Market Navigator
The Market Navigator window allows you to quickly move from one Betfair market to another. In order to switch between event types, for example from Horse Racing to Soccer, you can use the Quick Pick drop down menu that displays 5 of the most popular event types. If you wish to select an event type that is not shown in the Quick Pick drop down menu you either select it from the event type tree or if this option is turned off you select it from the Event Type drop down menu.


Market Navigator window floating, with Event Types In Tree, with right click options

Header Menu Options
By right clicking on the header of the Market Navigator window it brings up the various options for this window:

  • Search Betfair - Opens up the Betfair sports page in the help & useful links window in “Search” mode. Clicking on any link that would usually open a market in the Betfair browser will open that market up in the application instead.

  • Default Market Open - allows you to set whether upon loading a market if the Grid, Ladder, Both or None open

  • On Market Open.. - allows you to set what the Market Navigator does when a market is opened:

    • Do Nothing - it will remain as it was prior to opening the market

    • Roll Up - it will roll up, to expand the window you click on the expand button in the header

    • Hide - it will close

  • On Market Close.. - allows you to set what the Market Navigator does when a market is closed:

    • Do Nothing - it will remain how it was prior to the market being closed

    • Show - it will expand

  • Next Races Menu Shows..

    • All Races - Shows all races from the Horses / Dogs navigator in the next races menu.

    • Future Races Only - Shows only future races from the Horses / Dogs navigator in the next races menu.

  • Event Types In Tree - turns the tree display for event types on/off. It is only shown when ‘All Markets’ is selected in the Quick Pick drop down menu.

  • Show Tree Lines - When switched on it shows the tree lines & the +/- boxes. When switched off, the lines and +/- boxes disappear & the node expansion / collapse is single click.

Navigator Menu Options
As can be seen below when Event Types In Tree is turned off, rather than having the different event types displayed in a tree as in the above image, an Event Type drop down menu is displayed.


Market Navigator window floating, with Event Types In Tree turned off

Once an event type has been selected all the market headers for that event type will be displayed. To reveal the submarkets you click on the ‘+’ icon, this will then display the next level of market headers, then to get to the next level of markets you click on the ‘+’ icon, as shown below.


Market Navigator window showing an expanded menu

In order to collapse the menus you click on the ‘-‘ icon and it will collapse the menu.

As an alternative to using the ‘+’ and ‘-‘ icons you can right click on the market header you wish to either expand or collapse and click on:

  • Expand Events - this will expand the events, but not show the markets

  • Expand All - this will expand all levels of the sub tree

  • Collapse All - this will collapse all levels of the sub tree


Market Navigator window floating, showing the right click Expand/Collapse options

When you wish to open a market you left click on the market you wish to load and the market will load displayed according to the Default Market Open setting. Alternatively you can right click over the market you wish to open and then click on the Grid, Ladder or Both option and this will override the Default Market Open setting.


Opening a market by right clicking on the market thus allowing the Default Market Open to be overridden

If you wish to have more than one market open at a time you simply open the first market as described above and then you navigate to the second market you wish to open and open it either by left clicking on it or right clicking on it as described above. The first market will remain open and you will now have two markets open. This process can be repeated allowing you to open as many markets as you wish.

The active market will be displayed in the header of the Main Info Bar, as you move your mouse from one market to the other the active market will change, as will be displayed in the header of the Main Info Bar.

When you have All Markets selected in the Quick Pick drop down menu it is possible to manually refresh the menus. In order to refresh the menu you expand it and then right click on the menu you wish to refresh and click Refresh From Betfair as shown below.


Manually refresh a menu by right clicking on the menu and clicking Refresh From Betfair

The Quick Pick drop down menu allows additional customisation of the Market Navigator window. If Horses is selected, two further drop down menus are displayed.


Market Navigator window floating, with Horses selected in the Quick Pick drop down menu, with right click options

The Day drop down menu allows you to select which days’ markets you want displayed and the Meetings drop down menu allows you to select a specific meeting to be displayed or have all of the meetings displayed.

If Dogs is selected in the Quick Pick drop down menu only the Meetings drop down menu is displayed.


Market Navigator window floating, with Dogs selected in the Quick Pick drop down menu

When either Horses or Dogs is selected in the Quick pick drop down menu additional right click options are available for the Market Navigator window that allows further customisation.

  • Hide Races After.. - Allows you to set how long after the scheduled off time a market is hidden. For example, if set to 20 minutes, a race due off at 14.00 will be hidden once the time reaches 14.20

  • Collapse All Meetings - collapses the menu tree for all meetings

  • Expand All Meetings - expands the menu tree for all meetings

  • Quick Filter - allows you to quickly filter the type of markets that are shown. For example you may only want to show the GB Winner markets. Depending on the available markets for the sport the menu will have more/less options as shown below


    • Quick Filter menu for Horses


    Quick Filter menu for Dogs

  • Country Display - allows you to filter the countries shown, for example on a day where there is both UK and Irish racing you may only want to display the UK markets. Depending on the available markets for the sport the menu will have more/less options

  • Market Display - allows a more detailed filter of the type of markets that are shown than the Quick Filter allows. Depending on the available markets for the sport the menu will have more/less options as shown below


    • Market Display for Horses


    Market Display for Dogs

    When Cricket Matches, Soccer Matches or Tennis Matches is selected in the Quick Pick drop down menu the Day drop down menu is displayed and the Market Type drop down menu is displayed.


    Market Navigator window floating, with Tennis Matches selected in the Quick Pick drop down menu


    The Market Type drop down menu allows you to select the type of matches displayed:

  • All - displays matches that are not going in play, that are going in play and matches that currently are in play

  • In Play - only displays matches that are going in play and matches that currently are in play

  • On Now - only displays matches that are currently in play