Hi Joe,
Thanks for sharing those interesting observations.

If one wished to use TAB prices, one would have to place the bet at zero jump time, even then, it will change because there is a 90 sec loop of time for all the bets from around the country to get sorted, but it would be far more accurate than 2 min out, because those 2 mins is when most of the money is going on, which then takes 90 secs before it is showing on ones screen..

If one wanted more accuracy, Betfair would be the go.
The divs are usually stronger as well because one is betting into say a approx 104% market rather than a 118.5% TAB market. This makes for some huge differences in price.

If you do choose to open up a Betfair account & one wishes to get around the $6 min Betfair amount , then download Bet Trader Pro from RacingTarders.com.uk (Google) One can then place bets for as low as 1c.

Ther program also makes it a lot easier to use than the Betfair site which can be combersome & slow, in the heat of battle.
One registeres the program using ones Betfair details.
Its also FREE.

Cheers.

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Cheers.

Ta for that B.
I actually only use UNITAB figures as a guide to the viability of a method.
The idea being that if a method can produce a profit at TAB prices, it will stand up if better prices are had.
I do fluff about on BETFAIR, but having had a terrible belting on the Lay side of things a while back I am a bit gun-shy.
I have started laying a few in the last couple of months and now that I have rid myself of the blood rushes and panic bets it is going rather well.
Personality wise I think I am still a backer, rather than a layer. (but that is probably a whole different story, which I may just start a new thread on).
Will get around to sorting those bets at Pre-Post prices in the next couple of days or so and post them here, the added advantage of Pre-post prices is that the bets can be "set and forget" for the day, as the only thing that is needed is the UNITAB tipsters tips, so the bets could be put on AM.