another bet is being placed with an in-play delay.
• "Fill or Kill" tool for single bets and for trades. It allows you to cancel unmatched bets automatically after a predefined number of seconds.
• Change to the WoM indicator on the grid. Now it shows any difference as a percent. Though the "old style" WoM which shows the difference and ration is also available.
• Customizable colours for the WoM indicator.
• Also it is now possible to highlight the WoM only if it exceeds some predefined value. This allows you to keep your eye on the selections which are best for trading at the moment.
• Improved "Show Full Market Depth" mode. Now it highlights only the best 3 back and best 3 lay prices.
• "Greening Up" is now available for the Place and Asian Handicap markets.
• New Warning sound. It now plays a warning sound when the market changes to SUSPENDED during in play. This could be useful for example when a goal is scored in soccer markets.
• The colours of the price charts on the Grid and Ladder are now customisable. A different colour can also now be used for in-play price movements.
• Ability to turn off the price charts for the Grid interface.
• The "Stop Loss" button on the Trading Bets page has been renamed to "Close Trade" to prevent any confusion with the Automated Stop Loss feature.
• Various small fixes and improvements.

What's new in FairBot 2.32 vs 2.3?

• Fixes minor issue with Proxy connection.
• Various small fixes and improvements.

What's new in FairBot 2.3 vs 2.21?

• Automatic Stop Loss feature for Trading. This helps you prevent excessive losses automatically if the market moves against you when trading. It also includes a "Trailing Stop Loss" option.
• A new Market Menu. Now you can select the market directly from the menu on the left without clicking an extra "Select Market" button.
• "Full market depth" option. This allows you to display the full market depth on the first ladder in the interface.
• "Lay Stake is Liability" option is now available for Trading as well as just routine Laying.
• Various small fixes and improvements.

What's new in FairBot 2.21 vs 2.2?

• Fixes minor issue with Asian Handicap markets.
• Restored the Lay Stake setting.

What's new in FairBot 2.2 vs 2.1?

• Asian Handicap markets support. This allows the user to bet on the Asian Handicap markets.
• WAVE Audio files for warning sounds. Now it is possible to play user selected (*.wav) files at any predefined time before the event start and also when the market turns in play.
• "Stake is Liability" option. This allows the user to place Lay bets with a predefined Liability.
• Improved "Greening Up" feature for win markets, with 2 possible outcomes (e.g. Tennis markets). This allows the user to perform "Greening Up" on both selections even if bet(s) were placed just on a single selection.
• Bet Counter. This shows the number of bets placed for the current hour.
• Added an internal threshold for data requests. This does not allow the user to make more than 20 data requests per second for a single FairBot execution in order to prevent Betfair Data Request Charges.
• Improvements to the graphic user interface including the ability to resize the right pane with My Bets, Trading Bets and Rules pages.
• Improved performance.
• Various small fixes and improvements.

What's new in FairBot 2.1 vs 2.0?

• "Keep bets" support. This allows the user to have unmatched bets automatically transferred to in play bets. Please note that for markets which do not turn in play, the "Keep bets" option is obviously not supported.
• "Drag & Drop" feature for the Ladder - this allows the user to amend the odds of unmatched bets by dragging bets up or down the ladder.
• Warning Sounds. This gives the user a facility to play warning sounds at any predefined time before the event start and also when the market turns in play.
• Improved "Greening Up" feature. Now it shows the amount you will win on any selected contestant if you press this button.
• Improved countdown clock. Now FairBot resets the clock when the market actually turns in play.
• "Reverse ladder" option. This allows the user to display the "classic" ladder with the back side odds on the left and the lay side odds on the right.
• Improvements to the graphic user interface including the ability to resize the right pane with My Bets, Trading Bets and Rules pages.
• API Calls Statistics - This allows the user to see how many API calls FairBot makes per second.
• Various small fixes and improvements.

What's new in FairBot 2.0 vs 1.92?

• The Ladder Interface - This allows the user to display prices vertically, and instantly react to market movements by placing or cancelling a bet with just one mouse click.
• "Small Bets" support for trading and single bets – Fairbot now allows you to place trading and single bets below the Betfair minimum (2 pounds) bet amount.
• Ability to open multiple Contender Details windows and bet/trade while the Contender Details window is opened. This allows the user to monitor price movements/graphs for any number of selected runners in a race, thus giving more information and flexibility to the betting process.
• Ability to hide the Market List to free additional space for the Ladder interface and thus make all 3 ladders visible at once.
• Shortcuts for Back and Lay Dutching - This allows the user to open Dutching windows more quickly.
• Displays the number of seconds delay between submission and a bet actually getting placed for in-play markets. This is fixed by Betfair on their site and will vary depending on sport and event type.
• Various small fixes and improvements.

What's new in FairBot 1.92 vs 1.91?

• Various small fixes and improvements.

What's new in FairBot 1.91 vs 1.9?

• Fixes minor issue with Trading.

What's new in FairBot 1.9 vs 1.8?

