16/05 - Update Available
Today's updates:
New trigger conditions
Previous Triggered Event's properties
The previous triggered event represents a market, where the current triggers has been executed at least once (at least on one selection), and that is the closest to the current event by its starting time. For example, if you are checking a trigger for the market "14:00 Wolv", and you also had markets "13:40 Ludl" and "13:50 Extr" in your list, then - provided that the trigger has been executed in those markets - the "Previous Triggered Event" will be "13:50 Extr", and by accessing it you can check all its properties, including whether it has been settled.
Current Time
This option allows you to maintain the value of the current date and time in various ways. Instead of using the inconvenient trigger variable (now_time), you can now operate the usual date and time values, and even weekdays. For example:
- Current Time is less than 08:00
- Current Time is between 06:30 AM and 06:30 PM
- Current Time is outside 22:00 and 23:50
- Current Time is greater than 20:15
- Current Time is equal or greater than 09:12 PM
- Current Time is in list 07:00, 18:00, 10:00 PM
- Current Time is less than 12/06/2008
- Current Time is greater than 22/08/2009 12:40
- Current Time is equal to Mon
- Current Time is between Tue and Fri
- Current Time is outside list Sat, Sun
You can now make your triggers be executed on certain weekdays, or disable them at certain time of the day, or on certain days.
New condition parameters
We decided to add more condition parameters, this should make your life easier, as operating trigger variables is not always convenient, and sometimes it takes much time to look up the right variable.
Here is the list of the most frequently used parameters that we have added:
- Back Ticks Dif over time - the difference in ticks between the current back price and the price that a selection had a certain time ago. The same as tdif_ variable.
- Lay Ticks Dif over time - the difference in ticks between the current lay price and the price that a selection had a certain time ago. The same as ltdif_ variable.
- Last Traded Price - the last price that was taken for the selection. The same as last_traded variable.
- Rank (the position of the selection in the list of selections sorted by price. The favourite gets 1, second favourite - 2 and so on. The same as sel_order variable. For checking whether a selection is the favourite, now simply add this condition:
Selection's Rank is equal to 0
For getting the list of three favourites, use this condition:
Any Selection's Rank is less than 4 - Last Back Price - The last back price that was recorded for the selection before the event has started. The same as last_backp.
- Last Lay Price - The last lay price that was recorded for the selection before the event has started. The same as last_layp.
- Name - the name of the selection (the one BetFair has assigned). You can now check the selection's name using a simple condition, for example:
Any Selection's Name is equal to "The Draw"
This will pick "The Draw" in any match.
Any Selection's Name contains "0 -"
This will get all selections that contain the sequence "0 -" inside them (for example, in "Correct Score" matches).
Selection's Name does not contain Res
This will check whether a selection does not have a string pattern "Res" inside it.
New option for trigger condition "Trigger or Trigger Block has been executed".
Now you can check if a trigger has (or has not) been executed at least one time during the whole trading session. By checking the "overall" box you will let the program know, that it must find out if the trigger has been executed in at least one market, for at least one selection.
Addressing trigger variables belonging to "Any Other" and "All Other" selections
A new prefix has been added: other_. Using this prefix you can let the program know, that the variable should be interpreted for the "other" selection in "Any Other Selection's" and "All Other Selections'" conditions, unlike the variables belonging to the selections specified in the "Selections" field of the trigger. See the details in the help file, chapter "Selection Variables".
The download link of the setup file is still the same. You can find it on the home page of the web site.