Betfair graph

[fuzzon]

I want to change betfair graph refresh to 5sec but the lowest Geekstoy offer is 10sec. how can i change it to 5sec?

[valve]

nothing to do with toy. its limited by betfair

[fuzzon]

I don't think so. Because i was using bet angel software and that allows you to do that.

[valve]

you can use other software and set it up even to 1 s but you are still limited by betfair to 10 s or so.

http://www.geekstoy.com/forum/showthread.php?4979-Betfair-Graphs-increase-refresh&highlight=graph+refresh

[mraun]

I don't think you can technically do that within betfair

[alexmr2]

I've saw on videos of other software the historical graphs refresh every 5 seconds so it's not an issue with Betfair. I've searched the forums and looked through the files lots of times and can't find a way to change it to 5 seconds but this would be very useful because I usually get caught out by not seeing where current price is on the chart

[RManPT]

Hi alex,

it is possible to do what you want, don't really know if it is the best approach and even what the risks are (in terms of data requests, although we are now using the streaming api and supposedly there are not extra charges but we never know with betfair, also be aware that this charts consume lots of bandwith ).

Did you consider setting up a floating chart (ie: candle stick) where you can easily see where the price comes from, to where and how fast? There you can setup an even lower refresh rate. Of course you won't have data previous to when you opened the market but it is much more "accurate" than the betfair chart. Remember that the betfair chart is volume over price, so the refresh rate won't matter unless there were bets matched. With a floating chart you will have price over time.

If you want to try the floating charts I will help you setting those up if needed, if you really want the lower refresh rate on the betfair chart I can do that also but at your own risk.

Good trades!

[alexmr2]

For future reference the instructions of how to do this are below (credit to RManPT):

Now, in order to change the refresh rate on the betfair charts we need to tweak TGT manually as the refresh rates of that graph are hard coded not like the all other TGT options that can be adjusted however you want them.

Be aware this is a risk and not supported by TGT, as told before. I would also suggest backing up all settings before proceeding.

So to go around the hard coded options you need to go to you settings folder. If you don't know where they are, open TGT, right click on the header and click on "Open Settings Folder".
Usually you can find it at "C:\ProgramData\AGeeksToy\AGeeksToy\Settings - Betfair\"
This is the folder you should backup. Make sure TGT is closed at this point.

In there you will find a file named "ApplicationOptions.xml", you need to edit this file, use notepad or another plain text editor (I use notepadd++).

Search inside the file for the string "GraphAutoRefresh" and you'll see something like this:


<GraphAutoRefresh>
<Value>10</Value>
</GraphAutoRefresh>
Just change the value to your desired refresh rate (in seconds). I tested it with 1s and it worked fine but keep in mind that in your case you are updating 4 charts and it may add bandwidth/cpu extra load to your system.

Restart you TGT and boom...