• Full Betfair API support. This protects FairBot from any future changes made to the design of the Betfair web site.
• A countdown clock showing the time remaining before the scheduled start of an event.
• Enhanced Rules page, includes non runners.
• Changes to "Weight of Money" indicator (Ratio). See Help (Main Window) for details.
• New "Confirm Greening Up" option. This allows you to control the "Greening Up" option bets separately from the main "Confirm" option.
• "Stall draw" number in the selection hint for UK Horse Racing markets.
• Ability to set odds and stakes for all selections for the "Back All", "Lay All" features.
• Various small fixes and improvements.

What's new in FairBot 1.8 vs 1.7?

• "Back All" and "Lay All" features - This allows to place several back or lay bets at the same time.
• Improved Lay Dutching - Now this allows to select few selections (outsiders) and spread liability between them. Does not require Book Value greater than 100% now.
• Custom Back/Lay colours - This allows to define custom Back/Lay colours for betting grid and others.
• Various small fixes and improvements.

What's new in FairBot 1.7 vs 1.6?

• "Greening Up" feature - This allows you to equalize a current profit or a current loss across all selections.
• "Moving Average" and "Bollinger Bands" charts on contender details screen.
• Ability to select custom colours for charts on the Contender Details screen. The new options are available on the Appearance page on the Options screen.
• Customizable "Weight of Money" (WoM) feature - This allows you to define one of 7 WoM types. It is available on the WoM page of the Options screen.
• Place market dutching - This allows you to dutch on the place markets.
• "Swap" feature for dutching - This allows you to use odds from the other side of the market.
• Various small fixes and improvements.

What's new in FairBot 1.6 vs 1.55?

• "Weight of Money" feature – This shows the difference between, (and the ratio of), the money amounts on the Back and Lay sides.
• Manual "Stop Loss" feature – This helps you prevent losses if the market moves against you when trading.
• "Lay Dutching" -This is a technique for Laying multiple selections in the same event for an equal profit.
• "Trading Bets" view for trading bets. It includes a visual indicator to warn the user if the market moves against you when trading.
• Various small fixes and improvements.

What's new in FairBot 1.55 vs 1.54?

• "Stop Loss" feature is disabled due to some problems with it.

What's new in FairBot 1.54 vs 1.53?

• Small fixes to "Stop Loss" feature.

What's new in FairBot 1.53 vs 1.5?

• "Stop Loss" feature – This allows you to prevent losses if the market moves against you when trading.
• A "Live Odds" option for the Dutching Confirmation Dialog - This keeps odds up to date when dutching.
• Various small fixes and improvements.

What's new in FairBot 1.5 vs 1.42?

• Dutching feature (This is a technique for Backing multiple selections in the same event for an equal profit if any one of them wins).
• "What if" figure (shows what will happen to your P&L if unplaced bets were matched).
• Enhanced information (Jockey name, Trainer, Age/weight, etc) on market displays for British horseracing.
• Ability to launch several instances of FairBot to monitor a number of different markets at the same time.
• Display of Betfair's original chart (price/volume over time) for selections.
• Various small fixes, improvements and optimisations.

What's new in FairBot 1.42 vs 1.41?

• Some fixes after changes were made to the Betfair site.

What's new in FairBot 1.41 vs 1.4?

• Now displays a customizable number (1-9) of Favourites in comparison with 3 in previous version.
• Some fixes after a Betfair update.

What's new in FairBot 1.4 vs 1.2?

• Conditional betting - now you can place opposite bet only if a previous bet was matched.
• New Contender Details window - now FairBot allows you to see a contender's market details and a detailed real-time price history for each contender.
• Internet traffic compression - now FairBot uses compression to pack Internet traffic, which increases Internet speed and reduces Internet traffic.
• New appearance options - now FairBot allows you to switch off Price Data Panels on the Single Bet Confirmation Dialog and the Dual Bet Confirmation Dialog to reduce the size of these windows.
• Swap Bets feature - this allows you to convert a Back Bet to a Lay Bet and vice versa. Very useful for Trading!
• Logout command - now it allows you to logout manually and also automatically on Exit.
• Various small fixes, improvements and optimisations.

What's new in FairBot 1.2 vs 1.1?

• Ability to easily amend unmatched bets.
• Asian Handicap support.
• Changed Single Bet Confirmation dialog.
• New Dual Bet Confirmation dialog.
• Now displays the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Favourites as dictated by the market on Betfair.
• New Bet Info, Matched Bets, and Consolidated options for Bets View.
• Various small fixes, improvements and optimisations.

What's new in FairBot 1.1 vs 1.0?

• Price movement charts for each contender - now you can see the price movement charts directly on the main screen instead of having to click on a Contender's name to display a separate screen.
• Refresh any event to as low as 0.1 second intervals - now FairBot allows you to refresh information using 0.1 second time intervals, much quicker than Betfair itself.
• Ability to set Back and Lay stakes up to 9999 units.
• Optional ‘Display Results’ feature allows you to see the bets submitted by Fairbot after you have placed them.
• Various small fixes, improvements and optimisations.