Main Info Bar
Once logged into the application you will be presented with the Main Info Bar. On this you can see your Betfair Balance for both your UK Wallet and your Australian Wallet. The balances automatically refresh every 5 seconds by default and also when you submit a bet, change or cancel a bet or when a bet’s status changes at Betfair.

The information shown in the Main Info Bar changes when a market is loaded.


Main Info Bar when a market is loaded



Clicking on your Wallet or Balance opens up the help & useful links window & shows you Betfair account page.

There are a number of windows that can be displayed in the Main Info Bar. Each window will only appear when relevant. These windows may be rolled up, expanded, hidden or undocked from the Main Info Bar window and positioned as required on your desktop.


Main Info Bar showing all windows, rolled up

If “Show in Taskbar” is selected from the right click menu, clicking on the minimize button or the taskbar icon will minimize all of the application windows. When minimized, clicking on the task bar icon will restore all application windows.

Menu Options
By right clicking on the header of the window the following menu options are displayed:


Main Info Bar with right click options when no market is loaded


  • Training Mode Starting Bank - Allows you to set your initial bank for training mode. This can only be done when you first start the application.

  • Close Market - closes the currently selected market (only shown when a market is open)

  • Close All Markets - closes all markets (only shown when 2 or more markets are open)

  • Switch Market To.. - Allows you to switch to another currently open market (only shown when 2 or more markets are open)

  • Show Grid - only shown when a market is open and the Grid is not open

  • Show Ladder - only shown when a market is open and the Ladder is not open

  • Show / Hide - allows you to toggle on/off the various windows within the Main Info Bar

  • Event Specific Menu - allows you to jump to a submarket for an event, for example soccer matches. If you left click on the market it will close the current active market and open the new market. If you right click on the market it will keep the existing markets open and load the new market


    • Right click options for the Main Info Bar showing Event Specific Menu

  • Next Races - allows you to jump to an upcoming Horse/Greyhound race. If you left click on the market it will close the current active market and open the new market. If you right click on the market it will keep the existing markets open and load the new market

  • Display Order - (only shown when a market is open) allows you to alter the order of display of the various windows within the Main Info Bar

  • Audio Alerts Manager - loads the Audio Alerts Manager

  • API Settings Manager - loads the API Settings Manager

  • Shortcut Key Manager - loads the Shortcut Key Manager

  • Open Settings Folder - Opens your settings folder in Windows Explorer

  • Load Custom Profile - Loads up a pre saved settings profile.

  • Save Current Profile As.. - Saves all your current settings for later retrieval. Includes all window locations & sizes. You can either overwrite an existing profile, or create a new one by selecting New Profile, then clicking in the Profile 1 Text Box, changing the name and hitting the Enter key.


  • Delete Profile - Deletes a pre saved custom profile.

  • Cloud Settings

    • Check for Support Profile - This option allows you to download and use a settings profile provided by the support team, and should only be used as per their instruction.

    • Backup Settings - Selecting this option will save a copy of your current settings {including any saved profiles} to our servers. This enables you to easily transfer your settings to another PC, or recover them if you PC breaks.

    • Restore Settings - If you have previously backed up your settings to the cloud, this will recover & overwrite your current settings & profiles with your backed up version.

    • Share Profile - This enables you to share a single named saved profile for other forum members to use.

    • Download Forum Users Profile - If another forum user has shared their profile, you can retrieve it via this option. It will be saved in your profiles as “Users Forum Name”-“Users Profile Name”.

    • Payment Portal - Opens the payment portal to enable you to purchase time for the application.

  • Layout - Alters the width of the Main Info Bar to one of 4 standard widths.

  • Colour Scheme - allows you to alter the colour scheme across the whole application.

    • Edit Colours - Opens the colour scheme manager & allows you to customise a number of application colours.

    • Load Custom Colour Scheme - Loads a previously saved colour scheme.

    • Save Current Colour Scheme As.. - Saves your current colour scheme as either a new scheme, or overwriting a previously saved scheme. {Works the same as Save Current Profile As.. above.}

    • Delete Colour Scheme - Deletes a previously saved Colour Scheme.

    • Standard Colour Schemes - {Blue, Green etc.} – Switches the application to a pre determined default colour scheme.

  • Caption Display - allows you to change what is displayed at the top of the Main Info Bar when a market is not loaded:

    • The Toy - Shows the application version.

    • Betfair Username

    • Name

    • The Time

    • Forum Name


    • Main Info Bar showing Caption Display – The Toy

  • Show Help On Start Up - turns on/off the display of the Help & Useful Links window at start up

  • Confirm Application Close - turns on/off the Confirm Shutdown window


    • Confirm Shutdown window

  • Confirm Bets - Determines the behaviour of the confirm window when you place a bet.

    • Off - Confirm bets window will not show.

    • Safety - Confirm bets window will only show if you place a 1 click bet within half a second of a menu closing.

    • On - Confirm Bets window will show every time you place a bet.


    • Confirm Bets window

    When the confirm bets window is showing, to cancel the placement of the bet you click on the Cancel Button. To confirm the placement of the bet you click within the white rectangle that contains the bet description.

  • TradeShark Hedging - When switched on, the hedging functionality for 2 runner markets treats both runners / selections as one. NB This feature is mainly used by Tennis pros & may be somewhat confusing to a beginner.

  • Account Balance - when the icon is greyed out your account balances are not displayed

  • Show Virtual Bets - Switches on / off the display of virtual bets used by Betfair’s cross-matching algorithm.

  • Profit, Loss & Hedge Display - Sets whether NET or Hedged profit values display with or without commission deducted throughout the application.

  • Market Close Warning - You can set the application to warn you when closing a market if you have either unmatched bets, an open position, neither, or both.

  • Streaming Chart Options - There are 3 defined sets of behaviour for the floating charts…

    • Current Selection - Up to one window of each floating chart set will be displayed. Whichever selection your mouse is currently over, the information for this runner will be displayed in the window.

    • Multi Selection - Up to one window of each chat set per selection will be displayed. These are tied to the grid order in the application.

    • Multi Selection Ladder - Up to one window of each chat set per selection will be displayed. These are tied to the ladder order in the application.

      • NB There is an option in the Ladder Menu called Use Global Ordering. If this option is switched on, the grid & other controls always track the ladder ordering. As such there is no difference between Multi Selection & Multi Selection Ladder in this mode.

  • Market Overview - Switches the Market Overview chart on or off. Note the chart will only show when there is an active market.

  • Multibet Tool - Switches the Multibet Tool on or off. Note the tool will only show when there is an active market.

  • In-Play Interface - Switches the In-Play interface on or off. Note the In-Play interface will only show when there is an active market.

  • Betfair Live Video - Switches the Betfair Live Video window on or off.

  • Profit / Liability - displays bets across the whole application in terms of Profit/Liability


    • Matched bets window floating showing bets in terms of profit/liability

  • Payout - displays bets across the whole application in terms of payout


    • Matched bets window floating showing bets in terms of payout